Specifications

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Shrink Level determines the percentage of the monitor’s total available screen
space that the selected Window image occupies. Adjustment is provided for a
reduction down to 10% of the overall output size. In most cases, this feature is
used for picture-in-picture (PIP) when a background image is being used (for units
with overlay abilities).
Note that some units do not have the [On] entry – this is only for units with a PIP
button on the front, with turns this entry On and Off. On these units, this feature is
‘Off’ by default, so that the full image size of 100% is used. Shrink level will need to
be turned On before any change to this value has an effect.
When parameter ‘Aspect Adjust’ in the System Menu structure is set to ‘Advanced’,
this display is made accessible. It allows the setting of different Horizontal and
Vertical ‘shrink’ sizes. The third number (1.333 in the example) is the Aspect Ratio
resulting from the adjustments, which is automatically calculated for you based on
the output resolution (the actual pixels & lines, not your physical screen size) and
the H & V Shrink values.
Most resolutions are 4:3 ratio, thus the third number will be 1.333 (4 divided by 3).
Another common aspect ratio is 16:9 (16 divided by 9 = 1.777). Therefore, to
convert your 4:3 output into a 16:9 output, reduce the vertical (V) Shrink value to
75% and this will simulate a 16:9 output. PAL and NTSC inputs are physically 4:3
on your video monitor, but their actual pixel/line ratios are different and so will not
display as 1.333.
This menu option determines the position of the shrunken image on the monitor
screen. This will move an image that is less than the full screen size left/right or
up/down within the monitor’s available screen space. It will not let you move the
image off the screen, so certain values will appear to have no effect (unless you
use a very low Shrink value like 10%).
This parameter is used in conjunction with the Zoom and Shrink functions. When
set to “Advanced”, it allows the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) components of the
Zoom and Shrink functions to be adjusted independently, thus allowing custom
aspect ratios to be created, or to convert from one aspect ratio to another. When
Adjust windows
Aspect adjust [Simple]
Adjust windows
H/V position % [100] [ 50]
Adjust windows
Shrink H/V % [100] [100] 1.333
Adjust windows
Shrink level% [ 50] [On]