GE DV-354 - Manual (Page 54)

Additional Information
Screen sizes and disc formats
DVD-Video discs come in several different
screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV
programs, which are generally
to
widescreen movies, with an
aspect ratio of up to about
Televisions, too, come in different aspect
ratios: ‘standard’ and widescreen
Widescreen users
If you have a widescreen TV the Screen
setting (page 43) of this player should be set
to
When you watch discs recorded in
format, you can use the controls to select
how the picture is presented. Your TV may
offer various zoom and stretch options; see
the instructions that came with your TV for
details.
Please note that some movie aspect ratios
are wider than so even though you have
a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in
a ‘letterbox’ style with black bars at the top
and bottom of the screen,
Standard users
If you have a standard the TV Screen
setting (page 43) of this player should be set
to
(Letter Box) or (Pan&Scan),
depending on which you prefer.
Set to (Letter Box), widescreen discs are
shown with black bars top and bottom.
Set to widescreen discs are
shown with the left and right sides cropped.
Although the picture looks larger, you don’t
actually see the whole picture.
Please note that many widescreen discs
override the player’s settings so that the disc
is shown in letterbox format regardless of the
sett i ng
Tip
l
Using the (Wide) setting with a
standard or either of the
settings with a widescreen TV, will result
in a distorted picture.
Resetting the player
Use this procedure to reset all the player’s
settings to the factory default
1 Switch the player into standby.
2 Using the front panel buttons, hold
down the (stop) button and press
STANDBY/ON to switch the player back
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All the player’s settings are now reset, and
you should see the ‘Let’s Get Started’ screen.
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