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Playing Back a Tape

When you use the LCD screen for playback, the camcorder plays back the sound via

built-in speaker. The built-in speaker is monaural. Use headphones for stereo sound or when using the viewfinder for playback.

Preparations

Connect a power source. Load a cassette.

Playback

1.Set the camcorder to PLAY (VCR) mode.

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2. Open the LCD panel.

You can also close the LCD panel with the

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screen facing outward.

 

 

3. Press the ` button to rewind the

 

 

tape.

 

 

To fast forward the tape, press the 1

 

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button.

 

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4. Press the e/a button to begin playback.

5. Press the 3 button to stop playback.

❍If the playback picture is distorted, clean the video heads using a Canon Head

Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head-cleaning

cassette ( 152).

❍To use the viewfinder, close the LCD panel. The built-in speaker does not

sound. Use headphones when using the viewfinder ( 38).

❍You can display the audio level indicator by pressing the AUDIO LEVEL button.

❍For displaying the date and time during playback, see Displaying the Data Code

( 83).

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