–108–Chapter 5 Playback—Basic proceduresBasic proceduresPreparation1Connect the battery or AC adaptor. (page26)2Set the power switch to . (page32)3Open the LCD monitor.Playbackabca: buttonb:<=/&> buttonc:Control stick1Press the button.The thumbnail screen appears on the viewfinder screen.2Use the control stick to move the cursor over the clip to be played back.3Press the <=/&> button.fPlayback starts from the beginning of the clip indicated by the cursor.fAfter playback of the clip indicated by the cursor ends, the clips will be played back in the order displayed on the thumbnail screen. The screenreturns to the thumbnail screen when playback of the last clip ends.fBy changing the thumbnail display settings, you can set it to play clips on a specified slot or clips with an inserted text memo only.fTo change the playback order of clips, select clips in the order you want to play back. Select [SELECTED CLIPS] in the main menu→[CLIP]→[REPOSITION], to display the clips in selected order.fDuring playback of clips, press the <%> button to start 4x speed reverse playback, and the <)> button to start 4x speed fast playback. Pressthe <=/&> button to return to normal playback.fDuring playback of clips, press the <=/&> button to pause the playback.During a pause, press the <%> button to pause the playback at the beginning of the clip. Press the <%> button again to pause the playback atthe beginning of the previous clip.During a pause, press the <)> button to pause the playback at the beginning of the next clip.During a pause, press <+> of the −> to return one frame.fPressing the <(> button during clip playback stops the playback and returns the display to the thumbnail screen.@@NOTEtWhen playing clips, it is not necessary to select the clips (blue frames around the thumbnails).tClips with clip numbers displayed in red cannot be played back. These are the clips in different video formats (such as 1080i, 480i).tWhen playback is stopped, the cursor moves to the position of the clip that was being played back, regardless of where the playback started.tPress the <=/&> button again to start playback from the beginning of the clip on which the cursor is placed. To play back from the point where thelast playback has been stopped, select [RESUME] in the main menu→[CLIP]→[THUMBNAIL SETUP]→[PB POSITION].tPlaying different compressed recording formats may cause audio and video distortions in between clips.tContinuously playing clips of the same format but of different audio bit rates mutes the audio in between clips.tYou can play back clips from the text memo position by switching the thumbnail screen to the text memo display. (page114)tYou can select the playback start position for playback from thumbnails in the main menu→[CLIP]→[THUMBNAIL SETUP]→[PB POSITION].Adjusting the audioYou can adjust the output volume from the built-in speaker and headphone terminal.1Press <+>/<−> of the