JVC GR DVP3 User Manual

ENGLISH

CONTENTS

AUTOMATIC

DEMONSTRATION

GETTING STARTED

9 – 18

VIDEO RECORDING &

PLAYBACK

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA

19 – 26

VIDEO RECORDING .............20 – 22

VIDEO PLAYBACK ...............23 – 26

GR-DVP3

DIGITAL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.)

RECORDING &

PLAYBACK

27 – 38

D.S.C. RECORDING ..............28 – 29

Please visit our Homepage on the World Wide

Web and answer our Consumer Survey

(in English only):

D.S.C. PLAYBACK ................30 – 38

ADVANCED

FEATURES

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/index-e.html

39 – 75

USING MENUS FOR

DETAILED ADJUSTMENT ......40 – 46

FOR RECORDING ................47 – 57

DUBBING .........................58 – 61

USING THE REMOTE

CONTROL UNIT ................62 – 73

SYSTEM CONNECTIONS ........74 – 75

REFERENCES

76 – 99

DETAILS ...................................77

TROUBLESHOOTING ............78 – 83

USER MAINTENANCE ...................84

INDEX .............................85 – 92

CAUTIONS ........................93 – 95

TERMS ............................96 – 97

SPECIFICATIONS .................98 – 99

INSTRUCTIONS

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which is located on the

bottom of cabinet. Retain this information for future reference.

Model No.

Serial No.

LYT0795-001B

EN3

When the equipment is installed in a cabinet or on a shelf, make sure that it has sufficient space on all sides to

allow for ventilation (10 cm (3-15/16") or more on both sides, on top and at the rear).

Do not block the ventilation holes.

(If the ventilation holes are blocked by a newspaper, or cloth etc. the heat may not be able to get out.)

No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the apparatus.

When discarding batteries, environmental problems must be considered and the local rules or laws governing the

disposal of these batteries must be followed strictly.

The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing.

Do not use this equipment in a bathroom or places with water.

Also do not place any containers filled with water or liquids (such as cosmetics or medicines, flower vases, potted

plants, cups etc.) on top of this unit.

(If water or liquid is allowed to enter this equipment, fire or electric shock may be caused.)

Do not point the lens or the viewfinder directly into the sun. This can cause eye injuries, as well as lead to the

malfunctioning of internal circuitry. There is also a risk of fire or electric shock.

CAUTION!

The following notes concern possible physical damage to the camcorder and to the user.

When carrying, be sure to always securely attach and use the provided strap. Carrying or holding the

camcorder by the viewfinder and/or the LCD monitor can result in dropping the unit, or in a malfunction.

Take care not to get your finger caught in the cassette holder cover. Do not let children operate the camcorder, as

they are particularly susceptible to this type of injury.

Do not use a tripod on unsteady or unlevel surfaces. It could tip over, causing serious damage to the camcorder.

CAUTION!

Attaching the camcorder to the Docking Station with cables (S-Video, Editing, etc.) connected, then leaving it on

top of the TV is not recommended, as tripping on the cables will cause the camcorder to fall, resulting in damage.

Attach only the optional JVC VL-V3U Video Light, VL-F3U Video Flash or MZ-V3U Stereo Zoom Micro-

phone to the camcorder’s Info-Shoe.

Ⅲ This camcorder is designed exclusively for the digital video cassette, SD Memory Card and

MultiMediaCard. Only cassettes marked “

” can be used with this unit.

” and memory cards marked “

” or

“

Before recording an important scene . . .

.... make sure you only use cassettes with the Mini DV mark

.... make sure you only use memory cards with the mark

.... remember that this camcorder is not compatible with other digital video formats.

.... remember that this camcorder is intended for private consumer use only. Any commercial

use without proper permission is prohibited. (Even if you record an event such as a show,

performance or exhibition for personal enjoyment, it is strongly recommended that you

obtain permission beforehand.)

5. Ventilation

IMPORTANT PRODUCT

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for

ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product

and to protect it from overheating, these openings must

not be blocked or covered.

Electrical energy can perform many useful functions.

But improper use can result in potential electrical

shock or fire hazards. This product has been

engineered and manufactured to assure your

personal safety. In order not to defeat the built-in

safeguards, observe the following basic rules for its

installation, use and servicing.

•Do not block the openings by placing the product on a

bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface.

•Do not place the product in a built-in installation such

as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is

provided or the manufacturer’s instructions have been

adhered to.

6. Wall or Ceiling Mounting

The product should be mounted to a wall or ceiling only

as recommended by the manufacturer.

ATTENTION:

Follow and obey all warnings and instructions

marked on your product and its operating instruc-

tions. For your safety, please read all the safety and

operating instructions before you operate this

product and keep this manual for future reference.

ANTENNA INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Outdoor Antenna Grounding

If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the

product, be sure the antenna or cable system is

grounded so as to provide some protection against

voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of

the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides

information with regard to proper grounding of the mast

and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire

to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding

conductors, location of antenna discharge unit,

connection to grounding electrodes, and requirements

for the grounding electrode.

INSTALLATION

1. Grounding or Polarization

(A) Your product may be equipped with a polarized

alternating-current line plug (a plug having one blade

wider than the other). This plug will fit into the

power outlet only one way. This is a safety feature.

If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the

outlet, try reversing the plug. If the plug should still

fail to fit, contact your electrician to replace your

obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of

the polarized plug.

2. Lightning

For added protection for this product during a lightning

storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long

periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and

disconnect the antenna or cable system. This will

prevent damage to the product due to lightning and

power-line surges.

(B) Your product may be equipped with a 3-wire

grounding-type plug, a plug having a third (ground-

ing) pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type

power outlet. This is a safety feature.

If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet,

contact your electrician to replace your obsolete

outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the

grounding-type plug.

3. Power Lines

An outside antenna system should not be located in the

vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or

power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines

or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system,

extreme care should be taken to keep from touching

such power lines or circuits as contact with them might

be fatal.

2. Power Sources

Operate your product only from the type of power

source indicated on the marking label. If you are not

sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult

your product dealer or local power company. If your

product is intended to operate from battery power, or

other sources, refer to the operating instructions.

EXAMPLE OF ANTENNA GROUNDING AS PER

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, ANSI/NFPA 70

3. Overloading

Do not overload wall outlets, extension cords, or integral

convenience receptacles as this can result in a risk of fire

or electric shock.

ANTENNA

LEAD IN WIRE

GROUND CLAMP

4. Power Cord Protection

Power supply cords should be routed so that they are

not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed

upon or against them, paying particular attention to

cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point

where they exit from the product.

ANTENNA

DISCHARGE UNIT

(NEC SECTION

ELECTRIC SERVICE

EQUIPMENT

810-20)

GROUNDING CONDUCTORS

(NEC SECTION 810-21)

GROUND CLAMPS

POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM

(NEC ART 250. PART H)

NEC – NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

EN5

USE

SERVICING

1. Accessories

1. Servicing

To avoid personal injury:

If your product is not operating correctly or exhibits a

marked change in performance and you are unable

to restore normal operation by following the detailed

procedure in its operating instructions, do not

attempt to service it yourself as opening or removing

covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other

hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service

personnel.

•Do not place this product on an unstable cart,

stand, tripod, bracket or table. It may fall, causing

serious injury to a child or adult, and serious

damage to the product.

•Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table

recommended by the manufacturer or sold with the

product.

•Use a mounting accessory recommended by the

manufacturer and follow the manufacturer’s

instructions for any mounting of the product.

•Do not try to roll a cart with small casters across

thresholds or deep-pile carpets.

2. Damage Requiring Service

Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer

servicing to qualified service personnel under the

following conditions:

a. When the power supply cord or plug is damaged.

b. If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen

into the product.

PORTABLE CART WARNING

(Symbol provided by RETAC)

2. Product and Cart

Combination

c. If the product has been exposed to rain or water.

d. If the product does not operate normally by

following the operating instructions. Adjust only

those controls that are covered by the operating

instructions as an improper adjustment of other

controls may result in damage and will often

require extensive work by a qualified technician

to restore the product to its normal operation.

e. If the product has been dropped or damaged in

any way.

A product and cart

combination should be

moved with care. Quick

stops, excessive force, and

uneven surfaces may cause

the product and cart

combination to overturn.

3. Water and Moisture

Do not use this product near water—for example,

near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink or laundry

tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool and

the like.

f. When the product exhibits a distinct change in

performance—this indicates a need for service.

3. Replacement Parts

4. Object and Liquid Entry

When replacement parts are required, be sure the

service technician has used replacement parts

specified by the manufacturer or have the same

characteristics as the original part. Unauthorized

substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other

hazards.

Never push objects of any kind into this product

through openings as they may touch dangerous

voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a

fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind

on the product.

5. Attachments

4. Safety Check

Do not use attachments not recommended by the

manufacturer of this product as they may cause

hazards.

Upon completion of any service or repairs to this

product, ask the service technician to perform safety

checks to determine that the product is in safe

operating condition.

6. Cleaning

Unplug this product from the wall outlet before

cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol

cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.

7. Heat

The product should be situated away from heat

sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or

other products (including amplifiers) that produce

heat.

PROVIDED ACCESSORIES

•Docking Station

CU-V507U

•AC Power Adapter/Charger

AA-V100U

•Battery Pack

BN-V107U

•Remote Control Unit

RM-V717U

•DC Cord

•AAA (R03) Battery x 2

(for remote control unit)

•Memory Card 8 MB

(Already inserted in the

camcorder)

•CD-ROM

•Editing Cable

•Audio/Video Cable

(ø3.5 mini-plug to RCA plug)

•Grip Belt

•Strap

NOTE:

In order to maintain optimum performance of the camcorder, provided cables may be equipped

with one or more core filter. If a cable has only one core filter, the end that is closest to the filter

should be connected to the camcorder.

EN7

How To Attach The Grip Belt

How To Attach The Strap

1 Remove the pad and separate the two straps.

2 Thread one end of the strap through the

eyelet, then pass the other end through the loop.

3 Repeat the same procedure to attach the strap

to the other eyelet.

1 Thread one end of the strap through the eyelet,

then pass the other end through the loop.

2 Attach the screw to the tripod mounting socket.

To tighten the screw firmly, use a coin, etc.

3 Adjust the length with the adjuster.

4 Connect the strap and

through the buckle, then adjust the grip

(੬ pg. 12).

and thread the strap

NOTES:

● You can use the strap as a shoulder strap by

adjusting the length with the adjuster.

● Because the screw may cause damage to the

camcorder, make sure to attach the screw to the

tripod mounting socket when carrying the

camcorder.

5 Attach the pad.

● Use the strap only with this camcorder.

● Do not grip the camcorder too firmly when the

screw is attached. Doing so may cause damage to

the tripod mounting socket.

AUTOMATIC DEMONSTRATION

Automatic Demonstration takes place

when “DEMO MODE” is set to “ON”

(factory-preset).

MENU Button

+, – Button

SET/SELECT Button

Ⅲ Available when the Power Switch is set to

“

” or “ ” and no cassette is in the

camcorder.

Ⅲ Performing any operation during the demon-

stration stops the demonstration temporarily. If

no operation is performed for more than 1

minute after that, the demonstration will

resume.

Power Switch

Ⅲ “DEMO MODE” remains “ON” even if the

camcorder power is turned off.

Ⅲ To cancel Automatic Demonstration:

Lock Button

1. Set the Power Switch to “ ” while

pressing down the Lock Button located on

the switch and press MENU. The Menu

Screen appears.

Sub Menu

2. Press + or – to select “

SYSTEM” and

press SET/SELECT. The SYSTEM Menu

appears.

DEMO MODE

–

OFF

3. Press + or – to select “DEMO MODE” and

press SET/SELECT. The Sub Menu appears.

4. Press + or – to select “OFF” and press SET/

SELECT.

5. Press + or – to select “ RETURN”, and

press SET/SELECT twice. The normal screen

appears.

NOTE:

If you do not slide the lens cover down, you

cannot see the actual changes of the Automatic

Demonstration activated on the LCD monitor or

viewfinder.

GETTING STARTED

EN9

GETTING STARTED

CONTENTS

Power ..................................................................10 – 11

Grip Adjustment ............................................................. 12

Viewfinder Adjustment .................................................... 12

Tripod Mounting ............................................................. 12

Date/Time Settings......................................................... 13

Loading/Unloading A Cassette ........................................... 14

Recording Mode Setting ................................................... 15

Loading A Memory Card ................................................... 16

Picture Quality Mode Setting ............................................. 17

Image Size Mode Setting ......................................................... 17

Operation Mode ............................................................. 18

GETTING STARTED (cont.)

Power

Protruding part

Battery pack

This camcorder’s 2-way power supply system lets you

choose the most appropriate source of power. Do not use

provided power supply units with other equipment.

CHARGE

indicator

POWER

indicator

AC outlet

CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK

Make sure you unplug the camcorder’s DC cord from

the AC Power Adapter/Charger. Plug the AC Adapter/

Charger’s power cord into an AC outlet. The POWER

indicator lights.

AC Power

Adapter/Charger

Attach the battery pack with the

mark aligned

with the corresponding marks on the AC Power

Adapter/Charger. The CHARGE Indicator begins

blinking to indicate charging has started.

DC OUT connector

Battery pack

Charging time

When the CHARGE indicator stops blinking but stays

lit, charging is finished. Remove the battery by

pushing up the protruding part. Remember to unplug

the AC Adapter/Charger’s power cord from the AC

outlet.

BN-V107U

approx. 1 hr. 30 min.

approx. 2 hr.

BN-V114U (optional)

NOTES:

● If the protective cap is attached to the battery pack, remove it first.

● If you connect the camcorder’s DC cord to the adapter during battery charging, power is supplied to the

camcorder and charging stops.

● When charging the battery pack for the first time or after a long storage period, the CHARGE indicator may

not light. In this case, remove the battery pack from the AC Power Adapter/Charger, then try charging again.

● If the battery operation time remains extremely short even after having been fully charged, the battery is

worn out and needs to be replaced. Please purchase a new one.

About Batteries

DANGER! Do not attempt to take the batteries apart, or

expose them to flame or excessive heat, as it may cause a fire

or explosion.

WARNING! Do not allow the battery or its terminals to come

in contact with metals, as this can result in a short circuit and

possibly start a fire.

Lithium-ion is vulnerable in colder

temperatures.

The Benefits Of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Lithium-ion battery packs are small but have a large power

capacity. However, when one is exposed to cold temperatures

(below 10°C/50°F), its usage time becomes shorter and it may

cease to function. If this happens, place the battery pack in

your pocket or other warm, protected place for a short time,

then re-attach it to the camcorder. As long as the battery pack

itself is not cold, it should not affect performance.

(If you’re using a heating pad, make sure the battery pack does

not come in direct contact with it.)

For other notes, ੬ pg. 77

EN11

USING THE BATTERY PACK

Insert the terminal end 1 of the battery pack into the

battery pack mount, then firmly push the end 2 of

the battery pack in the direction of the arrow until it

locks into place as shown in the illustration.

•To attach the battery firmly, align its two notches

with the tabs on the camcorder.

Notches

To Detach The Battery Pack. . .

.... while sliding down BATT. RELEASE, detach it.

BATT. RELEASE Switch

Approximate recording time

Battery pack

LCD monitor on/

Viewfinder off

LCD monitor off/

Viewfinder on

ATTENTION:

Before detaching the power source,

make sure that the camcorder’s power

is turned off. Failure to do so can result

in a camcorder malfunction.

BN-V107U

1 hr.

2 hr.

1 hr. 10min.

2 hr. 20 min.

BN-V114U

(optional)

BN-V840U

(optional)

5 hr. 10 min.

7 hr. 40 min.

6 hr. 20 min.

9 hr. 20 min.

INFORMATION:

The extended-use battery pack kit is a set

composed of a battery pack and AC Power

Adapter/Charger:

BN-V856U

(optional)

VU-V840 KIT: BN-V840U battery pack & AA-

V15U AC Power Adapter/Charger

VU-V856 KIT: BN-V856U battery pack & AA-

V80U AC Power Adapter/Charger

Read the kit's instruction manual before using.

Neither BN-V840U nor BN-V856U can be

charged by using the AC Adapter provided

with this camcorder. Use only the AA-V15U

AC Power Adapter/Charger for BN-V840U

battery pack and only AA-V80U AC Power

Adapter/Charger for BN-V856U battery pack.

NOTES:

● Recording time is reduced significantly under the

following conditions:

•Zoom or Record-Standby mode is engaged repeatedly.

•The LCD monitor is used repeatedly.

•The playback mode is engaged repeatedly.

● Before extended use, it is recommended that you

prepare enough battery packs to cover 3 times the

planned shooting time.

To AC outlet

Power cord

USING AC POWER

Use the AC Power Adapter/Charger (connect as shown in

the illustration).

AC Power

Adapter/Charger

NOTES:

● The provided AC Power Adapter/Charger features

automatic voltage selection in the AC range from 110 V

to 240 V.

To DC OUT

terminal

● For other notes, ੬ pg. 77.

DC cord

To battery

pack mount

GETTING STARTED (cont.)

Grip Adjustment

Loosen the belt.

Pass your right hand through the loop and grasp the

2 _grip.

Adjust your thumb and fingers through the grip, to

easily operate the Recording Start/Stop button and

Power Switch and Power Zoom (SHUTTLE SEARCH)

Ring. Be sure to tighten the belt to your preference.

Viewfinder Adjustment

Power

Switch

Set the Power Switch to “ ” or “ ” while pressing

1 _{down the Lock Button located on the switch.}

Pull out the viewfinder fully.

Lock Button

Turn the Diopter Adjustment Control until the

3 _{indications in the viewfinder are clearly focused.}

PAUSE

Tripod Mounting

Diopter Adjustment

Control

Align the screw on the tripod with the camera’s

mounting socket. Then tighten the screw.

•Some tripods are not equipped with studs.

CAUTION:

When attaching the camera to a tripod, extend its

legs to stabilize the camcorder. It is not advised to use

small sized tripods. This may cause damage to the

unit by falling over.

EN13

Date/Time Settings

SET/SELECT Button

MENU Button

+, – Button

The date/time is recorded onto the tape at all times, but its

display can be turned on or off during playback

(੬ pg. 44, 45).

Power lamp

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

1 _{the Lock Button located on the switch, then open}

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully. The power lamp lights and the camcorder is

turned on.

Power Switch

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Lock Button

Display

Press + or – to select “

DISPLAY”, and press SET/

SELECT. The DISPLAY Menu appears.

Press + or – to select “CLOCK ADJ.”, and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. “Month” is highlighted.}

W I P E / FADER

PROGRAM AE

W. BALANCE

CAMERA

Press + or – to input the month, and press SET/

SELECT. Repeat to input the day, year, hour and

minute. Press + or – to select “ RETURN”, and

press SET/SELECT twice. The Menu Screen closes.

MANUAL

SYSTEM

D I SPLAY

DSC

Built-in Clock’s Rechargeable Lithium Battery

To store the date/time in memory, the clock’s rechargeable

lithium battery is integrated in the camcorder. While the

camcorder is connected to an AC outlet using the AC

Power Adapter/Charger, or while the battery pack attached

to the camcorder continues to supply power, the clock’s

rechargeable lithium battery is always charged. However,

if the camcorder is not used for approx. 3 months, the

clock’s lithium battery will become discharged and the

date/time stored in memory will be lost. When this occurs,

first connect the camcorder to an AC outlet using the AC

Power Adapter/Charger for over 24 hours to charge the

clock’s rechargeable lithium battery. Then perform the

date/time setting before using the camcorder.

END

DISPLAY Menu

ON SCREEN

DATE / T I ME

T I ME CODE

CLOCK

–

LCD / TV

AUTO

OFF

DEC 25 ’01

ADJ .

5 : 30 PM

RETURN

Note that the camcorder can be used without setting the

date/time.

CLOCK

ADJ .

DEC 25 ’01

5 : 30 PM

NOTE:

Even if you select “CLOCK ADJ.”, if the parameter is not

highlighted the camcorder’s internal clock continues to

operate. Once you move the highlight bar to the first

date/time parameter (month), the clock stops. When you

finish setting the minute and press SET/SELECT, the date

and time begin operation from the date and time you

have just set.

GETTING STARTED (cont.)

Loading/Unloading A Cassette

Cassette holder cover

Cassette holder

The camcorder needs to be powered up to load or eject a

cassette.

Slide down and hold OPEN/EJECT in the direction

1 _{of the arrow then pull the cassette holder cover}

open until it locks. The cassette holder opens

automatically.

Make sure the

window side is

facing out.

•Do not touch internal components.

Insert or remove a tape and press “PUSH HERE” to

2 _{close the cassette holder.}

•Once the cassette holder is closed, it recedes

automatically. Wait until it recedes completely

before closing the cassette holder cover.

•When the battery’s charge is low, you may not be

able to close the cassette holder cover. Do not

apply force. Replace the battery with a fully

charged one before continuing.

OPEN/EJECT

PUSH HERE

Switch

Close the cassette holder cover firmly until it locks

into place.

Erase protection tab*

Approximate recording time

Recording mode

* To Protect Valuable Recordings . . .

....slide the erase protection tab on the back

of the tape in the direction of “SAVE”. This

prevents the tape from being recorded

over. To record on this tape, slide the tab

back to “REC” before loading it.

Tape

30 min.

60 min.

80 min.

30 min.

60 min.

80 min.

45 min.

90 min.

120 min.

Be sure to press only the section labeled

“PUSH HERE” to close the cassette holder;

touching other parts may cause your finger to

get caught in the cassette holder, resulting in

injury or product damage.

NOTES:

● It takes a few seconds for the cassette holder to open. Do not apply force.

● If you wait a few seconds and the cassette holder does not open, close the cassette holder cover and try

again. If the cassette holder still does not open, turn the camcorder off then on again.

● If the tape does not load properly, open the cassette holder cover fully and remove the cassette. A few

minutes later, insert it again.

● When the camcorder is suddenly moved from a cold place to a warm environment, wait a short time

before opening the cassette holder cover.

● Closing the cassette holder cover before the cassette holder comes out may cause damage to the

camcorder.

● Even when the camcorder is switched off, a cassette can be loaded or unloaded. After the cassette holder

is closed with the camcorder switched off, however, it may not recede. It is recommended to turn the

power on before loading or unloading.

● When resuming recording, once you open the cassette holder cover a blank portion will be recorded on

the tape or a previously recorded scene will be erased (recorded over) regardless of whether the cassette

holder came out or not. See page 22 for information about recording from the middle of a tape.

EN15

Set the tape recording mode depending on your

preference.

Recording Mode Setting

SET/SELECT Button MENU Button

+, – Button

Power lamp

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

1 _{the Lock Button located on the switch, then open}

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully. The power lamp lights and the camcorder is

turned on.

Power Switch

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select “ CAMERA” and press SET/

SELECT. The CAMERA Menu appears.

Lock Button

Display

Press + or – to select “REC MODE” and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. The Sub Menu appears. Select “SP” or “LP”}

by pressing + or – and press SET/SELECT. Press + or

– to select “ RETURN”, and press SET/SELECT

twice. The Menu Screen closes.

CAMERA Menu

Sub Menu

REC MODE

–

•Audio Dubbing (੬ pg. 66) and Insert Editing

(੬ pg. 68) are impossible on a tape recorded in

the LP mode.

•“LP” (Long Play) is more economical, providing

1.5 times the recording time.

NOTES:

● If the recording mode is switched during recording, the

playback picture will be blurred at the switching point.

● It is recommended that tapes recorded in the LP mode

on this camcorder be played back on this camcorder.

