JVC HR-J657MS Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons, Off-Air Recording, Mode Display

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INFORMATIONONMULTI-SYSTEMCOMPATIBILITY

Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons

COLOUR SYSTEM

Mode Display

AUTO

NTSC 3.58

NTSC 4.43

NTSCPAL*

PAL

MESECAM

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	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.

*"NTSC[PAL" appears during playback only.

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 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 and NTSC broadcasts.

TV system

PAL B/G, I, D/K

SECAM B/G,

D/K (OIRT)

NTSC (M)

NOTE:

HR-J657MS	Recorded tape
	PAL
	Recording circuit
	PAL
Multi-system	MESECAM
tuner	MESECAM
(B/G, I, D/K, M)
	NTSC
	NTSC 3.58

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