Manual

• If yourecordinmorethanonemodeonthesametape,thepicturemaybecome

distortedduringplaybackandthetimecodemaynotbewrittencorrectly.

• AtaperecordedinLPmodeonotherdigitalequipmentmayproducethe

mosaic-likenoiseandthesoundmaybecomedistortedwhenplayingbackon

thiscamcorder.

• AtaperecordedinLPor rtLp mode on this camcorder may produce the

mosaic-like noise and the sound may become distorted when playing back on

other digital equipment.

fl$NIi_About []SP and PJLP modes

• The image quality of recordings done in ItSP or rtLp modes will be lower

than that of those done in SP or LP modes.

• A cassette recorded in rtsp or mLP 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

MSP or r'tLP while the camcorder is connected to another digital video device.

• When the recording mode is changed to raSP or mLR 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

rasp or raLp mode.

• You cannot transfer images recorded in raSP or mLP mode to a PC (as of ._

January 2002). _

Produces images in the 16:9 format for

playback on wide screen TVs.

MENU ,CAM.SETup _)1,'16:_

OFF

( I_ 40) L

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:

• _6:9'_s 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 _quashed"(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.