Switching Ntsc/Pal - Sony HDR-AS20 Handbook

Switching NTSC/PAL

You can select NTSC/PAL, depending on the TV system of the country or region where you use
this camera.
To make the setting, select [SETUP] first.
1 Press the NEXT button to display [SETUP], then press the ENTER button.
2 Press the NEXT button to display [V.SYS] (Video System), then press the
ENTER button.
3 Press the NEXT button to select the setting, then press the ENTER
button.
4 Press the NEXT button, then press the ENTER button while [OK] is
displayed on the display panel.
To cancel the NTSC/PAL setting, press the NEXT button while [OK] is displayed, select
[CANCL], then press the ENTER button.
When the TV system is NTSC.
When the TV system is PAL.
Returns to the [V.SYS] menu.
Notes
• When you select [PAL], the camera behaves as follows.
– [SLOW] and [SSLOW] are not available.
– When the camera is set to the movie mode, the frame rate is not displayed.
– On the Recording Mode setting screen, the frame rate is not displayed.
• When you change the NTSC/PAL setting, the camera will restart automatically.
• Recording media formatted or recorded in NTSC cannot be recorded or played in PAL, and vice versa. If
[FORMT] appears on the display panel after switching the NTSC/PAL setting, go to the confirmation
screen and select [OK], then format the current recording media, or use another recording media
(page 32).
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