Canon Vixia HF R100 manual

PUB. DIE-0342-000 HD Camcorder Instruction Manual C OP Y[...]

2 Introd u ction Important Usage Instructions WARNING! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. WARNING! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHO CK AND TO REDUCE ANNOYING INTERFERENCE , USE THE RECO MMENDED ACCESSORIES ONL Y . COPYRIGHT WARNING: Una u thorized recording of copyrighted material s may i[...]

3 The Mains plug is used a s the disconnect device. The Ma ins plug shall remain readily operable to disconnect the plug in case of an accident. CAUTION: • Danger of explo s ion if the wrong type of batterie s are attached. U s e only the s ame type of batterie s . • Do not expo s e batterie s or prod u ct to exce ss ive heat su ch a s the i n [...]

4 In these safe ty instruc tions the wor d “apparatus” or “p roduct” r e fers to t he Canon HD Camcorder VI XIA HF R11 A / VIXIA HF R10 A / VIXI A HF R100 A and al l its accesso ries. 1 Read these instructions . 2 Keep these instructions . 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instru ctions. 5 Do not use this apparatus near water . 6 C lean onl[...]

5 20 Objects and Liquid Entry — Never push objects of any kind into this product through openings as they may touch dangerous v oltage points or short out pa rts that could res ult in a fire or electric shock . Be careful not to spill liquid of any ki nd onto the product. 21 Servicing — Do not attempt to ser vice this pr oduct yourself a s open[...]

6 The adapter can be used with a power supply between 100 and 240 V A C . For ar eas where 120 V A C power is n ot used, you will ne ed a special pl ug adapter . C ontact your nearest C anon S ervice C enter for furth er informa tion. The adapter is no t intended to be s erviced. Should the pro duct cease to f unction in i ts intended mann er , it [...]

7 Exciting F eatures and New Functions High-Definition Video Y o ur camcorder’ s high -definition i mage sensor (HD CMO S ) captur es video at a res olution of 1,920 x 1,080 pix els 2 . Videos ar e then r ecor ded in the memory in high definition, using A VCHD specifications 3 . With your new HD camcorder , capturing the special moments in your l[...]

8 Smart AU T O (2 7 ) S mart AUTO au tomat ically sel ects th e best settings for the scene yo u want to shoot. Y ou get spe ctacul ar re cor dings ev ery ti me without worry ing about set tings. Video Snap s hot (5 8 ) S hoot or captur e shor t scenes and a rrang e them into a v ideo clip set to your favorite bac k ground mu s ic. Face Detection ([...]

9 Enjoying yo u r R ecor ding s on Oth er De vice s AVCHD MPEG- 2 SD-Video Eye-Fi S D C onnect the camco r der to an HDTV ( 110) C onnect the camcorde r t o the optional DW-100 DV D Burner ( 113, 116) AV C HD d isc s Photo DVD s Play video dir ectly from your rec orded memory card AV C HD-compatible HDTVs and digital recor ders with an S D memory c[...]

10  Table of cont ents  Introduction 7 Excit ing Features and New Functions 14 About this Manual 16 Getting to Know the C amcorder 16 S uppli ed Accessories an d CD-ROMs 18 Names of P arts  Preparations 21 Getting Started 21 Charging the Battery Pac k 24 Prep aring the Accessories 25 Adjusting the Position and B rightness of the LCD S cre [...]

Table of conte nts  11  V ideo 40 Basic Recor ding 40 S hooting Video 41 S electi ng the V ideo Quality ( Record ing Mode) 42 Zooming 43 Quic k S tart Function 45 Basic Playback 45 Playing Bac k the Video 47 S electi ng what Record ings to Play Bac k 49 S earching for S cenes 52 Pr e-selecti n g Recor dings from the Index S creen 53 Deleting [...]

12  Table of cont ents  Photos 86 Ba sic Recording 86 T a k ing Photos 87 S electing Photo S ize and Quality 89 Ba sic Playback 89 Viewing Photos 90 Deleting Photos 92 Magnifying Photos during Playb ac k 93 Addi tional Func tions 93 S lideshow 94 Rotating Photos 95 Histogram Display 95 Capturing Photos from a Movie 96 Protecti ng Photos 97 / [...]

Table of conte nts  13  Additional Information 130 Appendix: Menu Options Lists 130 FUNC. Menu 132 S etup Menus 143 Onscreen Icons a nd Disp lays 147 T rouble? 147 T roubleshooting 153 List of Messages 163 Do’ s an d Don ’ts 163 Handli ng Precautions 167 Maintenance/Others 168 Using the Camcor der Abro ad 169 G en eral Information 169 Acc[...]

14  Introduction Abo u t th i s Man u al Than k you for purchasing the Canon VIXIA HF R11 / VIXIA HF R10 / VIXIA HF R100. Please read this ma nual careful ly before you use the cam c ord er and ret ai n it for fu tu re ref ere nc e. S hould your camcorder fail to operate co rre ctly , refer to T rouble shooting ( 147) . Conventions Used in this [...]

Introdu ction  15 Selecting the Video Q u ality (Recording M ode) The camcorder offers 4 recording mo des. Changin g the recording mode will change the recording time available on the memory . S elect FXP or XP+ mo de for better movie q uality; select LP mode for longer recor ding times. The following table gives appr oximate recording times. NO[...]

16  Introduction G etting to K now the Camco rder S u pplied Acce ss orie s and CD-ROM s The following acces sories are supplied with the camcor d er: * CA-590 E including power cord, in A s ia. X C A-590 C ompact Power Adapter* BP-2L5 Battery Pack W X IF C -300P C U USB C able STV-250N Stereo Video C able W Y ellow • Red • White plugs X C T[...]

Introdu ction  17 The follo wing CD- ROM s an d s oftwar e are s upplied with the camcorder: • PIXEL A A pplicatio n - Disc 1 CD -ROM* and ‘PIXELA Application s ’ In s tallation Guide - ImageMixer 3 S E T r an s fer Utilitie s - S oftware for s aving and tran s ferring movie s and mu s ic f ile s you can u s e a s bac k ground mu s ic. •[...]

18  Introduction Name s of Part s 1 (camera/p lay) button ( 29) 2 VIDEO S NA P (video snap shot) button (5 8 ) 3 / WEB b utton ( 124 ) 4 butto n ( 27 )/ / INDEX S EL. (index selection) button ( 47 )/ PLA YLI S T button ( 47 ) 5 DI S P . (on- screen display) but ton (6 7 ) 6 ACCE SS ind icator ( 40, 86) 7 S tr ap mo unt ( 24) 8 S pe a k er ( 45) [...]

Introdu ction  19 A s Z oom lever ( 42) A d P HOTO but ton ( 86) A f POWER button A g ON/OFF (C H G ) (charge) indicator: G re en – O n Ora nge – S tand by ( 43) Red – Charging ( 21) A h L CD screen ( 25) A j J oystic k (3 0 ) A k F UNC. button ( 31, 130) A l U S B termi nal ( 106, 10 9) S q H DMI O UT termina l ( 106, 10 7) S a C OMPON EN[...]

