Motorola DCT6400 Series User Manual page 42

Problem Possible Solution
There are black Wide screen TVs display 4:3 programs in this format
bars to the right unless set to Stretch. Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature
and left of the in the User Settings menu. This enables most wide
picture
screen TVs to stretch the video to fill the screen (see
your TV manual for information about stretching 4:3
video).
If the DCT* is connected to a wide screen TV, verify that
the TV TYPE is set to 16:9 in the User Settings menu.
Many HD programs are broadcast in pillar-box format
with black bars to the left and right of the picture. These
programs are broadcast in 16:9 HD formats even though
the video is not 16:9.
There are black All 4:3 HDTVs display HD programs in letterbox format
bars above and (black bars above and below the picture) because of the
below the picture shape of the display screen.
Turn on the 4:3 OVERRIDE feature in the User Settings
menu. This enables most standard screen TVs to display
a full screen picture when the DCT* is tuned to a 4:3
program.
Set the TV TYPE to 4:3 Pan-Scan. This enables the
DCT* to remove the black bars above and below the
picture when possible.
Some SD programs are broadcast in the letterbox format
with black bars above and below the picture. Some wide
screens TVs offer a zoom feature that may be able to
remove the black bars (see your TV manual for
information about zooming 4:3 video).
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