Sony Video Walkman GV-F700 - Manual (Page 4)

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Additional information
Usable cassettes and playback modes
Selecting cassette types
This Hi8 system is an extension of the standard 8 mm systems, and was developed for
higher-quality pictures.
You can use Hi8 video and standard 8 mm cassettes.
When you play back
The playback mode (SP/LP mode or Hi8/standard 8 mm) is selected automatically
according to the format in which the tape has been recorded. The quality of the
recorded picture in LP mode, however, will not be as good as that in SP mode.
Note on AFM Hi-Fi stereo
When you play back a tape, the sound will be in monaural if you record the tape on an
AFM Hi-Fi monaural video recorder, then play it back on this video cassette player.
Recording mode
When you play back a tape, the SP/LP indicator on the LCD screen shows the recording
mode SP/LP.
Foreign 8 mm Video
You may not play back tapes recorded on a different TV color system. Because the TV
color systems differ from country to country, you may not be able to play back foreign
pre-recorded tapes. Refer to the following list to check the TV color system of foreign
countries.
Difference in color systems
This video cassette player is of the NTSC system.
NTSC system
Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica,
Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S.A., Venezuela,
etc.
PAL system
Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great
Britain, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal,
Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, etc.
PAL-M system
Brazil
PAL-N system
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
SECAM system
Bulgaria, France, Guiana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, etc.