RCA 20F524T Manual

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How do I tell an analog channel from a digital channel?

Thereareseveralwaystotellifyourchannelisdigitalornot.PresstheINFObuttonto

displaythechannelbanner.Lookattheleftsideforachannelnumber.Channelswitha

primarychannelandasubchannelaredigitalchannels.Rememberthatnotalldigitalchannels

havesubchannels.LookattheleftsideoftheChannelbanner,itwillshowAnalogforan

analogchanneloraDigitalforadigitalchannel.Gotopage14formoreinformationonthe

differencebetweenanaloganddigitalchannelsandpage18fortheChannelbanner.

Why does the channel search take a long time?

Dependingonyourconnections,whentheTVsearchesfordigitalchannelsitisalsosearching

foreachsub-channelofthatdigitalchannel.Thissometimestakeslonger,butonceyouhave

yourchannellistsetup,youonlyhavetodoitonce.

Why does channel search ﬁnd a lot of channels, but when I try to tune to them there’s

nothing there?

Somechannelsareenabledbythecablecompanyanddon’tcarryprogramming,suchas

video-on-demand.Whenchannelsareunavailable,yourTV’sscreendisplaysUnusable Signal.

Youprobablywanttogetridofthesesotheynolongerappearinyourchannellist.Remove

theseintheList & Labelsmenu.Gotopage25formoreinformation.

Why are there black bars on my screen and can I get rid of them?

YourTVhasa4:3screensomostdigitalchannelsaredisplayedwithgrayorblackbarsat

thetopandbottomofthescreenbecausemostaresentina16:9format.Itdependsonhow

thestationisformattingthevideo.Aspectratiosaredeterminedbythebroadcasterandmay

changefromoneprogramtoanother.UsetheZOOM– and ZOOM+buttonsontheremote

toseethedifferentformatsavailablethatmayeliminatethebars.Gotopage15formore

information.

Nootheroptionsarepossibleasidefromthoseyouseebycyclingthroughthisbutton.

However,youcanchangethedefaultsettingsforbothanaloganddigitalprogramming

throughthemenu.Gotopage27formoredetails.

Chapter 4: Other Information