Region Codes Of The Dvd Video Discs That Can Be Played With This Player; Video Formats; Checking The Video Format - Kenwood DV-6050 Instruction Manual

Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon
Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
Tuvalu, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Anguilla,
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands,
Falkland Islands, French Guiana, French
Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guam, Martinique,
Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, New
Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern
Mariana Islands, Pitcairn, Tokelau, Turks and
Caicos Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Region Code of Player :
5
Usable Country or Area : Afghanistan, Algeria,
Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus,
Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, CapeVerde, Central Africa, Chad,
Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic,
Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar,
Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea,
Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Togo,
Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, British
Indian Territory, Jammu and Kashmir, Mayotte,
Reunion, St. Helena ex. dep., Western Sahara
Region Code of Player : 6
Usable Country or Area : China
Region Code of Player :
8
Usable place : Exclusively for use in aircraft
Region codes of the DVD VIDEO discs
that can be played with this player
This player can play back a DVD VIDEO disc which carries
the corresponding code to the region code of the player
shown in the table above, a marking containing the
region code of the player or the "ALL" marking shown
below. Even when a DVD VIDEO disc does not carry any
indication of the region code, it may sometimes unable
to be played on this player due to certain restrictions.
ALL

Video Formats

The TV picture display and disc signal systems can be
divided roughly into two TV formats (NTSC and PAL).
They are variable depending on countries and areas.
This unit reproduces NTSC discs in NTSC format. (This
unit can not play PAL discs.)
TV formats in major countries
NTSC : Japan, Taiwan, Korea, USA, Canada, Mexico,
Philippines, Chile, etc.
PAL : China, U.K., Germany, Australia, New Zealand,
Kuwait, Singapore, etc.

Checking the Video Format

Check the video format of the VCD and DVD discs to be
played on the player as described below.
1.
Check if the video formats of the TV to be used and
disc to be played match each other.
¶ For details, refer to the instructions provided with
the TV and disc.
Chapter 1: Connection of Equipment
2.
When the TV is switchable between NTSC and
PAL, set the TV format according to the disc for-
mat.
TV Format Playable Disc Format
NTSC only
PAL only
NTSC/PAL
NTSC/PAL
switchable
¶ Correct video cannot be reproduced if the video formats
of the TV and disc do not match.
When the video formats are different : Try playing the
disc. If the video formats of the disc and TV do not match,
the played video may be black and white or become as
shown below.
Top and bottom edges are not
displayed.
Top and bottom areas are
dark.
Picture turbulence due to sync
unmatching.
NTSC
PAL
9