Connecting to a TV
CONNECTING TO A REGULAR TV
You can view images recorded with your camcorder on a regular TV that supports standard definition. This camcorder supports the composite output for standard definition video transfer.
TV
Camcorder
Signal flow
Audio/Video cable
Connecting an Audio/Video cable for the composite
output
1Connect the camcorder to a TV with an Audio/Video cable.
•Turn on the camcorder, and then connect an Audio/ Video cable. If you do not turn on the camcorder first, the camcorder may fail to recognise the connected TV.
2Set the TV’s input or source selector to the input you’ve attached the camcorder to.
•Refer to the TV’s instruction manual to see how to select the TV input.
Stereo Type | Mono Type |
Yellow
White
Yellow | Red |
| White |
• When you connect the camcorder to a TV, the LCD screen of the camcorder turns off automatically.
•Make sure you’ve connected the camcorder to the correct input jacks. The TV screen may not display the right image information if connected incorrectly.
•Do not use excessive force when connecting the cables.
•We recommend you use the power adaptor as the power source.
•When connecting to a TV using the Audio/Video cable, match the colour of the cables to the colour of the corresponding jacks.
•Video input may appear green depending on the TV. If this occurs, connect the yellow plug of the Audio/Video cable to the green jack of the TV.
•If your TV has one audio jack (mono input), connect the yellow plug of the Audio/Video cable to the video jack, the white plug to the audio jack, and leave the red plug unconnected.
•When you connect the camcorder to a TV using the Audio/Video cable, images recorded in high definition image quality (1280x720/ 25p) play back in standard definition image quality.
•When the camcorder is connected to a TV with more than one kind
of cable, the camcorder outputs video signals in the following order of priority: HDMI Audio/Video (composite) output
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