JVC HR-J458EE, HR-J258EE, HR-J255EE Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons, Off-Air Recording

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Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons

Mode

AUTO

NTSC 3.58

COLOUR

SYSTEM

NTSC 4.43

NTSCPAL*

PAL

MESECAM

*"NTSC[PAL" appears during playback only.

Use the COLOUR SYSTEM button on the front panel to select the colour system. Pressing this button changes the mode as illustrated on the left. The On-Screen display will show which mode is selected.

Mode Display

Description

 

 

AUTO

Usually set to this mode. This mode

 

automatically detects PAL, NTSC, SECAM

 

or MESECAM and adjusts to the colour

 

system being recorded or played back.

 

When it does not perform properly, set the

 

colour system manually.

 

 

MANUAL

For recording, there is a choice of 4

 

selectable modes; PAL/MESECAM/NTSC

 

3.58/NTSC4.43. Select the mode that

 

matches the colour signal being received.

 

For playback, there is an additional mode

 

which allows NTSC tapes to be played

 

back and viewed on PAL TVs.

 

 

NOTES:

●In the AUTO mode, NTSC signals will be automatically recorded as NTSC 3.58.

●In the AUTO mode, NTSC tapes will be played back as NTSC 3.58.

●SECAM signals will always be recorded as MESECAM. Select the AUTO or the MESECAM mode when recording SECAM signals.

●When playing back a SECAM tape, select the AUTO or the MESECAM mode. The playback picture will always be monochrome.

●In the NTSC4.43 mode, with some TVs, on-screen displays (Program screen etc.) may roll up or down and there may be a loss of colour. When this happens, select the AUTO mode.

Off-Air Recording

The built-in multi-system tuner is capable of receiving PAL B/G, I and D/K, and SECAM B/G and D/K broadcasts.

TV system

PAL B/G, I, D/K

SECAM B/G,

D/K (OIRT)

Your recorder

 

Recording circuit

 

PAL

Multi-system

 

tuner

MESECAM

(B/G, I, D/K)

 

Recorded tape

PAL

MESECAM

NOTE:

This model does not operate in BRAZIL (PAL-M) or ARGENTINA (PAL-N).

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