RCA ProV950HB Recording with the Wide Screen, Setting the Wide Screen Mode, Screen in Camera Mode

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Recording with the Wide Screen (16:9)

This feature lets you record scenes with the wide-screen feel of a movie shown in a theater. The top and the bottom of the picture are masked with black bands to produce an effective screen aspect ratio of 16:9.

Setting the Wide Screen Mode

1 Press the MENU button until appears on the monitor (Camera mode).

STOP WATCH

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2 Press B on the operation button ( ) to select “MENU”.

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	DATE /TIME	OFF	AUTO ON
	DISPLAY					DATE
S		DATE			TIME		S
E		AUTO				OFF	E
T	SELF REC			NO CORRECT			T
		AUTO

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Button

3 Press on the button to select “PAGE”. Press B on the button to select MENU- PAGE 2 and then pressAon the button to select “16:9”.

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	PAGE	1	2	3	4
	16 : 9	OFF			ON
S	REMOTE	ON			OFF	S
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	PAGE	1	2	3	4
	16 : 9	OFF			ON
S	REMOTE	ON			OFF	S

4 Press B on the button to select “ON”. Then, press the MENU button to remove the menu.

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	PAGE	1	2	3	4
	16 : 9	OFF			ON
S	REMOTE	ON			OFF	S

Normal Screen Mode Wide Screen Mode

5 To return to the normal picture, press C on the button to select “OFF” in step 4.

Notes:

• The masked portion of the screen will appear green when recording; however, during playback it will be black.

• When using the fade function (see page 28) in the Wide Screen mode, only the unmasked portion of the screen will fade in or out.

• You can only use the Wide Screen mode when the camcorder is in Camera mode.

To Cancel Automatic Display of the	BasicOperations CameraRecording
“BLC” and “EXTEND” is automatically displayed
Screen in Camera Mode
Normally, when the power is turned on in Camera
mode, the screen with the indicators such as

on the monitor.

If you do not want these indicators to be automatically displayed, follow the procedure below.

1 Press the MENU button until appears on the monitor.

2 Press B on the button to select “MENU”.

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	DATE /TIME	OFF	AUTO ON
	DISPLAY					DATE
S		DATE			TIME		S
E		AUTO				OFF	E
T	SELF REC			NO CORRECT			T
		AUTO

3 Press B on the button to select MENU- PAGE 2 and then pressAon the button to select “CAM. DISP.”.

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16 : 9	OFF	ON
S REMOTE		OFF S
	ON

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	16 : 9	OFF	ON
	REMOTE		OFF
S		ON		S
E	CAM. DISP.	ON	OFF	E
T	DGTL ZOOM	OFF	ON	T

4 Press B on the button to select “OFF”. Then, press the MENU button to remove the menu. Turn camera off, then on again. Indicators will not appear.

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16 : 9OFF

S	REMOTE	ON	OFF	S
E	CAM. DISP.	ON	OFF	E
T	DGTL ZOOM		ON	T
		OFF
Notes:				screen
• You can cancel the automatic display of
in VCR mode by setting “VCR DISP.” to “OFF” on
the VCR menu screen.
• If you want the indicators to be displayed, press the
MODE DISPLAY button.				29