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Carsten Brettschneider

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Jul 14, 2001, 11:22:58 AM7/14/01
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Hi everbody,

is there anyone out there with the French SECAM-System?

I have the following problem: I recently got a tape from a friend in
France. It is a recording in the French SECAM-L-System.

Is it right, that a PAL/MESECAM-VCR does not read the color signals, so
that it wouldn't work with a Secam-TVeither?

And since most VCRs in France a PAL/SECAM/MESECAM-models, is it possible
to record SECAM-L as MESECAM and then play it back on a PAL/MESECAM-VCR?

And my final question: about all these PAL/SECAM/MESECAM-VCRs in France,
are there any models than can play SECAM on a PAL-TV or would I need a
SECAM-TV as well when I would use such a VCR to play my tape?

A whole lot of questions, but I hope anyone of out there can help. :)

Carsten Brettschneider

ca...@gmx.de

Peter Mason

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Jul 17, 2001, 5:12:20 AM7/17/01
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Carsten Brettschneider <carsten.bre...@arcormail.de> wrote in message news:<3B5063D2...@arcormail.de>...

I am not 100% certain about this but I remember reading that if you
play a SECAM tape through a PAL VCR and PAL TV you should get a Black
and white picture from your SECAM Color tape.

REGARDS
Peter Mason

Thys de Wet

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Jul 17, 2001, 6:33:26 AM7/17/01
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All that I know (experienced it) is that SECAM plays on PAL but only in BW,
and the other way around as well...

T de Wet in South Africa (PAL)


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Jerome Marot

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Jul 19, 2001, 9:05:42 AM7/19/01
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Carsten Brettschneider <carsten.bre...@arcormail.de> wrote in message news:<3B5063D2...@arcormail.de>...
> Hi everbody,
>
> is there anyone out there with the French SECAM-System?
>

What part of the world is "there"? If you're talking Germany (more
specifically Munich), yes: me.


> I have the following problem: I recently got a tape from a friend in
> France. It is a recording in the French SECAM-L-System.
>
> Is it right, that a PAL/MESECAM-VCR does not read the color signals, so
> that it wouldn't work with a Secam-TVeither?
>

You'll get a B&W picture.

> And since most VCRs in France a PAL/SECAM/MESECAM-models, is it possible
> to record SECAM-L as MESECAM and then play it back on a PAL/MESECAM-VCR?
>

Usually, no.

> And my final question: about all these PAL/SECAM/MESECAM-VCRs in France,
> are there any models than can play SECAM on a PAL-TV or would I need a
> SECAM-TV as well when I would use such a VCR to play my tape?
>

Usually, you'll need a SECAM TV.

> A whole lot of questions, but I hope anyone of out there can help. :)
>

What you want is somebody with a transcoder.

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