Canon DC230 Selecting the Aspect Ratio of your, Push the joystick toward, Camera Setup Widescreen

Recording 35

About the Power Save mode: To save power when the camcorder is powered by a battery pack, the camcorder will automatically shut off if left without any operations for 5 minutes

( 50). To restore the power, slide the power switch toward MODE and release it, or move

the power switch to and back to ON again.

About the LCD and viewfinder screen: The screens are produced using extremely high- precision manufacturing techniques, with more than 99.99% of the pixels operating to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasionally misfire or appear as black, red, blue or green dots. This has no effect on the recorded image and does not constitute a malfunction.

When using a tripod: Do not leave the viewfinder exposed to direct sunlight as it may melt (due to concentration of the light

by the lens). Do not use tripods with fastening screws longer

than 5.5 mm (0.2 inch). Doing so may damage the camcorder.

When recording movies, try to get a calm, stable picture.

Excessive camcorder movement while shooting and extensive use of fast zooms and panning can result in fidgety, jittery scenes. In extreme cases, the playback of such scenes may result in visually induced motion sickness. If you experience such a reaction, immediately stop the playback and take a rest break as necessary.

Reviewing the Last Scene Recorded

NEXT

1If the joystick guide does not appear on screen, press ( ) to display it.

2Push the joystick ( ) toward .

• If does not appear on the joystick guide, repeatedly push the joystick

() toward [NEXT] to display the joystick guide in the illustration above.

When the mode switch is set to AUTO, only one joystick guide will appear.

•The camcorder plays back the last scene (but without sound) and returns to record pause mode.

•While reviewing the scene, select

( ) the icon and press ( ) to return to the recording mode.

•If you are using a DVD-RW disc, you can also delete the scene immediately after recording it. Select ( ) the icon to delete the scene while reviewing it ( 69).

Selecting the Aspect Ratio of your

Recordings (16:9 Widescreen or 4:3)

You can select the aspect ratio of your
						Basic
camcorder uses the full width of the CCD
recording to match your TV. The
providing high-resolution 16:9 recording.						Functions
	POINTS TO CHECK			(	12)
				 Default value
		CAMERA SETUP
		WIDESCREEN		ON
1 Press FUNC. .
2 Select (			) the	icon and press

( ) to open the setup menus.

3 Select () [CAMERA SETUP] and press ( ).

4 Select () [WIDESCREEN] and press ( ).

5 Select (	) a setting option and
press (	).
The default is widescreen (16:9)
recordings. Set it to [		OFF] to