•If you record in more than one mode on the same tape, the picture may become distorted during playback and the time code may not be written correctly.

•A tape recorded in LP mode on other digital equipment may produce the mosaic-like noise and the sound may become distorted when playing back on this camcorder.

•A tape recorded in LP or LP mode on this camcorder may produce the mosaic-like noise and the sound may become distorted when playing back on other digital equipment.

About SP and LP modes

•The image quality of recordings done in SP or LP modes will be lower than that of those done in SP or LP modes.

•A cassette recorded in SP or LP mode 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

SP or LP while the camcorder is connected to another digital video device.

•When the recording mode is changed to SP or 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

SP or LP mode.

•You cannot transfer images recorded in SP or LP mode to a PC (as of January 2002).

16:9 (Wide screen TV recording)

Produces images in the 16:9 format for playback on wide screen TVs.

TAPE + CAMERA

CAM.SET UP

16:9••••••••OFF

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To switch 16:9 to ON, open the menu and select CAM.SET UP. Then select 16:9, set it to ON and close the menu.

Notes:

•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 multi-image screen when setting the 16:9 mode on.

•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 camcorder 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 TV screen.

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