Question posted by darrellsmith on November 23rd, 2011
Black Bar's Across Top & Bottom Of Screen.
Since up-grading to the new receiver's with HD programing I am experiencing 'black horozontal bar's' across my TV screen sometimes blocking out more of the picture than being shown. Other than going back to my old receiver's, what can I do to eleminate these bar's ???
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Answer #1: Posted by TommyFwithDISHNetwork on November 23rd, 2011 12:11 PM
TommyFwithDISHNetwork
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Hey darrellsmith,
It sounds like you have a format related problem. Our HD receivers have the ability to swap to various formats based upon what you like to view. To change that just press the STAR (*) button below the 7 on the remote. It will swap between all available formats.
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