38Selecting the Aspect Ratio of yourRecordings (16:9 Widescreen or 4:3)You can select the aspect ratio of your recordings to match your TV.1. Set the camcorder to record movies ( ).2. Press the WIDE SCR button.Repeatedly pressing the WIDE SCR button will toggle the screen between theWidescreen (16:9) and normal (4:3) aspect ratios. Widescreen is not available when recording in LP mode if the disc specificationis VIDEO mode (DVD-R or DVD-RW). Selecting the LP recording mode willcancel the 16:9 aspect ratio. When recording in Widescreen mode, if you set the image stabilizer to [OFF]you can achieve a wider view angle ( 81). Playing back a Widescreen recording: TV sets compatible with the VideoID-1 system will automatically switch to wide (16:9) mode. Otherwise, changethe aspect ratio of the TV manually. To play back on a TV with normal aspectratio (4:3) change the [TV TYPE] setting accordingly ( 84).WIDE SCR button
