Importing dv-wide into FCE

Canon HV30 has an option for shooting in "DV Wide", which I'm assuming is just DV at 16:9. However, I cannot find good info on this after searching quite a bit.
If I shoot "DV Wide" what do I want to set my FCE Easy Setup to be for the capture? Seems 720x480 would not work as that is 4:3.
Can FCE handle "DV Wide" or is this some special canon thing I should avoid and stick to 4:3?
thanks,
billy

if you shoot in 16"9 you should use one of the DV anamorphic settings.

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