Hello everyone,

This TV was left to me by a relative. Before i start, i dont have the original remote, but have a universal one (this one may have missing buttins etc). I am quite tech savy but wouldn't consider myself a pro.

I'm having an issue wich I think involves aspect ratio, when the tv has any sort of input it seems to cut of about 3 inches of both sides, i have tried to figure out how to change the aspect ratio but can't seem to find an option for it anywhere, this is frustrating as when I use it for watching films or anything for that matter, I can't see the whole image.

I have checked and its not a problem with my DVD player or anything as i have set them to 4:3 so i dont think thats where the problem is.

I would love to know if this is a fault with the tv or I am just being stupid and missing an option in the menu somewhere.

Any light shed on this will be greatly appreciated.

Is this the wrong forum section to post this?

Right section I guess, but I'm afraid there's not much knowledge about that particular model around. It is actually a Philips chassis in B&O clothes and we don't even have the service manual here on site...

Do you have any analogue transmissions over the air/cable left, so that you could compare and double check that the problem is indeed in the TV and not in your program source? If it is the TV, I guess there would be some kind of a service setting for the picture width, but can't help any further without the manual

I had one of these a while ago and I don't think there is any aspect setting on the TV itself - I would check with an analogue signal as mentioned above and also check that it's not 4:3 Letterbox

It is indeed a "Phirips" chassis(anyone else remember that classic ad,or am I more ancient than I thought!)

You seem to have a problem with low width sir,almost certainly due to poor capacitors in the line drive/output stage.

Any competant tv Engineer should be able to sort this,rather than a B&O service centre,who will probably never have seen one before,they were very reliable!

Nick