20  Introduction S h T ripod soc k et ( 163 ) S j Memory card slot (3 6 ) S k Battery com partment S l Battery release latch D q Battery compartm ent cover/Mem ory card slot cover D a S erial number The serial nu mber label is lo cated on the ba ttery com partment co ver . Botto m vi ew C OP Y[...]

Prepa rations  21 Prepar ation s This chapte r describes b asic operat ions, such as nav igating the menus, and first time settings to help you learn mo re about your camcor der . Getting Started Charging the Batter y Pack The camc ord er can b e power ed with a battery pa c k or dir ectly using the c o m- pact pow er adapte r . Charg e the batt[...]

22  Prepa ratio ns 3 S lide the battery compartment cover away from the lens and open it. 4 Remove th e battery ter minal cover from the battery pack. 5 Insert the battery pack all the way into the co mpartment and press gently until it clicks. 6 Close the cov er and slid e it toward the lens until you hear a click. 7 Charging will start w hen t[...]

Prepa rations  23 To remove the battery pack 1 S lide the battery compa rtment cover away fr om the lens and open it . 2 Press the b attery r elease latch and pull out the battery pac k . 3 Clos e the cover and slide it toward the lens un til you hear a clic k . IMPORT AN T • T urn of f the cam cor d er b efor e c onnecti ng or di s connecting[...]

24  Prepa ratio ns • W e recommend that you pr epar e b atte ry pac ks to la s t 2 to 3 time s longer tha n you thin k you might need. • US A and C ana da onl y : Th e Lith ium ion/ polymer b attery that power s th e p roduc t i s re cyclab le. P lea s e call 1-800-8-BA TTERY for information on how to recycle thi s battery . Prep arin g the [...]

Prepa rations  25 To attach an optional wris t strap Pass the attachin g end of the wrist strap through the rear bracket on the cam- corder , thread the wrist strap through the loop and fasten. Y ou can al so attach the wr ist strap to the strap mount on the grip belt to use both for extra conv enience and prote ction. To attach an optional s ho[...]

26  Prepa ratio ns NOTES • About the LCD sc r een: The s cre en i s produced u s ing ext remely hig h-pre- ci s ion m anufact uring technique s , with more than 99.99% of the pixel s operating to s pecification. L e ss than 0.01% of the pixel s may occa s ion- ally mi s fire or appear a s bl ac k , red, blue or green dot s . Thi s ha s no eff [...]

Prepa rations  27 Ba s ic Operation of the Camcorder Operating Mode s Rec ord ing The camcor der offers t wo basic mode s for r ecor ding video and photos: S mar t AUT O ( ) mod e for begi nners or i f yo u just prefer n ot t o bother with detailed camc order settings, and fle xible r ecordi ng ( ) mode, which lets you change the camcorder’ s [...]

28  Prepa ratio ns •W h e n s hooting in mode, the camcor der will autom atical l y detect ce rtain cha racter i s tic s of the s ubject, bac k ground, li ghting con dition s , etc. It w ill th en adj u s t variou s s etting s (focu s , expo s ur e, color , image s ta bili z ation, ima ge qu ality , a mong othe r s ), s electing the be s t s e[...]

Prepa rations  29 NOTES • I n mode, me nu s cannot be acce ss ed but the foll owing s etti ng s can b e ch ange d in a dva nce. - Recording mode of m ovie s - S i z e/qualit y of photo s - / Yo u r s election of recor di ng media for movi e s /photo s -V i d e o s na p s hot length -A u t o s low s hutter -A l l s etting s under th e s etup me[...]

30  Prepa ratio ns NOTES • / When s witc hing to a playba c k mode, the mem ory s electe d for playbac k will be the s ame curr ently u s ed fo r rec ord ing . Joy s tick and Joy s tick G u ide Use the joystic k to operate the camcord er’ s menus. If the joystic k guide does not appear on the scr een, pre s s or push the joystic k ( , ) to d[...]

Prepa rations  31 U s ing the Men us Many of the camcor der’ s functions can be adjus ted fr om the menus that open after pr essing . In mode, menus cannot be acces sed and, exc ept in a few cases, most menu settings will return to their d efault values. For det ails abo ut th e availabl e menu options and settings , refer to the appen- dix Me[...]

32  Prepa ratio ns Selecting an Option fro m the Setup M enus 1P r e s s . 2 S elect ( , ) [ Menu] and press to o pen the setup menus. Y ou can al s o hold pre ss ed down for more than 1 s econd to open d irectly th e s etup menu s s creen. 3 S elect ( ) the tab of the d esired menu. 4 S elect ( ) the setting you want to change and press . • T[...]

Prepa rations  33 Fir s t Time Setting s Setting th e Date and Time Y ou will need to set the date and time of the camcor der before you can start using it . The [ Date/Time] scr een will appear automaticall y when the cam- corde r’ s cl oc k is not set. When the [Date/T ime] scr een appears , the year will be select ed. 1 Ch ange ( ) the year[...]

34  Prepa ratio ns Changing the Lang u age The defaul t language of the camcor der is English. Y ou can set it to one of 22 other languages. NOTES •T h e d i s play s and that a ppear in s ome menu s cre en s re fer to the name of button s on th e camc order a nd wi ll n ot chan ge, r egardl e ss of the langua ge s elec ted. Changing the Time [...]

Prepa rations  35 U s ing a Memor y Card Memory Card s Compatib le for U s e with the Ca mcorder Y ou can use commer cially available S DHC ( S D high capacity) memor y cards and S D memory cards with t his camco rder . How- ever , de pendi ng on the me mory card, you ma y not be ab le to reco rd movies. Refer to the table below . As of October [...]

36  Prepa ratio ns In s erting and Removing a Memor y Card Ma k e sure to initialize ( 38) all memory cards before using them with this camcorder . 1 T ur n off the ca mcorder . Ma k e s ure the ON/OFF (CHG) indicato r i s off. 2 S lide the memo ry card slot cover away from the lens and open it. 3 Insert the memory card straight, with the label [...]

Prepa rations  37 / Sele cting the Me mory for the R ecor ding s Y ou can select to reco rd your movi es and photos in the built-in mem- ory o r on a memory car d. The built -in memory is t he defa ult memory for r ecording bot h. POINTS TO CH ECK •B e s ure you under s tand the i nformat ion provi ded in Eye- Fi card s ( 35) b efor e u s ing [...]

38  Prepa ratio ns * The approxi mate availabl e recor ding t ime will now refle ct the combi ned s pace i n the b uil t-in memo ry an d me mory c ar d. NOTES • Any of the fol lowing action s will de activ ate th e relay recordin g func tion . - T urning off the camcor der - Openi ng the memory car d s lot co ver - Changing th e camcorder’ s[...]

