Connecting to a TV

 

CONNECTING TO A REGULAR TVConnecting an Audio/Video cable for the composite

 

You can view images recorded with your camcorder on a regular

output

 

 

 

 

TV that supports standard definition. This camcorder supports the

1. Connect the camcorder to a TV with an Audio/Video cable.

 

composite output for standard definition video transfer.

 

 

Turn on the camcorder, and then connect an Audio/Video

 

Use the AC power adaptor to power the camcorder when you connect

 

 

 

cable. If you do not turn on the camcorder first, the camcorder

 

it to a TV.

 

may fail to recognise the connected TV.

 

Regular TV

2.

Set 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.

 

Camcorder

3.

Select the playback mode on your camcorder, and then start to

 

 

play back videos or photos. pages 46,48

 

 

 

• Make sure you’ve connected the camcorder to the correct input

 

 

 

jacks. The TV screen may not display the right video information if

 

 

 

the camcorder is connected incorrectly.

 

Signal flow

 

• 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,

 

Audio/Video cable

 

connect the yellow plug of the Audio/Video cable to the green jack of

 

 

the TV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When the camcorder is connected to a TV with more than one type

 

 

 

of cable, the camcorder outputs video signals in the following order

 

 

 

of priority:

 

 

 

- HDMI Audio/Video (composite) output

 

 

 

• This camcorder comes with the “TV Connect Guide” menu function.

 

 

 

If you try to connect the camcorder to a TV and don’t have your

 

 

 

user’s manual, you can use the “TV Connect Guide” menu function

 

 

 

to view connection instructions on the camcorder’s screen.

 

 

 

page 85

 

 

 

• 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-defi nition image quality (1080/50i or

 

 

720/50p) are played back in standard defi nition image quality.