● During playback of a tape recorded on another

camcorder, blocks of noise may appear or there may

be momentary pauses in the sound.

GETTING STARTED (cont.)

Loading A Memory Card

The provided memory card is already inserted in the

camcorder when you receive the camcorder.

Make sure the camcorder’s power is off.

Open the card cover (MEMORY CARD).

Insert the memory card firmly clipped edge first.

Card Cover

•Do not touch the terminal on the reverse side of

the label.

Close the card cover.

To Unload A Memory Card . . .

.... in step 3 push the memory card, then the memory

card comes out of the camcorder automatically. Pull

it out and close the card cover.

NOTES:

● Be sure to use only SD Memory Cards marked “

”

or MultiMediaCards marked “

”.

● Some brands of memory cards are not compatible with

this camcorder. Before purchasing a memory card,

consult its manufacturer or dealer.

Clipped edge

● Before using a new memory card, it is necessary to

FORMAT the card. ੬ pg. 38

Memory card

Label

ATTENTION:

Do not insert/remove the memory card while the

camcorder is turned on, as this may cause the

memory card to be corrupted or cause the camcorder

to become unable to recognize whether or not the

card is installed.

To Protect Valuable Files (available

only for SD Memory Card) . . .

Erase protection

tab

... slide the erase protection tab on the side

of the memory card in the direction of

“LOCK”. This prevents the memory card

from being recorded over. To record on

this memory card, slide the tab back to

the position opposite to “LOCK” before

loading it.

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Picture Quality Mode Setting

MENU Button

+, – Button

The Picture Quality mode can be selected to best match

your needs. Two Picture Quality modes are available:

FINE and STANDARD (in order of quality).

SET/SELECT Button

Power Switch

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down the

1 _{Lock Button located on the switch, then open the LCD}

monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully. The

power lamp lights and the camcorder is turned on.

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select “

DSC” and press SET/

SELECT. The DSC Menu appears.

Lock Button

Display

Press + or – to select “QUALITY” and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. The Sub Menu appears. Press + or – to}

select the desired mode and press SET/SELECT. Press

+ or – to select “ RETURN”, and press SET/SELECT

twice. The Menu Screen closes.

DSC Menu

QUAL I TY

S I ZE

–

F I NE

STANDARD

UXGA

–

VGA

AUTO

Image Size Mode Setting

The Image Size mode can be selected to best match your

needs. Two Image Size modes are available: XGA (1024 x

768 pixels) and VGA (640 x 480 pixels) (in order of

quality).

I MAGE SIZE

–

VGA

XGA

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down the

1 _{Lock Button located on the switch, then open the LCD}

monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully. The

AUTO

power lamp lights and the camcorder is turned on.

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

NOTES:

● The number of storable images depends on

the selected picture quality as well as the

composition of the subjects in the images

and the type of memory card being used.

● In the XGA mode, images are shot in 720 x

480 pixels and they are converted and

stored in the XGA mode file size (1024 x

768 pixels).

Press + or – to select “

DSC” and press SET/

3 _{SELECT. The DSC Menu appears.}

Press + or – to select “IMAGE SIZE” and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. The Sub Menu appears. Press + or – to}

select the desired mode and press SET/SELECT. Press

+ or – to select “ RETURN”, and press SET/SELECT

twice. The Menu Screen closes.

Approximate Number of Storable Images

MultiMediaCard

SD Memory Card

Image Size/Picture

Quality Mode

16MB*

8MB*

32MB*

8MB**

8MB*

32MB*

64MB*

195

XGA FINE

100

305

215

630

XGA STANDARD

VGA FINE

150

105

310

140

100

290

295

210

610

435

VGA STANDARD

150

105

125

1255

* Optional

** Provided (12 sound effects pre-stored)

GETTING STARTED (cont.)

To turn on the camcorder, set the Power

Switch to any operation mode except “OFF”

while pressing down the Lock Button located

on the switch.

Operation Mode

Choose the appropriate operation mode according to

your preference using the Power Switch and VIDEO/

MEMORY Switch.

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Power Switch Position

(Manual):

Allows you to set various recording functions using

the Menus. If you want more creative capabilities than

Full Auto recording, try this mode.

Power lamp

(Full Auto):

Power Switch

Allows you to record using NO special effects or

manual adjustments. Suitable for standard recording.

OFF:

Allows you to switch off the camcorder.

•Allows you to play back a recording on the tape.

•Allows you to display a still image stored in the

memory card or to transfer a still image stored in the

memory card to a computer.

Lock Button

When the Power Switch is set to “ ”,

“

” appears. When set to “ ” or “

”,

there is no indication.

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch Position

VIDEO:

Allows you to record on a tape or play back a tape. If

“REC SELECT” is set to “

” in the DSC

Menu Screen, still images are also recorded in the

memory card.

When the Power Switch is set to “ ” or

“

” and the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set

to “MEMORY”, the selected image size

(“VGA” or “XGA”) is displayed. When set to

“VIDEO”, there is no indication.

MEMORY:

Allows you to record a still image or display a still

image stored in the memory card.

VGA

VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK

EN19

VIDEO RECORDING

PLAYBACK

CONTENTS

VIDEO RECORDING ............................................. 20 – 22

Basic Recording .............................................................. 20

Journalistic Shooting ........................................................ 21

Interface Shooting .......................................................... 21

Zooming ...................................................................... 21

Time Code .................................................................... 22

Recording From The Middle Of A Tape ....................................... 22

VIDEO PLAYBACK ............................................... 23 – 26

Normal Playback ........................................................23

Still Playback ............................................................23

Shuttle Search ...........................................................23

Connections .......................................................... 24 – 25

Blank Search ................................................................. 26

VIDEO RECORDING

Basic Recording

Power Lamp

VIDEO/MEMORY

NOTE:

Switch

You should already have performed the procedures listed

below. If not, do so before continuing.

● Power (੬ pg. 10)

Recording Start/

Stop Button

● Grip Adjustment (੬ pg. 12)

● Viewfinder Adjustment (੬ pg. 12)

● Load A Cassette (੬ pg. 14)

● Recording Mode Setting (੬ pg. 15)

Power Switch

Slide down the lens cover while pressing down the

1 _{Lock Button located on the cover.}

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

Lock Button

2 _{set the Power Switch to “}

” or “ ” while pressing

down the Lock Button located on the switch.

Display

Shooting while using the LCD monitor: Make sure

the viewfinder is pushed back in. Open the LCD

monitor fully.

25min Tape remaining

time indicator

(Approximate)

Shooting while using the viewfinder: Make sure the

LCD monitor is closed and locked. Pull out the

viewfinder fully.

•Be sure to pull out the viewfinder until you hear a

click, otherwise it may be pushed back in during

use.

min

(Now calculating)

3 min

90 min

89 min

0 min

1 min

2 min

(Blinking)

•The Power lamp lights and the camcorder enters the

Record-Standby mode. “PAUSE” is displayed.

Press the Recording Start/Stop Button. “

”

appears while recording is in progress.

Tally lamp (Lights

while recording is

in progress)

To Stop Recording . . .

.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button. The camcorder

re-enters the Record-Standby mode.

To Adjust The Brightness Of The Display

Lens Cover (Slide up

the lens cover to

protect the lens

when the camcorder

is not in use.)

.... press MONITOR BRIGHT + or – until the bright level

indicator on the display moves and the appropriate

brightness is reached.

Lock Button

•It is also possible to adjust the brightness of the viewfinder.

NOTES:

● The image will not appear simultaneously on the LCD

monitor and the viewfinder except during Interface

Shooting.

● If the Record-Standby mode continues for 5 minutes, the

camcorder’s power shuts off automatically. To turn the

camcorder on again, push back and pull out the

viewfinder again or close and re-open the LCD monitor.

● When a blank portion is left between recorded scenes

on the tape, the time code is interrupted and errors

may occur when editing the tape. To avoid this, refer to

“Recording From The Middle Of A Tape” (੬ pg. 22).

● When sliding down the lens cover, be sure not to touch

the lens.

BR I GHT

MONITOR BRIGHT

+/– Button

90°

180°

● To turn the tally lamp or beep sounds off, ੬ pg. 40, 42.

For other notes, ੬ pg. 77

EN21

Journalistic Shooting

In some situations, different shooting angles may provide more dramatic

results. Hold the camcorder in the desired position and tilt the LCD

monitor in the most convenient direction. It can rotate 270° (90° down-

ward, 180° upward).

Interface Shooting

The person you shoot can view himself/herself in the LCD monitor, and

you can even shoot yourself while viewing your own image in the LCD

monitor.

Open the LCD monitor and tilt it upward to 180° so that it faces forward.

When the LCD monitor is tilted upward to an angle of over approx. 105°,

the monitor image is inverted vertically. If the viewfinder is pulled out at

that time, it also switches on.

Point the lens toward the subject (yourself when self-recording) and start

recording.

Self-Recording

During Interface Shooting, the monitor image and indications do not

appear inverted as they would when viewing a mirror.

FEATURE: Zooming

PURPOSE:

To produce the zoom in/out effect, or an instantaneous

change in image magnification.

Zoom in (T: Telephoto)

OPERATION:

Zoom In

Turn the Power Zoom (SHUTTLE SEARCH) Ring

towards “T”.

Zoom Out

Turn the Power Zoom (SHUTTLE SEARCH) Ring

towards “W”.

Ⅲ The further you turn the Power Zoom Ring the

quicker the zoom action.

Zoom out (W: Wide angle)

Zoom display

NOTES:

● Focusing may become unstable during Zooming. In

this case, set the zoom while in Record-Standby,

lock the focus by using the manual focus

(੬ pg. 53), then zoom in or out in Record mode.

● Zooming is possible to a maximum of 200X, or it

can be switched to 10X magnification using the

optical zoom (੬ pg. 41).

Digital zoom zone

10X (optical) zoom

zone

● Zoom magnification of over 10X is done through

Digital image processing, and is therefore called

Digital Zoom.

● During Digital zoom, the quality of image may

suffer.

Approximate zoom ratio

● Digital zoom cannot be used in the following cases:

•When digital image processing, such as Picture

Wipe/Dissolve (੬ pg. 50, 51) or Video Echo

(੬ pg. 49), is activated.

● Macro shooting (as close as approx. 5 cm (2") to the

subject) is possible when the Power Zoom Ring is

set all the way to “W”. Also see “TELE MACRO” in

the Menu Screen on page 41.

Power Zoom

Ring

For other notes, ੬ pg. 77

VIDEO RECORDING (cont.)

Time Code

During recording, a time code is recorded on the tape. This code is to confirm the location of the recorded

scene on the tape during playback.

If recording starts from a blank portion, the time code begins counting from “00:00:00”

(minute:second:frame). If recording starts from the end of a previously recorded scene, the time code

continues from the last time code number.

To perform Random Assemble Editing (੬ pg. 69 – 73), time code is necessary. If during recording a blank

portion is left partway through the tape, the time code is interrupted. When recording is resumed, the time

code starts counting up again from “00:00:00”. This means the camcorder may record the same time

codes as those existing in a previously recorded scene. To prevent this, perform “Recording From The

Middle of A Tape” below in the following cases;

•When shooting again after playing back a

recorded tape.

•When power shuts off during shooting.

•When a tape is removed and re-inserted during

shooting.

•When shooting using a partially recorded tape.

•When shooting on a blank portion located

partway through the tape.

•When shooting again after shooting a scene

then opening/closing the cassette holder cover.

Display

Frames are not displayed

during recording.

Minutes

Seconds

Frames

(30 frames = 1 second)

12 : 34 : 24

Recording From The Middle Of A Tape

1. Play back a tape or use Blank Search (੬ pg. 26) to find the spot at which you want to start recording,

then engage the Still Playback mode (੬ pg. 23).

2. Set the Power Switch to “ ” or “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch, then

start recording.

NOTES:

● The time code cannot be reset.

● During fast-forwarding and rewinding, the time code indication does not move smoothly.

● The time code is displayed only when “TIME CODE” is set to “ON” (੬ pg. 43, 44).

When a blank portion is recorded on a tape

Time code

00:00:00

Time code

05:43:21

Time code

00:00:00

Tape

Already recorded scene

Blank

Newly recorded scene

Shooting start point

Shooting stop point

Shooting start point

Proper recording

Time code

00:00:00

Time code

05:43:21

Time code

05:44:00

Tape

Already recorded scene

New scene

Latest scene

Shooting start point

VIDEO PLAYBACK

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Normal Playback

VOL. +/–

Load a tape (੬ pg. 14).

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

Play/Pause

Button (4/6)

2 _{set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing down

the Lock Button located on the switch. To start

playback, press 4/6.

Power Switch

•To stop playback, press 5.

•Turn the SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring to the left (2)

to rewind, or to the right (3) to fast-forward the

tape during Stop mode.

To Control The Speaker Volume . . .

.... press VOL. + to turn up the volume, or – to turn

down the volume.

Lock Button

NOTES:

Speaker

Stop Button (5)

●

If Stop mode continues for 5 minutes when power is supplied

from a battery, the camcorder shuts off automatically. To turn

SHUTTLE SEARCH

Ring (2/3)

on again, set the Power Switch to “OFF”, then to “

● The playback picture can be viewed in the LCD monitor,

”.

viewfinder or on a connected TV (੬ pg. 24, 25).

●

You can also view the playback picture on the LCD monitor

with it flipped over and pushed against the camera body.

● LCD monitor/viewfinder indications:

•When power is supplied from a battery: the “

”

battery pack remaining power indicator is displayed.

When power is supplied from an AC outlet: “

”

does not appear.

•During Stop mode, none of the indications are displayed.

● When a cable is connected to the AV connector, the

sound is not heard from the speaker.

Still Playback: Pauses during playback.

1) Press 4/6 during playback.

2) To resume normal playback, press 4/6 again.

● If still playback continues for more than about 3 minutes, the camcorder’s Stop mode is automatically

engaged. After 5 minutes in the Stop mode, the camcorder’s power is automatically turned off.

● When 4/6 is pressed, the image may not pause immediately while the camcorder stabilises the still image.

Shuttle Search: Allows high-speed search in either direction.

1) During playback, turn the SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring to the right (3) for forward or to the left (2)

for reverse search.

2) To resume normal playback, press 4/6.

● During playback, turn the SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring to the right (3) or to the left (2) and hold it.

The search continues as long as you hold the ring. Once you release it, normal playback resumes.

● A slight mosaic effect appears on screen during Shuttle Search. This is not a malfunction.

Slow-Motion Playback, Frame-By-Frame Playback, Playback Zoom and

Playback Special Effects

Available only with the remote control (provided) (੬ pg. 64, 65).

VIDEO PLAYBACK (cont.)

Connections

These are some basic types of connections. When making the connections, refer also to your VCR and TV

instruction manuals.

A. Connection to a TV or VCR equipped only with A/V input connectors

To TV or VCR

White to AUDIO L IN*

Red to

AUDIO R IN*

VCR

Audio/Video cable

(provided)

Yellow to VIDEO IN

* The Audio cable is not required for watching still images only.

To AV OUT

B. Connection to a TV or VCR equipped with an S-VIDEO IN and A/V input connectors

To AV OUT

Audio/Video cable

(provided)

To TV or VCR

White to AUDIO L IN*

Red to AUDIO R IN*

Docking

Station**

Yellow: Not connected

VCR

S-Video cable

(optional)

To S-VIDEO IN

To S-VIDEO

* The Audio cable is not required for watching still images only.

** Refer to “Docking Station Attachment” (੬ pg. 25).

EN25

NOTES:

Make sure all units are turned off.

● It is recommended to use the AC Power Adapter/

Charger as the power supply instead of the

battery pack (੬ pg. 11).

Connect the camcorder to a TV or VCR as

● The S-Video cable is optional. Be sure to use the

YTU94146B S-Video cable.

Consult the JVC Service Center described on the

sheet included in the package for details on its

availability. Make sure to connect the end with a

core filter to the camcorder. The core filter

reduces interference.

2 _{shown in the illustration (੬ pg. 24).}

If using a VCR . . . go to step 3.

If not . . . go to step 4.

Connect the VCR output to the TV input,

referring to your VCR’s instruction manual.

● To monitor the picture and sound from the

camcorder without inserting a tape or memory

card, set the camcorder’s Power Switch to “

Turn on the camcorder, the VCR and the TV.

”

or “ ”, then set your TV to the appropriate input

mode.

● Make sure you adjust the TV sound volume to its

minimum level to avoid a sudden burst of sound

when the camcorder is turned on.

● If you have a TV or speakers that are not specially

shielded, do not place the speakers adjacent to

the TV as interference will occur in the camcorder

playback picture.

● While the Audio/Video cable is connected to the

AV connector, sound cannot be heard from the

speaker.

Set the VCR to its AUX input mode, and set the

5 _{TV to its VIDEO mode.}

To choose whether or not the following displays

appear on the connected TV . . .

•Date/Time

.... set “DATE/TIME” to “AUTO”, “ON” or “OFF”

in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

•Time Code

.... set “TIME CODE” to “ON” or “OFF” in the

Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

•Playback Sound Mode, Tape Speed And Tape

Running Displays for video playback

Type of file, Directory/File Names and Image

Number/Total Number of Images for D.S.C.

Playback

.... set “ON SCREEN” to “LCD” or “LCD/TV” in

the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

Or, press DISPLAY on the remote control.

Docking Station Attachment

First align the multi connector and screw on the

Docking Station with the camcorder’s multi

connector and tripod mounting socket and tighten

the screw.

When removing the camcorder, loosen the screw

and detach the camcorder.

Multi connector

NOTE:

Tripod mouting

socket

While the Docking Station is attached to the

camcorder, it is not possible to load and unload

the memory card. Also, connecting and discon-

necting the DV cable are not possible.

Screw

VIDEO PLAYBACK (cont.)

Blank Search

FOCUS/BLANK Button

Helps you find where you should start recording in the

middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption

(੬ pg. 22).

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

Load a tape (੬ pg. 14).

Power Switch

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

2 _{set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing down

the Lock Button located on the switch.

Press FOCUS/BLANK.

•“BLANK SEARCH” appears blinking and the

camcorder automatically starts reverse or forward

shuttle search, then stops at the spot which is

about 3 seconds of tape before the beginning of

the detected blank portion.

Lock Button

Stop Button (5)

To cancel Blank Search midway . . .

.... press 5.

NOTES:

● In step 3, if the current position is at a blank portion the

camcorder searches in the reverse direction, and if the

current position is at a recorded portion the camcorder

searches in the forward direction.

Display

● Blank Search does not work if “HEAD CLEANING

REQUIRED. USE CLEANING CASSETTE” has appeared

with the tape.

BLANK SEARCH

● If the beginning or end of the tape is reached during

Blank Search, the camcorder stops automatically.

● A blank portion which is shorter than 5 seconds of tape

may not be detected.

● The detected blank portion may be located between

recorded scenes. Before you start recording, make sure

there is no recorded scene after the blank portion.

DIGITAL STILL CAMERA(D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLAYBACK

EN27

DIGITAL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.)

RECORDING

PLAYBACK

CONTENTS

D.S.C. RECORDING.............................................. 28 – 29

Basic Shooting (Snapshot) ......................................... 28 – 29

D.S.C. PLAYBACK ................................................ 30 – 38

Normal Playback (Of Images) ................................................... 30

Auto Playback (Of Images) ...................................................... 30

Index Screen ................................................................. 31

Index Playback .............................................................. 32

Jump Playback ............................................................... 32

Protecting Files .............................................................. 33

Deleting Files......................................................... 34 – 35

Setting Print Information (DPOF Setting) ....................... 36 – 37

Initializing A Memory Card ................................................ 38

D.S.C. RECORDING

Basic Shooting (Snapshot)

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

You can use your camcorder as a Digital Still Camera for

taking snapshots.

NOTE:

You should already have performed the procedures listed

below. If not, do so before continuing.

● Power (੬ pg. 10)

Power Switch

● Grip Adjustment (੬ pg. 12)

● Viewfinder Adjustment (੬ pg. 12)

● Loading A Memory Card (੬ pg. 16)

● Picture Quality/Image Size Mode Setting (੬ pg. 17)

SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION

Lock Button

Slide down the lens cover while pressing down the

Lock Button located on the cover. Set the VIDEO/

MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”, then set the Power

Switch to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button

located on the switch. Open the LCD monitor fully

or pull out the viewfinder fully.

SNAPSHOT Button

Display

CAMERA Menu

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

SNAP MODE

–

P I N–UP

FRAME

FULL

MUL T I –

Press + or – to select “ CAMERA”, then press SET/

3 _{SELECT. The CAMERA Menu appears.}

Press + or – to select “SNAP MODE”, then press

SET/SELECT.

Press + or – to select the desired Snapshot mode,

5 _{then press SET/SELECT. Press + or – to select}

“ RETURN” and press SET/SELECT twice. The

Menu Screen closes.

SNAPSHOT RECORDING

Press SNAPSHOT.

appears while the snapshot

Image Size mode

1 _{is being taken.}

Displays the Image Size mode of the stored

image. There are 2 modes available: XGA and

VGA (੬ pg. 17).

The image is stored in the memory card.

•Regardless of the Power Switch position (“ ” or

“

”), Snapshot recording takes place using the

Display

selected Snapshot mode.

VGA

F I NE

10 / 100

Picture Quality mode

Displays the Picture Quality mode of the stored image. There are 2 modes

available: FINE and STD (Standard) (੬ pg. 17).

Total number of shots

Displays the approximate total number of shots that can be stored, including

those already taken. The number increases or decreases depending on the shots

stored, the Picture Quality/Image Size mode, etc.

Number of shots taken

Displays the number of images that have already been shot.

Card icon

Appears during shooting and blinks when a memory card is not loaded.

Shooting icon

Appears and blinks during shooting.

EN29

To Delete Unwanted Still Images . . .

PIN-UP

Pin-Up mode*

.... when unwanted still images are stored in the

memory card or its memory is full, refer to “Deleting

Files” (੬ pg. 34) and delete unwanted still images.

To Remove The Shutter Sound . . .

.... when you do not want to hear the shutter sound, set

“BEEP” to “OFF” in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 40, 42).

The sound is no longer heard from the speaker.

FRAME

Snapshot mode

with frame*

NOTES:

● Even if “MULTI-4” or “MULTI-9” is engaged, Snapshot

recording will be performed in the FULL mode during

Digital Zoom or Night-Alive (੬ pg. 48).

● The image is stored in the VGA mode regardless of the

image size mode setting (੬ pg. 17) if “MULTI-4” or

“MULTI-9” is engaged.

● If SNAPSHOT is pressed when “DIS” is set to “ON”

(੬ pg. 41), the Stabiliser will be disabled.

FULL

Snapshot mode

with no frame*

● If Snapshot recording is not possible, “

” blinks

when SNAPSHOT is pressed.

● If Program AE with special effects (੬ pg. 48) is

engaged, certain modes of Program AE with special

effects are disabled during Snapshot recording. In such

a case, the icon blinks.

● If shooting is not performed for approx. 5 minutes

when the Power Switch is set to “ ” or “ ” and

power is supplied from the battery pack, the camcorder

shuts off automatically to save power. To perform

shooting again, push back and pull out the viewfinder

again or close and re-open the LCD monitor.

● The Motor Drive mode (੬ pg. 52) is disabled when the

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “MEMORY”.

● When a cable is connected to the AV connector, the

shutter sound is not heard from the speaker, however it

is recorded onto the tape.

MULTI-4

Multi-Analyzer 4

● Still images taken are compliant to DCF (Design rules

for Camera File systems). They do not have any

compatibility with devices which are not compliant to

DCF.