Prepa rations  39 *P r e ss t o c ance l th e co mpl ete init iali z at ion w hil e it i s in progr e ss . All r ecor ding s will be era s ed and th e memory ca n be u s ed with out any p roblem. Opt ions IMPORT AN T •I n i t i a l i z ing th e memor y will perma nently era s e all recordin g s . Lo s t origi - nal reco rdin g s ca nn ot b e r[...]

40  Video Vid eo This chapter covers functions re lated to shooting movies, including recor ding, playbac k , advanced f unctions and play list and scene operations . Ba s ic Recording Shooting Video 1 T ur n on the camcord er . / By de fault, mov ie s are r ecor d ed i n the built- in memory . Alternat ively , you can s et th e memory card a s [...]

Video  41 •B e s ure to s ave you r recordi ng s regularly ( 111), e s pe cially after ma k - ing im portant re cor ding s . Canon s hall n ot be liable for an y lo ss or cor- ruption of da ta. NOTES • About the P ower Save mode: If [Power S aving Mo de] i s s et to [ On], th e camco rde r will s hut off automatic a lly to s ave p ower when [...]

42  Video Zoomin g The camcorder off ers optical (20x) and d igital (400x) zoom. Y ou can turn on the digital zoom with the [Digital Zoom] setting. Move the zoom lever toward W (wide a n g l e ) t o z o o m o u t . M o v e i t to w a rd T (tel ephot o) to zoom in . By default, the z oom lever operate s at a variable s peed – pr e ss gently for[...]

Video  43 • I n mode, you can al s o s et [Zoom S peed] to one of thr ee con s tant s peed s (3 i s the fa s te s t, 1 the s lowe s t). • Whe n [Zoom S peed] i s s et to [ V aria ble], the z oom s peed will be fa s te r in reco rd p au s e mode than whe n actual ly reco rd ing, exce pt when pre-r ecording ( 59) i s activated . Q u ick Start [...]

44  Video • The cam corder will s hu t off if le ft in s tandby mode f or 10 minute s , rega rdle ss of the [Power S aving Mo de] s etting. Pre ss to turn on the c amcorder . •Y o u c a n s elect t he length of time un til s hut-of f or turn off the Quic k S tart functi on altogethe r with the [Quic k S tart] s etti ng. • When the camcorde[...]

Video  45 Ba s ic Playback Playing Back the Video 1P r e s s . •T h e o r i g i n a l m o v i e s in dex s cre en will appear in mo s t ca s e s . • If a photo a ppear s in s ingle photo view , move the z oom lever toward W to ope n t he ph oto ind ex s cre en. S witch to th e original movie s in dex s creen ( 47). 2 M ove ( , ) the selectio[...]

46  Video IMPORT AN T •O b s erve the fol lowing precaution s wh ile t he ACCE SS indicat or i s on or fla s hing. Failing to do s o may re s ult in pe rman ent da ta lo ss . - Do no t ope n th e memor y ca rd s lot cover . -D o n o t d i s connec t the p ower s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder’ s operating[...]

Video  47 Skippi ng s cenes Open ( ) the joystic k guide S elect ( ) the middle row Push the joystic k () toward * to s k ip to the beginning of the curr ent s cene or to s k ip to the next scene. *P u s h t he joy s tic k /pre ss the button tw ice to sk ip t o the begi nning of the previou s s cene. Ending special playback modes During any spec[...]

48  Video 1 In the index sc r een, move ( ) the oran ge selection frame to the tabs on the top of the screen. 2 S elect ( ) the tab corr espondin g to the r ecordings you want to play back. 3 Return ( ) to the index screen to select a scene or photo. By default, the index scr een will show up to 6 items (scenes or photos ). Move the zoom leve r [...]

Video  49 / For scenes in the bui lt-in memory: pr ess For scenes on th e memory car d: pr ess and then select [Playlist]. Press . T o open the ind ex screen for scenes conv erted into stand ard defi niti on ( / only) Y ou can also open the ind ex scr een for sce nes conve rted i nto stan dard defi nition for W eb upload ( 125) or DVD authoring [...]

50  Video • / Y ou can s elect the o rigina l movie s in the built-i n memory or on the memory card. •Y o u c a n p r e ss to open the i ndex s cr een for vi deo s nap s hot s cen e s . 2 Open the calendar screen. • The ca lend ar s creen app ear s . •D a t e s that con tain s cene s (that i s , movie s were rec orde d o n t ha t date) a[...]

Video  51 •T h e l i s t of reco rdin g s di s play s a ll date s in w hi c h re co rd i n g s were made. An orange s election f rame appear s on the day . • The thum bnail s how s a s t ill imag e from the fir s t s cen e re cord ed on that day . Belo w it w ill appe ar the n umber of s cene s re co rded ( ) and the total r ecord ing time f[...]

52  Video NOTES •Y o u c a n p r e ss to r etur n to the normal index s cr een at any time. Pre- s electi ng Reco rding s fro m the Index Screen Y ou can sel ect in advance a number of origina l movies or phot os fr om the index sc reen in order t o perform certai n actio ns on them collec- tively , all at o nce. mode: Delete, copy* or add the[...]

Video  53 4 P ress twice to close the menu. To cancel all the se lections NOTES •T h e p r e - s election of s cene s /photo s will be canc eled if y ou turn of f the camcorder or change the operating mode. • S cene s in the play li s t cannot be in cluded in the pr e- s election . Delet ing Sce ne s Y ou can delete those scen es that you ar[...]

54  Video Thi s s tep i s not nece ss ary to delete a ll s cene s or previou s ly s el ected s cene s . 3 Delete the scene(s). *I f y o u s elect ed any op tion other t han [Thi sS cen e], you can pre ss to inter - rupt the o peration whi le it i s in progre ss . S om e s cene s will be deleted neverthe- le ss . Option s IMPORT AN T • B e car [...]

Video  55 Advanced F u nction s Progr ammed AE and S peci al Sc ene Reco rding Pro gram s The r ecordi ng prog ram determi nes how much control you have over the cam corder’ s reco rding-r elated settings . S elect the [ Programmed AE] r ecording pr ogram to g ive y ou full contr ol over function s li k e th e white balance or image ef fects. [...]

56  Video [S p o r t s ] T o rec ord s port s s cene s s uch a s tenni s or golf. [S n o w ] T o reco rd in b rig ht sk i re s ort s without the s ubject be ing underexpo s ed . [ Beach] T o r ecord on a s unny beach w ithout the s ubject be ing underexpo s ed . [S u n s e t ] T o re co rd s un s et s in vibran t co lor s . [ Night Scene] T o re[...]

Video  57 NOTES • [ Portra it]/[ S port s ]/[ S now] /[ Beac h]: Th e pict ure may n ot appea r s mooth during pla ybac k . • [ Portrait]: The b lur e ff ect of the bac k groun d increa s e s the more you z oom in ( T ). •[ S now]/[ Beach]: The s ubject may be come overexpo s ed on cloud y day s or in s haded p lace s . Ch ec k the imag e [...]

