Canon 9540A003 OPTURA500 OPTURA400 Instruction Manual - Page 30

Playing Back a Tape

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Playing Back a Tape If the playback picture is distorted, clean the video heads using a Canon Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head-cleaning cassette ( 147). 1. Set the camcorder to PLAY (VCR) mode. Set the POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and the TAPE/CARD switch to b. q 2. Open the LCD panel. You can also close the LCD panel with the screen facing outward. 3. Press the ` button to rewind the tape. 4. Press the e/a button to begin playback. 5. Press the 3 button to stop playback. r w CARD et ❍ To use the viewfinder, close the LCD panel. ❍ About the screen display: During playback, the time code gives the hours, minutes, seconds and frames. The remaining tape time may not appear when the time left is less than 15 seconds. ❍ You can display the audio level indicator by pressing the AUDIO LEVEL button. 30

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Playing Back a Tape
If the playback picture is distorted, clean the video heads using a Canon Head
Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head-cleaning cassette
(
147).
1. Set the camcorder to PLAY (VCR)
mode.
Set the POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and
the TAPE/CARD switch to
b
.
2. Open the LCD panel.
You can also close the LCD panel with the
screen facing outward.
3. Press the
`
button to rewind the
tape.
4. Press the
e
/
a
button to begin
playback.
5. Press the
3
button to stop
playback.
To use the viewfinder, close the LCD panel.
About the screen display: During playback, the time code gives the hours,
minutes, seconds and frames. The remaining tape time may not appear when
the time left is less than 15 seconds.
You can display the audio level indicator by pressing the AUDIO LEVEL button.
q
CARD
w
r
e
t