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I recently purchased an Elonex LNXTY - 37F2. The picture quality is variable, but at least it covered the full screen until last week when I noticed that all off the terrestrial channels and the satelite channels showing newish programmes had started showing them in widescreen, thus giving a 'letter box' effect with black bars at ther top and bottom of the screen. When I expand the picture, I can't see the Sky banners - is there any way to get rid of the bars?
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I recently purchased an Elonex LNXTY - 37F2. The picture quality is variable, but at least it covered the full screen until last week when I noticed that all off the terrestrial channels and the satelite channels showing newish programmes had started showing them in widescreen, thus giving a 'letter box' effect with black bars at ther top and bottom of the screen. When I expand the picture, I can't see the Sky banners - is there any way to get rid of the bars?
If your digibox is set to output in 4:3L or 4:3 rather than 16:9 then you would be getting black bars - but the black bars would be apparent on all transmissions, not just widescreen, and in fact the black bars would be more apparent on 4:3 transmissions but at the right and left of the screen rather than the top and the bottom. Note - the problem you are experiencing (which isn't a problem on a widescreen TV, only on a 4:3 TV) is only apparent on movies where the movie itself was recorded in a wider aspect ratio than the ratio of your TV. All widescreen TV programmes are recorded in 16:9, the same dimensions as your TV, and you shouldn't be getting black bars on those transmission. PS You're not friends with Neil J Jones are you - actually scrap that, let's not go there. |
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It's not absolutely clear but it does sound as if your Sky box has gone to 4:3L when it it should be 16:9. You haven't got Sky+ and been using the copy function have you by any chance?
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I have been TRYING to use the copy facility on Sky + but without success, so how do I restore it back to normal? My picture format is 16:9. Incidentally, does anyone know how to copy to video?
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If your Sky+ is connected to your VCR via scart, just set the VCR to be input AV2 (or whatever Sky is plugged into) and press play on Sky+ and record on VCR. Much easier than COPY unless you wish to copy multiple Sky+ items to one tape.
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I have been TRYING to use the copy facility on Sky + but without success, so how do I restore it back to normal? My picture format is 16:9. Incidentally, does anyone know how to copy to video?
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If your Sky+ is connected to your VCR via scart, just set the VCR to be input AV2 (or whatever Sky is plugged into) and press play on Sky+ and record on VCR. Much easier than COPY unless you wish to copy multiple Sky+ items to one tape.
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The bug affects the copy function only. If you playout manually, all should be OK.
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My picture was on 16:9, so I changed it to 4:3 and back again and it now covers te whole screen so thanks for your help. However, I have now noticed a flickering picture [it goes bright and then dark for a few seconds]. Is this a fault or are the connections loose? I am a wheelchair user so it's obviously not easy to get in behind to check. My assistants seem to think the connections are tight.
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