View videos on a TV - EOS 7D Mark II

Article ID: ART168614

Date published: 10/11/2017

Date last updated: 10/31/2017

Learn how you can display videos captured on your EOS 7D Mark II camera on a TV.

Connect the camera to a TV with an HDMI cable (HDMI to Mini-HDMI) to show videos on the TV.

Playing videos

Connect the HDMI cable to the camera. Face the < HDMI MINI> logo toward the the front of the camera and plug it into the <HDMI OUT> terminal.
Connect the HDMI cable from the camera to an HDMI IN port on the TV.
Turn on the TV and set the video input to the port where the camera is connected.
Turn on the camera by switching the power <ON>.
Turn the <> dial to select the movie to be played, and in the single-image display, press <>.
The movie playback panel appears at the bottom of the screen. Turn the <> dial to select [ ], then press <>. The movie will start playing.

With the single-image display (), the < > icon displayed on the upper left indicates a movie.
In the index display (), perforations at the left edge of a thumbnail indicate a movie. As movies cannot be played from the index display, press <> to switch to the single-image display.
You can pause the movie playback by pressing <>.
Use the TV volume controls to adjust volume.
The images are automatically displayed on the TV at the best resolution.
You may need to switch the video system between NTSC or PAL with [: Video system] depending on the video standard used by the TV.
Some TVs might not display the entire image or be able to display video.
If the TV supports CEC, the TV remote can be used to control playback functions.

Operation	Playback description
Play	Pressing < > toggles between play and stop.
Slow motion	Adjust the slow motion speed by turning the < > dial. The slow motion speed is indicated on the upper right of the screen.
First frame	Displays the movies first frame.
Previous frame	Each time you press < >, the previous frame is displayed. If you hold down < >, it will rewind the movie.
Next frame	Each time you press < >, the movie will play frame-byframe. If you hold down < >, it will fast forward the movie.
Last frame	Displays the movies last frame.
Edit	Displays the editing screen.
	Playback position
mm' ss"	Playback time (minutes:seconds with [Movie play count: Rec time] set)
hh:mm:ss.ff (DF) hh:mm:ss:ff (NDF)	Time code (hours:minutes:seconds:frames with [Movie play count: Time code] set)
Volume	Turn the < > dial to adjust the volume of the built-in speaker or headphones.
	To return to the single-image display, press the < MENU > button.