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Using your FOXTEL Digital set-top unit
Setup
Picture Settings
The standard (default) setting for each item is marked with*.
To confirm any changes,highlight‘Save New Settings’then press
select,or to cancel, press back.
If you press the‘Reset all settings’(red) button,the settings will change
to the standard settings (NOT the settings made by your installer).
Item Settings Comments
Aspect ratio control ByTV,
By STU*
For mostTVs you should set this to‘By STU’ (by set-top unit),then
select your TV Type and Programme Display preference.
‘By TV’ allows your TV to control how the picture is displayed, provided
that your TV is capable of controlling the picture, and that your digital
set-top unit is connected to yourTV via a SCART-to-SCART lead.
TV Type
(Only available if the
Aspect ratio control has
been set to ‘By STU’.)
4:3* Setting for‘standard’(4:3)TVs.
16:9 Setting for‘widescreen’(16:9)TVs.
16:9 Programme
Display
(Setting for how
widescreen (16:9)
programmes display on
a standard (4:3) TV -
only available if the TV
Type has been set to
4:3)
Centre Cut* The centre portion only of any widescreen (16:9) transmissions will
display on a standard (4:3)TV.
14:9 You see a wider portion of a widescreen (16:9) transmission than with
‘centre cut-out’, but you do not see the entire picture. The picture does
not fill the screen.
Letter B
ox The whole of any widescreen transmissions will display on a standard
(4:3)TV,but the picture does not fill the screen.
4:3 Programme
Display
(Setting for how
standard (4:3)
programmes display on
a widescreen (16:9) TV
- only available if the TV
Type has been set to
16:9)
Pillar Box* The whole of the picture displays,as if it were on a standardTV,with
black bars at either side of the picture.
14:9 The picture displays slightly enlarged, so it fills more of the screen, but is
slightly cropped at the top and bottom. Note:some programmes are
transmitted in a 14:9 format, with black borders included at the top and
bottom.In this case,only the transmitted borders are cropped so you
do not lose any of the TV picture.
Stretch The whole of the picture displays, stretched sideways to fill your TV
screen.
Video output PAL* If your system is connected via RF leads,you should select this setting.
RGB If your system is connected via SCART-to-SCART leads,you should
select this setting for a better quality picture.
S-Video For improved picture quality to S-Video equipment, such as a video
recorder, you may wish to select this setting.
Banner timeout 1 sec, 5 secs*,
10 secs
Select your preferred setting for the length of time that the i-search
banner displays on-screen when you change channel.
Closed Captions On,Off* Select whether or not you want Closed Captions to be displayed when
they are available.
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