Playing Back a Tape

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 ( 132).

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

Set the POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and the TAPE/CARD switch to .

2. Open the LCD panel.

You can also close the LCD panel with the screen facing outward.

3. Press the button to rewind the tape.4. Press the / button to begin playback.5. Press the button to stop playback.

To use the viewfinder, close the LCD panel.

About the screen display: During playback, the time code gives the hours, minutes, seconds and frames. The remaining tape time may not appear when the time left is less than 15 seconds.

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