Selecting the Video Quality
(Recording Mode)
Changing the Aspect Ratio of the
Recordings (Widescreen I 4:3)
m
20 min.
36 min.
m+
30 min.
54 min.
ID
60 min.
108 min.
(CD 21)
• Playing back a widescreen recording:
TV sets compatible with the Video ID-1
system will switch automatically to 16:9
mode. Otherwise, change the aspect
ratio of the TV manually.
• To play back on a TV with normal aspect
ratio (4:3) change the [TV TYPE] setting
accordingly (CD 72).
[FUNC.j
C
mB
MENU]
0
[~
CAMERA SETUP]
0
[VVIDESCREEN]
C
[B
OFF]
0
[~F:-:-:U
N : - : - : C : : - >. ]
CD
NOTES
The default aspect ratio of movies is
16:9 (widescreen). Follow the procedure
below to change it to 4:3.
(CD 21)
pLAY "1 f
~~
..
The camcorder offers 3 recording
modes. Changing the recording mode
will change the recording time available
on the disc. Select XP mode for better
movie quality; select LP mode for longer
recording times.
The following table gives approximate
recording times with a brand new DVD
disc (on a single recording side).
+
Default value
(FUNC.]
0
[m1
STANDARD PLAY 6 Mbps]
C
Desired recording mode
0
~[
F:-:-:UN: - : - : C : : - >. ]
CD
NOTES
• In LP mode, recordings are more liable to
be affected by imperfections of the disc
used or recording conditions and you
may
experien~e
some anomalies (blocky
video artifacts, banding, skipping audio,
etc.) during playback. We recommend
using XP or SP mode for important
recordings.
• The camcorder uses a variable bit rate
(VBR) to encode video so the actual
recording times will vary depending on
the content of the scenes.
Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital
Zoom
The camcorder offers three types of
zoom when recording movies: optical,
advanced and digital zoom {In
(CMDRl~i'.;D
mode, only the optical
zoom is available.) You can also change
the zoom speed.
30 • Video