06-19-2016, 08:59 AM
(06-19-2016, 08:27 AM)NexusDude Wrote: Your TV isn't showing the edges of the Pine64's Android screen, and that's vexing.
Android is unusable, or nearly so. Let's fix that, shall we?
Method 1: Settings of your TV
You can adjust the settings of your TV. You may have already tried and failed. Can it be done?
Which menu and sub-menu?
There's no standard method of organizing the settings of TVs. Many TV settings seem to
have been organized by confused rabbits running late. However, you should definitely try
these menus and sub-menus:What is it called?
- Picture
- Video
- Advanced Video
- Screen
- Screen Adjustment
- Picture Size
- or who knows...
Look for any of these. The menu item could even be something else:*But avoid messing with these settings, if you can help it.
- Overscan
- Scan
- Screen Fit
- Screen Fill
- Format
- Title Safe / Safe Title
- Action Safe / Safe Action
- TV safe
- Aspect Ratio*
- Resolution*
- Size*
- Wide / Width*
- High / Height*
What is the correct setting?
The correct option could be:So, expect to put in a little time and effort. Check all the sub-menus, and anything that could
- Just scan
- Dot by Dot
- 1x1 pixel ratio
- Full
- Fit
- Off / uncheck (for Overscan)
- On / check (if Underscan is an option)
- 4:3 (or even 16:9) *
- 1080p / 1080i *
- Auto / Auto Config
- or other options (experiment)
be a sub-menu, if you can't find it right away. It's probably there, somewhere, so look again.
Method 2: Settings of Android
If the above method doesn't work, or isn't ideal for you, here's a different way. (Using both
methods, or going overboard with this one, would put a black frame around the edge of
your TV screen.)
In Android, go to Settings / Display / Screen scrap edge. Set width and height to ~96%.
This method works on rooted Android 5.1.1 HDMI 20160505, found here. It does NOT work
on RemixOS (yet, anyway), nor on Linux, OpenHab, etc. It's only for Android. I haven't
confirmed it to work on unrooted Android, but it probably does.
Apply this fix every time you change to a different image of Android.
I hope this helps.
Thanks, NexusDude. I will sticky this.