58  Video To change the frame rate Video Snap s hot Recor d a series of short s cenes. Play your video sna p shot scenes set to your favorite music ( 74) to create your own fun music video. Y ou will be surprised how by changing the bac k ground music, you can give your scenes an entire ly new feel. 1P r e s s . • A blue borde r appear s on th[...]

Video  59 Pre-recording F u nction The camcord er will st art recor ding 3 seconds befor e you press , ensu ring you do not miss impo rtant shooting opportuni- ties. Thi s is especially usef ul when it is diff icult to pr edict when to start reco rd ing . 1 O pen ( ) the joystick guide. 2 S e lect ( ) [ Pre REC] and press . • a p p e a r s . ?[...]

60  Video For mo vies: Pr ess . The ca mcorder s tart s recor ding after a 10- s econd countdown. The coun tdown appea r s on the s creen. For photos: Press , first halfway to activate the autofocus and then fully . The camcorder will record the photo after a 10- s e cond countdown. The coun tdown appea r s on the s creen. NOTES • Once the cou[...]

Video  61 •T h e a d j u s tment range a nd the length of the e xpo s ur e adj u s tment indic ator w ill va ry depe nding on the init ial brig htne ss of the pictur e. • If you operate the z oom, the b rightne ss of the image ma y change. 3 A djust the ( ) th e brightness o f the image as requir ed, then hide ( ) the jo ystick guide. •T h[...]

62  Video • The cente r of the s cr een w ill b e mag nifie d to help y ou f ocu s mor e ea s ily . Y ou can al s o turn off thi s function with the [Focu s A ss i s tance] s et ting. 4 A djust ( ) the focus as required. •I f y o u w i s h to focu s on faraway s ubject s s uch a s mo untain s or firewor ks , pu s h the joy s tic k ( ) t owar[...]

Video  63 To select the main s ubject If th ere i s mor e than one person in the pic tur e, the ca mcor der will auto- matical ly select one pe rson it det ermines is the main s ubject . The ma in subject is indicate d by a white face d etecti on frame and the camc o rd er will optimize the settings for that person. Other faces will have gray fr[...]

64  Video * When you s elect [ Cu s tom WB], do not pre ss and conti nue in s tead with the follow ing procedure. To set the custom white balance 1 Point the camc o rd er at a white object so it fills the whole screen and press . When t he adju s tment i s co mple ted, s top s fla s hing and s tay s on. The cam cord er r etain s the cu s tom s e[...]

Video  65 Image Effect s Y ou can use the image eff ects to change the color saturation and con- trast to r ecor d movies and pho tos with special c o lor effect s. POINTS TO CH ECK • S elect a reco rd ing pr ogram ot her tha n the S pecial S cene r ecordi ng pr o- gram s . Opt ions (  Default value) Digital Effect s The icon of t h e s ele[...]

66  Video Option s (  Default value) Apply ing the Selecte d Digital Effe ct 1 Open ( ) the jo ystick guide. 2 S elect ( ) [ Digital Effects] and press . • The i con of the s elec ted digita l effect t urn s gr een. •P r e ss again to deact ivate the digi tal effect (it s icon will tu rn wh ite agai n). To fa de in/ou t Activate the selec[...]

Video  67 • F ader s cannot be u s ed when recor ding v ideo s nap s hot s ce ne s or wh en pre- rec ordin g i s activ ate d. On-Screen Di s play s and Data Co de Y ou can turn most on-screen displa ys on or off. Repeatedly press to turn the on-screen displays on/off in the following sequence: mode: • All di s play s on •M o s t di s play [...]

68  Video A u dio Recording Level Y ou can adjust t he audio r ecording level o f the b uilt-in or an exter nal microphone. Y ou can display the audio level ind icator while r ecording. Manual Adju stment of th e Audio Recording Level 1 Open ( ) the jo ystick guide. 2 S elect ( ) [ Mic. Level] and press . • The ma nua l adju s tment icon wi ll[...]

Video  69 NOTES • Whe n the audio l evel meter re ache s the r ed p oint (0 dB mar k ), the s ound may be di s tort ed. • If the audi o leve l i s too high and the s ound get s di s tort ed, activate the micr ophone attenua tor with the [Microphone Att e nuator] s etting. • W e re commen d u s ing h eadphone s to chec k the s oun d level w[...]

70  Video In mode , and in mode during slideshow p laybac k , ad just the headphones volume the same way you adjust the spea k er’ s v olume ( 45). IMPORT AN T • When u s i ng headphone s , ma k e s ure t o lowe r the volume to an appr o- priate le vel. • Do not co nnect the headphon e s to the A V OUT/ terminal if the icon doe s not appea[...]

Video  71 NOTES • When an exter nal m icrophon e i s connec ted to the camcor der , [W ind S cree n] wi ll aut o mat icall y be s et to [ Off ]. • If the audi o leve l i s too high and the s ound get s di s tort ed, turn on the micr ophone attenua tor with the [Micr ophone Attenua tor] s etting or adju s t the audio r ecording level man uall[...]

72  Video 3 S elect ( ) the playback starting point from the timeline ruler . 4 Press to begin the playback. To sel ect an other scen e Move ( ) the o range sele ction fra me to the l arge thumbna il and select ( ) another scene. To move between timeline ruler pages Move ( ) the o range select ion frame to the slid ebar belo w the rule r and dis[...]

Video  73 3 S e lect ( ) the play back starting point from the segmen t ruler . 4 P ress to beg in the playb ack. Y ou can s elect another s cene and mo ve be tween s egment ruler pag e s in th e s ame wa y a s in th e movie timeline s cr een ( 71). NOTES •F o r a s in gle s cene, up to 100 s egment s /cha nge s in main s ubjec t will appear i[...]

74  Video Scene and Playli s t Operation s Playin g Bac k Recor ding s Set to Ba ckgro u nd M us ic Y ou can play bac k vid eo snapsh ot scene s, scenes in the pl aylist and photo slide shows set to bac k ground music (instead of the original sound). Y ou can use one of the supplied music trac k s or conn ect an external audio player to use your[...]

Video  75 •Y o u c a n p r e ss to li s ten to the trac k s elec ted. P re ss to s top the pl ayba c k . • S elect [ Of f] to p lay bac k s cene s with their original s ound or to play bac k s lide s how s without any mu s ic. 4 Back in the index screen, select ( , ) the recording from which to s tart playback. 5 P ress to begin the playback[...]

76  Video •Y o u c a n p r e ss to open the i ndex s cr een for vi deo s nap s hot s cen e s . 2 A ctivate the external audio inpu t. 3 Connect the external player to the camcorder’ s MIC terminal. 4 A djust the au dio input as necessary . • S tart the mu s i c playbac k o n the exte rnal play er and ad ju s t it s volume accordi ng to t h[...]

