Setting The Tv System; Model); Watching Ntsc On A Pal Tv (Mod. Pal) - Pioneer DV-355 Operating Instructions Manual

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Setting the TV system

(Except Taiwanese 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 experience
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 "Welcome
Pioneer", then indicates the new setting.
• You have to switch the player into
standby (press
each change.
D i s c
Type Format
DVD NTSC
/ Super VCD PAL
Video CD NTSC
PAL
CD / no disc ––
STANDBY/
STANDBY/ON
STANDBY/ON) before
P l a y e r s e t t i n g
NTSC PAL
NTSC MOD.PAL
–– PAL
NTSC MOD.PAL
NTSC PAL
NTSC PAL
Watching NTSC on a PAL TV (MOD.
PAL)
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.
AUTO
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
NTSC or PAL
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