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Background | Getting Started | Recording/Playing Back | Additional Operations

Digital Video Cameras: Recording/Playing Back Moving Images


Recording

  1. Connect to a power source. Load a cassette.

  2. Set the camera to PLAY (VCR) mode.

  3. Open the LCD panel.

  4. Press the play/pause button to begin playback.

  5. Press the stop button to stop playback.

On a Computer

For computers with a USB port, just plug one end of the supplied cable into the DV port on the camera and plug the other end into the USB port on the computer.

On a TV with S (S1)-Video Input Terminal

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  1. Turn off all devices before starting the connections.

  2. Connect the S-150 S-video Cable (optional) to the S-video terminals.

  3. Connect the STV-250N Stereo Video Cable to the camera’s AV terminal and the audio terminals of the TV/VCR. Connect the white plug to the white Audio terminal L (left), and the red plug to the red AUDIO terminal R (right). Do not connect the yellow plug.

  4. If connecting to a TV, set the input selector to VIDEO. If connecting to a VCR, set the input selector to LINE.


On a TV with Audio/Video Terminals

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  1. Turn off all devices before starting the connections.

  2. Connect the STV-250N Stereo Video Cable to the camcorder’s AV terminal and the audio/video terminals on the TV/VCR. Connect the white plug to the white Audio terminal L (left), the red plug to the red AUDIO terminal R (right) and the yellow plug to the yellow video terminal VIDEO.

  3. If connecting to a TV, set the input selector to VIDEO. If connecting to a VCR, set the input selector to LINE.