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DV-502/DVF-3050 (EN/K,P,T,M ,Y)
M ajor Countries & Areas
Japan, Taiw an, Korea, U.S.A., Canada, M exico,
Philippines, Chile, etc.
China, North Korea, U.K., Germany, Australia,
New Zealand, Kuw ait, Singapore, etc.
Note
Note
The video signals used to display TV pictures and video
disc pictures are mainly based on tw o types of signal
formats (PAL and NTSC), w hich are assigned to each
country or area as show n on the right. As a result, it is
required to select discs according to the video format
used w ith your TV monitor (in your country or area).
Video formats
TV formats of major countries
Region code table
Normal video may not be reproduced w hen a disc recorded w ith the video format marked * in the above table is played. See “ Examples of TV
screen display of each video format” for details.
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Set the video formats of the DVD discs to be played on this unit as described below .
Check the video format(s) used by your TV monitor.
÷
Refer to the operating instructions of your TV monitor for details.
Select DVD discs recorded w ith the playable video format by referring to the follow ing table.
÷
See the region code table on the bottom of this page for details on districts
1
to
6
.
1
2
3
W hen your TV is sw itchable betw een NTSC and PAL,
÷
Districts
1
,
2
-2 and
4
-2: Set the TV to
NTSC
.
÷
Districts
2
-1,
4
-1 and
5
: Set the TV to
PAL
.
÷
Districts
2
-3,
3
and
6
: Set the TV according to each disc to be played.
Video formats of DVD discs that can be played on this unit
TV Format
NTSC
PAL
Area or
Country
Name,
Region
Code
District
1
North
America
District
2
-1
Europe
District
2
-2
Japan
District
2
-3
M iddle East
District
3
Southeast
Asia
District
4
-1
Oceania
District
4
-2
South
America
District
5
Russia
District
6
China
Your TV
format
NTSC only
PAL only
NTSC/ PAL
sw itchable
Playable Disc Formats
District
1
NTSC
NTSC*
NTSC
District
2
-1
NTSC*
PAL*
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
District
2
-2
NTSC
NTSC*
NTSC
District
2
-3
NTSC
PAL*
NTSC*
PAL
NTSC
PAL
District
3
NTSC
PAL*
NTSC*
PAL
NTSC
PAL
District
4
-1
NTSC*
PAL*
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
District
4
-2
NTSC
NTSC*
NTSC
District
5
NTSC*
PAL*
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
District
6
NTSC
PAL*
NTSC*
PAL
NTSC
PAL
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
5
6
Restrictions due to difference betw een discs
Some DVD discs can be played only in certain playback modes according to the intentions of the softw are
producers. As this player plays discs according to their intentions, some functions may not w ork as
intended by you. Please be sure to read the instructions provided w ith each disc. When an inhibition icon
is displayed on the TV screen connected to the player, it indicates that the disc being played is under the
restriction as described above.
Inhibition icon
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