Video  77 NOTES •Y o u c a n a l s o add to the playli s t ju s t the vi deo s na p s hot s cene s yo u want to watch and arrange their play bac k order . •I n i t i a l i z ing a memory car d will permane ntly era s e any mu s ic f ile s you may have tran s fe rr ed to the car d. The mu s ic file s that come pr e- in s tall ed in the b uilt[...]

78  Video Dividing Scene s Y ou can divide scenes (or iginal scenes only) in order t o leave out the best parts a nd later cut out the rest. 1 Open the original movies index screen. / Y ou can s elec t the origi nal movi e s in the bu ilt-in memo ry or on the memory card ( 47). 2 S elect ( , ) the scene you want to divide. 3 Pr ess , select [ Di[...]

Video  79 -V i d e o s nap s hot s cene s and other s cen e s that are too s hort (le ss than 3 s eco nd s ). - S cen e s that were ed ited u s in g the s upplied s oftware ImageMixer 3 S E and were then written bac k to the memo ry . • S cene s cannot be divided with in 1 s econd from the beginning or the end o f the s cene. Editing the Playl[...]

80  Video • Whe n the operat ion i s com plet ed [ S cene( s ) added to the playli s t] wi ll be di s played. • / S ce ne s are added to the play li s t on the s ame me mory they ar e r ecorded o n. • T o open the playli s t index s creen from the o rigina l movie s in dex s creen: - / For s cene s in the built- in memor y , pre ss . For s[...]

Video  81 *I f y o u s el ected [All S cene s ], you can pre ss to inte rrupt the oper ation while it i s in progr e ss . S ome s ce ne s will be deleted neverthele ss . Opt ions Moving Scenes in the Playlis t Move t he scenes in the playli st to p lay the m bac k in the order of your choice. 1 O pen the playlis t index screen. • / Be fore ope[...]

82  Video Capt u ring Video Snap s ho t Scene s from a Mo vie Captur e a ser ies of video snapshot scenes f rom a movie you have pr e- vio usl y r ecor ded. 1 Play back the movie containing the scene you want to capture. 2 Press at the point y ou want to capture. • The camcorder capture s a video s na p s hot s cene (the b lue fra me s erve s [...]

Video  83 / Copying Scene s to a Me mor y Card Y o u can c opy ori ginal movie s or the ent ir e playli s t only from the built-i n memory to the corre s ponding location on the memory card. S ee Copying Photo s to a Memo ry C ar d ( 97) for de tail s on copying photo s to the memory card. C op ying Origina l Movies 1 O pen the index screen of o[...]

84  Video Option s C opying th e Entire Playl ist 1 Open the index screen of the built-in memory’ s playlist. •I n t h e o r i g i n a l m o v i e s in dex s creen, s elect the tab under the icon , and t hen op en the p layli s t index s creen: - / For s cene s in the built- in memor y , pre ss . For s cene s on the m emo ry card, p re ss an[...]

Video  85 NOTES • If the memory card s lot co ver i s open, or th e LOC K s witch on the mem- ory card i s s et to pr event writ ing, you wi ll not be a ble to copy m ovie s to the me mory car d. • S cene s that wer e edit ed u s in g the s upplie d s oftwar e ImageMixer 3 S E and were then written bac k to the camcorde r cann ot be copied t[...]

86  Phot os Photo s Refer to this chapter for deta ils on shooting photos – ta k ing photos and pla y i ng them bac k , capturing p hotos from video and prin ting phot os. Ba s ic Recording T a king P hoto s 1 T ur n on the camcord er . • / By defa ult, photo s ar e r ecor ded in th e buil t-in memory . Yo u c a n s et the memor y car d a s [...]

Photos  87 IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e fol lowing pre cauti on s while the A CCE SS indi cator i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in permanent data l o ss . - Do not open the me mory card s lot c over . -D o n o t d i s co nne ct the pow er s ource or t ur n of f the ca mcor der . - Do not c hange the camcorde r’ s operat[...]

88  Phot os NOTES • The actual num ber of p hoto s that can be re corded wi ll va ry depen d ing on the s ubje ct and s hooting c ondition s . •T h e c a m c o r d e r r e t a i n s the la s t s etting u s ed even i f you s et th e cam- cor d er t o mode. • When p rinting photo s , u s e the follow ing g uid eline s a s a ref eren ce fo r [...]

Photos  89 Ba s ic Playback Viewing Photo s 1P r e s s . •T h e o r i g i n a l m o v i e s in dex s cre en will appear in mo s t ca s e s . • If a photo a ppear s in s ingle photo view , move the z oom lever toward W to open the photo index s cre en. Proceed t o s tep 3. 2 Open the photo i ndex scr een. • / Yo u c a n s elect the pho to s[...]

90  Phot os Photo Jump Funct ion When you have recor d ed a lar ge number of photos, you can jump 10 or 100 photos at a time. 1 Open ( ) the jo ystick guide. 2 S elect ( ) t he icon and press . 3 S elect ( ) [ Jump 10 photos] or [ Jump 100 photos]. 4 Jump ( ) the number of pho tos selected and press . IMPORT AN T •O b s erve the fol lowing pre[...]

Photos  91 [ D e l e t e ] a p p e a r s on the s creen. 2 S e lect ( ) the photo y ou want to delete and p ress . 3 S e lect ( ) [Y es] and p res s to delete th e photo. 4 Rep eat steps 2-3 to delete additional p hotos or press twice to close th e menu. Deleting Ph otos from the I ndex Screen 1 Open the photo i ndex scr een. / Yo u c a n s elec[...]

92  Phot os Magnifying Photo s d u ring P layback In single photo view , photo s can be magnified up to 5 times. will appear for pho tos tha t cannot be enla rged . 1 Move the zoom lever toward T . • The photo i s ma gni fie d by 2 ti me s an d a frame appea r s indicating the po s ition of the m agnif ied area . • T o further enlarge the ph[...]

Photos  93 Additional F u nction s Slide s how Y ou can play a slideshow of all the photo s and even set it to music ( 74). 1 Open the photo i ndex scr een. 2 S e lect the background music to use when playing b ack the photo slideshow ( 74). 3 Back in the index screen, select first photo of the slid eshow . Slides how set to a music track 4 S t [...]

94  Phot os To change the sl ideshow’s trans ition effects Option s (  Default value) NOTES •T h e b a c k ground mu s ic may not be played bac k corr ectly wh en playi ng bac k a s lide s how from a memory card with s low t ran s fer ra te s . • When pla ying bac k a s lide s how wi th mu s ic f rom an e xternal audio player , the s li[...]

Photos  95 Hi s togram Di s play In single photo view , you can d isplay the histog ram and the icons of a ll the functio ns used at the ti me of r ecordi ng. Use the histogra m as a ref- er ence to verify the co rrect exposur e of the photo. The ar ea to the right of th e histogram re pres ents highlights and the left side re pres ents shadow s[...]

96  Phot os 2 Pause the play bac k at the point you want to capture . 3P r e s s f u l l y . IMPORT AN T • When ca pturing photo s on an E ye-F i card, phot o s w ill be uplo aded automa ticall y if you a re within the range of a configur ed networ k . Al way s verify that Eye -Fi card s have been approved in the country/re gion of u s e. S ee[...]

