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Hughes HTL HD, and 3 Year old RCA HDTV monitor question?
Any help would be appreciated,
My friend has an 3 year old 4:3 HDTV monitor from RCA, and a new hughes HTLHD, connected via RGB out to DIGITAL TV in or SVGA2 on the back.
I have 2 questions,
1. When watching any 1080 programming such as HDNet the image is full screen, with no way to watch it 16:9? The only way to watch this in widescreen is to switch to 480p???? I dont think this is right but can find no way to change this in the Hughes menu Or the RCA menu?
2. Also when the hughes is switched to a SD channel everything is centered properly, but when it is changed to an HD channel, the image shifts to the left, enough that when you are watching a hockey game on HDNet the scoreboard is not visible! Is there anyway to shift the image to the right about 4 or 5 inches? Again In the menus for these two units I can find no solution to the problem!
Thanks in advance for any help you may have!!!
My friend has an 3 year old 4:3 HDTV monitor from RCA, and a new hughes HTLHD, connected via RGB out to DIGITAL TV in or SVGA2 on the back.
I have 2 questions,
1. When watching any 1080 programming such as HDNet the image is full screen, with no way to watch it 16:9? The only way to watch this in widescreen is to switch to 480p???? I dont think this is right but can find no way to change this in the Hughes menu Or the RCA menu?
2. Also when the hughes is switched to a SD channel everything is centered properly, but when it is changed to an HD channel, the image shifts to the left, enough that when you are watching a hockey game on HDNet the scoreboard is not visible! Is there anyway to shift the image to the right about 4 or 5 inches? Again In the menus for these two units I can find no solution to the problem!
Thanks in advance for any help you may have!!!
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I don't have either of these, TV or this STB, but I would point out two things:
First, make sure the STB is set for a 4:3 TV. If it is set for 16:9, the STB will fill the screen as you describe when watching HD programming. If the STB is set for 16:9, I am not sure how to solve the problem.
The second one you mentioned may not have a fix. RCA in its earliest HD efforts specifically wanted to match their HDTVs and STB, the RCA DTC-100. These earliest units did not use an HD standard raster. In fact, when using the DTC-100 with other HDTVs, you had to go into the service menu to adjust the raster. When you adjusted the raster, the picture would move left-right on the screen, so I think this may be the problem your friend is experiencing. I believe RCA TVs were designed to work with this initial version of the DTC-100. Later firmware updates on the DTC-100 fixed this and allowed it to work with any HDTV by giving you a choice of raster settings, but I don't think there were ever any updates for the TVs. So, it is possible your friend's RCA may not work correctly with a Hughes STB.
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First, make sure the STB is set for a 4:3 TV. If it is set for 16:9, the STB will fill the screen as you describe when watching HD programming. If the STB is set for 16:9, I am not sure how to solve the problem.
The second one you mentioned may not have a fix. RCA in its earliest HD efforts specifically wanted to match their HDTVs and STB, the RCA DTC-100. These earliest units did not use an HD standard raster. In fact, when using the DTC-100 with other HDTVs, you had to go into the service menu to adjust the raster. When you adjusted the raster, the picture would move left-right on the screen, so I think this may be the problem your friend is experiencing. I believe RCA TVs were designed to work with this initial version of the DTC-100. Later firmware updates on the DTC-100 fixed this and allowed it to work with any HDTV by giving you a choice of raster settings, but I don't think there were ever any updates for the TVs. So, it is possible your friend's RCA may not work correctly with a Hughes STB.
SMK
I have an "older" model RCA 4:3 HDTV which has user selectable "anamorphic" 16:9 mode, regardless of input (480i/480p/540p/1080i). It is changed by the "Fetch" key on the RCA remote. Your friend's model may or may not have this feature. If not, he needs a STB with letterbox format HD mode for non-anamorphic 4:3 TVs. The DTC-100 that RoyGBiv mentioned would be a good match. The older Hughes E86 also has LTBX for 4:3 TVs.
WRT the centering issue, he may want to try a different STB like the Samsung TS160. It has a centering option for RGB output, in:
Menu/Setup/Installation/Monitor.
Another option is to get a component to RGB adapter cable from RCA and use the component output on the STB. My TV came with an 8' one.....
WRT the centering issue, he may want to try a different STB like the Samsung TS160. It has a centering option for RGB output, in:
Menu/Setup/Installation/Monitor.
Another option is to get a component to RGB adapter cable from RCA and use the component output on the STB. My TV came with an 8' one.....
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