Changing aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9

I import with Firewire and Canopus ADVC100 from a Digital-TV-Recorder.
The imported footage comes up in FCPX Events in 4:3 - but should be 16:9 - as it was boradcasted. Is there a way to change this?
I'm new with the program - before i did the same thing in iMovie-Hd, and there it worked fine. Comes up there in 16:9 in the program when choosing Widescreen setting, however i see the files in the media folder as 4:3, so also these files, when putting them into FCPX stay as they are of course.
Thanks a lot for helping a beginner.....

Click on your clip in the Event Manager and then go to the Inspector, in the Info tab. You should have a "Anamorphic Override" option. Set it to "Widescreen".

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