MULTI-9

Multi-Analyzer 9

● In the XGA mode, images are shot in 720 x 480 pixels

and they are converted and stored in the XGA mode

file size (1024 x 768 pixels).

* There is the sound effect of a shutter

closing.

D.S.C. PLAYBACK

Normal Playback (Of Images)

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Images shot with the camcorder are automatically

numbered, then stored in numerical order in the memory

card. You can view the stored images, one at a time,

much like flipping through a photo album.

Play Button

(4/6)

Load a memory card (੬ pg. 16).

Power Switch

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”,

2 _{then set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing

down the Lock Button. Open the LCD monitor fully

or pull out the viewfinder fully.

•A stored image is displayed.

Lock Button

Turn the SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring to the right (3)

to display the next image.

Turn the SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring to the left (2) to

display the previous image.

SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring

(2/3)

Stop Button (5)

[For Normal Playback]

Auto Playback (Of Images)

[For Auto Playback]

To display the next image

Display

You can run through all the images stored in memory

automatically.

100-0010

Perform steps 1 and 2 above.

Press 4/6 to start Auto Playback.

JAN 10 ’01

100 0011

To end Auto Playback, press 5.

NOTES:

JAN 10 ’01

100 0012

● Even if you shoot a new image after playing back a

low-numbered one, this will not overwrite an existing

image, because new images are automatically stored

after the last-recorded one.

● Images shot in a file size other than VGA/XGA with

devices that are compatible with DCF (Design rules for

Camera File systems) will be displayed as reduced-size

thumbnail images. These thumbnail images cannot be

transferred to a PC.

● Images shot with devices that are not compatible with

DCF cannot be viewed with this camcorder; “Unsup-

ported file!” will be displayed.

JAN 10 ’01

100 0013

JAN 10 ’01

Total number of

images

To display the

Displays the total

Directory and File names

previous image number of stored

Displays the directory and file

images.

names (੬ pg. 31).

Image number

Date

Displays the index

number of the image file

(੬ pg. 31).

Displays the date when the image was shot (if “DATE/TIME”is

set to “ON” in the Menu Screen ੬ pg. 44–45).

EN31

To view video clips (੬ pg. 61) stored in a memory card . . .

E - CL I P

… during normal playback of image, press SET/SELECT (੬ pg. 86

and 87, ! SET/SELECT Button) once to engage the video clip

mode. “E-CLIP” appears. Then pressing 4/6 can allow you to

view the video clips in the LCD monitor or viewfinder; video

clips cannot be displayed on a connected TV.

Total number

of files

•You can look for the desired file using Index Screen

(੬ below and pg. 32).

3 /

File (index) number

To listen to sound effects (੬ pg. 56) stored in a memory card . . .

… during normal playback of image, press SET/SELECT (੬ pg. 86

and 87, ! SET/SELECT Button) twice to engage the sound

effect mode. “D.SOUND” appears. Then pressing D.SOUND

(੬ pg. 86 and 87, 9 D.SOUND Button) can allow you to

listen to the sound effect.

D . SOUND

1 / 1 2

EXPLOS I ON

•You can look for the desired file using Index Screen

(੬ below and pg. 32).

Selected sound effect name

Picture

Quality

Index Screen

Type of file

Directory and File

names

The files you stored can be displayed together with their

index information. Convenient for checking files stored

beforehand, the Index Screen also shows the Picture

Quality, Image Size mode, directory and file names as well

as which files are protected against accidental erasure. To

display the Index Screen, ੬ pg. 32.

Selected file

EXIT

IMAGE

100-DVC00003

VVGGAA

IMAGE/E-CLIP/SOUND: Type of File

Displays the type of file of the displayed index screen.

There are 3 types available: IMAGE for still images,

E-CLIP for video clips (੬ pg. 61), SOUND for sound

effects (੬ pg. 56, 67).

1: Index number

Image Size

Index numbers are marked from 1. For example, when

10 files are stored (index number: 1 to 10), if three files

with index numbers 2, 4 and 6 are deleted from memory,

the remaining files are automatically moved up to fill any

gaps in the numerical sequence. Therefore, the number

of remaining files is 7, and the new index numbers range

from 1 to 7.

Protect icon

Index number

100-DVC00003: Directory and File

names

Shows that the selected file is in a directory

called “100” and its file name is “DVC00003”.

Each time shooting takes place, a file name is

made using a number which is larger by one

than the largest number of the file names

which are in use. If the file name reaches

DVC09999, a new directory will be made and

the file name will start again from DVC00001.

In the playback screen (੬ pg. 30), the

directory and only the last four digits of the file

name are displayed.

F/S: Picture Quality

Displays the Picture Quality mode of the stored image.

There are 2 modes available: FINE and STANDARD (in

order of quality) (੬ pg. 17). (Appears only when

displaying still images.)

VGA/XGA: Image Size

Displays the size of the stored image. There are 2 modes

available: VGA and XGA (੬ pg. 17). (Appears only when

displaying still images.)

In the Index Screen for sound effects, the name

of the selected sound effect is displayed if the

name is compatible with ID3TAG ver 1 or 2.

: Protect icon

When a file is protected against its accidental erasure, a

padlock mark appears next to the index number, and that

file cannot be deleted.

Selected File

A file is framed in green when it is selected.

Press + or – to move the green frame to the

desired file.

D.S.C. PLAYBACK (cont.)

Index Playback

INDEX Button

You can view or listen to the files (still images, video clips

(੬ pg. 61), or sound effects (੬ pg. 56, 67)) stored in

memory six at a time. Use this mode when looking for a

file you wish to view or hear.

+, – Button

Perform steps 1 and 2 of “Normal Playback” on

1 _{pg. 30.}

To display the Index Screen . . .

2 _{… for images, go to step 3.}

FOCUS/BLANK

Button

… for video clips (੬ pg. 61), press SET/SELECT

once to engage the video clip mode. “E-CLIP”

appears. Then go to step 3.

SET/SELECT

Button

… for sound effects (੬ pg. 56), press SET/SELECT

twice to engage the sound effect mode.

“D.SOUND” appears. Then go to step 3.

EXIT

IMAGE

Index Screen

for images

100-DVC00001

VGA

Press INDEX. The Index Screen appears.

Press + or – to move the green frame to the desired

file and press SET/SELECT. The file selected in the

Index Screen is displayed or played back.

•To start playback of the selected video clip, press

4/6. To stop playback midway, press 5.

•To start playback of the selected sound effect, press

D.SOUND.

EXIT

E-CLIP

Index Screen

for video clips

100-DVC00001

Jump Playback

EXIT

SOUND

Index Screen

for sound

effects

EXPLOSION

You can call up directly a file you want to play back by

specifying its index number.

During normal playback of images, press SET/

1 _{SELECT repeatedly to select the type of file you want}

to play back.

Press FOCUS/BLANK. The Jump Screen appears.

Display

Press + or – to enter the index number of the desired

3 _{file and press SET/SELECT.}

Jump Screen

JUMP MENU

•The file for the selected index number is displayed.

•To cancel the Jump Playback while the Jump

Screen is being displayed, press FOCUS/BLANK

again.

Total number

of files

10 / 50

[

]

–

SELECT

SET

]

SET / SELECT

]

CANCEL

BLANK

Index number

EN33

Protecting Files

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

The Protect mode helps prevent the accidental erasure of

files. When a padlock mark is displayed next to the index

number, that file cannot be deleted.

Power Switch

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”,

1 _{then set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing

down the Lock Button located on the switch. Open

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully.

•A stored image file is displayed.

To protect the image file . . .

… go to step 2.

Lock Button

To protect the video clip file. . . .

… press SET/SELECT once to engage the video clip

mode. “E-CLIP” appears. Then go to step 2.

To protect the sound effect file. . . .

… press SET/SELECT twice to engage the sound

effect mode. “D.SOUND” appears. Then go to

step 2.

MENU Button

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears. Press + or –

2 _{to select “}

MEMORY” and press SET/SELECT. The

MEMORY Menu appears.

Press + or – to select “PROTECT” and press SET/

SELECT. The PROTECT Index Screen appears.

Display

MEMORY Menu

PROTECT

TO PROTECT A FILE

DELETE

DPOF

Before doing the following, perform steps 1 through 3 above.

FORMAT

Press + or – to move the green frame to the desired

4 _{file and press SET/SELECT. A “}

” padlock mark

RETURN

appears on the selected file.

Repeat this procedure for all files you do not wish to

delete by accident.

PROTECT Index

Screen

EXIT

PROTECT

Press + to select “EXIT” and press SET/SELECT. The

5 _{normal playback screen appears.}

NOTE:

When the memory is initialized or corrupted, even

protected files are deleted. If you do not want to lose

important files, transfer them to a PC and save them.

Padlock mark

If Protection is

removed

Normal playback

TO REMOVE PROTECTION

Before doing the following, perform steps 1 through 3 above.

EXIT

PROTECT

Press + or – to move the green frame to the desired

4 _{file and press SET/SELECT. The “}

” padlock mark

located above the file disappears and the file is no

longer protected.

Repeat this procedure for all files from which you

wish to remove protection.

Press + to select “EXIT” and press SET/SELECT. The

normal playback screen appears.

Normal playback

D.S.C. PLAYBACK (cont.)

Deleting Files

Previously stored files can be deleted either one at a

time or all at once.

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”,

1 _{then set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing

Power Switch

down the Lock Button located on the switch. Open

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully.

•A stored image file is displayed.

To delete the image file . . .

… go to step 2.

To delete the video clip file. . . .

… Press SET/SELECT once to engage the video clip

mode. “E-CLIP” appears. Then go to step 2.

Lock Button

To delete the sound effect file. . . .

… Press SET/SELECT twice to engage the sound

effect mode. “D.SOUND” appears. Then go to

step 2.

MENU Button

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears. Press + or

2 _{– to select “}

MEMORY” and press SET/SELECT.

The MEMORY Menu appears.

Press + or – to select “DELETE” and press SET/

SELECT. The Sub Menu appears.

TO SELECT A FILE BY BROWSING FILES

STORED IN MEMORY

Before doing the following, perform steps 1 through 3

above.

Display

Press + or – to select “SELECT” and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. The DELETE Index Screen appears.}

EXIT

DELETE

DELETE Index

Screen

Press + or – to move the green frame to the desired

5 _{file that you wish to delete and press SET/SELECT.}

An “ ” appears above the selected file.

Repeat this procedure for all files that you wish to

delete. To deselect a file, press SET/SELECT again.

The “ ” disappears.

Press + to select “EXIT” and press SET/SELECT. The

DELETE

Deletion

Confirmation

Screen

Deletion Confirmation Screen appears.

SELECT

–

CANCEL

EXECUTE

Press + or – to select “EXECUTE” and press SET/

7 _{SELECT. The selected files are deleted and the}

normal playback screen appears.

•To cancel deletion, press + or – to select

“CANCEL” and press SET/SELECT.

NOTES:

● Protected files (੬ pg. 33) cannot be deleted with the

above operation. To delete them, remove protection

first.

● Once files are deleted, they cannot be restored.

Check files before deleting.

EN35

TO DELETE THE DISPLAYED FILE

Before doing the following, perform steps 1 through 3 on

MENU Button

page 34.

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

Press + or – to select “CURRENT” and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. The Deletion Confirmation Screen appears.}

Press + or – to select “EXECUTE” and press SET/

5 _{SELECT. The currently displayed file is deleted.}

•If “CURRENT FILE IS PROTECTED” appears, the

file is protected and cannot be deleted

(੬ pg. 33).

•To cancel deletion, press + or – to select “CAN-

CEL” and press SET/SELECT.

TO DELETE ALL FILES

Before doing the following, perform steps 1 through 3 on

page 34.

Press + or – to select “ALL” and press SET/SELECT.

4 _{The Deletion Confirmation Screen appears.}

Press + or – to select “EXECUTE” and press SET/

SELECT. All the files are deleted.

•To cancel deletion, press + or – to select “CANCEL”

and press SET/SELECT.

CAUTION:

Do not remove the memory card or perform any other

operation (such as turning off the camcorder) during

deletion. Also, be sure to use the provided AC Power

Adapter/Charger, as the memory card may be

corrupted if the battery becomes exhausted during

deletion. If the memory card becomes corrupted,

initialize it. (੬ pg. 38)

D.S.C. PLAYBACK (cont.)

Setting Print Information (DPOF Setting)

This camcorder is compatible with the DPOF (Digital

Print Order Format) standard in order to support future

systems such as automatic printing, which records

information about the still images you wish to print (such

as the number of prints to make). There are 2 print

information settings available: “To print all still images

(one print for each)” explained below and “To print by

selecting still images and no. of prints” (੬ pg. 37).

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Power Switch

TO PRINT ALL STILL IMAGES (ONE PRINT

FOR EACH)

Lock Button

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”,

then set the Power Switch to “

” while pressing

down the Lock Button located on the switch. Open

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully.

MENU Button

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select “

MEMORY” and press SET/

3 _{SELECT. The MEMORY Menu appears.}

Press + or – to select “DPOF” and press SET/SELECT.

The Sub Menu appears.

Press + or – to select “ALL” and press SET/SELECT.

5 _{Selection is complete. The Confirmation Screen}

appears.

Press + or – to select “EXECUTE” and press SET/

6 _{SELECT. The normal playback screen appears.}

•To cancel selection, press + or – to select “CAN-

CEL” and press SET/SELECT.

Display

DPOF Menu

DPOF

–

SELECT

To Reset The Setting . . .

.... select “RESET” in step 5. The setting is reset to 0 for

all still images.

ALL

RESET

DPOF

Confirmation

Screen

ALL

–

CANCEL

EXECUTE

EN37

TO PRINT BY SELECTING STILL IMAGES

AND NO. OF PRINTS

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Perform steps 1 through 4 on pg. 36.

Press + or – to selsect “SELECT” and press SET/

2 _{SELECT. Selection is complete. The DPOF Index}

Screen appears.

Power Switch

Press + or – to move the green frame to the image

3 _{you wish to print and press SET/SELECT.}

Select the number of prints by pressing + to increase

the number, or – to decrease the number and press

SET/SELECT.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the desired number of

prints.

Lock Button

MENU Button

•The number of prints can be set up to 15.

•To correct the number of prints, select the image

again and change the number.

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

Press + to select “EXIT” and press SET/SELECT.

5 _{Selection is complete. The Confirmation Screen}

appears.

Press + or – to select “EXECUTE” and press SET/

6 _{SELECT. The normal playback screen appears.}

•To cancel selection, press + or – to select “CAN-

CEL” and press SET/SELECT.

To Reset The No. Of Prints . . .

.... select “RESET” in step 5 on pg. 36. The number of

prints is reset to 0 for all still images.

Number of prints

DPOF Index

VGA

CAUTION:

Display

While performing the above, never disconnect power,

as this may cause the memory to be corrupted.

EXIT

DPOF

100-DVC00021

Screen

19 00

20 00

21 03

NOTES:

● If you load a memory card already set as shown above

in a printer compatible with DPOF, it will make prints

of the selected still images automatically.

● To print images recorded on a tape, first dub them to a

memory card (੬ pg. 60).

22 00

23 00

24 00

Confirmation

Screen

DPOF

SELECT

–

CANCEL

EXECUTE

D.S.C. PLAYBACK (cont.)

Initializing A Memory Card

You can initialize a memory card anytime.

After initializing, all files and data stored in the memory

card, including those which have been protected, are

cleared.

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Power Switch

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “MEMORY”,

1 _{then set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing

down the Lock Button located on the switch. Open

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully.

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Lock Button

Press + or – to select “

MEMORY” and press SET/

SELECT. The MEMORY Menu appears.

MENU Button

Press + or – to select “FORMAT” and press SET/

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

4 _{SELECT. The Confirmation Screen appears.}

Press + or – to select “EXECUTE” and press SET/

5 _{SELECT. The memory card is initialized. When}

initialization is finished, “NO FILES STORED” or

“NO SOUND FILES” appears.

•To cancel initialization, press + or – to select

“CANCEL” and press SET/SELECT.

CAUTION:

Do not perform any other operation (such as turning

off the camcorder) during initialization. Also, be sure

to use the provided AC Power Adapter/Charger, as the

memory card may be corrupted if the battery becomes

exhausted during initialization. If the memory card

becomes corrupted initialize it.

Display

MEMORY Menu

PROTECT

DELETE

DPOF

FORMAT

CANCEL

EXECUTE

RETURN

FORMAT

Confirmation

Screen

FORMAT

–

CANCEL

EXECUTE

ERASE ALL

EX I ST I NG F I LES?

ADVANCED FEATURES

EN39

ADVANCED FEATURES

CONTENTS

USING MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENT ............. 40 – 46

For Recording Menu ................................................ 40 – 43

For Playback Menu ................................................. 44 – 46

FOR RECORDING ................................................ 47 – 57

5-Second Recording ......................................................... 47

Program AE With Special Effects ................................. 48 – 49

Fade/Wipe Effects .................................................. 50 – 51

Snapshot (For Video Recording) .......................................... 52

Auto Focus/Manual Focus ................................................. 53

Exposure Control ............................................................ 54

Iris Lock ....................................................................... 54

White Balance Adjustment ................................................ 55

Manual White Balance Operation ........................................ 55

Digital Sound Effects................................................ 56 – 57

DUBBING .......................................................... 58 – 61

Dubbing To A VCR........................................................... 58

Dubbing To Or From A Video Unit Equipped

With A DV Connector (Digital Dubbing).................................. 59

Dubbing Still Images Recorded On A Tape To A Memory Card ...... 60

Dubbing Moving Images Recorded On A Tape To A Memory

Card (E-Mail Clip Recording) .............................................. 61

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT ....................... 62 – 73

Installing The Batteries .................................................... 62

Slow-Motion Playback ..................................................... 64

Frame-By-Frame Playback ................................................ 64

Playback Zoom .............................................................. 64

Playback Special Effects.................................................... 65

Audio Dubbing ............................................................... 66

Audio Dubbing Using Digital Sound Effects ............................. 67

Insert Editing ................................................................. 68

Random Assemble Editing [R.A.Edit] ............................ 69 – 72

For More Accurate Editing ................................................. 73

SYSTEM CONNECTIONS ........................................ 74 – 75

Connection To A Personal Computer ..................................... 74

Connection To A Video Unit Equipped With A DV Connector......... 75

USING MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENT

For Recording Menu

MENU Button

+, – Button

SET/SELECT Button

This camcorder is equipped with an easy-to-use,

on-screen menu system that simplifies many of the more

detailed camcorder settings (੬ pg. 41 – 43).

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

1 _{the Lock Button located on the switch. Open the}

LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

Power Switch

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select the desired function icon, and

press SET/SELECT. The selected function menu

Lock Button

Display

appears.

Function menu setting depends on the function.

WIPE / FADER

PROGRAM AE

W. BALANCE

CAMERA

OFF

Menu Screen

4 _{If you have selected “}

WIPE/FADER”,

W. BALANCE” . . .

“

PROGRAM AE” or “

MANUAL

…see pg. 41.

SYSTEM

D I SPLAY

DSC

REC MODE

SOUND MODE

ZOOM

SNAP MODE

GA I N UP

–

12B I T

If you have selected “ CAMERA”,

FULL

AGC

END

“

MANUAL”, “

SYSTEM”, “

DISPLAY” or

DSC”. . .

…go to step 5.

RETURN

Press + or – to select the desired function and press

SET/SELECT. The Sub Menu appears.

Then, press + or – to select the parameter, and press

SET/SELECT. Selection is complete.

Sub Menu

D I S

–

OFF

Press + or – to select “ RETURN” and press SET/

6 _{SELECT twice. The Menu Screen closes.}

•The icon represents “END”.

BEEP

–

MELODY

TALLY

DEMO MODE

CAM RESET

SOUND I N

0 6

–

MIC

RETURN

ON SCREEN

DATE / T I ME

T I ME CODE

CLOCK

–

LCD / TV

AUTO

OFF

DEC 25 ’01

ADJ .

5 : 30 PM

RETURN

QUAL I TY

IMAGE SIZE

REC SELECT

–

F I NE

VGA

W I P E / FADER

PROGRAM AE

W. BALANCE

CAMERA

MANUAL

RETURN

SYSTEM

D I SPLAY

DSC

END

Normal Screen

EN41

Menu Screen Explanations

Refer to “Fade/Wipe Effects” (੬ pg. 50, 51).

Refer to “Program AE With Special Effects” (੬ pg. 48, 49).

WIPE/FADER

PROGRAM AE

W.BALANCE

Refer to “White Balance Adjustment” and “Manual White Balance Opera-

tion” (੬ pg. 55).

REC MODE

Allows you to set the recording mode (SP or LP) depending on your

preference (੬ pg. 15).

SOUND

MODE

Enables video recording of stereo sound on four separate channels, and is

recommended for use when performing audio dubbing. (Equivalent to the

32 kHz mode of previous models)

12 BIT

16 BIT

10X

Enables video recording of stereo sound on two separate channels.

(Equivalent to the 48 kHz mode of previous models)

When set to “10X” while using digital zoom, the zoom magnification will

reset to 10X since digital zoom will be disengaged.

ZOOM

40X

Allows you to use the Digital Zoom. By digitally processing and magnifying

images, zooming is possible from 10X (the optical zoom limit), to a

maximum of 40X digital magnification.

200X

Allows you to use the Digital Zoom. By digitally processing and magnifying

images, zooming is possible from 10X (the optical zoom limit), to a

maximum of 200X digital magnification.

SNAP MODE

Refer to “Basic Shooting (Snapshot)” (੬ pg. 28) or “Snapshot (For Video

Recording)” (੬ pg. 52).

GAIN UP

Allows you to shoot dark scenes with no picture brightness adjustment.

The overall appearance may be grainy, but the image is bright.

OFF

AGC

AUTO

The shutter speed is automatically adjusted (1/30 — 1/200 sec.). Shooting a

subject in low or poor lighting at 1/30 sec. shutter speed provides a brighter

image than in the AGC mode, but the subject’s movements are not smooth

or natural. The overall appearance may be grainy. While the shutter speed

is being automatically adjusted, “

” is displayed.

OFF

To compensate for unstable images caused by camera-shake, particularly at

high magnification.

DIS

NOTES:

● Accurate stabilisation may not be possible if hand shake is excessive, or

under the following conditions:

•When shooting subjects with vertical or horizontal stripes.

•When shooting dark or dim subjects.

•When shooting subjects with excessive backlighting.

•When shooting scenes with movement in various directions.

•When shooting scenes with low-contrast backgrounds.

● Switch off this mode when recording with the camcorder on a tripod.

● The “

” indicator blinks or goes out if the Stabiliser cannot be used.

Refer to “5-Second Recording” (੬ pg. 47).

OFF

Allows you to record a few frames only. By using an inanimate object and

changing its position between shots, you can record the subject as though it is

moving (੬ pg. 47).

ANIM.

Usually the distance to a subject where the lens is in focus depends on the

zoom magnification. Unless there is a distance more than 1 m (3.3 ft) to the

subject, the lens is out of focus at the maximum telephoto setting. When set

to “ON”, you can shoot a subject as large as possible at a distance of

approx. 60 cm (2 ft).

TELE

MACRO

OFF

•Depending on the zoom position, the lens may go out of focus.

_ENUSING MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENT (cont.)

Menu Screen Explanations (cont.)

Records with no change in the screen ratio. For playback on a TV with a

normal screen ratio.

