Playing the picture on a TV

Connect your camcorder to the wall socket using the supplied AC Adaptor for this operation (p. 8). Refer also to the instruction manuals supplied with the devices to be connected.

A/V or A/V OUT jack

1

(Yellow) (White) (Red)

IN

VCRs or TVs

2

: Signal flow

A/V connecting cable (supplied)

Connect to the input jack of the other device.

A/V connecting cable with S VIDEO (optional)

When connecting to another device via the S VIDEO jack, by using the A/V connecting cable with an S VIDEO cable (optional), pictures can be reproduced more faithfully than with the supplied A/V cable connection.

Connect the white and red plugs (left/right audio) and S VIDEO plug (S VIDEO channel) of an A/V connecting cable (optional). In this case, the yellow (standard video) plug connection is not necessary. S VIDEO connection only will not output audio.

For DCR-HC39E/HC42E/HC43E:

To set the aspect ratio according to the connected TV (16:9/4:3)

Change the setting according to the screen size of the TV you will view pictures on.

Slide the POWER switch down to turn on the PLAY/EDIT lamp.

Touch [MENU] (STANDARD SET) [TV TYPE] [16:9] or [4:3] .

•When you set [TV TYPE] to [4:3], or when the picture’s aspect ratio switches between 16:9 and 4:3, the image may jitter.

•On some 4:3 TVs, the still image recorded in 4:3 aspect ratio may not appear in full screen. This is not a malfunction.

When your TV is connected to a VCR

Connect your camcorder to the LINE IN input on the VCR. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE.

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