7
Selecting Compatible Picture Formats
If your HDTV displays a black screen when you turn it on, the DVR may not be
sending your HDTV a picture format that your HDTV supports. Follow these
steps to select picture format settings that your HDTV supports.
Note:
Rather than selecting a single picture format setting, you may want to
select all settings that your HDTV supports. Setting up the DVR to support a
variety of picture formats allows you to toggle among the diff erent settings
while viewing TV and select the setting that provides the best picture quality
for the format being broadcast.
1. Find the picture formats that your HDTV supports. (If necessary, refer to
the user’s manual that came with your HDTV.)
2. If the DVR is off , press
Cable
and then
Power
on the remote
control to turn it on.
3. On the front of the DVR, press and hold
Select
until the
Message
Light
blinks.
4. On the front of the DVR, press
Vol –
to indicate that you want to select
a picture format setting. The LED displays
HdSr
to indicate that you are in
the Picture Format mode for HDTV screens.
5. Use the following table to select settings that your HDTV supports.
Important:
You have 20 seconds to begin selecting picture format
settings. After 20 seconds,
HdSr
disappears to indicate that the DVR is no
longer in the Picture Format mode. If this occurs, repeat this process by
starting at step 3.
On
the
To Select This DVR
The DVR
And Then
Picture Format: Press:
Briefl y Displays: Briefl y Displays:
480i
CH+
480i
SEt
720p
VOL-
720p
SEt
480p
CH-
480p
SEt
1080i
VOL+
1080i
SEt
Note:
The default picture format setting is 1080i.
6. To start watching TV, make sure the remote control is in Cable mode and
press
Power
.
