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Basic operations
Connect the camcorder to your TV or VCR to watch the playback picture on the TV
screen. When monitoring the playback picture by connecting the camcorder to your TV,
we recommend you to use house current for the power source.
Connecting directly to a TV/VCR with Video/Audio input jacks
When connecting the A/V connecting cable, make sure you connect the plug to jacks of
the same color.
Open the jack cover. With using the supplied A/V connecting cable, connect the
camcorder to the LINE IN inputs on the TV or VCR connected to the TV. Set the TV/
VCR selector on the TV to VCR. When connecting to the VCR, set the input selector on
the VCR to LINE.
Connections for playback
CCD-TR57/TR67/TR87/TR97
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN
VIDEO
AUDIO
: Signal flow
CCD-TR917/TR940
[a]
[b]
S VIDEO
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN
VIDEO
AUDIO
: Signal flow
(not supplied)
–CCD-TR917/TR940 only
If your TV or VCR has an S video jack, connect using the S video connecting cable (not
supplied)
[a]
to obtain a high quality picture . If you are going to connect the camcorder
using the S video connecting cable (not supplied)
[
a
]
, you do not need to connect the
yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting cable
[
b
]
.