Ayre Acoustics DX-7 Customization, DVDs from Around the World, World-Wide Video Standards

Optimization and

Customization

The Ayre DX-7 offers many advanced features, especially when playing DVDs.

DVDs from Around the World

There are times when you may wish to play DVDs from other countries. In this situation there are two items that must be considered – whether the video standards match between the disc and your video display, and region coding issues.

World-Wide Video Standards

There are two commonly used video standards around the world, NTSC and PAL. NTSC is used in North America and Japan, while PAL is used in other areas, including Europe, Asia (except Japan), Australia, South America, and Africa.

There will be a label on the DVD package to indicate which video standard was used. The Ayre DX-7 is compatible with both formats. When playing an NTSC disc the player will output an NTSC signal, and when playing a PAL disc the

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