Abstract: Color encoding format for a color picture information record, and recording apparatus therefor, are disclosed for recording of discs for use with both (1) disc players designed to provide PAL-type outputs for driving PAL-type color television receivers, and (2) disc players designed to provide SECAM-type outputs for driving SECAM-type color television receivers. In players, up-conversion of recovered composite signal precedes comb filtering to separate luminance and chrominance components. Decoding of up-converted chrominance component, to obtain baseband color-difference signal information is followed by remodulation of a carrier pursuant to a desired output format. Comb filter arrangements of U.S. Pat. No. 3,969,757 are used when up-conversion shifts color subcarrier to a frequency in vicinity of PAL subcarrier frequency, but bearing odd integral multiple relationship to half the line frequency.

Abstract: A color reference signal is inserted during the vertical blanking interval of a transmitted television waveform, for utilization by The described apparatus in automatically setting the hue and saturation of the display of an NTSC or PAL receiver. The apparatus responds to the transmitted burst signal to lock the frequency of the sub-carrier oscillator of the Receiver and to the transmitted reference signal to adjust the phase of its oscillations.