16:9 Aspect on Fortec Star Mercury II?

[midihead]

No matter what aspect ratio setting I choose under TV Setup on the Fortec Star Mercury II receiver, the aspect does not change when viewed on the TV. I have tried changing these settings while viewing from both the S-Video and component outputs but everything stays at 4:3. I wanted to see how things would look using the 16:9 setting in conjunction with playing with the aspect settings on my widescreen TV.

Any ideas from those who have this receiver?

 

[midihead]

No one at all has come across this? And yes, my receiver is a Glorystar unit.

Glorystar, do you happen to have any thoughts or suggestions on this?

Thanks so much.

 

[Mr Tony]

unless the program is specifically 16:9 changing it usually does nothing. I have noticed on a few sporting feeds 16:9 is needed otherwise it looks like crap with stuff cut off.

example this past weekend was the feed for Boise State football. It was 16:9 widescreen. If I had the setting to 16:9 there was black bars on top and bottom. If I changed it to 4:3 the bars were gone.

 

[midihead]

Awesome. Thanks for your reply!

 

[Glorystar1]

Agree with Iceberg. We have only observed this function have effect on 16:9 originated programming.