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I N T R O D U C T I O N
ABOUT YOUR HIGH DEFINITION RECEIVER
Your receiver allows you to watch programs fi lmed at High
Defi nition with much greater picture and sound quality than ever
before. In addition you can do everything you would expect with
a state of the art TV receiver, including the following:
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Watch free-to-air and pay TV channels including scrambled
programs.
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‘Pause TV’ to stop and start programs on demand for watching
at your convenience.
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Full parental control to prevent your children watching
undesirable programs.
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Access to interactive applications such as home shopping, games,
and e-voting (if provided by your TV operator).
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Find your favourite channels quickly on your personal lists.
WHAT IS HDTV?
HDTV (High Defi nition Television) is a new digital broadcasting
standard bringing you much higher quality video and audio
compared with the previous SDTV (Standard Defi nition Television)
technology.
You will need a TV capable of displaying HD pictures at full
quality to enjoy HD programs. Such TVs are labelled ‘HD Ready’
or ‘Full HD.’ Check in your TV manual if unsure whether it is
‘HD ready.’
There are several reasons why HDTV provides a superior TV
viewing experience:
1. Higher resolution pictures give smarter images
The picture on your TV screen is made up of dots known as pixels,
and more of them give sharper pictures and display movement
more realistically. The number of such dots on the screen, given
as the number of lines, is a measure of the quality, known as
resolution, and the higher the better. Standard defi nition pictures
have 576 lines per screen, while HD TVs can display either 720 or
1080 depending on the model.
2. Panoramic picture
HDTV programs look more like fi lms at the cinema, made with a
wider aspect more like the human eye sees the world. The viewer
has the perception of being closer to or more involved in the
action, just like at the cinema.
3. Surround Sound
Many HD programs are broadcast with surround sound, which
combined with the panoramic picture creates a cinema-like
experience, with much higher audio quality than most standard
defi nition TVs.
4. HDMI Connector
The HDMI connector provided with your receiver transmits the
HDTV pictures and sound to your TV set with total fi delity and at
the best possible resolution. You must check though that your TV
set supports High Defi nition Content Protection (HDCP), which is
needed for the HDMI connector to work. If the HDMI cable cannot
be used, your receiver can be connected to the TV set with a
conventional SCART cable.
