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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 On-Screen display will show which mode is selected.

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

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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, 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.

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