NTSC formats, which one?

[ses]

When I was in the US, I purchased a VCR in order to convert NTSC VHS tapes to mpeg2. I am using a PAL Compro Videomate Gold 2 card which has three NTSC formats. They are: NTSC M, NTSC MU and NTSC 433. None of them give me a picture when I try to record. Oddly enough, the card can handle the PAL 60 format which many of you know is a format that European VHS machines use to read NTSC VHS tapes. But the recording quality is not good when I use the PAL 60 format to try to record into the computer.
How many NTSC formats are there? Should I be able to get a picture with one of those three that I have?

[neuron2]

US uses NTSC M and, yes, you should get a picture. Contact the Compro people for support. Of course, make sure the VCR output you are using is enabled if it has to be (check user manual).

[Arachnotron]

Oddly enough, the card can handle the PAL 60 format which many of you know is a format that European VHS machines use to read NTSC VHS tapes. But the recording quality is not good when I use the PAL 60 format to try to record into the computer.I'm a bit surprised capping PAL60 does not give good results. I am using a SAA7134 based card too exactly for that reason: capping NTSC tapes using a PAL VCR, and so far I have not seen any quality differences. What settings did you use?