 Note
on Video Standards: UK Video = 625-PAL. UK Analog TV = UHF
System I.
You must ensure that the video
equipment you purchase is compatible with the TV standards of
the country in which it is to be used.
The terrestrial television standards in use change at national
boundaries, even within the EC. Video equipment in the UK uses
the CCIR (625 line, 50 fields/sec) PAL system. This is compatible
via the SCART or video in/out sockets with the equipment used
in most of Western-Europe, but not with the equipment used in
SECAM countries (France, areas of French influence, Russia, etc.).
UK analog television receivers tune UHF channels E21 - E68 and
use System I (+6MHz FM) sound modulation and NICAM stereo. Most
other European PAL countries use VHF system B and UHF system
G (+5.5MHz FM sound). In the USA, Canada, Japan, and many other
countries, the EIA-NTSC video standard (525 lines, 59.94 fields/sec)
is used. 625-PAL equipment is usually incompatible with NTSC
and SECAM equipment. Multi-standard and standards conversion
equipment exists; but in the absence of information to the contrary,
the multi-standard capability of generally available equipment
should be assumed to be limited or non-existent. |
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