Basic OperationsPlayback on your VCR

You can play back movies as follows.

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POWER switch

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Video control buttons

POWER/CHARGE lamp

1 Prepare the power supply (p. 12).2 Insert a cassette tape for playback (p. 18).3 While pressing the green button, set the POWER switch to ON.

The POWER/CHARGE lamp on the front turns on green.

4 Press PLAY N.

Playback starts.

5 Adjust the sound volume using VOLUME/MEMORY (–/+).6 Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen using LCD BRIGHT (–/+).

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bNotes

When you play back a tape recorded in the HDV and DV formats, the picture and sound are temporarily interrupted when the signal switches between the HDV and DV formats.

The tape recorded in the HDV format cannot be played back on a video camera only compatible with the DV format or a mini-DV player.

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Indicators displayed on the screen during playback are shown on page 34, 91.

You can also adjust the brightness of the LCD

screen by setting (DISPLAY SET) t [LCD SET] t [BRIGHTNESS] (p. 57).

If you adjust the brightness of the LCD screen during recording or playback, the recorded and original picture will not be affected.

To play back the tape recorded on the other VCR using an external monaural microphone connected, see [MULTI-SOUND] (p. 60).

When using headphones (optional), connect headphones to the i (headphones) jack (p. 88).

To stop playback

Press STOP x.

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