10 | Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons |
Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons
Use the COLOUR SYSTEM button on the front panel to select the colour system. Pressing the COLOUR SYSTEM displays the current setting on the screen. While the current setting is displayed, press COLOUR SYSTEM again to change the mode as illustrated below. The
●If the mode is changed between different types of colour signals, the picture might be distorted at the switching point.
* Appears during playback only.
Mode | Description |
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AUTO | Usually set to this mode. This |
| mode automatically detects PAL, |
| NTSC 3.58, MESECAM and adjusts |
| to the colour system being |
| recorded or played back. |
| When it does not perform properly, |
| set the colour system manually. |
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MANUAL | For recording, there is a choice of 4 |
| selectable modes; NTSC 3.58/ |
| NTSC 4.43/PAL/MESECAM. 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. |
| To record an NTSC 4.43 signal, |
| perform the following steps, |
| A Press and hold 9, and press 7 |
| to enter Recording Pause |
| Mode. |
| B Press COLOUR SYSTEM |
| repeatedly and select NTSC |
| 4.43 colour mode. |
| C Press $ to start recording. |
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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 NTSC 4.43 mode, with some TVs,