User Manual

9
Preparations
DVF-3200/DVF-3250 (EN/K,E,X)
The TV picture display and disc signal systems can be
divided roughly into two TV formats (NTSC and PAL).
They are variable depending on countries and areas.
Video formats
TV formats of major countries
TV Format
NTSC
PAL
Major Countries & Areas
China, U.K., Germany, Australia, New
Zealand, Kuwait, Singapore, etc.
Japan, Taiwan, Korea, USA, Canada,
Mexico, Philippines, Chile, etc.
This unit has a function for changing the video format according to the TV type. Please confirm the type of your TV.
Check the video format of the TV to be used
Checking the Video Format
When the video formats are different :
Try playing the disc. If the video formats of the disc and TV
do not match, the played video may be black and white or
become as shown below.
Top and bottom areas are dark.
Top and bottom edges are not
displayed.
Picture turbulence due to sync
unmatching.
1 Remove the disc from the unit, then close the tray.
2 Press and hold the PAUSE key on the front panel
for more than 5 seconds to be able to select a TV
type (PAL, NTSC or AUTO).
To select TV Type
Video Mode Setting
With certain discs, the playback picture in Progressive scan mode (^) may be flickering or Dot Crawl is shown on straight lines.
That means Vertical interpolation or De-interlace is not perfectly matched with the disc. In this case, the picture quality may be improved
by changing the video mode.
÷ To change the video mode, press and hold ON SCREEN key for more than 3 seconds during disc playback. The new video mode
number selected is displayed on the TV screen. Check whether the video quality has improved. If not, repeat the above procedure
until picture quality is improved.
Each press and hold the key switches the mode.
1 MODE 1 :The source material of the DVD video (film material or video material) is deter-
mined from disc information.
2 MODE 2 :Suitable for playing film based content or video based material recorded by the
progressive scan method.
3 MODE 3 : Suitable for playing video based content with comparatively little motion.
Note
Note
If you turn off the power, the video mode will be back to initial state (MODE1)