WIDE

MODE

OFF

Inserts black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. During playback on

wide-screen TVs, the black bands at the top and bottom of the screen are

CINEMA

cut and the screen ratio becomes 16:9.

appears. When using this

mode, refer to your wide-screen TV’s instruction manual. During playback/

recording on 4:3 TVs/LCD monitor/viewfinder, black bands are inserted at

the top and bottom of the screen and the image appears like a letterboxed

16:9 movie.

•“CINEMA” mode is effective only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is

set to “VIDEO”.

For playback on TVs with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Naturally expands the

SQUEEZE

image to fit the screen without distortion.

appears. When using this

mode, refer to your wide-screen TV’s instruction manual. During playback/

recording on 4:3 TVs/LCD monitor/viewfinder, the image is elongated

vertically.

•“SQUEEZE” mode is effective only when the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is

set to “VIDEO”.

WIND

CUT

OFF

Disengages the function which cuts down on noise created by wind.

Helps cut down on noise created by wind. “

” appears. The quality of

the sound will change. This is normal.

OFF

Even though not heard while shooting, shutter sound is recorded on the

tape.

BEEP

The beep sounds when the power is turned on or off, and at the beginning

BEEP

and end of recording. Also to activate the shutter sound effect (੬ pg. 28,

52).

MELODY

OFF

Instead of a beep, a melody sounds when any operation is performed. It

also activates the shutter sound effect (੬ pg. 28, 52).

The tally lamp remains off at all times.

TALLY

The tally lamp comes on to signal the start of recording.

Automatic demonstration will not take place.

DEMO

MODE

OFF

Demonstrates certain functions such as Program AE with special effects,

etc., and can be used to confirm how these functions operate. When

“DEMO MODE” is set to “ON” and the Menu Screen is closed, demonstra-

tion starts. Performing any operation during the demonstration stops the

demonstration temporarily. If no operation is performed for more than 1

minute after that, the demonstration will resume.

NOTES:

● If a tape is in the camcorder, the demonstration cannot be turned on.

● “DEMO MODE” remains “ON” even if the camcorder power is turned

off.

● If “DEMO MODE” remains “ON”, some functions will not be available.

After viewing demo, set to “OFF”.

EN43

CAM

CANCEL Does not reset all settings to the factory-preset.

RESET

Resets all settings to the factory-preset.

EXECUTE

MIC

Enables sound input from camcorder’s stereo microphone, when Audio

Dubbing (੬ pg. 66) is executed. “MIC” appears on the Audio Dubbing

screen.

SOUND

Enables sound effect input recorded on the provided memory card, when

Audio Dubbing (੬ pg. 67) is executed. “D. SOUND” appears on the Audio

Dubbing screen.

D.SOUND

Keeps the camcorder’s display (except the date, time and time code) from

appearing on the connected TV screen.

SCREEN

LCD

Makes the camcorder’s display appear on screen when the camcorder is

connected to a TV.

LCD/TV

The date/time does not appear.

DATE/

TIME

OFF

Displays the date/time for approx. 5 seconds in the following cases:

•When the Power Switch is set from “OFF” to “ ” or “ ”.

•When playback starts. The camcorder displays the date/time when scenes

are recorded.

AUTO

•When the date is changed during playback.

The date/time is always displayed.

Time code is not displayed.

TIME

CODE

OFF

Time code is displayed on the camcorder and on the connected TV. Frame

numbers are not displayed during recording.

Allows you to set the current date and time (੬ pg. 13).

CLOCK ADJ.

QUALITY

Allows you to set the Picture Quality mode (FINE and STANDARD)

depending on your preference (੬ pg. 17).

IMAGE SIZE

Allows you to set the Image Size mode (XGA and VGA) depending on your

preference (੬ pg. 17).

When Snapshot recording is performed with the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded only onto the tape.

REC

SELECT

When Snapshot recording is performed with the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded not only onto the tape but also in

the memory card.

: Factory-preset

NOTES:

● The “ CAMERA” settings are effective when the Power Switch is set to both “ ” and “ ”.

● The “

MANUAL” settings are effective only when the Power Switch is set to “ ”.

SYSTEM” and “ DISPLAY” functions which are set when the Power Switch is set to “ ” are also

” (੬ pg. 44). “CLOCK ADJ.” only appears when the Power

● “

applied when the Power Switch is set to “

Switch is set to “ ”.

● The “ DISPLAY” settings are effective even when the Power Switch is set to “ ”.

● The “ON SCREEN” setting can also be changed by pressing the DISPLAY Button on the remote control

(provided) (੬ pg. 25, 58, 70).

_ENUSING MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENT (cont.)

For Playback Menu

MENU Button

The following procedure applies to all except Synchro

Comp (੬ pg. 73).

SET/SELECT Button

+, – Button

Set the Power Switch to “

” while pressing down

1 _{the Lock Button located on the switch. Open the LCD}

monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

Power Switch

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select the desired function icon, and

3 _{press SET/SELECT. The selected function menu}

appears.

Press + or – to select the desired function, and press

Lock Button

Display

4 _{SET/SELECT to display the Sub Menu.}

Press + or – to select the desired parameter and

V I DEO

SOUND MODE

12B I T MODE

SYNCHRO

press SET/SELECT. Selection is complete.

SYSTEM

D I SPLAY

MEMORY

REC MODE

COPY

Press + or – to select “ RETURN” and press SET/

6 _{SELECT twice to close the Menu Screen.}

END

Menu Screen Explanations

੬ pg. 46.

੬ pg. 73.

SOUND MODE

12BIT MODE

SOUND MODE

12B I T MODE

SYNCHRO

–

STEREO

SOUND

O . O

SYNCHRO

REC MODE

COPY

OFF

Allows you to set the video

recording mode (SP or LP)

depending on your preference

(੬ pg. 15). It is recommended

you use “REC MODE” in the

RETURN

BEEP

TALLY

–

MELODY

“

VIDEO” when using this

DEMO MODE

CAM RESET

SOUND IN

camcorder as a recorder during

–

M IC

digital dubbing (੬ pg. 59).

ON: Enables dubbing of images

recorded on a tape to a memory

card (੬ pg. 60).

OFF: Enables snapshots to be

taken during video playback.

RETURN

COPY

ON SCREEN

–

LCD / TV

AUTO

OFF

DATE / T I ME

T I ME CODE

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RETURN

NOTES:

● It is also possible to change the ON SCREEN settings by

pressing DISPLAY on the remote control (provided).

● “REC MODE” can be set when the Power Switch is set

V I DEO

PROTECT

DELETE

DPOF

SYSTEM

D I SPLAY

MEMORY

FORMAT

to “

” or “ ” (੬ pg. 15, 41).

END

EN45

Menu Screen Explanations (cont.)

Display

ON SCREEN setting:

12B I T / SOUND

For playback sound,

Each setting is linked with “

DISPLAY”

tape speed and tape

running during video

playback.

or “

SYSTEM”, which appears when the

Power Switch is set to “ ” (੬ pg. 42, 43).

The parameters are the same as in the

description on pg. 42, 43.

IMAGE

100-0001

For type of file,

directory, file name,

index number and

total number during

D.S.C. playback.

੬ pg. 30 – 38

DATE/TIME setting:

For date during

D.S.C. playback.

For date/time during

video playback.

DEC 25 ’01

5 : 30 PM

TIME CODE setting: For time code.

Minutes

Seconds

Frames*

*30 frames = 1 second

12 : 34 : 24

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

_ENUSING MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENT (cont.)

Playback Sound

During playback, the camcorder detects the sound mode in which the recording was made, and plays the

sound back. Select the type of sound to accompany your playback picture. According to the menu access

explanation on pg. 44, select “SOUND MODE” or “12BIT MODE” from the Menu Screen and set it to the

desired parameter.

STEREO

SOUND L

SOUND R

MIX

Sound is output on both “L” and “R” channels in stereo.

Sound from the “L” channel is output in stereo.

Sound from the “R” channel is output in stereo.

SOUND MODE

12BIT MODE

Original and dubbed sounds are combined and output in stereo on

both “L” and “R” channels in stereo.

SOUND 1

SOUND 2

Original sound is output on both“L” and “R” channels in stereo.

Dubbed sound is output on both“L” and “R” channels in stereo.

: Factory-preset

NOTES:

● The “SOUND MODE” setting is available for both 12-bit and 16-bit sound. (In previous models’ functions,

“12-bit” is called “32 kHz” and “16-bit” is called “48 kHz”.)

● The camcorder cannot detect the sound mode in which the recording was made during fast-forward or

rewind. During playback the sound mode is displayed in the upper left corner.

FOR RECORDING

EN47

5-Second Recording

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Record a vacation or an important event in 5-second clips

to keep the action moving. This function is available only

for video recording.

Recording Start/

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

Stop Button

set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

the Lock Button located on the switch. Pull out the

viewfinder fully or open the LCD monitor fully.

Power Switch

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select “

MANUAL”, and press SET/

SELECT. The MANUAL Menu appears.

Lock Button

Press + or – to select “5S”, and press SET/SELECT. The

Sub Menu appears.

MENU Button

Press + or – to select “5S”, and press SET/SELECT.

Selection is complete. Press + or – to select “ RE-

TURN”, and press SET/SELECT twice to close the

Menu Screen.

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

•“5S” appears.

Press the Recording Start/Stop Button. The tally lamp

lights and beep sounds to indicate the start of

recording, and after 5 seconds the camcorder enters

Record-Standby mode.

•Even if you press the Recording Start/Stop Button

again within 5 seconds after recording starts,

Record-Standby mode is not engaged.

To exit the 5S mode, select “OFF” in step 5.

SNAPSHOT Button

MANUAL Menu

To Take A Snapshot In The 5-Second Recording Mode . . .

.... instead of pressing the Recording Start/Stop Button in

step 6, select the desired Snapshot mode in the Menu

Screen, then press SNAPSHOT. The camcorder

Display

records a 5-second still (੬ pg. 52). When “5S” is set

to “ANIM.” (੬ pg. 41) this function is not available.

NOTE:

–

OFF

When “5S” is set to “ANIM.” in the Menu Screen the

5-second recording mode is not available. Animation

recording of a few frames only is taken instead (੬ pg. 41).

AN I M .

FOR RECORDING (cont.)

Program AE With Special Effects

IMPORTANT:

Some modes of Program AE with special

effects cannot be used with certain Fade/Wipe

Effects (੬ pg. 50, 51). If an unusable mode is

selected, its indicator blinks or goes out.

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

1 _{the Lock Button located on the switch. Open the}

LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

MENU Button

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

SET/SELECT Button

+, – Button

Press + or – to select “

PROGRAM AE”, then

press SET/SELECT. PROGRAM AE Menu appears.

Press + or – to select the desired mode (੬ below

Power Switch

Lock Button

4 _{and pg. 49), then press SET/SELECT. Selection is}

complete. Press SET/SELECT again. The Menu

Screen closes.

•The selected mode indicator appears.

To Deactivate The Selected Mode . . .

...select “OFF” in step 4.

NOTE:

Program AE with special effects can be changed during

recording or during Record-Standby.

NIGHT ALIVE

Makes dark subjects or areas even brighter than

they would be under good natural lighting.

Although the recorded image is not grainy, it may

look as if it is strobing due to the slow shutter

speed. The shutter speed is automatically

adjusted to provide up to 30 times sensitivity.

Display

SHUTTER1/100

PROGRAM AE

SPORTS

SNO

SPOTL I GHT

I L I GHT

SEP I A

MONOTONE

CLASS I C F I LM

STROBE

“

” appears beside “ ” while the shutter speed

is being automatically adjusted.

V I DEO ECHO

OFF

SLOW (Slow Shutter)

Lights dark subjects or areas even brighter than

they would be under good natural lighting. Use

“SLOW” only in dark areas.

SLOW 10X

Slow Shutter raises light sensitivity further to

allow shooting in even darker environments.

SLOW 4X

Slow Shutter raises light sensitivity to allow

shooting in dark environments.

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EN49

SHUTTER (Variable Shutter Speed)

SEPIA

1/60 – The shutter speed is fixed at 1/60th of a

second. Black bands that usually appear when

shooting a TV screen become narrower.

1/100 – The shutter speed is fixed at 1/100th of a

second. The flickering that occurs when shooting

under a fluorescent light or mercury-vapour lamp

is reduced.

Recorded scenes have a brownish tint like old

photos. Combine this with the Cinema mode for a

classic look.

MONOTONE

Like classic black and white films, your footage is

shot in B/W. Used together with the Cinema

mode, it enhances the “classic film” effect.

SPORTS

(Variable Shutter Speed:

CLASSIC FILM

Gives recorded scenes a

strobe effect.

1/250 – 1/4000)

This setting allows fast-

moving images to be

captured one frame at a

time, for vivid, stable

slow-motion playback. The faster the shutter

speed, the darker the picture becomes. Use the

shutter function under good lighting conditions.

STROBE

Your recording looks like

a series of consecutive

snapshots.

SNOW

Compensates for subjects that may otherwise

appear too dark when shooting in extremely

bright surroundings such as in the snow.

SPOTLIGHT

VIDEO ECHO

Adds a “ghost” to the

subject, giving your

recording a “fantasy”

feeling. Zoom magnifica-

tion of over 10X is not

available.

Compensates for subjects that may otherwise

appear too bright when shooting under extremely

strong direct lighting such as spotlights.

TWILIGHT

Makes evening scenes

look more natural.

White Balance (੬ pg.

55) is automatically set to

“

”, but can be

changed to your desired

setting. When Twilight is chosen, the camcorder

automatically adjusts the focus from approx. 10

m (32 ft) to infinity. From less than 10 m (32 ft),

adjust the focus manually. The flash does not fire

in this mode.

NOTES:

For SLOW (Slow Shutter):

● When using “SLOW”, the image takes on a

strobe-like effect.

● When using “SLOW”, it may be difficult to bring

the camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of

manual focus and/or a tripod is recommended.

For NIGHT ALIVE:

● During Night-Alive, the following functions or

settings cannot be activated and its indicator

blinks or goes out:

•Some modes of “Picture Wipe/Dissolve” (੬ pg.

50, 51).

•“GAIN UP” in CAMERA Menu (੬ pg. 41).

•“DIS” in MANUAL Menu (੬ pg. 41).

•Video Flash with the optional VL-F3U.

•Video Light with the optional VL-V3U.

● During Night-Alive, it may be difficult to bring the

camcorder into focus. To prevent this, use of

manual focus and/or a tripod is recommended.

For SPOTLIGHT:

“SPOTLIGHT” has the same effect as –3 with the

exposure control (੬ pg. 54).

FOR RECORDING (cont.)

FADE/WIPE SELECTION (

Fade/Wipe Effects

and

)

These effects let you make pro-style scene

transitions. Use them to spice up the transition

from one scene to the next. You can also vary

transitions from scene to scene.

Fade or Wipe works when video recording is started or

when you stop recording.

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

the Lock Button located on the switch. Open the

LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

IMPORTANT:

Some Fade/Wipe Effects cannot be used with

certain modes of Program AE with special

effects (੬ pg. 48, 49). If an unusable Fade/

Wipe Effect is selected, its indicator blinks or

goes out.

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press + or – to select “

WIPE/FADER”, then press

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

3 _SET/SELECT.

Press + or – to select the desired function, then press

SET/SELECT. Selection is complete. Press SET/

SELECT again.

•The WIPE/FADER Menu disappears and the effect

is reserved. The indicator representing the selected

effect appears.

Recording Start/

Stop Button

Power Switch

Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to activate the

5 _{Fade-in/out or Wipe-in/out.}

To Deactivate The Selected Effect . . .

...select “OFF” in step 4.

Lock Button

PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION

(

and

)

MENU Button

The Picture Wipe or Dissolve works when video

recording is started.

SET/SELECT Button

+, – Button

Follow steps 1 through 4 above.

Engage the Record-Standby mode.

2 _{If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during recording . . .}

.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button when one

scene is finished. The point at which the scene

ended is stored in memory.

If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-

Standby mode . . .

.... press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start

recording and press it again when one scene is

finished. The point at which the scene ended is

stored in memory.

NOTES:

● You can extend the length of a Fade or Wipe

by pressing and holding the Recording Start/

Stop Button.

● If the power is turned off after a scene is

finished recording, the stored point is

erased, disabling the Picture Wipe/Dissolve

combination. When this happens, the

Picture Wipe/Dissolve indicator blinks. Also

note that power shuts off automatically if 5

minutes elapse in the Record-Standby mode.

● The sound at the end of the last recorded

scene is not stored.

If you select Picture Wipe/Dissolve during Record-

Standby mode after performing a Picture Wipe/

Dissolve . . .

.... the point at which the scene ended is already

stored in memory.

If you start recording a new scene within 5 minutes of

the end of the previous recording (without having

turned the camcorder’s power off), the previous scene

wipes out, revealing the new scene.

EN51

Fader And Wipe Menu

Effect

Fade in or out with a white screen.

FADER — WHITE

Fade in or out with a black screen.

FADER — BLACK

FADER — B.W

MOSAIC

Fade in to a colour screen from a black and white screen, or fade

out from colour to black and white.

Fade in or out with a full-screen mosaic effect.

Wipe in on a black screen from the upper right to the lower left

corner, or wipe out from lower left to upper right, leaving a black

screen.

WIPE — CORNER

The scene starts in the centre of a black screen and wipes in toward

the corners, or comes in from the corners, gradually wiping out to

the centre.

WIPE — WINDOW

WIPE — SLIDE

Wipe in from right to left, or wipe out from left to right.

Wipe in as the two halves of a black screen open to the left and

right, revealing the scene, or wipe out and the black screen

reappears from left and right to cover the scene.

WIPE — DOOR

The scene wipes in from the bottom to the top of a black screen, or

wipes out from top to bottom, leaving a black screen.

WIPE — SCROLL

WIPE — SHUTTER

Wipe in from the centre of a black screen toward the top and

bottom, or wipe out from the top and bottom toward the centre

leaving a black screen.

The new scene gradually appears as the old one gradually disap-

pears.

DISSOLVE

The new scene wipes in over the previous one from the upper right

corner to the lower left corner.

WIPE — CORNER

WIPE — WINDOW

WIPE — SLIDE

WIPE — DOOR

WIPE — SCROLL

WIPE — SHUTTER

The next scene gradually wipes in from the centre of the screen

toward the corners, covering the previous scene.

The next scene gradually wipes in over the previous one from right

to left.

The previous scene wipes out from the centre to the right and left,

like a door being pushed open to reveal the next scene.

The new scene wipes in over the last one from the bottom of the

screen to the top.

The new scene wipes in over the previous one from the centre

toward the top and bottom of the screen.

FOR RECORDING (cont.)

Snapshot (For Video Recording)

MENU Button

This feature lets you record still images that look like

photographs onto a tape.

SET/SELECT

Button

+, – Button

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

the Lock Button located on the switch. Open the

LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Power Switch

Press + or – to select “ CAMERA”, then press SET/

3 _{SELECT. The CAMERA Menu appears.}

SNAPSHOT Button

Press + or – to select “SNAP MODE”, then press

SET/SELECT.

Press + or – to select the desired Snapshot mode,

Lock Button

5 _{then press SET/SELECT. Press + or – to select}

“ RETURN” and press SET/SELECT twice. The

Menu Screen closes.

Display

CAMERA Menu

•The available Snapshot modes are as the same as

those on page 29.

SNAP MODE

–

P I N–UP

FRAME

FULL

MULT I –

SNAPSHOT RECORDING

Press SNAPSHOT.

appears while the snapshot

1 _{is being taken.}

If you press during Record-Standby . . .

.... “PHOTO” appears and a still image will be

recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the

camcorder re-enters the Record-Standby mode.

NOTES:

If you press during Recording . . .

.... “PHOTO” appears and a still image will be

recorded for approx. 6 seconds, then the normal

recording resumes.

● To remove the shutter sound, ੬ “BEEP” on

pg. 40, 42.

● Even if “MULTI-4” or “MULTI-9” is engaged,

Snapshot recording will be performed in the

FULL mode during Digital Zoom or Night-

Alive (੬ pg. 48).

● If Snapshot recording is not possible, “

blinks when SNAPSHOT is pressed.

•Regardless of the Power Switch position (“ ” or

“

”), Snapshot recording takes place using the

”

selected Snapshot mode.

● If Program AE with special effects (੬ pg. 48)

is engaged, certain modes of Program AE

with special effects are disabled during

Snapshot recording. In such a case, the icon

blinks.

Motor Drive Mode

Keeping SNAPSHOT pressed provides an effect similar to

serial photography. (Interval between still images:

approx. 1 second)

● The Motor Drive mode is disabled when “REC SELECT”

● If SNAPSHOT is pressed when “DIS” is set

to “ON” (੬ pg. 41), the Stabiliser will be

disabled.

is set to “

(੬ pg. 43).

” in the Menu Screen

● During playback as well, all snapshot modes

are available when “

COPY” is set

to “OFF” in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44).

However, the shutter sound is not heard.

● When a cable is connected to the AV

connector, the shutter sound is not heard

from the speaker, however it is recorded

onto the tape.

EN53

Focus detection zone

While focusing on a further

subject

While focusing on a nearer

subject

Manual focus indicator

FEATURE: Auto Focus

PURPOSE:

The camcorder’s Full Range AF system offers continuous shooting ability from close-up (as close as approx.

5 cm (2”) to the subject) to infinity.

However, correct focus may not be obtainable in the situations listed below (in these cases use manual

focusing):

•When two subjects overlap in the same scene.

•When illumination is low.*

•When the subject has no contrast (difference in brightness and darkness), such as a flat, one-colour wall,

or a clear, blue sky.*

•When a dark object is barely visible in the viewfinder.*

•When the scene contains minute patterns or identical patterns that are regularly repeated.

•When the scene is affected by sunbeams or light reflecting off the surface of a body of water.

•When shooting a scene with a high-contrast background.

* The following low-contrast warnings appear blinking:

and

NOTES:

● If the lens is smeared or blurred, accurate focusing is not possible. Keep the lens clean, wiping with a

piece of soft cloth if it gets dirty. When condensation occurs, wipe with a soft cloth or wait for it to dry

naturally.

● When shooting a subject close to the lens, zoom out first (੬ pg. 21). If zoomed-in in the auto focus

mode, the camcorder may automatically zoom out depending on the distance between the camcorder

and the subject. This will not occur when “TELE MACRO” (੬ pg. 41) is activated.

FEATURE: Manual Focus

PURPOSE:

To obtain correct focus.

OPERATION:

1) If you are using the viewfinder, you should already have made the necessary viewfinder adjustments

(੬ pg. 12).

2) Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch, then press

FOCUS/BLANK (੬ pg. 86 and 87, $ FOCUS/BLANK Button). The manual focus indicator appears.

3) To focus on a farther subject, press +. “ ” appears and blinks.

To focus on a nearer subject, press –. “ ” appears and blinks.

4) Press SET/SELECT. Focus adjustment is complete.

To reset to Auto Focus, press FOCUS/BLANK twice or set the Power Switch to “ ”.

If FOCUS/BLANK is pressed once, the camcorder will enter the focus adjustment mode again.

NOTES:

● Be sure to focus the lens in the maximum telephoto position when you use the Manual Focus mode. If

you focus in on a subject in the wide-angle position, sharply focused images cannot be obtained when

zoomed up because the depth-of-field is reduced at longer focal lengths.

● When the focus level cannot be adjusted any further or closer, “ ” or “ ” will blink.

FOR RECORDING (cont.)

Exposure Control

Iris Lock

Manual exposure control is recommended in the

following situations:

• When shooting using reverse lighting or when the

background is too bright.

