Mode - Sony Digital8 DCR-TRV720 Operating Instructions Manual

Using the wide mode
You can record a 16:9 wide picture to watch on the 16:9 wide-screen TV (16:9 WIDE).
Black bands appear on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder during recording in 16:9
WIDE mode [a]. The picture during playing back on a normal TV [b] or a wide-screen
TV [c] are compressed in the widthwise direction. If you set the screen mode of the
wide-screen TV to the full mode, you can watch pictures of normal images [d].
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In the standby mode set 16:9WIDE to ON in the menu settings (p. 65).
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To cancel the wide mode
Set 16:gWIDE to OFF in the nlei'tu settings.
In the wide mode, you cannot select the following functions:
Old movie
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During recording
You cannot select or cancel the wide mode. When you cancel the wide mode, set your
camcorder to the standby mode and then set 16:9WIDE to OFF in the menu setting.
Connection for a TV
Pictures wcordc, d in the 16:gWIDE mode automatically aplw, ar on the TV scrc, en at full
size when:
you connect your camcorder to a TV that is compatible with the video ID (ID-1/ID-2)
system.
- you connect your camcorder to the S video jack on the TV.
IO-2 system
The ID-2 system sends a copyright protection signal with ID-1 signals inserted between
video signals when you connect your camcorder to other equipment by an A/V
connecting cable.
If the wide mode is set to ON
The SteadyShot function does not work. If you set 16:qWIDE to ON in the menu settings
when the SteadyShot function is working, _@"flashes and the SteadvShot function does
not function.
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