Akai CTV 284 NTF
 

Hi there

Am staying with relatives in France who have a problem with their Akai
television. It's a CRT rather than flatscreen, and apparently has had
the problem since set-up.

The picture overpans so that, irrespective of whether the TV is set to
4:3 or 16:9, the TV appears to be in 'zoom' mode even though there is
no zoom mode listed. Thus the contents of the screen far left and far
right are 'off screen', which is hugely infuriating when trying to use
DVD menus etc.

Does anyone have any cures or any thoughts? Or better still, a User
Manual....!!

Cheers

Mark

Akai CTV 284 NTF
 

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:34:24 -0700, mark.thomas wrote:

Hi there

Am staying with relatives in France who have a problem with their Akai
television. It's a CRT rather than flatscreen, and apparently has had
the problem since set-up.

The picture overpans so that, irrespective of whether the TV is set to
4:3 or 16:9, the TV appears to be in 'zoom' mode even though there is
no zoom mode listed. Thus the contents of the screen far left and far
right are 'off screen', which is hugely infuriating when trying to use
DVD menus etc.

Does anyone have any cures or any thoughts? Or better still, a User
Manual....!!

Cheers


Is there a zoom or format button on the remote control?

Akai CTV 284 NTF
 

No, no zoom or format button.

In the menu option there is a Picture Adjustment option which allows
4:3 or 16:9, but the picture appears 'zoomed'. I have a Sony WEGA tv
at home that has a zoom function, and the effect is exactly as if I've
zoomed the pic at home.

I wonder whether it's a configuration option (or whether I should find
a feature that allows me to restore factory settings??)

Akai CTV 284 NTF
 

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:40:09 -0700, mark.thomas wrote:

No, no zoom or format button.

In the menu option there is a Picture Adjustment option which allows
4:3 or 16:9, but the picture appears 'zoomed'. I have a Sony WEGA tv
at home that has a zoom function, and the effect is exactly as if I've
zoomed the pic at home.

I wonder whether it's a configuration option (or whether I should find
a feature that allows me to restore factory settings??)

Find a restore feature if available.