Kenwood HM-353V Instruction Manual page 15

Switching AUTO/PAL/NTSC
The TV screen display and disc signal formats can be
classified roughly into two types (NTSC, PAL) depend-
ing on the countries and regions. Therefore, it is nec-
essary to set the NTSC/PAL switch of this unit accord-
ing to the TV format (country or region) and disc.
1 Check the display format of your TV.
2 Press the key to scroll the current TV format
display.
To change the TV format, press the key again
while the TV format display is being scrolled.
Remote control unit only
AUTO PAL
NTSC
÷ The screen display may be disturbed during
switching. This is not a malfunction.
Screen display examples of various TV formats
When your TV is switchable between NTSC/PAL
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 pic-
ture quality.
When your TV is compatible only with the PAL format
With certain VIDEO CDs, the playback picture 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 some-
what hard to see but this is not malfunction.
When your TV is compatible only with the NTSC format
With certain VIDEO CDs, the playback picture may be cut above
and below it (as shown on the right). This is because the disc has
been recorded in the PAL format. The screen may be somewhat
hard to see but this is not malfunction.
TV formats of major countries
TV format Countries, regions
China, North Korea, UK, Germany, Australia,
PAL
New Zealand, Kuwait, Singapore, etc.
Japan, Taiwan, Korea, USA, Canada,
NTSC
Mexico, Philippines, Chile, etc.
Each press of the key cyclically changes the
setting.
1 "AUTO" ...... Switches automatically
(Factory setting)
2 "PAL" .......... PAL format
3 "NTSC" ....... NTSC format
A U T O
NTSC
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Before playing a disc
PAL