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Chapter 7
- Enlarged (cut off left/right)
Both previous methods have the disadvantage that a 16:9 film
only uses a portion of the screen. The top and bottom of the
screen is covered with bars. When you activate this mode, the
screen is zoomed. The bars disappear and instead, parts are
cut off left and right. With some films, the sides of the film may
not be that important. Please note that the black bars will not
always disappear completely. Also, some films originally filmed
for the cinema are even wider than 16:9 (Cinemascope, 2,35:1
or similar). Despite the zoom effect, borders may still be visible
at the top and bottom if the screen.
- Panorama (left/right compressed):
This setting too ‘stretches’ the image so that the entire screen
is filled out. However, the image is not simply cut off at the
sides, it remains fully visible. For this purpose, the sides are
‘squeezed’ to fit. The middle section of the image remains
unchanged. Only very busy scenes or scenes with frequent
camera pans may pose a slight problem with distorted image
portions on the side. You can avoid this by choosing a differ-
ent mode.
If your device is equipped with a VGA (or an HDMI) output,
this menu will also include the 3D setting. This will allow you to
switch playback in TV mode to a 3D image directly. Here, you
can switch between the standards of side-by-side images and
green-magenta. If you do not wish a 3D display, you should
switch off the 3D mode. For side-by-side display, you need
an appropriate monitor that supports this mode, as well as
shutterglasses. For green-magenta mode, you need so-called
anaglyph glasses that with the corresponding colors.
7.3.3.2 Delay
Here, you can set a desired delay between sound and image,
in milliseconds. This function is useful in case your television
needs more time to construct its images than a surround am-
plifier. You should test several values, in case videos are not
synchronous.
7.3.3.3 Startup tune
Call up the startup tune option in the ‘Image, sound’ window.
Please set here if you want to play a startup tune. You can
also activate the slider with which you can set the correction
sound volume. 0 dB is the current system volume. This means
that the startup tune can be played with another sound volume
than the system sound volume. You should now click twice on
the Back button to close the Startup tune, sound and image,
and sound windows.
7.3.3.4 Digital sound
Use ‘Digital sound via’ to switch between sound output via
HDMI or S/P DIF (optical). It is also possible to activate both
output simultaneously. In that case, you must mute the audio
source manually, when there is no audio playback desired
there. The additional option ‘HDMI sound, also in DD’ means
that you can also play broadcasts sent in Dolby Digital as they
7.3.3 Video and Audio
7.3.3.1 Picture format
The screen format allows you to set up the screen (or beamer)
that you are using with your Casablanca system and which
cable you are using. You can also make settings for deviating
screen formats. Some Casablanca models may offer separate
options for separate picture screens. ‘Screen 1’would usually
be the TV set. If you are also using a beamer, make sure to
make the beamer settings under ‘Screen 2’. You can then later
switch between both screens back and forth. If you are only
using only one screen, use ‘Screen 1’. You can also set up
the connection and mode for the chosen screen. If you have
multiple connection options, choose the connection type for
the current screen (TV set, beamer, …). SCART AV is used for
analogue connections, in other words either the SCART con-
nection or an AV connection via the SVHS/YC or CVBS/cinch
cables. If you go for the DVI/HDMI modes, the digital connec-
tion is activated (with various resolutions).
Note: You can only use either the digital or analog outputs, not
simultaneously. The other output is not activated at the same
time and remains blank.
You have to confirm a selection first, before the system
switches to the other output.
If you do not confirm within 30 seconds, the system reverts
back to the previous output. The editor’s front display will
show you a countdown. The function ‘Format’ is used to set
up a 4:3 or 16:9 screen format. Older TV sets usually have a
4:3 aspect ratio, newer sets (LCD, Plasma) often already have
a 16:9 ratio. Depending on the format you have chosen (4:3 or
16:9), the next choice will change. When watching a 16:9 film
on a 4:3 set, you can set up four different modes for display.
- 1:1 Automatic (borders on top/bottom)
Older 4:3 sets (TVs or beamers) often do not support the true
16:9 format. Even if you connect the system via SCART, the
picture may not be shown correctly. In this mode, the Casa-
blanca will always show a 4:3 signal. True 16:9 films will be
shown in 4:3. The picture quality in this mode is somewhat
lower than in 16:9 mode than in 1:1 automatic mode, since it
has around 25% fewer lines. This is a letterbox format, such as
the format used by some smaller Pay-TV channels.
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