RCA 20F514TD - What to Expect; Watching TV

Notes: You may experience a delay of several seconds before digital channels appear.
This is normal. Digital channels sometimes take longer to tune.
To see if you’re tuned to a digital or analog channel, press the INFO button. This brings
up the Channel Banner screen, discussed on page 19.
If theChannelSearchbringsupunavailableorblankchannels,youmightwanttogetridof 
thesesotheydon’tappearasyouchangechannels.TodothisgotoMain Menu/Setup Menu/
List & Labels.Removingchannelsfromyourchannellistmaybetimeconsuming,soyoumight
wanttodoitlater.Gotopage26fordetailsoneditingyourchannellist.
What to Expect
Watching TV
• Yourproductallowsyoutochangetheformatof thepictureyou’reviewing.Pressthe
ZOOM–orZOOM+buttonstochoosedifferentscreenformats.Dependingonthetype
of signalyou’reviewingandhowit’sbeingformatted,adifferentformatmightnotbe
available.TheFormatoptionintheSetupmenualsochangesthescreenformat.The
optionsareNormal, Letterbox, Crop, or Squeeze.Page28hasexamplesof differentscreen
formats.
• TheDIG•ANAbuttonontheremoteswitchesbetweenanalogordigitalchannels.
Analogchannelsaresentin4:3(standard)format.Mostdigitalchannelsaresentina
16:9(widescreen)format.Youmightseegrayorblackbarsatthetopandbottomof 
thescreen;itdependsonhowthestationisformattingthevideo.PresstheZOOM–or
ZOOM+buttonsforadifferentformatthatmighteliminatethebars.4:3and16:9arealso
knownasaspectratios.
Note: Digital stations in 4:3 format might not be able to have their format
changed. (You’ll see black or gray bars on the sides of the picture sent as part of the
signal from the broadcaster).
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