Widescreen tv advice sought

[Jambo Seagull]

I have a 28" Widescreen Phillips tv which I've had for 3-4 years. I got Sky + about 18 months ago. Since I came back off my summer hols last year the picture has been too big for the screen. For instance on Sky Sports News I can't see the ticker-tape bar at the bottom of the page. I've tried changing the settings on my Sky by going into Picture Settings to no avail. I also have a button on the remote which allows me to change between 4:3, 16:9 and Widescreen but it's still too big for the screen. A mate mentioned something about a scart setting. Has anyone got any ideas/advice?

 

[Nemesis]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

 

[Ccider]

Buy a bigger TV.

 

[Nemesis]

Check your settings on the Sky+ box. If it's like the V+ and NTL boxes there's a settings option for output-sounds like yours is set on 16:3 zoom.

 

[Motogull]

Settings shouldn't change themselves should they? Did you let anyone have access to your TV when you were away cos if you did, sounds like they had a play around.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

I've tried picture settings. I can only get 4:3, 4:3L & 16:9. Doesn't seem to make any difference. Thanks for the advice anyway.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Settings shouldn't change themselves should they? Did you let anyone have access to your TV when you were away cos if you did, sounds like they had a play around.

no everything switched off for two weeks.

 

[Buzzer]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Yes, yes he has.

 

[Fungus]

no everything switched off for two weeks.

Has switching it off for so long restored the equipment to some factory default settings? Maybe backup power having failed? Odd default, though.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Yes, yes he has.

that's what caused the problem in the first place!