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Having bought a pre-owned Sony FM stereo tuner through eBay, it came without any manuals. It soon became clear that to get the best from this excellent tuner I needed a decent manual because much of the operation was not intuitive to a newboy to hi fi like me. I managed to download the official Sony multi-lingual manual from Owner-Manuals.com with no problem at all - a really quick and easy service. I'm very glad I did because I found out all the operations of the tuner and was then able to not only set it up quickly but also to get much more from it that poke-and-hope trialling would ever achieve. In my book $4.99 very well spent.
This manual is immaculate in it's accuracy. Everything is written very clearly and easy to understand. Written by a professional who wants to convey a clear and easy to understand message!!
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features wide screen
panoramic format
The panoramic mode emulates that of a wide screen broadcast for 4:3 transmissions. This is achieved by maintaining the proportions of the centre of the screen while shrinking the images on the top and bottom of the screen. Note: This mode is generally recommended if AUTO is not selected
C16:9L format
The 16:9 ratio is the format that is usually transmitted by the broadcasting stations. The C16:9L format is used to expand a 16:9 �letter box� broadcast so that it uses the full screen to display the picture so that the image does not appear �crushed�.
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C14:9L format
The 14:9 ratio is the format that is sometimes transmitted by the broadcasting stations. The C14:9L format is used to expand a 14:9 broadcast so that it produces an image of true proportions, but because of the original ratio the screen will have thin black bars to the right and to the left of the picture.
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C14:9LS format
Some broadcasters transmit in a 14:9 format, which appears with black bands down each side of your picture. C14:9LS enlarges the picture (which can cut off the top) so these black bars are no longer visible.
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4:3 format
The conventional picture format for most broadcasts is the 4:3 ratio signal which gives black bars to the sides of the screen and this is consistent with screen compression (see right).
