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Video formats, When your tv is switchable between ntsc and pal, Check the video format(s) used by your tv monitor – Kenwood XD-A850DV User Manual

Page 9: Region code table, Preparations

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Preparations

XD-DV series (EN/K,M,T,X,Y)

Major Countries & Areas

Japan, Taiwan, Korea, U.S.A., Canada, Mexico,

Philippines, Chile, etc.

China, North Korea, U.K., Germany, Australia,

New Zealand, Kuwait, Singapore, etc.

France, Eastern Europe

Note

Note

The video signals used to display TV pictures and video disc
pictures are mainly based on two types of signal formats
(PAL, SECAM and NTSC), which are assigned to each coun-
try or area as shown on the right. As a result, it is required to
select discs according to the video format used with your TV
monitor (in your country or area).

Video formats

TV formats of major countries

Normal video may not be reproduced when a disc recorded with 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 or VCD discs recorded with the playable video format by referring to the
following table.

÷See the region code table on the bottom of this page for details on districts 1 to 6.

1
2

3

When your TV is switchable between 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

Your TV

format

NTSC only

PAL only

NTSC/PAL

switchable

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

Region code table

Area or
Country
Name,
Region
Code

District

1

North

America

District

2-1

U. K. and

Europe

District

2-2

Japan

District

2-3

Middle East

District

3

Southeast

Asia

District

4-1

Oceania

District

4-2

South

America

District

5

Russia

District

6

China

1

2

2

2

3

4

4

5

6

Restrictions due to difference between discs

Some DVD and VCD discs can be played only in certain playback modes according to the intentions of the software

producers. As this player plays discs according to their intentions, some functions may not work as intended by you.

Please be sure to read the instructions provided with 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

SECAM