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Set to
4:3 (Pan&Scan)
, widescreen discs are
shown with the left and right sides cropped.
Although the picture looks larger, you don’t
actually see the whole picture.
Please note that many widescreen discs over-
ride the player’s settings so that the disc is
shown in letter box format regardless of the
setting.
•Using the
16:9 (Wide)
setting with a stan-
dard 4:3 TV, or either of the
4:3
settings
with a widescreen TV, will result in a
distorted picture.
Setting the TV system
The default setting of this player is
AUTO
, and
unless you notice that the picture is distorted
when playing some discs, you should leave it
set to
AUTO
. If you experience picture distor-
tion with some discs, set the TV system to
match your country or region’s system. Doing
this, however, may restrict the kinds of disc
you can watch. The table below shows what
kinds of disc are compatible with each setting
(
AUTO
,
PAL
and
NTSC
).
1 If the player is on, press
STANDBY/
ON to switch it to standby.
2 Using the front panel controls, hold
down

then press
STANDBY/ON
to switch the TV system.
The TV system changes as follows:
•
AUTO
NTSC
•
NTSC
PAL
•
PAL
AUTO
The player’s display shows “
Welcome
Pioneer
”, then indicates the new setting.
•You have to switch the player into standby
(press
STANDBY/ON
) before each
change.
Watching NTSC on a PAL TV (MOD. PAL)
Most models of the newly developed count-
down PAL TV system detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz
(NTSC) and automatically switch vertical
amplitude, resulting in a display without
vertical shrinkage. However, in some cases,
the image may appear without color.
If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control,
you may not be able to watch NTSC discs
because of picture roll. If the TV has a V-Hold
control, adjust it until the picture stops
rolling.
On some TVs, the picture may shrink verti-
cally, leaving black bands at the top and
bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunc-
tion; it is caused by the NTSC to PAL conver-
sion.
Disc Player setting
Type Format NTSC PAL AUTO
DVD NTSC
NTSC
MOD.PAL
NTSC
PAL
NTSC PAL PAL
Video CD
NTSC
NTSC
MOD.PAL
NTSC
PAL
NTSC PAL PAL
CD/no disc —
NTSC PAL
NTSC or
PAL
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