Screen Formats; Using Pip - Philips 29PT8640/12 Manual De Instrucciones

Screen Formats

The pictures you receive may be transmitted in 16:9 format (wide screen) or 4:3 format
(conventional screen). 4:3 pictures sometimes have a black band at the top and bottom of the screen
(letterbox format).This function allows you to optimise the picture display on screen.
If your television is equipped with a 4:3 screen.
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key (or <> cursor) to select the different modes:
Press the
Expand 4:3
Compress 16:9
If your television is equipped with a 16:9 screen.
p
key (or ≤≥ cursor) to select the different modes:
Press the
This TV set is also equipped with automatic switching which will select the correct-screen format, provided the
specific signals are transmitted with the programmes.
Zoom 14:9
Zoom 16:9
Subtitle Zoom
Super Wide
Widescreen
Auto Format

Using PIP

This feature enables you to display a small
superimposed window.You can display in this
window the picture from an appliance connected
to the TV (e.g. video recorder,DVD, ...).
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& Press the
key to display the PIP screen.
A small superimposed window appears in the
main screen.
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é Use the
key to select a picture from the
appliance connected to the TV.
4:3 The picture is reproduced in 4:3 format.
The picture is enlarged vertically.This mode is used to cancell the black bands
when watching a programme in letterbox format.
The picture is compressed vertically into 16:9 format.
4:3 The picture is reproduced in 4:3 format and a black band is displayed on either
side of the picture.The picture may be progressively enlarged using the
cursor.
The picture is enlarged to 14:9 format, a thin black band remains on both sides of the
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picture.The cursor allow you to compress and move the image vertically to view
the top or bottom of the picture (subtitles).
The picture is enlarged to 16:9 format.This mode is recommended when displaying pictures
which have black bands at the top and bottom (letterbox format). Use the
wish to compress and move the image vertically to view the top or bottom of the picture.
This mode is used to display 4:3 pictures using the full surface of the screen leaving
the sub-titles visible. Use the
at the bottom of the screen.
This mode is used to display 4:3 pictures using the full surface of the screen by
enlarging the sides of the picture.The
or down the screen.
This mode restores the correct proportions of pictures transmitted in 16:9 using
full screen display.
(only available on certain versions). The format of the picture is automatically adjusted
to fill as much of the screen as possible.
(only available on certain versions)
<>
cursor to increase or decrease the compression
<>
cursor allow you to scroll the image up
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" Press the
key again to change the size of
the window then make it disappear.
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' Use the
key if you want to hide the
window.You can also shift it progressively by
using the cursor (only on position 5).
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( Use the
key if you want to swap the
2 pictures.
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cursor if you
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