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Recording
in
Widescreen
(16:9
Aspect
Ratio)
The camcorder uses the full width
of
the CCD providing high-resolution 16:9 recording.
1. Set the camcorder
to
record movies (
(CAMERA·
-"l
).
2.
Press the WIDE SCR button.
.
"M"
appears and the screen changes to the "letterbox" display.
• Repeatedly pressing the WIDE
5CR
button will toggle the screen between the
Widescreen (16:9) and 4:3 aspect ratios.
o Widescreen is not available when recording
in
LP mode if the disc specification
is VIDEO mode (DVD-R or DVD-RW). Selecting the LP recording mode will
cancel the 16:9 aspect ratio.
o If you turn
off
the image stabilizer, you can achieve a wider horizontal angle
of
view.
o When playing back a widescreen recording on a
TV,
switch the
TV
to
widescreen mode (refer to the instruction manual
of
your TV). If you play back a
widescreen recording on a normal
TV,
the image appears horizontally
squeezed. TVs with 51 terminal or Video
ID-1
system switch automatically to
widescreen mode.