Photos  97 Protecting Photos from th e Index Screen 1 Open the photo i ndex scr een. / Yo u c a n s elect th e photo s in the built- in memo ry or on th e memor y car d. 2 S e lect ( , ) t he photo you want to p rotect. Opt ions IMPORT AN T •I n i t i a l i z ing th e memor y will perma nently era s e all recordin g s , incl uding pr otect ed [...]

98  Phot os In th e inde x s creen , s elect the tab und er the ico n an d mo ve t he z oom lever towar d T to r eturn to s ingle photo view . 2 Open the photo selection screen. [ Copy ( ) ] ap pea r s on the s cre en. 3 S elect ( ) the photo you want to copy and press . 4 S elect ( ) [Y es] and press to copy the photo. 5 Repeat steps 3-4 to cop[...]

Photos  99 Opt ions IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e fol lowing pre cauti on s while the A CCE SS indi cator i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in permanent data l o ss . - Do not open the me mory card s lot c over . -D o n o t d i s co nne ct the pow er s ource or t ur n of f the ca mcor der . - Do not c hange the camcorde r’[...]

100  Phot os Printing Photo s Print ing Pho to s (Dir ect Print) The camcor der can be connecte d to any PictBridge-c ompatible printer . Y ou can mar k in advance the photos you w ant to pr int and set the desired number of copies as a print order ( 103). Canon print ers: S ELPHY printers o f the CP , D S and E S se ries and P IXMA printers mar[...]

Photos  101 - Removing all print or de r s NOTES • will app ear for photo s that cannot be printed. • W e recommen d power ing the cam cor der u s ing the compact p ower adapt er . • R efer al s o to the p rinter’ s in s truction manual. • I f you have no intenti on to u s e the optional DW-100 DVD Burner , you can s et or [U S B Conne[...]

102  Phot os Option s [P a p e r S i z e ] * Ava ilable pape r s i z e s vary depend ing on the printer model. [P a p e r T y p e ] * S elect [Photo], [F a s t Photo], [Plain] or [Default]. [P a g e L a y o u t ] * S elec t [Defa ult], [Bo rdered] or one of th e follo w- ing page layout s . [Borderle ss ]: The photo i s enl arged and m ay be s l[...]

Photos  103 NOTES •P r i n t s etting option s and [Def ault] s etting s vary depending on the printer model. Fo r detail s , refer to th e pr inter ’ s in s truction manual. To cancel a print job 1P r e s s ( [ S top]) while printing. 2 S elect ( ) [O K ] and press . When yo u have finis hed printi ng Disconnect the U S B cable fr om the ca[...]

104  Phot os POINTS TO CH ECK •O n l y p h o t o s on the memor y car d can be s et for pr int order s . Marking Si ngle Photos with Print Orde rs 1 In single photo view , open the photo selectio n scr een. appe ar s on the s creen. 2 S elect ( ) the photo you want to mar k with a print order . 3 Press to set t he print order . The number of c[...]

Photos  105 Opt ions NOTES • / To s et print o r der s s et for ph oto s reco rded in the bui lt-in memory , copy th e photo s to the me mory ca rd in advance. [Individual P hotos] S et p rint order s for individua l photo s . [Selected Photos (1 copy each )] S et s a print order of 1 copy of each of the photo s s elect ed in ad vance ( mar k [...]

106  Exter nal Con nections Extern al Connection s This chapter expla ins how to connect your camcor der to an external devi ce such as a TV , VCR, o r computer . Te r m i n a l s on the Camcorder * When co nnecting a cable to the camcorder , ma k e s ure to alig n the triangl e mar ks on the cab le’ s connector a nd on t he camcorder’ s ter[...]

External Conne ctions  107 Connection D iagram s In the following connect ion diagra ms, the l eft side sho ws the termi nals on the camcor der and the right side s hows (for r efer ence only) an example of te rminals on a connected device. C onnectio n T ype: Digital Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t only C onnect to a high-d efinition TV ([...]

108  Exter nal Con nections C onnection T ype: Analog Q u ality: High definit ion O u tp u t onl y C onnect to a high-de finition TV (HDT V) with component video input terminal s. C hange [AV/He adphones] to [ AV]. C onnection T ype: Analog Q u ality: Standar d definition O u tp u t only C onnect to a standard T V or a V C R with audio/ video in[...]

External Conne ctions  109 NOTES • / T o be able to wr ite ba c k s cen e s and to tran s fer mu s ic file s fr om the comp uter to the camcor der , power the camcor der u s ing t he compac t power ada p ter and only then co nnec t it to the comp uter u s ing the s upplie d U S B cable. C onnectio n T ype: Digital data connection C onnect to a[...]

110  Exter nal Con nections Playback on a TV Screen Connect th e camcor der to a TV to enjoy y our r ecor dings with f amily and friends. Playbac k on an HDTV using one o f the high-definition con- nections will ensur e the best p laybac k qual ity . 1 T ur n off the camcorder and the TV . 2 Connect the camcorder to t he TV . Refer to Connection[...]

External Conne ctions  111 Saving and Sharing Y o u r Rec ording s Saving Recording s on a Comp u ter Movies and pho tos r ecorde d with this camcor der are saved in the built-in memory ( / only) or on the memory car d. Because space is limited , ma k e sur e to save your recor dings on a comput er on a regular basis. Savi ng Movi es With the su[...]

112  Exter nal Con nections Refer to S tarting CameraWindow . Using the soft ware 1 Power the camcor der with the compact power adapter . 2 S et t he c amcorde r to mo de, in si ngle p hoto vie w . 3 Connect the camcorder to t he computer using the supplied U S B cable. • Connec tion . Refer to Conn ecti on Di agram s ( 109). • I f the devic[...]

External Conne ctions  113 NOTES • R efer al s o to th e computer’ s in s truction manual . • Users of Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac O S X: Yo u r c a m c o r d e r i s equipped w ith the s tandar d Pictur e T ran s fer Protocol (PTP) allowing you to tran s fer p hot o s (JPEG only) s imply by connecting the ca mcor d er to [...]

114  Exter nal Con nections Preparat ions on t he C amcorder When crea ting A VCHD discs, select which scenes to add t o the disc. When you crea te an A VCHD disc fr om the playl ist, all of the scenes in the playlist will be ad ded to the disc. 1 Power the camcor der with the compact power adapter . 2 Open the index screen that contains the rec[...]

External Conne ctions  115 • After t he di sc is recogniz ed, an i nforma tion s creen w ill dis play th e type of DVD you ar e creatin g and the es timat ed time and numb er of discs it will r equire (based on the disc you in serted). • If yo u inse rted a DV D-RW dis c that already con tains data, [The dis c alr eady contai ns data.] will [...]

