Initial Setup menu Video In / Out settings

12The Initial Setup menu

Video In / Out settings

Input Colour System

• Default setting: Auto

Initial Setup
Basic	Input Colour System	Next Screen
Tuner	AV1 Out
Video In/Out	AV2/L1 In
Audio In	NTSC on PAL TV
Audio Out
Language
Recording
Playback

On the default setting, the recorder automatically detects whether the video signal from the built-in tuner or from one of the external inputs is PAL, SECAM, 3.58 NTSC or PAL–60. You may, however, occasionally need to set it manually if the picture is not displayed properly.

1Select ‘Input Colour System’, then ‘Next Screen’.

2Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons or the INPUT SELECT button to switch between the built-in tuner and the external inputs.

3 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to change the input colour system for the current input or built-in tuner.

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Auto

•The available settings depend on the Input Line System setting (see Input Line System on page 78). The table below shows the different options available.

Input Line System	Built-in tuner	External input
625 System	Auto	Auto

	PAL	PAL

	SECAM	SECAM

525 System	n/a	Auto

		3.58 NTSC

		PAL–60

AV1 Out

• Default setting: Video

You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to your TV using the AV1(RGB)-TVSCART AV connector.

Important

•If you make a setting here that is incompatible with your TV, the TV may not display any picture at all. If this happens either switch everything off and reconnect to the TV using either the supplied video cable, or an S-video cable (see Using the S-video output on page 15 for more on this), or reset the recorder (see Resetting the recorder on page 92 for how to do this).

Initial Setup
Basic	Input Colour System	Video
Tuner	AV1 Out	S-Video
Video In/Out	AV2/L1 In	RGB
Audio In	NTSC on PAL TV
Audio Out
Language
Recording
Playback

•Video – Compatible with all TVs, but lowest quality of the three AV settings.

•S-Video– Almost the same quality as RGB, but can give better results if you are using a long SCART cable.

•RGB – If your TV is compatible, this setting gives the best picture quality.

AV2/L1 In

• Default setting: Video

You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to another component using the AV2/AUTO

START REC (INPUT 1/DECODER) AV connector.

Initial Setup
Basic	Input Colour System	Video
Tuner	AV1 Out	S-Video
Video In/Out	AV2/L1 In	RGB
Audio In	NTSC on PAL TV	Decoder
Audio Out
Language
Recording
Playback

The AV2/AUTO START REC (INPUT 1/DECODER) connector input can be set to one of the following settings:

•Video – Sets the input signal type to composite video.

•S-Video– Sets the input signal type to S-video.

•RGB – Sets the input signal type to RGB video.

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