• When shooting on a reflective natural background

such as at the beach or when skiing.

• When the background is overly dark or the

subject is bright.

Use this function in the following situations:

• When shooting a moving subject.

• When the distance to the subject changes (so its

size in the LCD monitor or the viewfinder

changes), such as when the subject is backing

away.

• When shooting on a reflective natural background

such as at the beach or when skiing.

• When shooting objects under a spotlight.

• When zooming.

When the subject is close, keep the iris locked.

Even when the subject moves away from you, the

image will not darken or brighten.

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing down

1 _{the Lock Button located on the switch. Open the}

LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder fully.

Press EXPOSURE. The exposure control

Before the following steps, perform steps 1 and 2

of “Exposure Control”.

2 _{indicator appear.}

Press + to brighten the image, or – to darken

Adjust zoom so that the subject fills the LCD

3 _{monitor or the viewfinder, then press and hold}

SET/SELECT for over 2 seconds. The exposure

control indicator and “ ” appear.

the image. (maximum 6)

Press SET/SELECT. Exposure adjustment is

4 _complete.

Press SET/SELECT. “ ” changes to “ ” and

the iris is locked.

To Return To Automatic Exposure Control . . .

press EXPOSURE twice or set the Power Switch to

”. (If EXPOSURE is pressed once, the camcorder

will enter the exposure control mode again.)

…

“

To Brighten The Subject Quickly . . .

… press BACKLIGHT.

is displayed and the

subject is brightened. If pressed again,

disappears and the brightness returns to the

previous level.

• +3 exposure has the same effect as the

BACKLIGHT Button.

Iris lock indicator

• Using BACKLIGHT Button may cause the light

around the subject to become too bright and the

subject to become white.

• Backlight compensations is also available when

the Power Switch is set to “ ”.

To Return To Automatic Iris Control . . .

...press EXPOSURE twice so that the exposure

control indicator and “ ” disappear. Or, set the

Power Switch to “ ”.

To Lock The Exposure Control And The Iris . . .

...after step 2 of “Exposure Control”, adjust the

exposure by pressing + or –. Then lock the iris in

step 3 of “Iris Lock”. For automatic locking, press

EXPOSURE twice in step 2. The iris becomes

automatic after about 2 seconds.

NOTE:

You cannot use the manual exposure control at the

same time with backlight, spotlight (੬ pg. 49)

compensation and “SNOW” (੬ pg. 49).

+, – Button

SET/SELECT

Button

BACKLIGHT

Button

Iris

Like the pupil of the human eye, it contracts in well-

lit environments to keep too much light from

entering, and dilates in dim environments to allow in

more light.

EXPOSURE

Button

Power Switch

EN55

White Balance Adjustment

Manual White Balance Operation

A term that refers to the correctness of color

reproduction under various lighting. If the white

balance is correct, all other colors will be accu-

rately reproduced.

Perform Manual White Balance when shooting under

various types of lighting.

Follow steps 1 through 4 of the white balance

adjustment, and select “

MWB”.

The white balance is usually adjusted automatically.

However, more advanced camcorder operators

control this function manually to achieve a more

professional color/tint reproduction.

Hold a sheet of plain white paper in front of the

subject. Adjust zoom or position yourself so that

the white paper fills the screen.

Set the Power Switch to “ ” while pressing

1 _{down the Lock Button located on the switch.}

Open the LCD monitor fully or pull out the

viewfinder fully.

Press SET/SELECT until

begins blinking

rapidly.

When the setting is completed,

normal blinking.

resumes

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Press SET/SELECT twice. The Menu Screen

closes and the Manual White Balance indicator

is displayed.

Press + or – to select “

W.BALANCE”, then

press SET/SELECT. The W.BALANCE Menu

appears.

Press + or – to select the desired mode.

MENU Button

White paper

4 _“AUTO”

– White balance is adjusted

automatically (factory

preset).

+, – Button

“

MWB”

– White balance is set

manually.

“

FINE”

– Outdoors on a sunny day.

CLOUD” – Outdoors on a cloudy day.

HALOGEN” – A video light or similar

type of lighting is used.

SET/SELECT

Button

Press SET/SELECT. Selection is complete. Press

5 _{SET/SELECT again. The Menu Screen closes}

and the selected mode indicator except

“AUTO” appears.

Power Switch

NOTES:

To Return To Automatic White Balance . . .

...select “AUTO” in step 4. Or, set the Power

Switch to “ ”.

● In step 2, it may be difficult to focus on the white

paper. In such a case, adjust focus manually

(੬ pg. 53).

● A subject can be shot under various types of

lighting conditions indoors (natural, flourescent,

candlelight, etc.). Because the color temperature

is different depending on the light source, the

subject tint will differ depending on the white

balance settings. Use this function for a more

natural result.

NOTE:

White balance cannot be used when Sepia or

Monotone (੬ pg. 49) is activated.

● Once you adjust white balance manually, the

setting is retained even if the power is turned off

or the battery removed.

FOR RECORDING (cont.)

Digital Sound Effects

MENU Button

+, – Button

12 sound effects (EXPLOSION, SIREN, LAUGHTER,

RACE CAR, DOOR BELL, BUZZER, FANFARE, AP-

PLAUSE, CHEERS, BOING, SCREAM and JEERS) pre-

stored in the provided memory card can be dubbed onto

a tape.

INDEX

Button

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

SOUND EFFECT MODE SELECTION

Load the provided memory card (੬ pg. 16) and a

cassette (੬ pg. 14).

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

2 _{set the Power Switch to “}

” or “ ” while pressing

Power Switch

Lock Button

down the Lock Button located on the switch. Open

the LCD monitor fully or pull out the viewfinder

fully.

SET/SELECT

Button

Press INDEX. The sound effects Index Screen

D.SOUND

Button

3 _appears.

Press + or – to select the desired sound effect.

•Pressing D.SOUND starts playback of the currently

selected sound effect so you can check it without

recording it onto the tape. Press D.SOUND again

to stop the sound effect playback.

Display

Index Screen

for sound

effects

EXIT

SOUND

EXPLOSION

Press SET/SELECT. The selection is complete and the

5 _{selected sound effect indication is displayed.}

Selected

(framed in

green)

APPLAUSE

Sound effect

indication

You can download sound data available at our Web Site (see below for URL) and transfer them from your

PC to the memory card to create more sound effects.

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/download/d-sound/index.html

• Use the PC card adapter CU-VPSD60U or CU-V50U or floppy adapter CU-VFSD50U or CU-VFM40U to

transfer sound data from a PC to the memory card.

CU-V50U and CU-VFM40U: Available only for MultiMediaCard

CU-VPSD60U and CU-VFSD50U: Available for MultiMediaCard and SD Memory Card

• Sound data should be copied into the memory card’s DCSD\100JVCGR folder.

• The file names should be in numerical sequence starting from DVC00001.mp3. If you are using the

provided memory card, file names should be from DVC00013.mp3 since 12 sound effects are pre-stored

as DVC00001.mp3 through DVC00012.mp3.

EN57

SOUND EFFECT RECORDING

Press D.SOUND during recording. The “ ” moves

6 _{and the selected sound effect is recorded onto the}

tape.

•The sound effect cannot be heard from the speaker

during recording. Use a headphone set to hear the

sound effect.

To cancel recording the sound effect midway . . .

...press D.SOUND again. The camcorder stops record-

ing the sound effect.

NOTES:

● Sound effects can also be used for Audio Dubbing

(੬ pg. 67).

● Sound effects can also be selected during D.S.C.

playback mode (੬ pg. 32).

D.SOUND Button

● Sound effect recording is available only when the

sound effect indication is displayed.

● Sound effects created on a PC can be transferred to a

memory card by copying them into the memory card’s

sound folder with the specified file name. For details,

refer to the instruction manual of the provided

software. However, some sound (effects) created on a

PC cannot be played back with this camcorder.

DUBBING

Dubbing To A VCR

Following the illustration, connect the camcorder and

the VCR. Also refer to pg. 24 and 25.

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

set the camcorder’s Power Switch to “

” while

pressing down the Lock Button located on the

switch, turn on the VCR’s power, and insert the

appropriate cassettes in the camcorder and the VCR.

To AV OUT

To S-VIDEO

OUT

Engage the VCR’s AUX and Record-Pause modes.

Engage the camcorder’s Play mode to find a spot just

before the edit-in point. Once it is reached, press

4/6 on the camcorder.

Audio/Video cable

[mini-plug to RCA

plug] (provided)

S-Video cable

(optional)

Press 4/6 on the camcorder and engage the VCR’s

Record mode.

To AUDIO,

VIDEO* IN

Engage the VCR’s Record-Pause mode and press

4/6 on the camcorder.

To S-VIDEO IN

Repeat steps 4 through 6 for additional editing, then

stop the VCR and camcorder when finished.

VCR

* Connect when an S-Video cable is not used.

NOTES:

● It is recommended to use the AC Power Adapter/Charger as the power supply instead of the battery

pack (੬ pg. 11).

● As the camcorder starts to play your footage it will appear on your TV. This will confirm the connections

and the AUX channel for dubbing purposes.

● Before you start dubbing, make sure that the indications do not appear on the connected TV. If they do,

they are being recorded onto the new tape.

To choose whether or not the following displays appear on the connected TV . . .

•Date/Time

.... set “DATE/TIME” to “AUTO”, “ON” or “OFF” in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

•Time Code

.... set “TIME CODE” to “ON” or “OFF” in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

•Playback Sound Mode, Tape Speed And Tape Running Displays

.... set “ON SCREEN” to “LCD” or “LCD/TV” in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45). Or, press DISPLAY on

the remote control.

● The S-Video cable is optional. Be sure to use the YTU94146B S-Video cable.

Consult the JVC Service Center described on the sheet included in the package for details on its

availability. Make sure to connect the end with a core filter to the camcorder. The core filter reduces

interference.

● You can use Playback Zoom (੬ pg. 64) or Playback Special Effects (੬ pg. 65) in step 5.

EN59

Dubbing To Or From A Video Unit Equipped

With A DV Connector (Digital Dubbing)

It is also possible to copy recorded scenes from the

camcorder onto another video unit equipped with a DV

connector. Since a digital signal is sent, there is little if

any image or sound deterioration.

[To use this camcorder as a player]

To DV IN/

OUT

Open the

connector

cover.

Make sure all units are turned off. Connect the

1 _{camcorder to a video unit equipped with a DV input}

connector using a DV cable as shown in the

illustration.

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, set

DV cable

(optional)

2 _{the camcorder’s Power Switch to “}

” while

Core filter

pressing down the Lock Button located on the

switch, turn on the video unit’s power, and insert the

appropriate cassettes in the camcorder and the

video unit.

Video unit

equipped with DV

connector

To DV IN/OUT

Press 4/6 to play back the source tape.

While watching the playback on the monitor,

4 _{engage the DV connector-equipped video unit’s}

record mode from the spot on the source tape you

want to begin recording.

NOTES:

● It is recommended to use the AC Power Adapter/Charger as the power supply instead of the battery

pack (੬ pg. 11).

● If the remote control is used when both the player and recorder are JVC video units, both units will

perform the same operation. To prevent this from happening, press the buttons on both units.

● If a blank portion or disturbed image is played back on the player during dubbing, the dubbing may stop

so that an unusual image is not dubbed.

● Even though the DV cable is connected correctly, sometimes the image may not appear in step 4. If this

occurs, turn off the power and make connections again.

● If “Playback Zoom” (੬ pg. 64), “Playback Special Effects” (੬ pg. 65) or “Snapshot” is attempted during

playback, only the original playback image recorded on the tape is output from the DV IN/OUT connec-

tor.

● When using a DV cable, be sure to use the optional JVC VC-VDV204U DV cable.

To Use This Camcorder As A Recorder . . .

1. Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then set the Power Switch to “

down the Lock Button located on the switch.

” while pressing

2. Set “REC MODE” to “SP” or “LP” in the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44).

3. Connect the DV cable as shown in the illustration and load a cassette to record on.

4. Press the START/STOP button on the remote control to engage the Record-Pause mode. “

appears on the screen.

DV. IN

”

5. Press the START/STOP button on the remote control to start recording.

rotates.

6. Press the START/STOP button on the remote control again to engage the Record-Pause mode.

rotating.

stops

NOTES:

● Digital Dubbing is performed in the sound mode recorded on the original tape, regardless of the

current “SOUND MODE” setting (੬ pg. 41).

● During Digital Dubbing, no signals are output from the AV output connector.

DUBBING (cont.)

Dubbing Still Images Recorded On A Tape

To A Memory Card

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

Still images can be dubbed from a tape to a memory

card.

Load a memory card (੬ pg. 16) and cassette

(੬ pg. 14).

Select the Snapshot mode in the Menu Screen

2 _{(੬ pg. 28) to use for dubbing the image to the}

memory card.

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

3 _{set the Power Switch to “}

” while pressing down

the Lock Button located on the switch.

MENU Button

SET/SELCT

Button

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears. Press + or –

+, – Button

to select “

VIDEO” and press SET/SELECT. The

Play/Pause

Button (4/6)

VIDEO Menu appears.

Press + or – to select “

COPY” and press

5 _{SET/SELECT. The Sub Menu appears. Press + or – to}

select “ON” and press SET/SELECT. Selection is

complete.

Power Switch

Press + or – to select “ RETURN” and press SET/

6 _{SELECT twice. The normal playback screen resumes.}

To select a still image to be dubbed, start playback

7 _{by pressing 4/6. At the moment you find the}

image you wish to dub, press it again to engage Still

Playback.

Lock Button

Display

SNAPSHOT Button

VIDEO Menu

To start dubbing, press SNAPSHOT. The selected

image is stored in the memory card.

•“ ” blinks during dubbing.

NOTES:

● If SNAPSHOT is pressed in step 8 when a memory card

is not loaded, the message “COPYING FAILED” is

displayed.

COPY

–

OFF

● If an image recorded on the tape using the WIDE mode

(੬ pg. 42) is dubbed to a memory card, the WIDE

mode identifying signal is not dubbed with it.

● To use Playback Special Effects with a video image you

wish to dub, perform up to step 8 using the remote

control (provided) (੬ pg. 65).

● Images are dubbed in VGA file size.

EN61

Dubbing Moving Images Recorded On A

E-MAIL CLIP REC Button

Tape To A Memory Card (E-Mail Clip

Recording)

VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch

You can make video clips from recorded video footage

and store them in a memory card as files which can be

conveniently sent via e-mail.

Load a memory card (੬ pg. 16) and cassette

1 _{(੬ pg. 14).}

Play/Pause

Button (4/6)

Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then

set the Power Switch to “

the Lock Button located on the switch.

” while pressing down

SNAPSHOT

Button

Power Switch

Press 4/6 to start video playback, then press E-MAIL

3 _{CLIP REC to engage the Record-Standby mode.}

•“E-MAIL CLIP STANDBY” appears and then “E-

MAIL CLIP READY” appears.

At the moment you find the image you wish to dub,

4 _{press SNAPSHOT to start dubbing.}

Lock Button

•“E-MAIL CLIP RECORDING” appears.

•The camcorder stops E-Mail Clip Recording

automatically after approx. 20 seconds and

“E-MAIL CLIP COMPLETED” appears.

Display

•Refer to the instruction manual of the provided

software to transfer the video clips to a PC.

MAI L CL I P

STANDBY

To cancel E-Mail Clip Recording . . .

… after step 3, press E-MAIL CLIP REC again or press 5

to stop video playback.

To view video clips stored in a memory card . . .

… during normal playback of image, press SET/SELECT

once to engage the video clip mode. “E-CLIP” appears.

Then pressing 4/6 can allow you to view the video

clips in the LCD monitor or viewfinder; video clips

cannot be displayed on a connected TV. (੬ pg. 31)

•You can look for the desired file using Index Screen

(੬ pg. 32).

E-MA I L CL I P

READY

PUSH "SNAPSHOT "

TO RECORD CL I P TO CARD

NOTES:

● Playback operation cannot be performed during E-Mail Clip

Recording.

When the SNAPSHOT Button is

pressed.

● If you press 5 or SNAPSHOT while E-Mail Clip Recording

is in progress, only the portion which is recorded before 5

or SNAPSHOT is pressed will be stored in the memory card.

● Also, if the end of the tape is reached during E-Mail Clip

Recording, that portion will be automatically stored in the

memory card.

MA I L CL I P

RECORD I NG

● If the end of the tape is reached in step 3, the E-Mail Clip

Record-Standby mode will be automatically cancelled.

● The video clip files stored with this camcorder are

compatible with MPEG4. Some MPEG4 files stored with

other devices cannnot be played back with this camcorder.

● The sound cannot be played back when you view the video

clips stored in the copy-protected SD Memory Card.

“PLAYING FAILED CHECK CARD’S WRITE PROTECTION

SWITCH” appears.

Storing is complete.

MA I L CL I P

COMPLETED

● Video noise may appear while viewing video clips in the

LCD monitor or viewfinder, however, this noise is not

present in the actual video clips stored in the memory card.

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

The Full-Function Remote Control Unit can operate

this camcorder from a distance as well as the basic

operations (Playback, Stop, Pause, Fast-Forward and

Rewind) of your VCR. It also makes additional

playback functions possible.

Tab

Installing The Batteries

The remote control uses two “AAA (R03)” size

batteries. See “General Battery Precautions”

(੬ pg. 93).

Remove the battery compartment cover while

pushing up the tab as illustrated.

Insert two “AAA (R03)” size batteries in the

correct direction.

Re-attach the battery compartment cover.

–

When using the remote control, be sure to point it

at the remote sensor. The illustration shows the

approximate transmitted beam effective area for

indoor use.

The transmitted beam may not be effective or may

cause incorrect operation outdoors or when the

remote sensor is directly exposed to sunlight or

powerful lighting.

Transmitted beam

effective area

5m (16 ft)

Remote sensor

30°

EN63

Functions

With the camcorder’s Power

Switch set to “ ” or “ ”.

With the camcorder’s Power

Switch set to “ ”.

Buttons

Infrared beam transmitting window

Zoom (T/W) Buttons

DISPLAY Button

Transmits the beam signal.

Zoom in/out (੬ pg. 21)

Zoom in/out (੬ pg. 64)

੬ pg. 25, 58, 70

੬ pg. 64, 69

—

SHIFT Button

SLOW Rewind/Forward Buttons

Left/Right Buttons

—

੬ pg. 64

REW Button

—

• Rewind/Reverse Shuttle Search

on a tape (੬ pg. 23)

• Displays previous file in a

memory card (੬ pg. 30)

FADE/WIPE Button

EFFECT ON/OFF Button

EFFECT Button

—

੬ pg. 71

੬ pg. 65

੬ pg. 70

PAUSE IN Connector

START/STOP Button

MBR SET Button

Functions the same as the Recording Start/Stop Button on the camcorder.

—

੬ pg. 69

SNAPSHOT Button

Functions the same as SNAPSHOT on the camcorder.

Up Button

INSERT Button

—

੬ pg. 64

੬ pg. 68

Down Button

A. DUB Button

—

੬ pg. 64

੬ pg. 66

PLAY Button

—

• Starts Playback of a tape (੬ pg. 23)

• Starts Auto Playback of a memory

card (੬ pg. 30)

FF Button

—

• Forward/Forward Shuttle Search

on a tape (੬ pg. 23)

• Displays next file in a

memory card (੬ pg. 30)

STOP Button

—

• Stops the tape (੬ pg. 23)

• Stops Auto Playback (੬ pg. 30)

PAUSE Button

—

Pauses the tape (੬ pg. 64)

R.A.EDIT Buttons

੬ pg. 69 – 73

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (cont.)

FEATURE: Slow-Motion Playback

PURPOSE:

To allow slow-speed search in either direction during

video playback.

OPERATION:

1) To change from normal to Slow-Motion Playback, press

SLOW (9 or 0) more than approx. 2 seconds. After

approx. 5 minutes (approx. 20 seconds with a 80-

minute cassette) in Slow Rewind or Forward, normal

playback resumes.

Ⅲ To stop Slow-Motion Playback, press PLAY (4).

Remote sensor

NOTES:

● You can also engage Slow-Motion Playback from Still

Playback by pressing SLOW more than approx. 2

seconds.

Zoom Buttons

SHIFT

Left or SLOW

Rewind Button

Up Button

● During Slow-Motion Playback, due to digital image

processing, the picture may take on a mosaic effect.

Down

● After SLOW (9 or 0) is pressed and held, the still

Button

image may be displayed for a few seconds, followed by

a blue screen for a few seconds. This is not a malfunc-

PLAY

PAUSE

STOP

tion.

● There may be a small margin between the slow-motion

playback start point you chose and the actual start

point for Slow-Motion Playback.

Right or SLOW

Forward Button

● During Slow-Motion Playback, there will be distur-

bances in video and the picture may seem unstable,

especially with steady images. This is not a malfunc-

tion.

● During Slow-Motion Playback, press PAUSE (6) to

pause playback.

Normal

playback

Press T

FEATURE: Frame-By-Frame Playback

PURPOSE:

To allow frame-by-frame search during video playback.

To move image, press

(Right) while keeping

SHIFT held down.

OPERATION:

1) To change to Frame-By-Frame Playback, during still

playback, press SLOW (0) repeatedly for forward or

SLOW (9) repeatedly for reverse. Each time it is

pressed, the frame is played back.

FEATURE: Playback Zoom

PURPOSE:

To magnify the recorded image up to 20X at any time during playback.

OPERATION:

1) Press PLAY (4) to find the scene of interest.

2) Press the Zoom Buttons (T/W) on the remote control. Make sure the remote control is pointed at the

camcorder's remote sensor. Pressing T zooms in.

3) You can move the image on screen around to find a particular portion of the picture. While holding down

SHIFT, press

(Left),

(Right),

(Up) and

(Down).

Ⅲ To end zoom, press and hold W until magnification returns to normal. Or, press STOP (5) and then press PLAY (4).

NOTES:

● Zoom can also be used during slow-motion and still playback.

● Due to digital image processing, the quality of the image may suffer.

EN65

PLAYBACK EFFECT

OFF

PLAYBACK

EFFECT Select

FEATURE: Playback Special Effects

CLASS I C F I LM

PURPOSE:

ONOTONE

To allow you to add creative effects to the video

playback image.

SEP I A

STROBE

V I DEO ECHO

OPERATION:

1) To start playback, press PLAY (4).

2) Point the remote control at the camcorder's remote

sensor and press EFFECT. The PLAYBACK EFFECT

Select Menu appears.

3) Move the highlight bar to the desired effect by

pressing EFFECT. The selected function is activated

and after 2 seconds the menu disappears.

Ⅲ To deactivate the selected effect, press EFFECT ON/

OFF on the remote control. Pressing it again re-

activates the selected effect.

Ⅲ To change the selected effect, repeat from step 2

above.

NOTES:

● When some Playback Special Effects are used, the

Multi-Analyzer 4 and Multi-Analyzer 9 Snapshot

modes (੬ pg. 52) are not available.

● The effects that can be used during playback are

Classic Film, Monotone, Sepia, Strobe and Video

Echo. The effects work the same in playback as they

did in recording. Refer to page 49 for more informa-

tion.

Remote sensor

PLAY

EFFECT

EFFECT ON/OFF

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (cont.)

Audio Dubbing

Display

Audio Dub

MIC

The audio track can be customized only when recorded

in the 12-bit mode (੬ pg. 41).

Standby mode

NOTES:

● Audio Dubbing is not possible on a tape recorded in

16-bit audio, on a tape recorded in the LP mode or on

a blank portion of a tape.

● To perform Audio Dubbing while watching on the

television, make connections (੬ pg. 24).

