Kenwood DVR-505 Instruction Manual

Also see for DVR-505: Instruction manual Service manual

Contents

11PreparationsDVR-505/DVR-7000 (EN)Major Countries & AreasJapan, Taiwan, Korea, U.S.A., Canada, Mexico,Philippines, Chile, etc.China, U.K., Germany, Australia, New Zealand,Kuwait, Singapore, etc.NoteNoteThe video signals used to display TV pictures and videodisc pictures are mainly based on two types of signalformats (PAL and NTSC), which are assigned to eachcountry or area as shown on the right. As a result, it isrequired to select discs according to the video formatused with your TV monitor (in your country or area).Video formatsTV formats of major countriesNormal video may not be reproduced when a disc recorded with the video format marked * in the above table is played. See “Examples of TVscreen display of each video format” for details. 0Set 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 with the playable video format by referring to the following table.÷ See the region code table on this page for details on districts 1 to 6.123 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 unitTV FormatNTSCPALArea orCountryName,RegionCodeDistrict 1NorthAmericaDistrict 2-1EuropeDistrict 2-2JapanDistrict 2-3Middle EastDistrict 3SoutheastAsiaDistrict 4-1OceaniaDistrict 4-2SouthAmericaDistrict 5RussiaDistrict 6China1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6Restrictions due to difference between discsSome DVD discs can be played only in certain playback modes according to the intentions of the softwareproducers. As this player plays discs according to their intentions, some functions may not work asintended by you. Please be sure to read the instructions provided with each disc. When an inhibition iconis displayed on the TV screen connected to the player, it indicates that the disc being played is under therestriction as described above.Inhibition iconRegion code tableYour TVformatNTSC onlyPAL onlyNTSC/PALswitchablePlayable Disc FormatsDistrict 1NTSCNTSC*NTSCDistrict 2-1NTSCPAL*NTSC*PALNTSCPALDistrict 2-2NTSCNTSC*NTSCDistrict 2-3NTSCPAL*NTSC*PALNTSCPALDistrict 3NTSCPAL*NTSC*PALNTSCPALDistrict 4-1NTSCPAL*NTSC*PALNTSCPALDistrict 4-2NTSCNTSC*NTSCDistrict 5NTSCPAL*NTSC*PALNTSCPALDistrict 6NTSCPAL*NTSC*PALNTSCPAL