116  Exter nal Con nections - A VCHD di s c s creat ed u s ing the optional DW-100 DVD Burn er can be played b ac k only with A VCHD-compa tible DV D player s or Blu-ray Di s c player s . Do n ot in s ert an AV CHD di s c i nto a DVD pl ayer th at i s not compatib le wit h A VCHD s pecif icat ion s a s you may not be able to eject the di s c. ?[...]

External Conne ctions  117 Even w ithout a computer , you ca n convert your vi deo r ecordings in to standard defi nition scenes and crea te DVDs using the optional DW-100 DVD Burner . Refer to this section along with the relevant sections in the instruction manual of the DW-100. C onverting S cenes into St andard Definiti on in the C amcorder C[...]

118  Exter nal Con nections Option s To s el ect th e bit r ate Using a higher bit rate will r e sult in better v ideo quality for the con- verted s cenes. To embed the r ecordi ng date and ti me The r ecor ding date and time will alway s be displa yed on the conve rted scene. NOTES • When conv erting scenes in the playlist or video snapshot i[...]

External Conne ctions  119 • Y ou can play bac k the co nve rted s cene s from the [For DVD ( S D-VIDE O)] index s creen on the me mory ca rd . Open the o riginal movie s index s creen on the m emor y card, p re ss and then s el ect [F or DVD ( S D-VIDEO )]. C onnecting to the C omp uter and C reating DVD Discs 1 P ower the camcorder using the[...]

120  Exter nal Con nections 2 Open the [For DVD ( S D-VIDEO)] index screen on the memory card. • Open the or iginal movie s index s c reen on the me mor y card, pre ss then s el ect [F or DVD ( S D-VI DEO)]. 3 Choose whether to add to the disc all the scenes or only scenes that have no t been previously ad ded to a disc. 4 Connect the camcorde[...]

External Conne ctions  121 Creating Pho to DVD s Using the optional DW-100 DVD Burner , you can create Photo DVDs, which ar e standard DV Ds that c ontain al l your photo s as JP G files as well as a slideshow* of a ll the photos with the selected bac k ground music ( 74). Refer to this section al ong with the re levant sections in the instructi[...]

122  Exter nal Con nections Playin g Bac k Di s c s U s ing the DW-100 DVD B u rner Y ou can u s e the optional DW-100 DVD Burner and the camcorder al s o to play b ac k high-d efin ition ( A VCHD) di s c s . Thi s i s very conveni e nt, fo r exampl e to play bac k your di s c s even in a loc ation wher e an A VCHD- compa tible DV D player i s n[...]

External Conne ctions  123 •T h e c a m c o r d e r ’ s menu s cannot be acce ss ed whi le the ca mco rd er i s conn ected to th e DV D bur ne r . • Wit h the excep tion o f fa s t playbac k at 60x s peed, s pe cial p laybac k mode s ( 46) can be u s ed al s o for di s c pl aybac k . To play back standa rd-definition DVD s and Photo DV Ds [...]

124  Exter nal Con nections Recording 1 External devic e: Load a blank cassette or disc an d set the device to record pause mode. 2 T ur n on the camcorder and set it to mode. Ve r i f y t h a t [A V/Head phone s ] i s s et t o [ A V]. 3 Camcorder: Locate the scene you wish to copy and pause the playback just befor e the desired scene. 4 Camcor [...]

External Conne ctions  125 Use the supplied softwar e ImageMixer 3 S E to upload your vid- eos to the W eb. Ins tallati on S ee ‘PIXELA Applica tions’ Installati on G uide. Using the soft ware S ee ‘Im ageMixer 3 S E S oft ware G uide’ (PD F file). / C onve rtin g Scen es i nto S tan dard De fin iti on i n th e C amco rde r 1 P ower the [...]

126  Exter nal Con nections •P r e ss and then s elect [ O K ] to interru pt the op erati on while it i s in progr e ss . 6 When the conversio n is completed, a confirmation screen will appear . Connec t the camc ord er to the comp uter at thi s point ( 107) to continue uploading t he conv erted video s to the Web or s elec t [E nd Without Co [...]

External Conne ctions  127 • The time re quired t o con vert s cene s i s ap pro ximately equal to the s cene’ s total run ning tim e. Beca u s e conver s ion genera lly ta k e s lo nger on a comp uter , w e r ecommend u s ing the camco rder to conv ert s cene s . • Y ou can play bac k the conve rted s cen e s from t he [For We b (MPEG-2)][...]

128  Exter nal Con nections Uploading you r Videos Wireless ly If you are using an Eye-Fi car d, you can autom atically uploa d the mov- ies from th e [For Web (MPE G -2)] index sc reen to your f avorite vide o sharing W eb site. Y ou will need to have installed the s oftware su pplied with your Eye-Fi card and completed all t he req uired confi[...]

External Conne ctions  129 NOTES • Dep ending o n the amount of data to be tran s ferred or wirele ss s ign al condit ion s , u ploadin g may ta k e a lon g time. In addit ion, i f wir ele ss s ignal condit ion s wo r s en, uplo ading ma y be int errupted . •W i r e l e ss tran s fer will de cr ea s e the ef fective u s age time of t he batt[...]

130  Additional Information Additional Information This chapter contains tr oubles hooting advice, sc reen mes- sages, handling and maintenanc e tips, and othe r information. Appendix: Men u Option s Li s t s Menu items not available app ear grayed out. For details about how to select an item, r efer to Using the Menus ( 31). For deta ils about [...]

Addition al Informatio n  131 Setup Menus FUNC. Menu (Playback Mo des) (movie playbac k ), (playbac k of vide o s nap s ho t s cene s ): - available onl y in t he or ig inal inde x s creen; - available on ly in the pl ayli s t index s creen; z - avail- able in bo th; — - not available in either . (photo playbac k ): - available only in s ingle[...]

132  Additional Information 1 / Availabl e only for photo s on the memory card. 2 Available o nly for s cene s in the built in memory . Set u p Men us Came ra Setup 1 ( Mode ) [Protect] – – – 96 [Individual Phot os], [S elected Photos ], [Rem ov e All] –– [Pri nt Ord ers] 1 0-99 copies – – 103 [Individual Phot os], [Selecte d Photo[...]

Addition al Informatio n  133 [Frame Rate]: S elect s the frame rate to be u s ed when recording . [ PF30]: 3 0 frame s per s econd, progre ss ive. U s e thi s frame rate t o ea s ily edit your re cording s , for exa mple, to po s t them on the Web. [ PF24]: 24 frame s per s econd, pr ogre ss ive. U s in g thi s fram e rate w ill give your r eco[...]

134  Additional Information *F o r m o v i e s only . [Digita l Zoom]: De termin e s the operation of the digital z oom. The col or of th e indica tor indi - cate s the z oom. • When ac tivat ed, the cam- corder wi ll s witch a utomaticall y to digital z oom w hen you z oom in beyon d the op tica l z oom range. • With the digita l z oom the [...]

