RCA 20F524T - Chapter 4: Other Information; Frequently Asked Questions (Faqs)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How do I tell an analog channel from a digital channel?
Thereareseveralwaystotellif yourchannelisdigitalornot.PresstheINFObuttonto
displaythechannelbanner.Lookattheleftsideforachannelnumber.Channelswitha
primarychannelandasubchannelaredigitalchannels.Rememberthatnotalldigitalchannels
havesubchannels.LookattheleftsideoftheChannelbanner,itwillshowAnalogforan
analogchanneloraDigitalforadigitalchannel.Gotopage14formoreinformationonthe
differencebetweenanaloganddigitalchannelsandpage18fortheChannelbanner.
Why does the channel search take a long time?
Dependingonyourconnections,whentheTVsearchesfordigitalchannelsitisalsosearching
foreachsub-channelof thatdigitalchannel.Thissometimestakeslonger,butonceyouhave
yourchannellistsetup,youonlyhavetodoitonce.
Why does channel search find a lot of channels, but when I try to tune to them there’s
nothing there?
Somechannelsareenabledbythecablecompanyanddon’tcarryprogramming,suchas
video-on-demand.Whenchannelsareunavailable,yourTV’sscreendisplaysUnusable Signal.
Youprobablywanttogetridof thesesotheynolongerappearinyourchannellist.Remove
theseintheList & Labelsmenu.Gotopage25formoreinformation.
Why are there black bars on my screen and can I get rid of them?
YourTVhasa4:3screensomostdigitalchannelsaredisplayedwithgrayorblackbarsat
thetopandbottomof thescreenbecausemostaresentina16:9format.Itdependsonhow
thestationisformattingthevideo.Aspectratiosaredeterminedbythebroadcasterandmay
changefromoneprogramtoanother.UsetheZOOM– and ZOOM+buttonsontheremote
toseethedifferentformatsavailablethatmayeliminatethebars.Gotopage15formore
information.
Nootheroptionsarepossibleasidefromthoseyouseebycyclingthroughthisbutton.
However,youcanchangethedefaultsettingsforbothanaloganddigitalprogramming
throughthemenu.Gotopage27formoredetails.
Chapter 4: Other Information