Panasonic VDR-M55PP DVD Player User Manual


 
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Note:
The Wide setting will be kept even after the DVD Video Camera is turned off.
The VDR-M53PP/VDR-M55PP does not have the Wide setting.
Writing wide mode movies recorded to a DVD-RAM disc using [STD], to a DVD-R disc using the PC program software
provided (DVDfunSTUDIO):
Depending upon the [Video settings] setting of DVDfunSTUDIO, when you play back the contents of a recorded DVD-
R disc, black bands may appear at top and bottom and also left and right of the screen when using a wide screen
television, or at top and bottom of the screen when using a television other than a wide screen type.
The Wide 16:9 setting is not compatible with still recording, recording of external input, S-video external input, or STD
recording using DVD-R discs.
Video recorded with Wide TV Screen Mode set to “Wide 16:9” cannot be changed back to 4:3 aspect ratio.
The characters of dates and titles will be longer in the vertical direction on a wide-screen TV and on the LCD monitor
of DVD Video Camera.
Even if you set the Wide setting at “16:9”, screen image will appear at 4:3 when you press the MENU button and display
the menu screen.
When “Wide 16:9” is specified, black bands will appear across the top and bottom of screen.
When you view the image recorded with “16:9” specified on the television or PC monitor with black bands at the top and
bottom of the picture, flicker may occur between the black bands and the picture.
The “Wide 16:9” setting is not compatible with ID-1/ID-2*.
Connecting the DVD Video Camera to the S1 input jack of TV will automatically switch the TV to Wide setting: See TV
instruction manual for details.
* This system records the aspect ratio (16:9, 4:3) information in void space between video signals.
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