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Before playing a disc

Switching AUTO/PAL/NTSC

The TV screen display and disc signal formats can be classified roughly into two types (NTSC, PAL) depending on the countries and regions. Therefore, it is nec-

TV formats of major countries

TV format

Countries, regions

essary to set the NTSC/PAL switch of this unit according to the TV format (country or region) and disc.

PAL

China, North Korea, UK, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Kuwait, Singapore, etc.

1Check the display format of your TV.

NTSC

Japan, Taiwan, Korea, USA, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Chile, etc.

2Press the key to scroll the current TV format display.

To change the TV format, press the key again while the TV format display is being scrolled.

Remote control unit only

AUTOPAL

NTSC

÷The screen display may be disturbed during switching. This is not a malfunction.

Each press of the key cyclically changes the setting.

1 "AUTO" ......

Switches automatically

(Factory setting)

2"PAL" .......... PAL format

3 "NTSC" ....... NTSC format

A U T O

section Preparation

Screen display examples of various TV formats

When your TV is switchable between NTSC/PAL

NTSC

PAL

Try play a disc. If the picture is black and white or as shown on the right, stop playback and switch the screen display formats of this unit and the TV to another format. This will improve the played picture quality.

When your TV is compatible only with the PAL format

With certain VIDEO CDs, the playback picture may have black spaces above and below it (as shown on the right). This is because the disc has been recorded in the NTSC format. The screen may be somewhat hard to see but this is not malfunction.

When your TV is compatible only with the NTSC format

With certain VIDEO CDs, the playback picture may be cut above and below it (as shown on the right). This is because the disc has been recorded in the PAL format. The screen may be somewhat hard to see but this is not malfunction.