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Mastering
the Basics
16:9 (Widescreen TV recording)Produces images in the 16:9 format for
playback on widescreen TVs.
16:9••••••••OFF
CAM.SET UP
( 35)
MOVIE
P.SCAN
About SPand LP modes
• The image quality of recordings done in SPor LP modes will be lower
than that of those done in SPor LP modes.
• A cassette recorded in SPor LPmode cannot be played back on a
camcorder not equipped with that mode.
• The recording mode might not appear in the display correctly if you switch to
SPor LP while the camcorder is connected to another digital video device.
• When the recording mode is changed to SPor LP, the camcorder modifies
the image for appropriate recording in that mode.
• You might not be able to do DV dubbing correctly with the camcorder set to
SPor LP mode.
To switch 16:9 to ON, open the menu and select CAM.SETUP. Then select
16:9, set it to ON and close the menu.
• “16:9” is shown in the display when you switch the 16:9 mode on.
• You cannot use the 16:9 mode with the Easy Recording program.
• You cannot use the 16:9 mode when the multi-image screen is set. The 16:9
display becomes set to “– – –”.
• If you play back a recording made for 16:9 on a normal TV screen, the image
will appear to be vertically “squashed” (compressed).
• If you connect the camera to a TV with an S1 terminal or the Video ID-1
system, recordings made in the 16:9 mode for wide screen TVs will
automatically play back in wide screen mode on the TVscreen.