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Setting the TV System(Except DV-656A and DV-655A Taiwan
model)
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 experi-
ence picture distortion 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 the new setting.
• You have to switch the player into
standby (press STANDBY/ON) before
each change.
Watching NTSC on a PAL TV
Most models of the newly developed
countdown PAL TV system detect 50 Hz
(PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and automatically switch
vertical amplitude, resulting in a display
without vertical shrinkage.
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
vertically, 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
conversion.
Disc Player setting
Type
DVD/Super VCD
Video CD
CD /
no disc
Format
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
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NTSC
NTSC
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NTSC
NTSC
NTSC
PAL
MOD.PAL
PAL
MOD.PAL
PAL
PAL
AUTO
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
NTSC or PAL