Sony GV-F700 Operating Instructions - Page 4

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. 11