Using the wide mode
You can record a 16:9 wide picture to watch on the 16:9 wide screen TV (16:9WIDE).
Black bands appear on the screen during recording in 16:9WIDE mode [a]. Tile picture
during a playback on a normal TV [b] or on a wide screen TV [c] is compressed in tile
widthwise direction. If you set tile screen mode of the wide screen TV to the f\dl mode,
you can watch pictures of normal images [d].
[a]
In the standby mode. set 16:9WIDE to ON in _ in tile n-lenu settings (p. 84).
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To cancel the wide mode
Set 16:9WIDE to OFF in tile menu settings.
In the wide mode
You cannot select tile OLD MOVIE function.
During recording
You cannot select or cancel tile wide mode. When yon cancel the wide mode, set your
camcorder to tile standby n-lode and then set 16:9WIDE to OFF in the n-lenu settings.
Connection for a TV
Picttu es recorded in tile 16:9WIDE mode automatically appear on tile TV screen at f\fll
size when:
you connect your camcorder to a TV that is compatible with the video ID (ID 1/ID 2)
system.
you connect yotu camcorder to the S video jack on tile TV.
ID-1 system
Tile ID 1system sends aspect ratio in%rmation (16:9,4:3, or letter box) with video
signals. If you connect a TV compatible with tile ID 1 system, the screen size is
automatically selected.
ID-2 system
The ID 2 system sends a copyright protection signal with ID 1 signals inserted between
video signals when you connect your camcorder to other equipment using an A/V
connecting cable.
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