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INFORMATION
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MULTI-SYSTEM
COMPATIBILITY








Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons
| Mode Display | |
| AUTO | |
COLOUR | NTSC 3.58 | |
SYSTEM | ||
| ||
| NTSC 4.43 | |
| NTSC PAL* | |
| PAL | |
| MESECAM |
*"NTSC[PAL" appears during playback only.
Use the COLOUR SYSTEM button on the front panel to select the colour system. Pressing the COLOUR SYSTEM for about 2 seconds displays the current setting on the screen. While the current setting is displayed, press COLOUR SYSTEM again to change the mode as illustrated on the left. The
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. |
|
|
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,
Off-Air Recording
The
TV system
PAL B/G, I, D/K
SECAM B/G,
D/K (OIRT)
NTSC (M)
NOTE:
| |
| Recording circuit |
| PAL |
| |
tuner | MESECAM |
(B/G, I, D/K, M) |
|
| NTSC 3.58 |
Recorded tape
PAL
MESECAM
NTSC
This model does not operate in BRAZIL