Canon DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA User manual

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DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA

User’s Guide

Attaching/Removing/Charging the Battery Pack

Loading/Unloading a DV Cassette

1. To insert a DV tape, slide and hold the OPEN/EJECT switch and gently pull

open the tape cassette compartment cover.

The tape holder will glide open automatically.

2. Load/unload the cassette with the window facing the grip belt.

3. Unload the cassette by gently sliding it straight out.

4. The cassette compartment will retract automatically when tape is inserted and

open if contains tape.

5. After tape is inserted or removed, close the tape cassette compartment cover.

1. Before using the camera, the battery must be charged.

2. Attach the battery pack to the camcorder by sliding the battery into the

compartment marked “battery” below the viewfinder.

3. Connect the power adapter to the camcorder’s DC IN terminal

4. Connect the adapter to the power cord and plug the power cord into a power

outlet.

5. Connect the power adapter to the camcorder’s DC IN terminal.

6. Once the battery is fully charged, the charge indicator on the video camera will

glow steadily while it is charging it will flash, The approximate charging time is

110 minutes.

7. To remove the battery pack from the video camera, slide the BATT button

located on the bottom of the camera and above the battery pack.

This digital video camera uses a mini DV tape to record footage on it.

The footage can be transferred to a computer using a fire wire cable.

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Recording Video

Zooming

1. The W-T button is located on the top right side of the video camera is the wide-tele photo

switch.

2 Push the switch up to move back from the subject and make a wider shot.

3. Pull the switch down to move in closer to a subject.

6. When finished recording, turn the POWER switch to OFF.

7. Close the LCD panel.

8. Close the lens cap.

4. Press the white start/stop button to begin recording.

NOTE: When recording REC will be displayed on top right

corner of the screen. PAUSE will be displayed on top

right corner of the screen when the camera is not

recording.

5. Press the start/stop button again to pause recording.

Restart recording by pressing the start/stop button again.

1. Open the lens cap by sliding the lens cap

switch to the open position.

2. Set the camcorder to CAMERA mode by

pushing in the green button while sliding

it down to the camera position.

3. Open the LCD panel. To use the

viewfinder, keep the LCD panel.

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Play Back Footage on Camera

Camera to Computer Transferring Footage

1. Connect the video camera to the computer by plugging in a fire wire

cable into the dv port located under the LCD screen. Access it by

opening the LCD panel.

2. Turn the video camera and the computer ON.

4. Follow the software recommended IMPORTING procedure to transfer

the footage from the camera to the computer.

1. Set the camcorder to PLAY (VCR) mode.

2. Open the LCD panel.

3. Rewind/FF/Stop/Play/Pause the tape using the

REC SEARCH buttons. These are located on

the joystick button to the left of the LCD screen

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