Pioneer DVR-550H-S Operating Instruction page 124

The Initial Setup menu
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Additional information about the
TV system settings
About the input line system
This recorder is compatible with PAL,
SECAM, 3.58 NTSC and PAL-60 TV systems.
The Input Line System and Input Colour
System settings determine how the recorder
treats incoming video signals from an
external input or the built-in TV tuner.
Please note the following points when
changing the input line system:
• When the current input is a built-in tuner
channel preset, changing the input line
system will usually also affect the input
line system of the AV2 (INPUT 1/
DECODER) input. However if the AV2/L1
In setting is set to Decoder, then the L2
input is affected instead.
• If, when the Input Line System setting is
changed, the screen goes blank (due to
incompatibility with your TV), you can
switch back by pressing and holding the
front panel
INPUT SELECT (also front panel) while
the recorder is stopped.
• When you switch the Input Line System
setting the Copy List is erased. If you
switch the setting using the
button and INPUT SELECT buttons as
described above, there is no
confirmation, so please use with care.
• You can't mix recordings of different TV
line systems on the same disc.
• When you change this setting, the Input
Colour System setting also changes
(see below).
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STOP button then pressing
STOP
About NTSC on PAL TV
Depending on the Input Line System setting
and the NTSC on PAL TV setting, the signal
format output when the recorder is stopped
varies as shown in the table below.
Input Line NTSC on PAL
System TV
625 System Off
On
525 System Off
On
About the input colour system
The available options of the Input Colour
System setting depend on the Input Line
System setting. The table below shows the
different options available.
Input Line
Built-in tuner
System
625 System Auto
PAL
SECAM
525 System
n/a
Additional information about
component video output
If you switch the Component Video Out
setting to Progressive when using a TV that
is not compatible with progressive-scan
video, you will not be able to see anything
displayed on your TV. If this happens, press
and hold the STOP button on the front
OPEN/CLOSE. This will
panel, then press
set the recorder's video output back to
Interlace.
Output
when
stopped
PAL
PAL
NTSC
PAL–60
External
input
Auto
PAL
SECAM
Auto
3.58 NTSC
PAL–60