Video Formats Of Vcd Discs That Can Be Played On This Unit; Examples Of Tv Screen Display Of Each Video Format - Kenwood DVF-9010 Instruction Manual

Video formats of VCD discs that can be played on this unit

Set the video formats of the VCD discs to be played on this unit as described below.
1
Check the video format(s) used by your TV monitor.
÷ Refer to the operating instructions of your TV monitor for details.
2
Select VCD discs recorded with the playable video format by referring to the following
table.
÷ See the region code table on the bottom of the previous page for details on districts 1 to 6.
Your TV
format
District 1 District 2-1
NTSC
NTSC only
PAL
NTSC*
PAL only
PAL*
NTSC/PAL
NTSC
PAL
switchable
Normal video may not be reproduced when a disc recorded with the video format marked * in the above table is played. See "Examples of
TV screen display of each video format" for details.
Note Note Note
3
When your TV is switchable between NTSC and PAL,
÷ Districts 1, 2-2 and 4-2: Set the TV to NTSC.
÷ Districts 2-1, 4-1 and 5: Set the TV to PAL.
÷ Districts 2-3, 3 and 6: Set the TV according to each disc to be played.
4
Now play the disc.

Examples of TV screen display of each video format

When your TV is switchable between PAL/
NTSC
Try play a disc. If the picture is black and white or as shown on the right,
stop playback and switch the screen display formats of this unit and the
TV to another format. This will improve the played picture quality.
When your TV is compatible only with the
PAL format
With certain discs, the playback pic-
ture may have black spaces above
and below it (as shown on the right).
This is because the disc has been
recorded in the NTSC format. The
screen may be somewhat hard to
see but this is not malfunction.
District 2-2 District 2-3
NTSC* NTSC NTSC
PAL* PAL PAL*
NTSC NTSC* NTSC*
PAL PAL* PAL
NTSC NTSC NTSC
PAL PAL PAL
Playable Disc Formats
District 3 District 4-1
NTSC NTSC*
PAL* PAL*
NTSC* NTSC
PAL PAL
NTSC NTSC
PAL PAL
When your TV is compatible only with the
NTSC format
With certain discs, the playback pic-
ture may be cut above and below it
(as shown on the right). This is be-
cause the disc has been recorded in
the PAL format. The screen may be
somewhat hard to see but this is not
malfunction.
Video formats
DVF-9010 (En/E)
District 4-2 District 5 District 6
NTSC NTSC*
PAL PAL*
NTSC* NTSC
PAL* PAL
NTSC NTSC
PAL PAL
13
NTSC
PAL*
NTSC*
PAL
NTSC
PAL