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Connections for Playback on a TV Screen

You can connect the camcorder to a TV or VCR in order to play back your recordings. You will need to attach a power source to the camcorder ( 11). Power off all devices before starting the connections.

See your TV or VCR instruction manual for further details.

Switching the AV/headphone terminal

Mastering the Basics

AV

MIC

Through the menu, the camcorder’s AV/headphone terminal can be switched to function as either the AV terminal or the headphone terminal.

PLAY

CAMERA , (VCR)

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VCR SET UP

AV/PHONES•••AV

Open the menu and select VCR SET UP. Then select AV/PHONES and set it to AV or PHONES and close the menu.

• When the terminal is switched to PHONES, PHONES appears in the display.

Using the headphones

Make sure you switch the AV/headphones terminal to PHONES before using headphones. If the AV/headphones terminal is not switched to PHONES before you use the headphones, noise will come out from the headphones.

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Canon MV500i instruction manual Connections for Playback on a TV Screen, Switching the AV/headphone terminal

MV500i, MV500 specifications

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