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Display aspect ratio menu, 480i/p, 576i/p, Input resolution, Auto/Scale, H-resolution

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USING THE PROJECTOR Display aspect ratio menu Aspect Ratio Select the aspect ratio of the displayed image between the following options: ‡‡ 4:3: This format is for 4:3 input sources. ‡‡ 16:9: This format is for 16:9 input sources, like HDTV and DVD enhanced for Wide screen TV. ‡‡ ‡‡ ‡‡ ‡‡ Note: ‡‡ 16:10 (for WXGA/WUXGA model only): This format is for 16:10 input sources, like widescreen laptops. LBX: This format is for non-16x9, letterbox source and if you use external 16x9 lens to display 2.35:1 aspect ratio in full resolution. Native: This format displays the original image without any scaling. Auto: Automatically selects the appropriate display format. Detailed informations about LBX mode: ±± Some Letter-Box Format DVDs are not enhanced for 16x9 TVs. In this situation, the image will not look right when displaying image in 16:9 mode. In this situation, please try to use the 4:3 mode to view the DVD. If the content is not 4:3, there will be black bars around the image in 16:9 display. For this type of content, you can use LBX mode to fill the image on the 16:9 display. ±± If you use an external anamorphic lens, this LBX mode also allows you to watch a 2.35:1 content (include Anamorphic DVD and HDTV film source) that supports anamorphic wide is enhanced for 16x9 Display in a wide 2.35:1 image. In this case, there are no black bars. Light source power and vertical resolution are fully utilized. ‡‡ To use the superwide format, do the following: a) Set the screen aspect ratio to 2.0:1. b) Select "Superwide" format. c) Align the projector image correctly on the screen. XGA scaling table: 16:9 screen 4x3 16x9 Native Auto 480i/p 576i/p 1080i/p 720p PC Scale to 1024x768. Scale to 1024x576. No scaling will be made; the image is displayed with the resolution based on input source. - If source is 4:3, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 768. - If source is 16:9, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 576. - If source is 15:9, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 614. - If source is 16:10, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 640. XGA auto mapping rule: Auto 4:3 Input resolution H-resolution V-resolution 640 480 800 600 1024 768 1600 1200 Auto/Scale 1024 768 1024 768 1024 768 1024 768 1024 768 36 English

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USING THE PROJECTOR
Display aspect ratio menu
Aspect Ratio
Select the aspect ratio of the displayed image between the following options:
±
4±3
: This format is for 4:3 input sources.
±
16±9
: This format is for 16:9 input sources, like HDTV and DVD enhanced for Wide screen TV.
±
16±10
(for WXGA/WUXGA model only): This format is for 16:10 input sources, like widescreen laptops.
±
LBX
: This format is for non-16x9, letterbox source and if you use external 16x9 lens to display 2.35:1
aspect ratio in full resolution.
±
Native
: This format displays the original image without any scaling.
±
Auto
: Automatically selects the appropriate display format.
°ote±
±
Detailed informations about LBX mode:
²
Some Letter-Box Format DVDs are not enhanced for 16x9 TVs. In this situation, the image
will not look right when displaying image in 16:9 mode. In this situation, please try to use the
4:3 mode to view the DVD. If the content is not 4:3, there will be black bars around the image
in 16:9 display. For this type of content, you can use LBX mode to fill the image on the 16:9
display.
²
If you use an external anamorphic lens, this LBX mode also allows you to watch a 2.35:1
content (include Anamorphic DVD and HDTV film source) that supports anamorphic wide is
enhanced for 16x9 Display in a wide 2.35:1 image. In this case, there are no black bars. Light
source power and vertical resolution are fully utilized.
±
To use the superwide format, do the following:
a)
Set the screen aspect ratio to 2.0:1.
b)
Select “Superwide” format.
c)
Align the projector image correctly on the screen.
XGA scaling table
:
16±9 screen
480i/p
576i/p
1080i/p
720p
PC
4x3
Scale to 1024x768.
16x9
Scale to 1024x576.
Native
No scaling will be made; the image is displayed with the resolution based on input source.
Auto
- If source is 4:3, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 768.
- If source is 16:9, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 576.
- If source is 15:9, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 614.
- If source is 16:10, the screen type will be scaled to 1024 x 640.
XGA auto mapping rule
:
Auto
Input resolution
Auto/Scale
H-resolution
V-resolution
1024
768
4:3
640
480
1024
768
800
600
1024
768
1024
768
1024
768
1600
1200
1024
768