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Tape Playback
✤ The playback function works only in Player mode.
Playback on the LCD Screen
✤ It is practical to view a tape using the LCD screen when in a car or outdoors.
Playback on a TV Monitor
✤ To play back a tape, the television must be NTSC compatible.
✤ We recommend that you use the AC Power adapter as the power source for the Camcorder.
Connecting to a TV which has Audio/Video input jacks
1. Connect the Camcorder and TV with the Audio/Video cable.
■The yellow jack: Video
■The white jack: Audio(L)-mono
■The red jack: Audio(R)
- If you connect to a monaural TV, connect the yellow jack
(Video) to the video input of the TV and the white jack
(Audio L) to the audio input of the TV.
2. Set the Power switch to PLAYER.
3. Set the Mode switch to TAPE. (SC-D353/D354/D355 only)
4. Turn on the TV and set the TV/VIDEO selector on the TV to Video.
Refer to the TV user’s manual.
5. Play the tape.
Notes
■ You may use an S-Video (optional) cable to obtain better quality pictures if you have a S-Video
connector on your TV.
■ Even if you use an S-Video (optional) cable, you need to connect an audio cable.
■ If you connect the cable to the Audio/Video jack, you will not hear sound from the Camcorder's
speakers.
■ If only a mono audio input is available on the TV set, use the audio cable with the white jack
(Audio L).
Playback
Connecting to a TV which has no Audio and Video Input Jacks
✤You can connect your Camcorder to a TV through a VCR.
1. Connect the Camcorder to your VCR with the
Audio/Video cable.
■The yellow jack: Video
■The white jack: Audio(L) - Mono
■The red jack: Audio(R)
2. Connect a TV to the VCR.
3. Set the Power switch to PLAYER.
4. Set the Mode switch to TAPE. (SC-D353/D354/D355 only)
5. Turn on both the TV and VCR.
■Set the input selector on the VCR to Line.
■Select the channel reserved for your VCR on the TV set.
6. Play the tape.
Playback
✤You can play the recorded tape in Player mode.
1. Connect a power source and set the Power switch to
PLAYER.
2. Set the Mode switch to TAPE. (SC-D353/D354/D355 only)
3. Insert the tape you wish to play back.
4. Using the /(REW/FF) buttons, find the first position you
wish to play back.
5. Press the (PLAY/STILL) button.
■The images you recorded will appear on the TV after a few seconds.
■If a tape reaches its end while being played back, the tape will rewind automatically.
Note
■The playback mode (SP/LP) is selected automatically.
■If the VCR has an S-Video input terminal, you may use S-Video for better quality.
■The S-Videoterminal transmits video only. Connect audio cables for sound.
■If only a mono audio input is available on the TV set, use the audio cable with the
white jack(Audio L).
Camcorder
Audio/Video
S-Video
Video input-Yellow
Audio input
(left)-White
S-Video input
Audio input
(right)-Red
TV
Antenna
S-Video input
Audio/Video
S-Video
TV
VCR
Camcorder
Video input-Yellow
Audio input
(left)-White
Audio input
(right)-Red