32EN PLAYBACK

BasicPlayback

POWER

PLAY/PAUSE

FF STOP DISPLAY

LOAD A CASSETTE

1 First slide MONITOR OPEN and open the LCD monitor to an angle of over 45 degrees. Press EJECT to open the cassette holder, then insert the cassette with the label facing out. Press PUSH to ensure the holder is closed and locked.

SELECT MODE

2 Make sure the LCD monitor is fully open. Then set the power switch to PLAY. The Power On indicator lights.

PLAYBACK

3 Press PLAY/PAUSE. The playback picture appears in the LCD monitor.

STOP PLAYBACK

4 Press STOP.

REW

Speaker

BRIGHT

VOLUME

Recording mode indicator

 

 

 

 

Tape running indicator

 

 

 

 

SP

 

 

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4

: Playback

 

 

 

3

: Fast-Forward/

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Search

 

 

 

2

: Rewind/Reverse

 

 

 

 

 

Search

 

 

 

 

 

Tape counter

6

: Still Playback

LCD Monitor in Retracted Position

Rewind or Fast-forward the tape

Press REW to rewind, or FF to fast-forward the tape during Stop mode.

Adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor

To brighten the image, turn the BRIGHT dial toward “+”. To darken the image, turn the dial toward ”.

Speaker volume control

You can adjust the speaker volume by turning the VOLUME dial.

ADJUST VOLUME

1 If you want to turn up the volume...

Turn the dial toward “+”.

If you want to turn down the volume...

Turn the dial toward ”.

NOTES:

The camcorder shuts off automatically after about 5 minutes in Stop mode. To turn on again, set the power switch to POWER OFF, then to PLAY.

When the power switch is set to CAMERA and the LCD monitor is opened at an angle of 45 degrees or more, the LCD monitor switches on and the viewfinder switches off automatically to save power.

When the LCD monitor is turned off, sound is not heard from the speaker.

The playback picture can also be viewed in the

viewfinder (with the LCD monitor shut) or on a connected TV (pg. 34). Camcorder operation is the same as described in this section.

You can also view the playback picture on the LCD moitor with it flipped over and retracted.

During playback, pressing DISPLAY lets you remove all indications from the screen.

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JVC GR-AXM20, GR-AXM10 manual EN Playback, Rewind or Fast-forward the tape, Speaker volume control

GR-AXM10, GR-AXM20 specifications

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