26ENINFORMATIONONMULTI-SYSTEMCOMPATIBILITY
Setting Of The Colour System Select Buttons
Mode Display
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 recorder's front panel to select the colour system. Pressing this button changes 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 the MESECAM mode. The playback picture will always be monochrome.
●In the NTSC4.43 mode, with some TVs,
Off-Air Recording
The
TV system
| Recorded tape |
PAL B/G, I, D/K
SECAM B/G,
D/K (OIRT)
NTSC (M)
(B/G, I, D/K, M)
Recording circuit
PAL
MESECAM
NTSC 3.58
PAL
MESECAM
NTSC
NOTE:
This model does not operate in BRAZIL