Play back the tape to locate the point where editing

will start, then press PAUSE (6).

While holding A.DUB (e) on the remote control,

press PAUSE (6). “6e” appears.

Press PLAY (4), then begin “narrating”.

Speak into the microphone.

•To pause dubbing, press PAUSE (6).

To end Audio Dubbing, press PAUSE (6), then STOP

(5).

Speaker

To hear the dubbed sound during playback . . .

.... set “12BIT MODE” to “SOUND 2” or “MIX” in the

Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 46).

Stereo microphone

NOTES:

● Sound is not heard from the speaker during Audio

Dubbing. To hear sound, connect optional headphones

to the PHONE connector on the Docking Station.

● When editing onto a tape that was recorded at 12-bit,

the old and new soundtracks are recorded separately.

● If you dub onto a blank space on the tape, the sound

may be disrupted. Make sure you only edit recorded

areas.

Remote

sensor

● If feedback or howling occurs during TV playback,

move the camcorder’s microphone away from the TV,

or turn down the TV’s volume.

PHONE

connector

● If you change from 12-bit to 16-bit in mid-recording

and then use the tape for Audio Dubbing, it is not

effective from the point where 16-bit recording began.

● During Audio Dubbing, when the tape moves to scenes

recorded in the LP mode, scenes recorded in 16-bit

audio or a blank portion, Audio Dubbing stops

(੬ pg. 91).

A.DUB

PLAY

PAUSE

STOP

EN67

Audio Dubbing Using Digital Sound Effects

Display

Audio Dub

Standby mode

Load the provided memory card (੬ pg. 16) and

D.SOUND

1 _{perform step 1 and 2 of page 66.}

Press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Sound effect

indication

APPLAUSE

Press + or – to select “

SYSTEM” and press SET/

SELECT. The SYSTEM Menu appears.

MENU Button

Press + or – to select “SOUND IN” and press SET/

4 _{SELECT. The Sub Menu appears. Press + or – to}

select “D.SOUND” and press SET/SELECT. Press +

or – to select “ RETURN”, and press SET/SELECT

twice. The Menu Screen closes and the sound effect

indication appears.

INDEX Button

+, – Button

Press INDEX to access the sound effects Index

5 _{Screen. Press + or – to select the desired sound}

effect and press SET/SELECT.

SET/SELECT

Button

Press PLAY (4) to begin Audio Dubbing. The

selected sound effect is dubbed onto the tape.

•The “ ” moves while it is being dubbed.

•To stop dubbing the sound effect midway, press

D.SOUND.

D.SOUND Button

Press STOP (5) to end Audio Dubbing.

NOTES:

● After dubbing, set “SOUND IN” back to “MIC”.

● The dubbed sound effect is recorded on SOUND 2

(੬ pg. 46).

PLAY

● If you press PAUSE (6) to pause dubbing in step 6 the

selected sound effect indication remains displayed. To

resume dubbing, press PLAY (4).

PAUSE

STOP

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (cont.)

Insert Editing

You can record a new scene into a previously recorded

tape, replacing a section of the original recording with

minimal picture distortion at the in and outpoints. The

original audio remains unchanged.

Display

NOTES:

● Before performing the following steps, make sure that

“TIME CODE” is set to “ON” in the Menu Screen

(੬ pg. 43, 45).

● Insert Editing is not possible on a tape recorded in the

LP mode or on a blank portion of a tape.

● To perform Insert Editing while watching in the

television, make connections (੬ pg. 24).

12 : 34

Play back the tape, locate the Edit-Out point and

1 _{press PAUSE (6). Confirm the time code at this}

point (੬ pg. 43, 45).

Press REW (2) until the Edit-In point is located,

2 _{then press PAUSE (6).}

Press and hold INSERT (w) on the remote control,

then press PAUSE (6). “6w” and the Time Code

(min.:sec.) appear and the camcorder enters Insert-

Pause mode.

Press START/STOP to begin editing.

4 _{•Confirm the insert at the time code you checked}

in step 1.

•To pause editing, press START/STOP. Press it

again to resume editing.

Remote sensor

START/STOP

To end Insert Editing, press START/STOP, then

5 _{STOP (5).}

NOTES:

INSERT

PLAY

● Program AE with special effects (੬ pg. 48, 49) can be

used to spice up the scenes being edited during Insert

Editing.

REW

PAUSE

STOP

● During Insert Editing, the date and time information

changes.

● If you perform Insert Editing onto a blank space on the

tape, the audio and video may be disrupted. Make

sure you only edit recorded areas.

● During Insert Editing, when the tape moves to scenes

recorded in the LP mode or a blank portion, Insert

Edting stops (੬ pg. 91).

EN69

Random Assemble Editing [R.A.Edit]

Create edited videos easily using your camcorder as

the source player. You can select up to 8 “cuts” for

automatic editing, in any order you like. R.A.Edit is

more easily performed when the MBR (Multi-Brand

Remote) is set to operate with your brand of VCR

(see VCR CODE LIST), but can also be performed by

operating the VCR manually.

VCR (Recording deck)

Before operation, make sure the batteries are

installed in the remote control (੬ pg. 62).

SET REMOTE/VCR CODE

SHIFT

MBR SET

Turn off the power to the VCR and point the

remote towards the VCR’s infrared sensor. Then,

referring to the VCR CODE LIST, press and hold

MBR SET, and enter the brand code.

The code is automatically set once you release

MBR SET, and the VCR’s power comes on.

Make sure the VCR’s power is on. Then, while

holding SHIFT, press the button on the remote

for the desired function. The functions the

remote can control are PLAY, STOP, PAUSE, FF,

REW and VCR REC STBY (you do not need to

press SHIFT for this one).

VCR CODE LIST

You are now ready to try Random Assemble

Editing.

VCR BRAND

NAME

CODE

NAME

IMPORTANT

DAEWOO

PHILIPS

Although the MBR is compatible with JVC VCRs and

those of many other makers, it may not work with

yours or may offer limited functions.

PANASONIC

NOTES:

● If the VCR’s power does not come on in step 1, try

another code from the VCR CODE LIST.

● Some brands of VCR do not come on automati-

cally. In this case, turn the power on manually and

try step 2.

● If the remote control is not able to control the VCR,

use the controls on the VCR.

● When the remote control’s batteries run out, the

VCR brand you have set will be erased.

In that case, replace the old battery with a new one

to reset the VCR brand.

HITACHI

RCA

JVC

LG/

GOLDSTAR

MAGNAVOX

SAMSUNG

SANYO

SHARP

SONY

MITSUBISHI

NEC

PHILIPS

TOSHIBA

ZENITH

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (cont.)

MAKE CONNECTIONS

Also refer to pg. 24 and 25.

A JVC VCR equipped with a Remote PAUSE

connector . . .

... connect the editing cable to the Remote

PAUSE connector.

A JVC VCR not equipped with a Remote

PAUSE connector but equipped with an R.A.

To AV OUT

EDIT connector . . .

To EDIT

... connect the editing cable to the R.A.EDIT

connector.

A VCR other than above . . .

... connect the editing cable to the remote

control’s PAUSE IN connector.

To S-VIDEO

OUT

Insert a recorded tape into the camcorder. Set the

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”, then set the

Audio/Video

cable

(provided)

Power Switch to “

” while pressing down the

Lock Button located on the switch.

Red to

AUDIO R IN

White to

Turn the VCR power on, insert a recordable tape and

engage the AUX mode (refer to the VCR’s instructions).

AUDIO L IN

S-Video

cable

(optional)

NOTES:

Yellow to

● Before Random Assemble Editing, make sure the

indications do not appear on the TV monitor. If they

do, they will be recorded onto the new tape.

VIDEO IN*

To choose whether or not the following displays appear

on the connected TV . . .

•Date/Time

.... set “DATE/TIME” to “AUTO”, “ON” or “OFF” in the

Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

•Time Code

.... set “TIME CODE” to “ON” or “OFF” in the Menu

Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45).

•Playback Sound Mode, Tape Speed And Tape Running

Displays

S-VIDEO

Editing

cable

(provided)

To Remote

PAUSE or

R.A.EDIT

VCR

.... set “ON SCREEN” to “LCD” or “LCD/TV” in the

Menu Screen (੬ pg. 44, 45). Or, press DISPLAY on

the remote control.

● The S-Video cable is optional. Be sure to use the

YTU94146B S-Video cable.

To PAUSE IN

DISPLAY

Consult the JVC Service Center described on the sheet

included in the package for details on its availability.

Make sure to connect the end with a core filter to the

camcorder. The core filter reduces interference.

● When editing on a VCR equipped with a DV input

connector, an optional DV cable can be connected

instead of an S-Video cable and audio/video cable.

* Connect when an S-Video cable is not used.

EN71

SELECT SCENES

Program

Point the remote control at the camcorder’s remote

sensor. Press PLAY (4) and then press R.A.EDIT ON/

OFF on the remote control.

Random

Assemble Editing

I N

– – : – –

OUT

MODE

– –

The Random Assemble Editing Menu appears.

If using a Fade/Wipe at the beginning of the scene,

press FADE/WIPE on the remote control.

•Cycle through the effects by pressing repeatedly,

and stop when the one you want is displayed.

•You cannot use a Picture Wipe/Dissolve at the

beginning of Program 1.

T I ME CODE

TOTAL

– –

00 : 00

At the beginning of the scene, press EDIT IN/OUT on

the remote control. The Edit-In position appears in

the Random Assemble Editing Menu.

At the end of the scene, press EDIT IN/OUT. The

Edit-Out position appears in the Random Assemble

Editing Menu.

If using a Fade/Wipe at the end of the scene, press

FADE/WIPE.

•Cycle through the effects by pressing repeatedly,

and stop when the one you want is displayed.

•If you select a Fade/Wipe effect for an Edit-Out

point, the effect is automatically applied to the

following Edit-In point.

•You cannot use a Picture Wipe/Dissolve at the end

of the last scene.

Remote sensor

•When you use Fade/Wipe effects, that time is

included in the total time (this does not apply to

Picture Wipe/Dissolve).

If using Playback Special Effects, press EFFECT

(੬ pg. 65).

PLAY

Repeat steps 6 through 9 to register additional scenes.

FADE/WIPE

EFFECT

10 _{•To change previously registered points, press}

CANCEL on the remote control. The registered

points disappear, one at a time, from the most

recently registered point.

R.A.EDIT

ON/OFF

EDIT IN/OUT

•If you are not using Fade/Wipe or Program AE with

special effects, repeat steps 6 and 7 only.

CANCEL

NOTES:

● When choosing a scene, set Edit-In and Edit-Out points so that there is a relatively large difference between

them.

● If the search time for an in-point exceeds 5 minutes, the recording deck’s Record-Standby mode will be

cancelled and editing will not take place.

● If there are blank portions before or after the Edit-In and Edit-Out points, a blue screen may be included in

the edited version.

● Since time codes register time only as accurately as seconds, the time code total time may not match the

total program time exactly.

● Turning off the camcorder’s power erases all registered Edit-In and Edit-Out points.

● If you select Sepia or Monotone mode from Program AE with special effects, you cannot use the Dissolve or

Black & White Fader. In this case the Dissolve or Black & White indicator begins blinking. Once the next

Edit-In point is registered, the effect is turned off. To combine these effects, use Sepia or Monotone during

recording, then use the Dissolve or Black & White Fader during Random Assemble Editing.

● It is not possible to use Fade/Wipe effects and Program AE with special effects during Random Assemble

Editing using a DV cable.

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (cont.)

AUTOMATIC EDITING TO VCR

Rewind the tape in the camcorder to the beginning of

I N

OUT

MODE

– –

Random Assemble

Editing Menu

11 _{the scene you want to edit and press PAUSE (6).}

00 : 25

07 : 18

03 : 33

09 : 30

15 : 55

02 : 05

08 : 31 – – – –

05 : 53

– –

Point the remote control towards the VCR’s remote

13 : 15

12 _{sensor and press VCR REC STBY (q6), or manually}

16 : 29 – – – –

– – – –

engage the VCR’s Record-Pause mode.

T I ME CODE

TOTAL

1 6

3 0

Press START/STOP on the remote control. Editing

9 : 39

13 _{proceeds as programmed, right through to the end of}

the last registered scene.

•When dubbing is complete, the camcorder enters

the Pause mode, and the VCR enters its Record-

Pause mode.

•If you do not register an Edit-Out point, the tape will

be dubbed all the way to the end automatically.

•If you operate the camcorder during automatic

editing, the VCR will enter its Record-Pause mode

and automatic editing will stop.

Engage the Stop modes for the camcorder and the

14 _VCR.

To make the R.A.Edit counter display disappear, press

R.A.EDIT ON/OFF on the remote control.

NOTES:

Remote Sensor

● Pressing R.A.EDIT ON/OFF on the remote control clears

all settings registered during Random Assemble Editing.

● When the editing cable is connected to the remote

control’s PAUSE IN connector during dubbing, make

sure the remote control is pointed at the VCR’s sensor,

and the path between the two is unobstructed.

● Random Assemble Editing may not function properly

when using a tape including several duplicated time

codes (੬ pg. 22).

START/STOP

PAUSE

R.A.EDIT

ON/OFF

VCR REC

STBY

EN73

For More Accurate Editing

Program 1

Some VCRs make the transition from Record-Pause to

Record mode faster than others. Even if you begin editing

for the camcorder and the VCR at exactly the same time,

you may lose scenes you wanted, or find that you have

recorded scenes you did not want. For a cleanly edited

tape, confirm and adjust the timing of the camcorder

against your VCR.

Random Assemble

Editing Menu

I N

– – : – –

OUT

MODE

– –

T I ME CODE

TOTAL

– –

00 : 00

DIAGNOSING VCR/CAMCORDER TIMING

VIDEO Menu

Play back the tape in the camcorder, then point the

remote control at the camcorder’s remote sensor

and press R.A.EDIT ON/OFF.

Random Assemble Editing Menu appears.

SYNCHRO

–

O . 1

Perform Random Assemble Editing on Program 1

2 _{only. In order to check VCR and camcorder timing,}

select the beginning of a scene transition as your

Edit-In point.

Play back the dubbed scene.

3 _{•If any images from the scene prior to the}

transition you chose for your Edit-In point were

recorded, that means your VCR moves too quickly

from Record-Pause to Record mode.

•If the scene you tried to dub starts in progress, the

VCR is slow to start recording.

ADJUSTMENT OF VCR/CAMCORDER

TIMING

Point the remote control at the camcorder’s remote

sensor and press R.A.EDIT ON/OFF to make the

Random Assemble Editing menu disappear, then

press MENU. The Menu Screen appears.

Remote sensor

Press + or – to select “

VIDEO” and press SET/

5 _{SELECT. The VIDEO Menu appears. Then, press + or}

– to select “SYNCHRO” and press SET/SELECT. The

value for “SYNCHRO” is highlighted.

Based on the diagnostics performed, you can now

6 _{advance the VCR’s record timing by pressing +. You}

can also delay the VCR’s record timing by pressing –.

The adjustment range is from –1.3 to +1.3 seconds,

in 0.1-second increments.

R.A.EDIT

ON/OFF

Press SET/SELECT to finish the setting.

Press + or – to select “ RETURN” and press SET/

NOTES:

SELECT twice.

● Before performing actual Random Assemble

Editing, do a few Random Assemble Editing

trial runs to check whether the value you

have input is appropriate or not, and make

adjustments accordingly.

Now perform Random Assemble Editing beginning

with step 4 on page 71.

● Depending on the recorder, there may be

situations where the timing difference

cannot be fully corrected.

SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

[A] Using USB cable

To USB

connector

USB cable

(optional)

To USB

[B] Using DV cable

To DV

connector

DV cable

(optional)

To DV IN/OUT

Core filter

PC with DV connector

Open the connector cover.

NOTES:

Connection To A Personal Computer

● It is recommended to use the AC Power Adapter/

Charger as the power supply instead of the battery

pack (੬ pg. 11).

[A] Using USB cable

This camcorder can transfer still images to a PC by

using the provided software.

●

Never connect the USB cable and the DV cable

simultaneously to the camcorder. Connect only the

cable you wish to use to the camcorder.

[B] Using DV cable

● When using a USB cable, be sure to use the

YTU94155A USB cable. Consult the JVC Service

Center described on the sheet included in the

package for details on its availability.

It is also possible to transfer still images to a PC with

a DV connector by using software equipped with the

PC or commercially available software.

● When using a DV cable, be sure to use the optional

JVC VC-VDV206U or VC-VDV204U DV cable

depending on the type of DV connector (4 or 6 pins)

on the PC, or use the DV cable provided with the

capture board.

● If the PC connected to the camcorder via the USB

cable is not powered, the camcorder does not enter

the USB mode.

● The date/time information cannot be captured into the

PC.

● Refer to the instruction manuals of the PC and Software.

● The still images can also be transferred to a PC with a

DV connector-equipped capture board.

● The system may not work properly depending on the

PC or capture board you are using.

Connect the camcorder to your PC using the

appropriate cable as shown in the illustration.

If you are using the USB connection, set the

VIDEO/MEMORY switch to “MEMORY”.

•Only the still images stored in the memory

card can be transferred to a PC.

Turn the camcorder’s Power Switch to “

while pressing down the Lock Button located on

the switch and turn on the PC.

•Refer to the instruction manual of the software

on how to transfer a still image to the PC.

”

“USB MODE” and/or “ACCESSING FILE” appears

on the LCD monitor while the PC is accessing data

in the camcorder or the camcorder is transferring a

file to the PC.

NEVER disconnect the USB cable while “ACCESS-

ING FILE” is displayed on the LCD monitor since

this can result in product damage.

EN75

Connection To A Video Unit Equipped With

A DV Connector

Connection to the GV-DT3 Digital Printer (optional)

allows you to print out images or transfer them to a PC. It

is also possible to copy recorded scenes from the

camcorder onto another video unit equipped with a DV

connector. This function is called Digital Dubbing

(੬ pg. 59), which offers virtually no image or sound

deterioration.

Open the connector

cover.

Make sure all units are turned off.

To DV IN/OUT

Make connections to the device you want to

2 _{connect to using a DV cable, as shown in the}

illustration.

If necessary, connect the PC connection cable

3 _{(provided with GV-DT3) to the printer’s PC}

connector and the PC’s RS-232C connector.

Core filter

DV cable

(optional)

Turn the camcorder’s Power Switch to “

” while

pressing down the Lock Button located on the

switch and turn on the other units.

Core filter

NOTES:

To DV

connector

To DV IN

connector

● It is recommended to use the AC Power Adapter/

Charger as the power supply instead of the battery

pack (੬ pg. 11).

● If Still Playback, Slow-Motion Playback, Fast-Forward

or Rewind is attempted with the camcorder connected

to a video unit via the DV connector, the image will

take on an effect similar to a coloured mosaic pattern

or it will become black.

Video unit equipped with a

DV connector

● Also refer to the instruction manuals of the connected

units.

● When using a DV cable, be sure to use the optional

JVC VC-VDV204U DV cable.

● When using a cable supplied with a core filter, be sure

to connect the end with the core filter to the

camcorder. The core filter reduces interference.

To PC

connector

Digital Printer

PC connection

cable

To RS-232C

REFERENCES

CONTENTS

DETAILS ....................................................................77

TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................ 78 – 83

USER MAINTENANCE ...................................................84

INDEX .............................................................. 85 – 92

Docking Station .............................................................. 85

Controls, Connectors And Indicators ............................. 86 – 87

Indications ............................................................ 88 – 92

CAUTIONS......................................................... 93 – 95

TERMS ............................................................. 96 – 97

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................. 98 – 99

DETAILS

EN77

I T E M S

N O T E S

❍ Perform charging where the temperature is between 10°C and

35°C (50°F and 95°F). 20°C to 25°C (68°F to 77°F) is the ideal

temperature range for charging. If the environment is too cold,

charging may be incomplete.

➪ Power

(੬ pg. 10)

❍ Charging times noted above are for a fully discharged battery pack.

❍ Charging time varies according to the ambient temperature and

the status of the battery pack.

❍ To avoid interference with reception, do not use the AC Power

Adapter/Charger near a radio.

❍ Since the AC Power Adapter/Charger processes electricity

internally, it becomes warm during use. Be sure to use it only in

well-ventilated areas.

❍ When you use the LCD monitor outdoors in direct sunlight, the

LCD monitor may be difficult to see. If this happens, use the

viewfinder instead.

❍ The cassette holder cannot be opened unless a power supply is

attached.

➪ VIDEO

RECORDING

(੬ pg. 20, 21)

❍ There may be a delay after you open the cassette holder cover

until the cassette holder opens. Do not use force.

❍ Once the cassette holder is closed, it recedes automatically. Wait

until it recedes completely before closing the cassette holder

cover.

❍ When the Recording Start/Stop button is pressed, it may take a

few seconds before actual recording starts. “ ” starts rotating

when the camcorder actually starts recording.

❍ The time required to calculate and display the remaining tape

length, and the accuracy of the calculation, may vary according

to the type of tape used.

❍ “TAPE END” appears when the tape reaches its end, and the

power goes off automatically if left in this condition for

5 minutes. “TAPE END” also appears when a cassette at its end is

loaded.

❍ During recording, sound is not heard from the speaker. To hear

the sound, connect optional headphones to the PHONE

connector on the Docking Station. The sound volume is at the

level it was adjusted to during playback (੬ pg. 23).

❍ During Interface Shooting, the “Tape Running” indicator and

warning indications (੬ pg. 91, 92) are the only ones that are

shown; they appear reversed in the display as they would when

viewing a mirror, but are not reversed in the recording.

❍ The tape remaining indicator does not appear during interface

shooting. However, when the remaining time reaches 2 minutes,

the indicator appears showing the remaining time:

(blinking)

TROUBLESHOOTING

If, after following the steps in the chart below, the problem still exists, please consult your nearest JVC

dealer.

The camcorder is a microcomputer-controlled device. External noise and interference (from a TV, a radio,

etc.) might prevent it from functioning properly. In such cases, first disconnect its power supply unit (battery

pack, AC Power Adapter/Charger, etc.) and wait a few minutes; and then re-connect it and proceed as usual

from the beginning.

SYMPTOM

1. No power is supplied.

POSSIBLE CAUSES

CORRECTIVE ACTION

1. •The power is not connected

properly.

1. •Connect the AC Power Adapter/

Charger securely (੬ pg. 11).

•The battery is dead.

•Replace the dead battery with a

fully charged one (੬pg. 10, 11).

•Open the LCD monitor fully

or pull out the viewfinder.

•The LCD monitor is not open

fully or the viewfinder is not

pulled out when recording.

2. “SET DATE/TIME!” appears.

2. •The built-in clock’s rechargeable

lithium battery is discharged.

•The previously set date/time is

erased.

2. •Connect the camcorder to an

AC outlet using the AC Power

Adapter/Charger for over 24

hours to charge the clock’s

lithium battery (੬ pg. 13).

3. Recording cannot be

3. — For Video Recording —

•The tape’s erase protection tab

is set to “SAVE”.

3. •Set the tape’s erase protection

tab to “REC” (੬ pg. 14).

performed.

•Set the Power Switch to

•The Power Switch is set to

“

” or “ ” (੬ pg. 18).

“

” or “OFF”.

•Set the VIDEO/MEMORY to

“VIDEO”.

•The VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

is set to “MEMORY”.

•Replace with new cassette

(੬ pg. 14).

•“TAPE END” appears.

•The cassette holder cover is

open.

— For D.S.C. Recording —

•The VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

is set to “VIDEO”.

•Close the cassette holder

cover.

