Setting The Tv System; Watching Ntsc On A Pal Tv; (Mod. Pal) - Pioneer DV-2650 Operating Instructions Manual

Additional information
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
override 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
standard 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
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).
If the player is on, press  STANDBY/
1
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.
Disc Player setting
Type Format NTSC
DVD NTSC
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
Video CD NTSC NTSC
PAL NTSC
CD/no disc — NTSC

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. 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
vertically, leaving black bands at the top and
bottom of the screen. This is not a
malfunction; it is caused by the NTSC to PAL
conversion.
10
PAL AUTO
MOD.PAL NTSC
PAL PAL
MOD.PAL NTSC
PAL PAL
PAL NTSC or
PAL
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