Using The Wide Mode - Sony DCR-TRV940 Service Manual

Using the wide mode

You can record a 16:9 wide picture to watch on a 16:9 wide-screen TV (16:9WIDE). If
you connect a TV compatible with the ID-1/ID-2 system, the screen size is
automatically selected.
Black bands appear on the screen during recording in 16:9WIDE mode [a]. The picture
during playback on a normal TV [b] or on a wide-screen TV [c] is compressed in the
longwise direction. If you set the screen mode of the wide-screen TV to the full mode,
you can watch pictures of normal images [d].
[a]
16:9WIDE
(1) In the standby, press MENU, then turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
16:9WIDE in
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select ON, then press the dial.
To cancel the wide mode
Set 16:9WIDE to OFF in the menu settings.
[b]
[c]
, then press the dial (p. 209).
MENU
[d]
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CAMERA SET
D ZOOM
PHOTO REC
16:9WIDE ON
STEADYSHOT
FRAME REC
INT. REC
RETURN
[ MENU ] : END
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