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Playing Back with an External Blu-ray Drive

You can play back the Blu-ray discs created on this unit.

Prepare an external Blu-ray drive.

Insert the Blu-ray disc to play back into the external Blu-ray drive.

Tap “PLAYBACK” in the BACK-UP menu.

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An index screen (thumbnail display) of the videos in the disc appears.

Tap “ RETURN ” to return to the “BACK-UP” menu.

Images recorded in 3D mode and 2D mode are displayed on the index screen separately. Press the 3D button to switch to the desired mode for playback.

During 3D mode, “3D” is displayed on the LCD monitor.

During 2D mode, “2D” is displayed on the LCD monitor.

Tap on the file to start playback.

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For details on video playback, refer to “ Operation Buttons for Video Playback ”.

To exit, stop playback and turn off the camcorder by pressing the POWER_BUTTON button for about 2 seconds. Then, disconnect the USB cable.

Memo

  • Images recorded in 2D mode cannot be displayed as 3D images.
  • 3D images may be played back when the 3D button lights up.
  • 3D images recorded in “MP4(MVC)” format and “AVCHD” format are displayed on the index screen separately.
    Change the setting of 3D VIDEO REC FORMAT to the desired format for playback.
  • Scenes that are likely to cause motion sickness during 3D playback may be played back in stop-motion, but this is not a malfunction. To play back normally, set “3D MOTION RELIEF” to “OFF”.
  • Videos recorded in MP4(MVC) format can only be played back when dubbed to a Blu-ray disc.
  • Videos recorded in AVCHD format can be played back from either a Blu-ray disc or DVD.
  • When playing back a disc created in DVD-Video format, no information such as date and time will be displayed.

For customers who completed the firmware update

  • 3D images recorded in “MP4(MVC)” format, “ AVCHD 3D ” format and “AVCHD” format are displayed on the index screen separately.
    Change the setting of 3D VIDEO REC FORMAT to the desired format for playback.
  • Videos recorded in AVCHD 3D format can only be played back when dubbed to a Blu-ray disc.