Setting The Tv System(Except Dv-656A And Dv- 655A Taiwan Model); Watching Ntsc On A Pal Tv - Pioneer 655A Operating Instructions Manual

Additional Information
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
ON to switch it to standby.
2 Using the front panel controls, hold
down ¡ ¢ then press
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
each change.
Disc Player setting
Type Format NTSC
DVD/Super VCD NTSC NTSC
PAL ––
Video CD NTSC NTSC
PAL
NTSC
CD / no disc –– NTSC
STANDBY/
STANDBY/ON
STANDBY/ON) before
PAL AUTO
MOD.PAL NTSC
PAL PAL
MOD.PAL NTSC
PAL PAL
PAL NTSC or PAL

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.
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