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Recording/Playback
1
Playback
1 Slide the POWER switch  to turn on your camcorder.
2 Press  (VIEW IMAGES)  (or ).
The [VISUAL INDEX] screen appears on the LCD screen (It may take some\
 seconds).
  : Goes to the Film Roll Index screen (p.  33).
 
 : Goes to the Face Index screen (p.  33).
 
 : Displays movies with HD (high definition) image quality.*
 
 : Displays still image.
* 
 appears when you select the movie with SD (standard definition) ima\
ge quality in [/SET] (p. 56).Tips
  The...

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3 Start playing back.
Playing movies
Touch the  or  tab, then select the desired movie to play back.
Tips
 When playback from the selected movie reaches the last movie, the screen\
 returns to the INDEX 
screen.
  Touch / during pause to play back a movie slowly. A touch of / makes the reverse/fast forward approximately 5 times faster, 2 touches \
makes 
it approximately 10 times faster, 3 touches makes it approximately 30 ti\
mes faster, and 4 touches 
makes it approximately 60 times faster.
...

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Recording/Playback

Searching for desired scene by 
pinpoint (Film Roll Index)
Movies can be divided by a set time and the 
first scene of each division is displayed on 
the INDEX screen. You can start playing 
back a movie from the selected thumbnail.
1 Slide the POWER switch to turn on 
the camcorder, and press  (VIEW 
IMAGES).
The [VISUAL INDEX] screen appears.
2  Touch  (Film Roll Index).
3 Touch  /  to select the desired 
movie.
4  Touch  /  , to search for the 
desired scene, then touch...

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Tips You can display the [Face Index] screen by 
touching  (HOME)   (VIEW IMAGES) 
 [INDEX].
Searching for desired images by date 
(Date Index)
You can search for desired images by date 
efficiently.
Notes  You cannot use the Date Index function for still 
images.
1  Slide the POWER switch to turn on 
the camcorder, and press  (VIEW 
IMAGES).
The [VISUAL INDEX] screen appears.
2  Touch the  or  tab.
3 Touch the date on the screen. 
The recording dates of images are 
displayed on the screen.
...

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Recording/Playback
5
Playing back a series of still images 
(Slide show)
Touch  on the still image playback 
screen.
The slide show begins from the selected still 
image.
Touch 
 to stop the slide show. To 
restart, touch  again.
Notes  You cannot operate playback zoom during slide 
show.
Tips  You can also play back the slide show by 
touching  (OPTION)   tab  [SLIDE 
SHOW] on the [VISUAL INDEX] screen.
  While playing back a still image, you can set 
continuous slide show playback by...

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Playing the image on a TV
Connection methods and quality of the 
image (HD (high definition)/SD (standard 
definition)) viewed on the TV screen 
differ depending on what type of TV is 
connected, and the connectors used.
Use the supplied AC Adaptor as the power 
source (p.
 15).
Refer also to the instruction manuals 
supplied with the device to be connected.
Notes  When recording, set [X.V.COLOR] to [ON] to 
play back on an x.v.Color-compliant TV (p.  64). Some settings may need to be adjusted on...

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Recording/Playback

Selecting the most advantageous 
connection - TV CONNECT Guide
Your camcorder will advise you of the most 
advantageous way of connecting your TV.
1 Turn on your camcorder, and touch  (HOME)   (OTHERS)  [TV 
CONNECT Guide].
If the item is not on the screen, touch 
/ to change the page.
2  Touch the answer to the question 
displayed on the screen.
Then, make the relevant connection 
between your camcorder and the TV.
  

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Connecting to a high definition TV
Images recorded with HD (high definition) image quality are played b\
ack with HD (high 
definition) image quality. Images recorded with SD (standard defin\
ition) image quality are 
played back with SD (standard definition) image quality.
 : Signal flow
Type CamcorderCableTVHOME 	MENU	setting
Notes If you connect only component video plugs, audio signals are not output.\
 Connect the white and red 
plugs to output audio signals.
 (p. 38)  (p. 39)
 (SETTINGS)...

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Recording/Playback
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 : Signal flow
Type CamcorderCableTVHOME 	MENU	setting
Notes Use an HDMI cable with the HDMI logo. Use an HDMI mini Connector on one end (for the camcorder), and a plug \
suitable for connection to 
your TV on the other end.
  Images are not output from the HDMI OUT jack of your camcorder, if copyr\
ight protection signals are 
recorded in the images.
  Some TVs may not function correctly (e.g., no sound or image) with thi\
s connection. Do not connect the HDMI OUT jack of...

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not compatible with the 16:9 signal, touch  (HOME)   (SETTINGS)  [MOVIE SETTINGS] 
 [WIDE SELECT]  [4:3] on your camcorder when recording an image (p.  63). : Signal flow
Type CamcorderCableTVHOME 	MENU	setting
Notes If you connect only component video plugs, audio signals are not output.\
 Connect the white and red 
plugs to output audio signals.
Notes  When the S VIDEO plug (S VIDEO channel) is connected, audio signals ar\
e not output. To output audio 
signals, connect the white and red plugs...
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