Pinpoint HDTV Tips & Tricks
Here are a few tips and tricks for our Pinpoint HDTV subscribers.
Channel Guide Customization
Having trouble finding your favorite channel? Are there certain channels that you watch more than others? Do you want to easily find what you want to watch and block what you don’t? Pinpoint HDTV can do that! Customizing your Pinpoint HDTV channel guide is a great time saver. This Pinpoint HDTV feature allows you to flip through channels more quickly, bypassing those channels you wish to hide. Hidden channels will not appear in the guide or when browsing, but you can still tune to them by entering the channel number using the remote’s keypad.
Picture-In-Picture
Browsing Picture-In-Picture (PIP) - A PIP is a small onscreen picture in a picture of the channels you’re browsing while watching a show. Seeing the actual show helps you decide more easily if you want to switch, especially when you aren’t familiar with its title or the channel. To get a peek at what else is on without leaving your current program, simply press your remote’s grey UP/DOWN BROWSE ARROWS in the circular area in the middle of your remote to activate your PIP browser bar – it features a Picture-In-Picture (PIP) video of each channel along the bottom of the screen, with the program title and time remaining.
Filling your screen
If the image on your TV does not fill the screen as you would like, you can adjust it in two ways; change the aspect ratio or zoom.
Changing the aspect ratio for widescreen or HDTV
Aspect ratio is the relationship of the screen’s width to its depth. Standard TVs have
a 4:3 aspect ratio; widescreen and HD TVs are 16:9.
Step 1 Press MENU. Use the BROWSE arrows on your remote to select SETTINGS.
Select Television and then Screen aspect ratio and high definition.
Step 2 Use the UP/DOWN BROWSE arrows to choose from: 4:3 standard definition
Widescreen standard definition or 720p High Definition or 1080i High Definition, depending on your TV
Step 3 Press OK. Use the BROWSE arrows to select continue and press OK again.
Zooming in or out of the picture
If you watch standard-definition programming in widescreen mode on a widescreen HDTV, black bars will appear on the sides of the program. To remove the bars:
Step 1 Press ZOOM on your remote, select Aspect Ratio.
Step 2 Choose one of five settings:
Normal displays the normal image.
Zoom 1, 2 or 3 to increase the zoom.
Stretch expands the image to fill the screen (may cause
