Clipzin33 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 So I tried having someone do me a background on the avh-p 4100dvd I have installed. It didn't fill out the whole screen and I'm wondering if any of you have found the correct size for our screen? Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I have it so I canplay music videos, I just don't know how to size an image for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipzin33 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Bump, come on guys no one knows the correct dimensions on a avh-p4100dvd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipzin33 Posted January 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Guys.....none of you have a avh-p4100 and have put a background on it???????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossC Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 I have joined this forum specially, purely because after my recent purchase of an AVH-P3200BT, I couldn't find anywhere via google an answer to the question of perfect background images for my unit. I assume this should also be applicable to the AVH-3200BT, AVH-P3200DVD, AVH-P3100DVD, AVH-P4100DVD and the AVH-P4200DVD. Who knows, it may also be applicable to the whole AVH series..? Here is my experience... The native resolution is 16:9 ratio, just like normal widescreen, so lets take a 16:9 resolution, for example 1440x810. This resolution does not work as a background, it does not fill the screen and appears squished. I found that the Pioneer unit was taking photos at 16:13 ratio and squishing them to 16:9. Therefore, what you have to do is take the original widescreen picture of 1440x810, and using a photo editing program, stretch it to 1440x1170. This is the closest I have ever got to filling the screen with a normal looking ratio. Convert the following picture from this: To this: And this is how it looks on my pioneer (after I cropped to my preference): As you can see, the pioneer has taken the stretched 16:13 ratio and squished it to 16:9. This is the closest I have ever got to filling the screen - It is not exactly pixel perfect but looks damn good. Which leads me on the next issue, blurry pictures, poor quality or even flickering. I found that the smaller the resolution, the better the quality got to a certain extent. As long as you always stick by the 16:9 to 16:13 rule you should be good. For example, stretch 720x405 to 720x585 and it looks better on the pioneer screen than the 1440x1170 does. I actually use as low as 360x293 for the Jeep background you see on my pioneer - this created the best quality picture. I also had to darken the picture as it was too bright once the pioneer had used it as a background. So, in summary, for best full screen background results: (1) Edit your favourite picture to a 16:9 ratio (example 720x405) (2) Now stretch it to a 16:13 ratio (example 720x585) (3) Place on your usb/sd card etc, view on Pioneer and Capture for background. By my calculations, the following 16:13 resolutions work well, but I use 360x293 for best results. 360x293/450x366/540x439/630x512/720x585/810x658/900x731/990x804/1080x878/1170x951 /1260x1024/1350x1097/1440x1170. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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