•Set the VIDEO/MEMORY to

“MEMORY”.

4. There is no picture.

4. •The camcorder is not getting

power, or some other

4. •Turn the camcorder’s power

off and on again (੬ pg. 18).

malfunction exists.

5. Some functions are not

available using the MENU

Button.

5. •The Power Switch is set to

5. •Set the Power Switch to “

”

“

”.

(੬ pg. 18).

6. The focus does not adjust

6. •Focus is set to the Manual

mode.

6. •Set Focus to the Auto mode

automatically.

(੬ pg. 53).

•The recording was done in a

dark place, or the contrast

was low.

•Clean the lens and check the

focus again (੬ pg. 84).

•The lens is dirty or covered

with condensation.

7. The cassette will not load

7. •The cassette is in the wrong

position.

7. •Set it in the right position

(੬ pg. 14).

properly.

•The battery’s charge is low.

•Install a fully charged battery

(੬ pg. 10, 11).

8. The memory card will not

8. •The memory card is in the

8. •Set it in the right position

load properly.

wrong position.

(੬ pg. 16).

EN79

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSES

CORRECTIVE ACTION

9. In the 5-Second mode,

recording ends before

9. •The 5-Second mode is set to

9. •Select “5S” in the Menu

“ANIM.” in the Menu Screen.

Screen (੬ pg. 47).

5 seconds have elapsed.

10. Snapshot mode cannot be

10. •The Squeeze mode is

10. •Disengage the Squeeze mode

used.

selected.

(੬ pg. 42).

11. The color of Snapshot looks

11. •The light source or the subject

does not include white. Or

there are various different

light sources behind the

subject.

11. •Find a white subject and

compose your shot so that it

also appears in the frame (੬

pg. 28, 52).

strange.

•Turn off Sepia and Monotone

(੬ pg. 48, 49).

•The Sepia or Monotone mode

is activated.

12. The image taken using

12. •Shooting was performed under

12. •Press the BACKLIGHT Button

Snapshot is too dark.

backlit conditions.

(੬ pg. 54).

13. The image taken using

13. •The subject is too bright.

13. •Set “PROGRAM AE” to

“SPOTLIGHT” in the Menu

Screen (੬ pg. 48).

Snapshot is too bright.

14. Digital Zoom does not work.

14. •10X optical zoom is selected.

•“PROGRAM AE” is set to

“VIDEO ECHO” in the Menu

Screen.

14. •Set “ZOOM” to “40X” or

“200X” in the Menu Screen

(੬ pg. 41).

•Disengage the “VIDEO

ECHO” mode (੬ pg. 21, 48,

49).

•Wait until the Picture Wipe or

Dissolve effects are completed

(੬ pg. 21, 50).

•Picture Wipe or Dissolve are

being used in a scene

transition.

15. Program AE with special

effects and Fade/Wipe Effects

do not work.

15. •The Power Switch is set to

15. •Set the Power Switch to “

”

“

”.

(੬ pg. 18).

16. The Black & White Fader

16. •The Sepia or Monotone mode

16. •Turn off Sepia and Monotone

does not work.

is activated.

(੬ pg. 48, 50).

17. The Dissolve function does

17. •The Sepia, Monotone or Slow

Shutter mode of Program AE

with special effects is

17. •Turn off Sepia, Monotone or

Slow Shutter before adding

Dissolve to a scene transition

(੬ pg. 48, 50).

not work.

activated.

•“WIDE MODE” is set to

•Set “WIDE MODE” to

“SQUEEZE

Screen.

” in the Menu

“CINEMA

” or “OFF”

mode (੬ pg. 42).

•The previously selected mode

of Program AE with special

effects was changed after the

last selected scene for editing

was registered.

•Make sure you have selected

the mode of Program AE with

special effects you want

before starting editing

(੬ pg. 48, 50).

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TROUBLESHOOTING (cont.)

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSES

CORRECTIVE ACTION

18. The Picture Wipe and

Dissolve functions do not

work.

18. •The last selected editing scene

is ending.

18. •Select Picture Wipe or

Dissolve before beginning

recording. The effects are then

automatically activated

(੬ pg. 50).

•At the end of the last selected

scene for editing, the Power

Switch was set to “OFF”.

•The power is off.

•Do not turn off the

camcorder’s power after

setting Edit-In and Edit-Out

points, as they will all be

erased (੬ pg. 50).

•The camcorder automatically

shuts off after 5 minutes have

elapsed in the Record-Standby

mode. Make sure you

continue operations within

5 minutes after engaging

Record-Standby mode

(੬ pg. 50).

19. The picture wipe function

19. •The Slow Shutter mode is

activated.

19. •Disengage the Slow Shutter

mode or set “WIDE MODE”

to “OFF” before preparing to

use the Picture Wipe

does not work.

•“WIDE MODE” is not set to

“OFF”.

(੬ pg. 42, 48, 50).

20. Scene transition does not go

20. •When using “Picture Wipe/

Dissolve” (੬ pg. 50), there is

a delay of a fraction of a

second between the previous

record stop-point and the

Dissolve start-point. This is

normal, but this slight delay

becomes especially

20.

as expected.

————

noticeable when shooting

fast-moving subject or during

rapid panning.

21. The Video Echo mode does

21. •The Picture Wipe or

Dissolve functions are in use.

•“WIDE MODE” is set to

21. •Set “WIDE MODE” to

not work.

“CINEMA

” or “OFF”

mode (੬ pg. 42).

“SQUEEZE

” in the Menu

•Do not try to use the Video

Echo mode during a Fade-In

or Fade-Out (੬ pg. 48, 50).

Screen.

•A Fade-In or Fade-Out is in

progress.

EN81

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSES

CORRECTIVE ACTION

22. Even when Slow Shutter is

not selected, the image looks

like it is activated.

22. •When shooting in the dark,

the unit becomes highly

sensitive to light and the

image takes on an effect

similar to Slow Shutter.

22. •If you want the lighting to

look more natural, set “GAIN

UP” to “AGC” or “OFF” in the

Menu Screen (੬ pg. 41).

23. There is no strobe when the

Classic Film or Strobe mode

is activated.

23. •The Picture Wipe or Dissolve

23. •Do not try to use the Classic

Film or Strobe mode during a

scene transition (੬ pg. 48,

50).

function is in use.

24. White Balance cannot be

24. •The Sepia or Monotone mode

24. •Turn off Sepia or Monotone

before setting White Balance

(੬ pg. 49, 55).

activated.

is activated.

25. When shooting a subject

illuminated by bright light,

vertical lines appear.

25. •This is a result of exceedingly

high contrast, and is not a

malfunction.

25.

————

26. When the screen is under

direct sunlight during

26. •This is not a malfunction.

26.

————

shooting, the screen becomes

red or black for an instant.

27. During recording, the date/

27. •“DATE/TIME” is set to “OFF”

27. •Set “DATE/TIME” to “ON” in

time does not appear.

in the Menu Screen.

the Menu Screen (੬ pg. 43).

28. Files stored in the memory

28. •Files stored in the memory

28. •Remove protection from the

files stored in the memory

card and delete them

card cannot be deleted.

card are protected.

(੬ pg. 33 – 35).

29. The indicators and messages

29. •“TIME CODE” is set to “OFF”

29. •Set “TIME CODE” to “ON” in the

do not appear.

in the Menu Screen.

Menu Screen (੬ pg. 43, 44).

30. Images on the LCD monitor

30. •In places subject to low

temperature, images become

dark due to the characteristics

of the LCD monitor. When

this happens, the displayed

colours differ from those that

are actually recorded. This is

not a defect of the camcorder.

•When the LCD monitor's

fluorescent light reaches the

end of its service life, images

on the LCD monitor become

dark. Consult your nearest

JVC dealer.

30. •Adjust the brightness and

angle of the LCD monitor

(੬ pg. 20, 21).

appear dark or whitish.

31. The rear of the LCD monitor

31. •The light used to illuminate

the LCD monitor causes it to

become hot.

31. •Close the LCD monitor to turn

it off or set the Power Switch

to “OFF”, and let the unit cool

down.

is hot.

32. The indicators and the image

color on the LCD monitor

are not clear.

32. •This may occur when the

surface or the edge of the LCD

monitor is pressed.

32.

————

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TROUBLESHOOTING (cont.)

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSES

CORRECTIVE ACTION

33. The LCD monitor or

viewfinder indications

blink.

33. •Certain Fade/Wipe effects,

certain modes of Program AE

with special effects, “DIS” and

other functions that cannot be

used together are selected at

the same time.

33. •Re-read the sections covering

Fade/Wipe effects, Program

AE with special effects and

“DIS” (੬ pg. 41, 48 – 51).

34. Colored bright spots appear

all over the LCD monitor or

the viewfinder.

34. •The LCD monitor and the

viewfinder are made with

high-precision technology.

However, black spots or

bright spots of light (red, green

or blue) may appear

34.

constantly on the LCD

————

monitor or the viewfinder.

These spots are not recorded

on the tape. This is not due to

any defect of the unit.

(Effective dots: more than

99.99 %)

35. During recording, sound

35. •The optional headphones are

not connected to the

35. •Connect the optional

headphones to the headphone

connector (੬ pg. 85).

cannot be heard.

headphones connector.

•The sound volume of the

headphones connector was

not adjusted appropriately.

The sound volume at this

point is the same as the level

it was adjusted to during

playback.

•Adjust the sound volume

during playback (੬ pg. 23).

36. Play, Rewind and Fast-

Forward functions do not

work.

36. •The Power Switch is set

to “ ” or “ ”.

36. •Set the Power Switch to

“

” (੬ pg. 23).

•VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is

set to “MEMORY”.

•Set the VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch to “VIDEO”.

37. A memory card cannot be

37. • The Power Switch is set to

37. •Set the Power Switch to

played back.

“

” or “ ”.

“

” (੬ pg. 30).

•VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is

set to “VIDEO”.

•Set the VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch to “MEMORY”.

38. The tape is moving, but

38. • Your TV has AV input

terminals, but is not set to its

VIDEO mode.

38. •Set the TV to the mode or

channel appropriate for video

playback (੬ pg. 24, 25).

•Close the cassette holder

cover (੬ pg. 14).

there is no picture.

•The cassette holder cover is

open.

39. The LCD monitor image is

39. •During playback of the

unrecorded portion, High-

speed Search and still

39.

distorted.

————

playback, LCD monitor

indications appear distorted.

This is not a defect.

40. Images on the LCD monitor

40. •The speaker volume is too

40. •Turn the speaker volume

are jittery.

great.

down (੬ pg. 23).

41. Blocks of noise appear

during playback, or there is

no playback picture and the

screen becomes blue.

41.

41. •Clean the video heads with an

optional cleaning cassette

(੬ pg. 94).

————

EN83

SYMPTOM

POSSIBLE CAUSES

CORRECTIVE ACTION

42. The LCD monitor, the

viewfinder and the lens have

become dirty

42.

43.

42. •Wipe them gently with soft

cloth. Wiping strongly can

cause damage (੬ pg. 84).

————

(ex. fingerprints).

43. An unusual mark appears.

43. •Check the section of the

manual that explains LCD

monitor/viewfinder indica-

tions (੬ pg. 88 – 92).

————

44. An error indication

44. •A malfunction of some kind

has occurred. In this case the

camcorder’s functions

44. •Remove the power supply

(battery pack, etc.) and wait a

few minutes for the indication

to clear. When it does, you

can resume using the

(E01 — E06) appears.

become unusable.

camcorder.

If the indication remains even

though you repeat the above

two or three times, please

consult your nearest JVC

dealer.

45. The charger indicator on the

AC Power Adapter/Charger

does not light.

45. •The temperature of the battery

is extremely high/low.

45. •To protect the battery, it is

recommended to charge it in

places with a temperature of

10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)

(੬ pg. 93).

•Charging is difficult in places

subject to extremely high/low

temperatures.

46. Picture does not appear on

46. •The viewfinder is pulled out.

•The LCD monitor's brightness

setting is too dark.

46. •Push the viewfinder back in.

•Adjust the brightness of the

LCD monitor (੬ pg. 20).

the LCD monitor.

•If the monitor is tilted upward

180 degrees, open the

monitor fully (੬ pg. 20).

47. When the image is printed

from the printer, a black bar

appears at the bottom of the

screen.

47. •This is not a malfunction.

47. •By recording with “DIS”

activated (੬ pg. 41) this can

be avoided.

48. When the camcorder is

connected via the DV

connector, the camcorder

does not operate.

48. •The DV cable was plugged/

unplugged with power turned

on.

48. •Turn the camcorder’s power

off and on again, then operate

it.

49. The memory card cannot be

removed from the

49.

49. •Push in the memory card a

————

few more times (੬ pg. 16).

camcorder.

USER MAINTENANCE

Cleaning The Camcorder

After Use

Turn off the camcorder.

To clean the exterior, wipe gently with a soft

cloth.

Put the cloth in diluted mild soap and wring it

well to wipe off heavy dirt. Then wipe again

with a dry cloth.

Slide down and hold OPEN/EJECT in the

direction of the arrow, then pull the cassette

holder cover open until it locks. The cassette

holder opens automatically. Remove the

cassette.

Open the LCD monitor. Wipe gently with a soft

cloth. Be careful not to damage the monitor.

Close the LCD monitor.

Press “PUSH HERE” to close the cassette holder.

•Once the cassette holder is closed, it recedes

automatically. Wait until it recedes completely

before closing the cassette holder cover.

To clean the lens, blow it with a blower brush,

then wipe gently with lens cleaning paper.

Pull out the viewfinder fully.

Slide down BATT. RELEASE 1 and remove the

battery pack 2 3.

Open the viewfinder cleaning hatch in the

direction of the arrow

Cassette holder

Insert a lens blower or soft cloth into the gap at

the side of the viewfinder and clean the interior

of the viewfinder with it

•If the gap is narrow, turn the Diopter Adjust-

ment Control to widen the gap.

Close the hatch until it locks in place and push

the viewfinder back in.

Remove.

NOTES:

● Avoid using strong cleaning agents such as benzine

or alcohol.

● Cleaning should be done only after the battery

pack has been removed or other power units have

been disconnected.

● Mould may form if the lens is left dirty.

● When using a cleaner or chemically treated cloth

refer to the cautions of each product.

OPEN/EJECT Switch

PUSH HERE

Lens blower

Hatch

Diopter Adjustment

Control

BATT. RELEASE Switch

INDEX Docking Station

EN85

1 Multi Connector

5 Screw Knob .........................................੬ pg. 25

The Docking Station can be connected with this

camcorder through this connector. Never touch

it with your hand or hit it with a hard object; if

the pins are damaged, the connectors will

become unusable due to contact failure.

To attach the camcorder, tighten this clockwise.

6 Edit Connector [EDIT] ..........................੬ pg. 70

Connect the editing cable when performing

Random Assemble Editing ........... ੬ pg. 69 – 73

7 S-Video Output Connector

2 Screw .................................................. ੬ pg. 25

[S-VIDEO OUT] ....................... ੬ pg. 24, 58, 70

3 Headphone Connector [PHONE] ......... ੬ pg. 66

No sound is output from the speaker when

headphones are connected to this connector.

4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) Connector ..੬ pg. 74

Connect to a USB-equipped computer to

download the entire contents of a memory card

in only 80 seconds using the provided software.

INDEX Controls, Connectors And Indicators

! @

(

EN87

Controls

Connectors

1 E-MAIL CLIP REC Button ...................... ੬ pg. 61

The connector

is located beneath a cover.

2 MENU Button ......................................੬ pg. 40

Audio/Video Output Connector

[AV OUT] ................................੬ pg. 24, 58, 70

3 •+, – Button ........................................੬ pg. 40

•LCD Monitor Brightness Control

Digital Video Connector

[MONITOR BRIGHT +, –] .................੬ pg. 20

[DV IN/OUT] (i.link*) .............. ੬ pg. 59, 74, 75

* i.Link refers to the IEEE1394-1995 industry

specification and extensions thereof. The logo

is used for products compliant with the i.Link

standard.

4 •Power Zoom Ring [T/W] ...................੬ pg. 21

•SHUTTLE SEARCH Ring

[2/3] ....................................... ੬ pg. 23

5 •Recording Start/Stop Button ...............੬ pg. 20

Multi Connector

When attached to the Docking Station, this part

is connected.

•Play/Pause Button [4/6] .................. ੬ pg. 23

6 Power Switch

[

, OFF] ............................੬ pg. 18

Indicators

7 Lock Button .........................................੬ pg. 18

8 •Snapshot Button

Power Lamp................................... ੬ pg. 18, 20

[SNAPSHOT] ............ ੬ pg. 28, 29, 52, 60, 61

Tally Lamp ..................................... ੬ pg. 20, 42

9 •D.SOUND Button .............................੬ pg. 56

•Stop Button [5] ................................. ੬ pg. 23

0 INDEX Button ................................੬ pg. 32, 56

Other Parts

! SET/SELECT Button............................... ੬ pg. 40

LCD Monitor..................................੬ pg. 20, 21

Battery Pack Mount.............................. ੬ pg. 11

Speaker ................................................ ੬ pg. 23

Grip Belt/Strap Eyelet .............................੬ pg. 7

Viewfinder ...........................................੬ pg. 12

Viewfinder Cleaning Hatch .................. ੬ pg. 84

Cassette Holder Cover .........................੬ pg. 14

Stereo Microphone ..............................੬ pg. 66

@ Battery Release Switch

[BATT. RELEASE] .................................. ੬ pg. 11

# OPEN/EJECT Switch .............................੬ pg. 14

$ •FOCUS Button ..................................੬ pg. 53

•BLANK Button ................................... ੬ pg. 26

% VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

[VIDEO, MEMORY] .............................੬ pg. 18

^ •EXPOSURE Button.............................੬ pg. 54

•Speaker Volume Control

Info-Shoe

[VOL. +]............................................੬ pg. 23

Attach the optional video light/flash/zoom

microphone. Make sure to turn off the power of

the camcorder and the video light/flash/zoom

microphone before attaching and removing them.

& •BACKLIGHT Button...........................੬ pg. 54

•Speaker Volume Control

[VOL. –] ............................................੬ pg. 23

* Diopter Adjustment Control .................੬ pg. 12

Camera Sensor

Be careful not to cover this area, a sensor

necessary for shooting is built-in here.

( Lock Button .........................................੬ pg. 20

Lens

It is not possible to attach any lens filter or

conversion lens.

Lens Cover ...........................................੬ pg. 20

Grip Belt Eyelet ......................................੬ pg. 7

Remote Sensor ..................................... ੬ pg. 62

Tripod Mounting Socket ....................... ੬ pg. 12

MEMORY CARD Cover........................ ੬ pg. 16

INDEX Indications

LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Recording Only

1 Appears when in the Squeeze or Cinema mode.

(੬ pg. 42)

2 Displays the selected Fade/Wipe effect.

(੬ pg. 50, 51)

3 Rotates while the tape is running.

(੬ pg. 20)

LP 50min

4 Displays the recording mode (SP or LP).

(੬ pg. 15)

(੬ pg. 20)

REC

5 Displays the tape remaining time.

6 •“REC” appears during recording.

•“PAUSE” appears during Record-Standby mode.

(੬ pg. 20)

7 5S/Anim.: Displays the 5 second recording mode

or Animation recording mode.

(੬ pg. 41, 47)

SOUND 12B I T

20 : 5 5

8 Appears when the wind cut mode is engaged to

cut down on noise created by wind. (੬ pg. 42)

9 Appears when the Insert Editing (w) or Insert

Editing Pause (6w) mode is engaged. (੬ pg. 68)

0 Displays the sound mode for approx. 5 seconds

after turning on the camcorder.

(੬ pg. 41)

! Displays the Time Code.

(੬ pg. 22, 43)

LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During D.S.C. Recording Only

1 Displays the Image Size mode of the stored

image. There are 2 modes available:

XGA and VGA (in order of quality)

(੬ pg. 17)

2 Appears and blinks during shooting. (੬ pg. 28)

3 Displays the Picture Quality mode of the stored

image. There are 2 modes available:

FINE and STD (standard) (in order of quality)

(੬ pg. 17)

VGA

F I NE

10 / 100

4 •Appears during shooting.

•Blinks when a memory card is not loaded.

(੬ pg. 28)

5 Displays the number of images that have

already been shot.

(੬ pg. 28)

6 Displays the total number of shots that can

be stored, including those already taken.

(੬ pg. 28)

EN89

LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Both Video And D.S.C. Recording

PHOTO

BR I GHT

JAN 10 ’01

10 : 00 AM

1 Appears when the Power Switch

9 Approximate zoom ratio: Appears during

is set to “ ”.

(੬ pg. 18)

zooming.

(੬ pg. 21)

2 Appears when “GAIN UP” is set to “AUTO” and

the shutter speed is automatically adjusted.

(੬ pg. 41)

3 Appears when the optional flash attached to the

info-shoe is ready.

0 Appears during zooming.

Zoom level indicator

(੬ pg. 21)

! Appears when taking a Snapshot. (੬ pg. 28, 52)

@ •BRIGHT: Displays the brightness of the LCD

monitor or the viewfinder.

(੬ pg. 20)

4 Appears when the white balance is adjusted.

•

EXPLOSION: Display the selected Digital

(੬ pg. 55)

Sound Effect.

(੬ pg. 56)

5 •

: Appears when backlight compensation

is used. (੬ pg. 54)

• : Appears when the exposure is adjusted.

(੬ pg. 54)

# Displays the date/time.

(੬ pg. 13)

$ Appears when the focus is adjusted manually.

(੬ pg. 53)

6 Displays the selected Program AE with special

effects.

(੬ pg. 48, 49)

7 Appears when the iris is locked.

(੬ pg. 54)

8 Appears when Digital Image Stabiliser (“DIS”) is

engaged. (੬ pg. 41)

INDEX Indications (cont.)

LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Playback

1 Displays the sound mode.

(੬ pg. 44, 46)

2 Displays the Blank Search mode.

(੬ pg. 26)

Displays the selected Digital Sound Effect.

(੬ pg. 32, 56)

3 Displays the tape speed.

(੬ pg. 15)

12B I T / SOUND

4 Appears while a tape is running.

MIC

: Playback

: Fast-Forward/Shuttle search

: Rewind/Shuttle search

: Pause

: Forward slow-motion

: Reverse slow-motion

: Audio Dubbing

BLANK SEARCH

VOLUME

DEC 25 ’01

6e : Audio Dubbing Pause

20 : 21 : 25

10 : 00 AM

5 Displays the sound input for Audio Dubbing.

(੬ pg. 66, 67)

6 Displays the date/time.

(੬ pg. 44, 45)

7 BRIGHT : Displays the brightness of the

LCD monitor or the viewfinder.

(੬ pg. 20)

VOLUME : Displays the speaker or headphone

volume.

The level indicator moves.

8 Displays the time code.

(੬ pg. 23)

(੬ pg. 44, 45)

LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During D.S.C. Playback

1 Displays the type of file (IMAGE/E-CLIP/

D. SOUND).

2 Displays the directory and file names. (Appears

only when displaying still imges.) (੬ pg. 30)

3 Displays the date. (Appears only when display-

ing still imges.) (੬ pg. 30)

100

0010

IMAGE

4 Displays the brightness of the LCD monitor or

the viewfinder.

(੬ pg. 20)

The level indicator moves.

5 Displays the total number of stored files.

(੬ pg. 30)

6 Displays the index number of the file. (੬ pg. 30)

BR I GHT

10 / 24

DEC 25 ’01

EN91

Warning Indications

Indications

Function

Displays the battery remaining power.

