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System Options and Preferences

TRANSLUCENCY

You can adjust the level of translucency that the menu screens and program guides

possess. Adjust the slider up for more translucency (the video behind the menu and

guides will be more visible) or down for less translucency (less video will be shown

behind the menu or guides).

DEFAULT GUIDE

By default, the Detail Guide appears when you press GUIDE on the remote control, no

matter if you access the DIRECTV

programming guide or the TV guide. You can change

the default guide from the Detail Guide to the Grid Guide or SurfGuide (DIRECTV

only).

1. Select Preferences from the main menu, then select Default Guide.

2. Use the arrows and OK to choose which guide you want to appear first when you

press the GUIDE button on the remote control.

SCREEN FORMAT

If you receive an image with a 4:3 aspect ratio, the image will be displayed at that ratio

on your HDTV unless you specify otherwise. The Screen Format menu allows you to

adjust the image through the following options:

Normal Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you want the on-screen

appearance of the video to be a centered picture with side panels (blank areas) on the

right and left sides.

Smooth Wide Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you do not want side

panels on the right and left sides of the screen. The television will proportionally adjust

the image horizontally so it fills your 16:9 screen with no apparent distortion or side

panels added.

Full Choose this when you want the television to adjust the 4:3 image horizontally so

it fills your 16:9 screen. No side panels will be added, and the image is vertically

unaltered. This setting is especially useful for viewing 16:9 formatted DVDs.

Fill Choose this when receiving a 4:3 image and you do not want side panels on the

right and left sides of the screen. The television will adjust the image both horizontally

and vertically so it fills the height and width of your 16:9 screen with no side panels

added. It will also maintain the correct image proportion. Use with material such as

“letterboxed” laserdiscs or VCR tapes.

16:9 ratio

4:3 ratio

For more information

about the three types of

guides, see the section,

“Using the Program

Guides.”

Some digital (ATSC

format) stations may

transmit 4:3 images in a

way that will not allow

expansion. You will be

unable to adjust the

screen format.

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