Setting the tv system, Watching ntsc on a pal tv (mod. pal), Additional information 10 – Pioneer DV-360-S User Manual

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Additional information

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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 over-
ride 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 stan-

dard 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 distor-

tion 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

).

1

If the player is on, press

STANDBY/

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.

Watching NTSC on a PAL TV
(MOD. PAL)

Most models of the newly developed count-
down 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 verti-
cally, leaving black bands at the top and
bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunc-
tion; it is caused by the NTSC to PAL conver-
sion.

Disc

Player setting

Type

Format NTSC

PAL

AUTO

DVD

NTSC

NTSC

MOD.PAL

NTSC

PAL

NTSC

PAL

PAL

Video CD

NTSC

NTSC

MOD.PAL

NTSC

PAL

NTSC

PAL

PAL

CD/no disc —

NTSC

PAL

NTSC or
PAL

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