Sony DCR-PC1 - Manual (Page 35)

Using the wide mode function
You can record a 16:9 wide picture to watch on the 16#^wide-screen TV (16:9 WIDE).
The picture with black bands at the top and the bottom on the LCD screen or in the
viewfinder
[a] is normal. The picture on a normal TV [b] is horizontally compressed.
You can watch the picture of normal images on a wide-screen TV [e].
[a]
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[b]
[c]
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Set 16:9WIDE in the menu system to ON (p. 25).
To cancel wide mode
Select OFF in the menu system.
To watch the tape recorded in wide mode
To watch the tape recorded in wide mode, set the TV to full mode. For details, refer to
the operating instructions of your TV.
Note that the picture recorded in wide mode looks compressed on a normal TV.
Notes on wide mode
• You caimot select or cancel the.wide njode during recording.
• In wide mode, you caimot select the old movie function with DIGITAL EFFECT and
the bounce function with FADER.