Remaining power level: high

Remaining power level: exhausted

As the battery power comes close to nil, the battery indicator

blinks.

When the battery power is exhausted, power turns off automatically.

Appears when no tape is loaded.

(੬ pg. 14)

Appears when the erase protection tab is set to “SAVE” while the Power

Switch is set to “ ” or “ ” and the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to

CHECK TAPE’S ERASE

PROTECTION TAB

“VIDEO”.

(੬ pg. 18)

Appears if dirt is detected on the heads during recording. Use an optional

cleaning cassette. (੬ pg. 94)

HEAD CLEANING

REQUIRED USE

CLEANING CASSETTE

Appears if condensation occurs. When this indication is displayed, wait

more than 1 hour until condensation disappears.

CONDENSATION

OPERATION PAUSED

PLEASE WAIT

Appears if a tape is not loaded when the Recording Start/Stop Button or

SNAPSHOT Button is pressed while the Power Switch is set to “ ” or

TAPE!

“

” and the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch is set to “VIDEO”.

Appears when the tape ends during recording or playback.

Appears if a tape in another format is loaded.

(੬ pg. 77)

TAPE END

DIFFERENT

FORMATTED TAPE

●Appears when the date/time is not set.

(੬ pg. 13)

SET DATE/TIME!

●Appears when the built-in clock (lithium) battery is discharged and the

previously set date/time is erased. (੬ pg. 13)

Appears after power is turned on if the lens cover is not slid down.

(੬ pg. 20)

LENS COVER

Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a blank portion of a tape.

(੬ pg. 66)

A. DUB ERROR!

●Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a tape recorded in the LP

A. DUB ERROR!

<CANNOT DUB

ON A LP RECORDED

TAPE>

mode.

(੬ pg. 66)

●Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a tape recorded in 16-bit

audio.

(੬ pg. 66)

<CANNOT DUB

ON A 16BIT

●Appears if A. DUB (e) on the remote control is pressed when the erase

RECORDING>

protection tab is set to “SAVE”.

(੬ pg. 66)

<CHECK TAPE’S ERASE

PROTECTION TAB>

●Appears if Audio Dubbing using Digital Sound Effects is attempted

when a memory card is not loaded.

(੬ pg. 67)

Appears when the memory card’s memory is full and shooting is not

possible.

MEMORY IS FULL

INSERT ERROR!

Appears if Insert Editing is attempted on a blank portion of a tape.

(੬ pg. 68)

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

INDEX Indications (cont.)

Indications

Function

INSERT ERROR!

<CANNOT EDIT

●Appears if Insert Editing is attempted on a tape recorded in the LP

mode.

(੬ pg. 68)

ON A LP RECORDED

TAPE>

●Appears if INSERT (w) on the remote control is pressed when the erase

protection tab is set to “SAVE”.

(੬ pg. 68)

<CHECK TAPE’S ERASE

PROTECTION TAB>

●Appears if dubbing of copyguarded signals is attempted while this

camcorder is being used as a recorder.

●Appears in the following cases when dubbing from a tape to a memory

card (as digital stills or video clips):

– when no memory card is loaded.

COPYING FAILED

– when the memory card's memory is full.

– when the memory card is not formatted.

– when a copy-protected SD Memory Card is loaded.

(੬ pg. 60, 61)

Appears if a memory card is not loaded when SNAPSHOT is pressed

while the Power Switch is set to “ ” or “ ” and the VIDEO/MEMORY

MEMORY CARD!

Switch is set to “MEMORY”.

(੬ pg. 28)

Appears when there is a problem with a memory card and its memory is

corrupt, or it has not been initialized. Initialize the memory card.

(੬ pg. 38)

PLEASE

FORMAT

●

Appears when the Power Switch is set to “

” and the VIDEO/MEMORY

Switch is set to “MEMORY” if there are no image files stored in the memory

card.

NO FILES STORED

●Appears if there are no video clip files stored in the memory card when

the video clip mode is engaged by pressing the SET/SELECT button.

●Appears after a memory card is initialized.

Appears if there are no sound files stored in the memory card when the

sound effect mode is engaged by pressing the SET/SELECT button or

D.SOUND is pressed during video recording.

NO SOUND FILES

Unsupported file!

Appears when a file in a format other than MP3 for digital sound or DCF

for image is selected.

The error indications (E01 — E06) show what type of malfunction has

occured. When an error indication appears, the camcorder turns off

automatically. Remove the power supply (battery, etc.) and wait a few

minutes for the indication to clear. When it does, you can resume using

the camcorder. If the indication remains, consult your nearest JVC dealer.

E01 — E06

UNIT IN SAFEGUARD

MODE REMOVE AND

REATTACH BATTERY

Appears when the camcorder takes more than 60 seconds to recognize

the loaded memory card. Remove the memory card once and insert it

again. Repeat these procedures until no indication appears. If the

indication still appears, the memory card is corrupted.

CARD ERROR!

Appears when you attempt to shoot digital still images while a copy-

protected SD Memory Card is loaded.

CHECK CARD'S WRITE

PROTECTION SWITCH

CAUTIONS

EN93

When using the AC Power Adapter/Charger in

areas other than the USA

.... do not expose the battery to temperatures

exceeding 60°C (140°F), as this may cause the

battery to overheat, explode or catch fire.

.... use only specified chargers.

Ⅲ The provided AC Power Adapter/Charger features

automatic voltage selection in the AC range from

110 V to 240 V.

2. To prevent damage and prolong service life . . .

.... do not subject to unnecessary shock.

.... charge in an environment where temperatures

are within the tolerances shown in the chart

below. This is a chemical reaction type

battery—cooler temperatures impede chemical

reaction, while warmer temperatures can

prevent complete charging.

USING HOUSEHOLD AC PLUG ADAPTER

In case of connecting the unit’s power cord to an

AC wall outlet other than American National

Standard C73 series type use an AC plug adapter,

called a “Siemens Plug”, as shown.

For this AC plug adapter, consult your nearest JVC

dealer.

.... store in a cool, dry place. Extended exposure

to high temperatures will increase natural

discharge and shorten service life.

Plug adapter

.... fully charge and then fully discharge the

battery every 6 months when storing the

battery pack over a long period time.

.... remove from charger or powered unit when

not in use, as some machines use current even

when switched off.

General Battery Precautions

If the remote control is not functioning even if it is

being operated correctly, the batteries are ex-

hausted. Replace them with fresh ones.

NOTES:

●It is normal for the battery pack to be warm after

charging, or after use.

Use only the following batteries: AAA (R03) size x 2

Temperature Range Specifications

Charging ............. 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)

Operation ........... 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)

Storage ............... –10°C to 30°C (14°F to 86°F)

Please make note of the following rules for battery

use. When misused, the batteries can leak or

explode.

●Recharging time is based on room temperature of

1. When replacing batteries, refer to page 62.

2. Do not use any different size of batteries from those

specified.

20°C (68°F).

●The lower the temperature, the longer recharging

takes.

3. Be sure to install batteries in the correct direction.

4. Do not use rechargeable batteries.

5. Do not expose the batteries to excessive heat as

they can leak or explode.

Cassettes

To properly use and store your cassettes, be sure to

read the following cautions:

6. Do not dispose of the batteries in a fire.

7. Remove the batteries from the unit if it is to be

stored for an extended period to avoid battery

leakage which can cause malfunctions.

1. During use . . .

.... make sure the cassette bears the Mini DV mark.

.... be aware that recording onto prerecorded

tapes automatically erases the previously

recorded video and audio signals.

8. Do not recharge the provided batteries.

.... make sure the cassette is positioned properly

when inserting.

.... do not load and unload the cassette

repeatedly without allowing the tape to run at all.

This slackens the tape and can result in damage.

.... do not open the front tape cover. This exposes

the tape to fingerprints and dust.

Battery Packs

The supplied battery pack is

a lithium-ion battery. Before

using the supplied battery

pack or an optional battery

pack, be sure to read the

following cautions:

Terminals

2. Store cassettes . . .

.... away from heaters or other heat sources.

.... out of direct sunlight.

1. To avoid hazards . . .

.... do not burn.

.... do not short-circuit the terminals. When

transporting, make sure the provided battery

cap is attached to the battery. If the battery cap

is misplaced, carry the battery in a plastic bag.

.... do not modify or disassemble.

.... where they won’t be subject to unnecessary

shock or vibration.

.... where they won’t be exposed to strong

magnetic fields (such as those generated by

motors, transformers or magnets).

.... vertically, in their original cases.

CAUTIONS (cont.)

.... in places subject to excessive shock or vibration.

.... near a television set.

Memory Cards

.... near appliances generating strong magnetic or

electric fields (speakers, broadcasting anten-

nas, etc.).

.... in places subject to extremely high (over 40°C

or 104°F) or extremely low (under 0°C or 32°F)

temperatures.

To properly use and store your memory cards, be

sure to read the following cautions:

1. During use . . .

.... make sure the memory card bears the SD or

MultiMediaCard mark.

.... make sure the memory card is positioned

properly when inserting.

2. While the memory card is being accessed (during

recording, playback, deletion, initialization, etc.) . . .

.... never unload the memory card and never turn

off the camcorder.

3. Store memory cards . . .

.... away from heaters or other heat sources.

.... out of direct sunlight.

3. DO NOT leave the unit . . .

.... in places of over 50°C (122°F).

.... in places where humidity is extremely low

(below 35%) or extremely high (above 80%).

.... in direct sunlight.

.... in a closed car in summer.

.... near a heater.

4. To protect the unit, DO NOT . . .

.... allow it to become wet.

.... drop the unit or strike it against hard objects.

.... subject it to shock or excessive vibration

during transportation.

.... where they won’t be subject to unnecessary

shock or vibration.

.... where they won’t be exposed to strong

magnetic fields (such as those generated by

motors, transformers or magnets).

.... keep the lens directed at extremely bright

objects for long periods.

.... expose the lens to direct sunlight.

.... carry it by holding the LCD monitor or the

viewfinder.

.... swing it excessively when using the hand strap

or the grip.

.... swing the soft camera case excessively when

the camcorder is inside it.

LCD Monitor

1. To prevent damage to the LCD monitor,

DO NOT . . .

.... push it strongly or apply any shocks.

.... place the camcorder with the LCD monitor on

the bottom.

2. To prolong service life . . .

.... avoid rubbing it with coarse cloth.

5. Dirty heads can cause the following problems:

3. Be aware of the following phenomena for LCD

monitor use.

These are not malfunctions:

•While using the camcorder, the surface around

the LCD monitor and/or the back of the LCD

monitor may heat up.

•If you leave power on for a long time, the

surface around the LCD monitor becomes hot.

•No picture during playback.

•Blocks of noise appear during playback.

•During recording, the Head Clog Warning

indicator “ ” appears.

Main Unit

1. For safety, DO NOT . . .

In such cases, use an optional cleaning cassette.

Insert it and play back. If the cassette is used

more than once consecutively, damage to the

video heads may result. After the camcorder

plays back for about 20 seconds, it stops

automatically. Also refer to the cleaning cassette’s

instructions.

.... open the camcorder’s chassis.

.... disassemble or modify the unit.

.... short-circuit the terminals of the battery pack.

Keep it away from metallic objects when not in

use.

.... allow inflammables, water or metallic objects

to enter the unit.

If, after using the cleaning cassette, the problems

still exist, consult your nearest JVC dealer.

Mechanical moving parts used to move the video

heads and video tape tend to become dirty and

worn out over time. In order to maintain a clear

picture at all times, periodic check-ups are

recommended after using the unit for about

1,000 hours. For periodic check-ups please

consult your nearest JVC dealer.

.... remove the battery pack or disconnect the

power supply while the power is on.

.... leave the battery pack attached when the

camcorder is not in use.

2. Avoid using the unit . . .

.... in places subject to excessive humidity or dust.

.... in places subject to soot or steam such as near

a cooking stove.

EN95

Declaration of Conformity

How To Handle A CD-ROM

Model Number

Trade Name

: GR-DVP3U

: JVC

•Take care not to soil or scratch the mirror surface

(opposite to the printed surface). Do not write

anything or put a sticker on either the front or

back surface. If the CD-ROM gets dirty, gently

wipe it with a soft cloth outward from the center

hole using a circular motion.

Responsible party : JVC AMERICAS CORP.

Address

: 1700 Valley Road Wayne,

N. J. 07470

Telephone Number : 973-315–5000

This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules.

Operation is subject to the following two

conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful

interference, and (2) this device must accept

any interference received, including interfer-

ence that may cause undesired operation.

•Do not use conventional disc cleaners or cleaning

spray.

•Do not bend the CD-ROM or touch its mirror

surface.

•Do not store your CD-ROM in a dusty, hot or

humid environment. Keep it away from direct

sunlight.

Change or modifications not approved by the

party responsible for compliance could void the

user’s authority to operate the equipment. This

equipment has been tested and found to

comply with the limits for a Class B digital

device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable

protection against harmful interference in a

residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instructions, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference

will not occur in a particular installation. If this

equipment does cause harmful interference to

radio or television reception, which can be

determined by turning the equipment off and

on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the

interference by one or more of the following

measures:

About moisture condensation . . .

● You have observed that pouring a cold liquid

into a glass will cause drops of water to form

on the glass’ outer surface. This same

phenomenon occurs on the head drum of a

camcorder when it is moved from a cool

place to a warm place, after heating a cold

room, under extremely humid conditions or

in a place directly subjected to the cool air

from an air conditioner.

● Moisture on the head drum can cause severe

damage to the video tape, and can lead to

internal damage to the camcorder itself.

Serious malfunctioning

If malfunctioning occurs, stop using the unit

immediately and consult your local JVC dealer.

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equip-

ment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

The camcorder is a microcomputer-controlled

device. External noise and interference (from a

TV, a radio, etc.) might prevent it from function-

ing properly. In such cases, first disconnect its

power supply unit (battery pack, AC Power

Adapter/Charger, etc.) and wait a few minutes

and then re-connect it and proceed as usual

from the beginning.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/

TV technician for help.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with

Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est

conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

TERMS

AC Power Adapter/Charger ................. ੬ pg. 10, 11

Animation ................................................ ੬ pg. 41

Audio Dubbing .........................................੬ pg. 66

Auto Date .................................................੬ pg. 43

Auto Focus................................................ ੬ pg. 53

Auto Playback...........................................੬ pg. 30

Auto Shut off ....................................... ੬ pg. 20, 29

Fade-In/Out ........................................ ੬ pg. 50, 51

Fast-Forward The Tape ..............................੬ pg. 23

5-Second Recording Mode ....................... ੬ pg. 47

Frame-By-Frame Playback ........................ ੬ pg. 64

Gain Up.................................................... ੬ pg. 41

Grip Adjustment........................................੬ pg. 12

Backlight Compensation ........................... ੬ pg. 54

Battery Low...............................................੬ pg. 91

Battery Pack .................................. ੬ pg. 10, 11, 93

Beep .........................................................੬ pg. 42

Blank Search .............................................੬ pg. 26

Brighten The LCD Monitor ........................ ੬ pg. 20

Built-in Clock's Lithium Battery ................. ੬ pg. 13

Icons ................................................. ੬ pg. 41 – 43

Image Size Mode ......................................੬ pg. 17

Index Playback .........................................੬ pg. 32

Index Screen .............................................੬ pg. 31

Initialize A Memory Card ..........................੬ pg. 38

Insert Editing .............................................੬ pg. 68

Interface Shooting ..................................... ੬ pg. 21

Iris ............................................................ ੬ pg. 54

Iris Lock .................................................... ੬ pg. 54

Channels (Left/Right) ................................. ੬ pg. 46

Charge The Battery Pack ........................... ੬ pg. 10

Cinema .....................................................੬ pg. 42

Classic Film .............................................. ੬ pg. 49

Clean The Camcorder ............................... ੬ pg. 84

Connections.... ੬ pg. 10, 11, 24, 58, 59, 70, 74, 75

Journalistic Shooting ................................. ੬ pg. 21

Jump Playback .......................................... ੬ pg. 32

LCD monitor/Viewfinder

Indications...................................... ੬ pg. 88 – 92

Darken The LCD Monitor .........................੬ pg. 20

Date/Time Display ............................ ੬ pg. 43 – 45

Date/Time Settings ....................................੬ pg. 13

Deleting Files ...................................... ੬ pg. 34, 35

Demonstration Mode ............................੬ pg. 8, 42

Digital Sound Effect ..................................੬ pg. 56

Digital Zoom ...................................... ੬ pg. 21, 41

DIS (Digital Image Stabiliser)..................... ੬ pg. 41

DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) ...... ੬ pg. 36, 37

Dubbing ........................................... ੬ pg. 58 – 61

Load A Tape .............................................. ੬ pg. 14

Manual Focus ...........................................੬ pg. 53

Memory Card...................................... ੬ pg. 16, 94

Menu Screen, CAMERA ............................੬ pg. 41

Menu Screen, DISPLAY ....................... ੬ pg. 43, 45

Menu Screen, DSC ....................................੬ pg. 43

Menu Screen, MANUAL ..................... ੬ pg. 41, 42

Menu Screen, MEMORY ..................... ੬ pg. 33, 45

Menu Screen, SYSTEM ...................... ੬ pg. 42 – 45

Menu Screen, VIDEO................................ ੬ pg. 44

Monotone .................................................੬ pg. 49

Motor Drive Mode ....................................੬ pg. 52

MultiMediaCard ..................................੬ pg. 16, 94

E-Mail Clip Recording ............................... ੬ pg. 61

Erase Protection ........................................੬ pg. 14

Exposure Control ......................................੬ pg. 54

Night-Alive ...............................................੬ pg. 48

EN97

Picture Quality Mode................................੬ pg. 17

Picture Wipe/Dissolve ......................... ੬ pg. 50, 51

Playback Special Effects ............................੬ pg. 65

Playback Zoom .........................................੬ pg. 64

Power Switch Position ..............................੬ pg. 18

Printer .......................................................੬ pg. 75

Program AE With Special Effects .........੬ pg. 48, 49

Protecting Files .........................................੬ pg. 33

Provided Accessories .................................. ੬ pg. 6

Tally .................................................... ੬ pg. 20, 42

Tele Macro ................................................ ੬ pg. 41

Time Code .................................. ੬ pg. 22, 43 – 45

Tripod Mounting ....................................... ੬ pg. 12

Twilight .....................................................੬ pg. 49

Unload A Tape ..........................................੬ pg. 14

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch ..........................੬ pg. 18

Video Echo ...............................................੬ pg. 49

Viewfinder Adjustment ..............................੬ pg. 12

Random Assemble Editing ................. ੬ pg. 69 – 73

Record-Standby ........................................੬ pg. 20

Recording Mode ....................................... ੬ pg. 15

Remote Control.........................................੬ pg. 62

Reset .........................................................੬ pg. 43

Rewind The Tape ......................................੬ pg. 23

White Balance ..........................................੬ pg. 55

Wide Mode ...............................................੬ pg. 42

Wind Cut .................................................. ੬ pg. 42

Wipe In/Out ........................................ ੬ pg. 50, 51

SD Memory Card ................................੬ pg. 16, 94

Self-Recording ..........................................੬ pg. 21

Sepia .........................................................੬ pg. 49

Set Remote Control/VCR Code .................. ੬ pg. 69

Shuttle Search ...........................................੬ pg. 23

Shutter Speed ............................................੬ pg. 49

Slow-Motion Playback ..............................੬ pg. 64

Slow Shutter ..............................................੬ pg. 48

Snapshot .............................................੬ pg. 28, 52

Snapshot Mode ................................... ੬ pg. 28, 52

Snow ........................................................੬ pg. 49

Sound Mode ................................. ੬ pg. 41, 44, 46

Speaker Volume ........................................੬ pg. 23

Specifications ......................................੬ pg. 98, 99

Sports ........................................................੬ pg. 49

Spotlight ...................................................੬ pg. 49

Squeeze .................................................... ੬ pg. 42

Still Playback ............................................੬ pg. 23

Strobe .......................................................੬ pg. 49

Zooming ...................................................੬ pg. 21

SPECIFICATIONS

Camcorder

For General

Power supply

: DC 6.3 V

DC 7.2 V

(Using AC Power Adapter/Charger)

(Using battery pack)

Power consumption

LCD monitor off, viewfinder on

LCD monitor on, viewfinder off

: Approx. 4.1 W

: Approx. 5.0 W

Dimensions (W x H x D)

: 43 mm x 115 mm x 80 mm (1-3/4" x 4-9/16" x 3-3/16")

(with the LCD monitor closed and the viewfinder pushed back in)

Weight

: Approx. 340 g (0.75 lbs)

(without grip belt, battery and cassette)

Approx. 410 g (0.91 lbs)

(incl. grip belt, battery and cassette)

Operating temperature

Operating humidity

Storage temperature

Pickup

: 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)

: 35% to 80%

: –20°C to 50°C (–4°F to 122°F)

: 1/4" CCD

Lens

: F 1.8, f = 3.7 mm to 37 mm, 10:1 power zoom lens

(It is not possible to attach any lens filter or conversion lens.)

LCD monitor

Viewfinder

Speaker

: 2" diagonally measured, LCD panel/TFT active matrix system

: Electronic viewfinder with 0.44" color LCD

: Monaural

For Digital Video Camera

Format

Signal format

: DV format (SD mode)

: NTSC standard

Recording/Playback format

: Video: Digital component recording

: Audio: PCM digital recording, 32 kHz 4-channel (12-bit),

48 kHz 2-channel (16-bit)

Cassette

: Mini DV cassette

Tape speed

: SP: 18.8 mm/s

LP: 12.5 mm/s

Maximum recording time

(using 80 min. cassette)

: SP: 80 min.

LP: 120 min.

For Digital Still Camera

Storage media

: SD Memroy Card/MultiMediaCard

Compression system

: Still image : JPEG (compatible)

Moving image : MPEG4 (compatible)

File size

Picture quality

: 2 modes (XGA: 1024 x 768 pixels/VGA: 640 x 480 pixels)

: 2 modes (FINE/STANDARD)

Approximate number of storable images

(with the provided memory card [8 MB], with Sound Effects pre-stored)

FINE

: 37 (VGA), 16 (XGA)

: 105 (VGA), 51 (XGA)

STANDARD

For other memory cards, see pg. 17.

EN99

For Connectors

Video output

Audio output

: 1 V (p-p), 75 Ω, analog

: 300 mV (rms), 1 kΩ, analog, stereo

Input/output

: 4-pin, IEEE 1394 compliant

AC Power Adapter/Charger AA-V100U

Power requirement

U.S.A. and Canada

Other countries

Power consumption

Output

: AC 120 V`, 60 Hz

: AC 110 V to 240 V`, 50 Hz/60 Hz

: 23 W

Charge

VTR

: DC 7.2 V

: DC 6.3 V

, 1.2 A

, 1.8 A

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Weight

: 68 mm x 44 mm x 110 mm (2-11/16" x 1-3/4" x 4-3/8")

: Approx. 255 g (0.57 lbs)

Docking Station CU-V507U

For General

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Weight

: 48.4 mm x 36 mm x 79 mm (1-15/16" x 1-7/16" x 3-1/8")

: Approx. 53 g (0.12 lbs)

For Connectors

PHONE

Headphone output

: ø3.5 mm, stereo

USB

: TYPE B

S-VIDEO OUT

: Y: 1 V (p-p), 75 Ω, analog output

C: 0.29 V (p-p), 75 Ω, analog output

EDIT

: ø3.5 mm, 2-pole

Specifications shown are for SP mode unless otherwise indicated. E & O.E. Design and specifications subject

to change without notice.

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