<p>It's not possible to turn off the LCD panel when it is open, but you may do two things with it to save your battery:</p>

<ul>
<li><em>reduce the LCD brightness to the its lowest limit,</em> and</li>
<li><em>set the LCD Backlight to [L Dim]</em></li>
</ul>

<p>Both commands are available from the <code>Home Menu -&gt; Other Settings -&gt; Display Setup</code>.</p>

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<p>I'd like to turn off the LCD on my camcorder during recording, to save battery. </p>

<p>However, I cannot close the LCD screen because I have plugged in an external microphone and the external microphone plug is under the LCD (see picture).</p>

<p>I'm using a Canon Vixia HF R42.</p>

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How to turn off LCD on camcorder while external microphone is connected?
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# How to turn off LCD on camcorder while external microphone is connected?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-14)

I'd like to turn off the LCD on my camcorder during recording, to save battery.

However, I cannot close the LCD screen because I have plugged in an external microphone and the external microphone plug is under the LCD (see picture).

I'm using a Canon Vixia HF R42.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It's not possible to turn off the LCD panel when it is open, but you may do two things with it to save your battery:

* *reduce the LCD brightness to the its lowest limit,* and
* *set the LCD Backlight to [L Dim]*

Both commands are available from the `Home Menu -> Other Settings -> Display Setup`.


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