Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, British Indian Territory, Jammu and Kashmir, Mayotte, Reunion, St. Helena ex. dep., Western Sahara

Region Code of Player : 6

Usable Country or Area : ChinaCaicos Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands

Region Code of Player : 8

Professional use disc (Air Line cabin service)

0-12 Video Formats

The TV picture display and disc signal systems can be divided roughly into two TV formats (NTSC and PAL). They are variable depending on countries and areas.

This unit reproduces NTSC discs in NTSC format and PAL discs in PAL format. If the video formats of the disc and TV do not match, the disc cannot be reproduced correctly. It is therefore required to select the disc according to the TV set in use (country and area).

0-12-1TV formats in major countries

NTSC

: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, USA, Canada, Mexico,

 

Philippines, Chile, etc.

PAL

: China, U.K., Germany, Australia, New Zealand,

 

Kuwait, Singapore, etc.

TV Format

Playable Disc Format

 

 

NTSC only *

NTSC*

 

 

PAL only

PAL

 

 

NTSC/PAL

NTSC/PAL

switchable

 

 

 

Correct video cannot be reproduced if the video formats of the TV and disc do not match.

0-12-3When the video formats are different

Try playing the disc. If the video formats of the disc and TV do not match, the played video may be black and white or become as shown below.

Top and bottom edges are not displayed.

0-11 Region codes of the DVD VIDEO discs that can be played with this player

This player can play back a DVD VIDEO disc which carries the corresponding code to the region code of the player shown in the table above, a marking containing the region code of the player or the “ALL” marking shown below. Even when a DVD VIDEO disc does not carry any indication of the region code, it may sometimes unable to be played on this player due to certain restrictions.

ALL

0-12-2Checking the Video Format

Check the video format of the VCD and DVD discs to be played on the player as described below.

1.Check if the video formats of the TV to be used and disc to be played match each other.

For details, refer to the instructions provided with the TV and disc.

2.When the TV is switchable between NTSC and PAL, set the TV format according to the disc for- mat.

Top and bottom areas are dark.

Picture turbulence due to sync unmatching.

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