RCA HD Receiver User Manual

Your selection in the Screen Format menu depends on the type of TV or monitor you are
using with your HD receiver.

If you are using a 4:3 ratio TV or monitor and receive an image with a 16:9 ratio, you
need to specify how the image is displayed.

Choose this when receiving a 16:9 image and you want to see the original

wide format. Letterboxing shrinks the picture so the entire image will fit on the screen.
Black panels appear at the top and bottom of the screen.

Choose this when receiving a 16:9 image and you want the wide movie

format to fill the entire screen. Left and right portions of the picture is cropped, or cut.

If you are using a 16:9 ratio TV or monitor and receive an image with a 4:3 aspect ratio,
the image will be displayed at the 4:3 ratio on your monitor unless you specify otherwise.
The Screen Format menu allows you to adjust the image through the following options:

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.

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 4:3 formatted DVDs.

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
laserdiscs or VCR tapes.

The Caption Display menu displays a choice list that lets you choose when closed
captioning information is shown on the screen.

Captioning information is shown always, when available.

Captioning information is only shown when the TV’s sound is muted,

when available. (To mute the sound, press the MUTE button on the remote control.)

No captioning information is displayed.

16:9 ratio

4:3 ratio