Notes: You may experience a delay of several seconds before digital channels appear.This is normal. Digital channels sometimes take longer to tune.To see if you’re tuned to a digital or analog channel, press the INFO button. This bringsup the Channel Banner screen, discussed on page 19.If the Channel Search brings up unavailable or blank channels, you might want to get rid ofthese so they don’t appear as you change channels. To do this go to Main Menu/Setup Menu/List & Labels. Removing channels from your channel list may be time consuming, so you mightwant to do it later. Go to page 26 for details on editing your channel list.What to ExpectWatching TV• Your product allows you to change the format of the picture you’re viewing. Press theZOOM– or ZOOM+ buttons to choose different screen formats. Depending on the typeof signal you’re viewing and how it’s being formatted, a different format might not beavailable. The Format option in the Setup menu also changes the screen format. Theoptions are Normal, Letterbox, Crop, or Squeeze. Page 28 has examples of different screenformats.• The DIG•ANA button on the remote switches between analog or digital channels.Analog channels are sent in 4:3 (standard) format. Most digital channels are sent in a16:9 (widescreen) format. You might see gray or black bars at the top and bottom ofthe screen; it depends on how the station is formatting the video. Press the ZOOM– orZOOM+ buttons for a different format that might eliminate the bars. 4:3 and 16:9 are alsoknown as aspect ratios.Note: Digital stations in 4:3 format might not be able to have their formatchanged. (You’ll see black or gray bars on the sides of the picture sent as part of thesignal from the broadcaster).Chapter 1 1Connections & Setup