Addition al Informatio n  135 • Whe n [Image S tab ili z er] i s s et to [ Dynam ic], if the bac k groun d ’ s movement doe s not appear natura l, s elec t [ S tandard] or [ Off] . [Flicker Re duction]: If the s cr een s ta rt s to fli c k er when recordin g movie s unde r flu ore s cent li ght s , c hange t he s etting to red uce the ef fec[...]

136  Additional Information [Onscreen Markers]: Y ou can di s play a grid or a hori z ontal li ne at the cen- ter of t he s cr een . U s e the mar k er s a s a refe renc e to ma k e s ure y our s ub - ject i s framed co rrectly (ve rticall y a nd/or hori z ontally). •U s ing the on s creen ma r k er s will not af fect the reco rd ing s . [Wind[...]

Addition al Informatio n  137 [ Cam era D ata] : Di s play s the ap ert ure (f- s top) and s hutte r s peed u s ed when rec ording the s cene. [USB Connection T ype]: S elect the connecti on pr otocol to u s e when con- nect ing th e camco rde r to an exte rnal devic e u s ing the s upplied U S B cable . [ DVD Burner]: T o connect e xclu s i vel[...]

138  Additional Information [LCD Screen Dimmer]: When s et to [ On], the L CD s creen i s dim med. Doing s o i s ideal w hen u s ing the camcorder in l ocation s where th e LCD’ s illumi nation coul d beco me a nui s ance to oth er s . Hold pre ss ed down for about 2 s econ d s to r e s tore t he L CD’ s normal brig htne ss . • Dim ming t [...]

Addition al Informatio n  139 1 Option not available when the cam corder i s connected to an HD TV u s ing an HDM I cable. 2 Option available only fr om th e original movie s in dex s creen. [Notif icati on Sounds]: A beep wil l accom pany s ome operation s li k e turn- ing on the camcorder , the s elf-timer coun tdown, etc. [Pow e r Savi ng Mod[...]

140  Additional Information • Depen ding o n the T V s et, addit ional s etti ng s may be requir ed on the TV it s elf to activat e the HDMI-CEC fu nction. Refer to the TV’ s in s truction manual. • Cor re ct oper ation of the HDM I-CEC func tion cannot b e gua ranteed even when co nnect ing the cam cord er to comp ati ble TV s et s . If y[...]

Addition al Informatio n  141 Lang uage a nd Da te/T ime S etup [Date Format]: S elect the date format to be u s ed for mo s t o n- s creen di s - play s , an d (if s elected) f or the date p rinted on ph oto s . [Calenda r Start Da y]: S elect th e day on which the wee k s tart s for th e cal - enda r di s pl ay ( 49). Information Sc reens Menu[...]

142  Additional Information [Memor y Info]/[M emor y Card Info]: Di s play s a s creen w here you can ver- i fy h o w m u c h o f t h e b u i l t -i n m e m o r y o r t h e m e m o r y c ar d i s cur rently in u s e ( total recor ding time and total number of photo s ) and how muc h s pace rema in s availa ble for recording. •E s timated f igu[...]

Addition al Informatio n  143 Appendix: On s creen Icon s and Di s play s Recording Movies 1 O perating m ode ( 27) 2 R ecording program ( 55, 57) 3 W hite balan ce ( 6 3) 4 Im age effect ( 65) 5 Digital ef fe ct ( 65) 6 Rec ord ing mode ( 41) 7 F lic k er reduction ( 133) 8 P re-recording ( 59) 9 M emory oper ation ( 146) A q Instant A F ( 1 33[...]

144  Additional Information Recording Photos S g Zoom ( 42), Expos ure ( 60) S h Photo quality/size ( 8 7) S j S el f timer ( 59 ) S k Number of ava ilable photo s On the m emory card / In the bui lt-i n memo ry S l Ca mcorder sha k e warning ( 13 3) D q F ace detection ( 62) D a A F frame ( 8 6) D s F ocus and e xposure loc k (8 6 ) Playing Mov[...]

Addition al Informatio n  145 * The ligh t metering m ode cannot be changed . Viewing Photos D h Hist ogram ( 95) D j C urrent photo / T otal num ber of photo s D k P hoto nu mber ( 139) D l Protecte d pho to mar k (9 6 ) F q D ate and time of recordi ng F a File size F s Manual ex posure ( 60) F d Photo si ze ( 87) F f Ape rtur e value F g Eval[...]

146  Additional Information Memory operation Recor d, Record pause, Pl ayba ck, Pla yback p ause, Fast pla yback, Fa st re verse pl ayb ack, Slow playb ack, Slow reverse p layback Remaining battery time • The icon shows a rough es timate of the remaini ng charge as a percentage of the full charge of the batt ery pa ck. • When is displayed in[...]

Addition al Informatio n  147 Trou b le? Tr o u ble s hooting If you have a proble m with your camcord er , refer to this section. S ome- times what you thin k is a malfunct ion of the camc order may hav e the simplest of solution s - please read the “CHE C K THI S FIR S T” box before going on to the more detailed problems and solutions. Con[...]

148  Additional Information Recording Pre ss ing will not s tart reco rding. - Y ou cannot record while the camcorder is writi ng previous recordings onto the memory (while the A CC ESS indicator is on or flashing). Wait until the camcorder has finished. - The memory is full or it already contains the maximum nu mber of scenes (3,999 scene s ). [...]

Addition al Informatio n  149 Cannot move s cene s in the playli s t. - The memory is full. Delete some recordings ( 53, 90) or initial ize the memor y ( 38) to free some space. Cannot delete a s cene . - Y ou may not be able to delete s cenes recorded or edited usi ng another device. Deleting s cene s tak e s longer than usu al. - When the memo[...]

150  Additional Information Indi cat ors a nd On scree n Display s light s u p in red. - Battery pack is exhausted. Repl ace or charge the battery pack. light s u p in red. - A memor y card error occurred. T urn off the camcorder . Remove and re insert the memory card. Initialize the memory card if the display does not change back to nor mal. - [...]

Addition al Informatio n  151 Screen di s play s t u rn on and off repeatedly . - The battery pack is exhausted. Re place or charge the battery pack. - Remove the battery pack and reattach it correctl y . Abnormal character s appear on the s creen and the camcorder doe s not operate properly . - Disconnect the power sour ce and reconnect it a ft[...]

152  Additional Information - The folder and file numbers have reached their maximum value. Set [Photo Number- ing] to [Reset] and insert a new memory card. Cannot u pload file s us ing an Eye-Fi card. - Files cannot be uplo aded when [Eye-Fi C ommunication] is set to [Off] (when appears on the screen). C hange this se tting to [Automatic]. - Op[...]

Addition al Informatio n  153 - Disconnect the USB cable and turn off the camcorder . After a short while, turn it on again and restore the connection. - C onnect the camcorder to a differ ent USB port on the computer . - The camcorder will not be recognized while all pho tos are being deleted or all print orders are being removed. The printer i[...]

154  Additional Information Back u p recordin g s reg u larly - This message may appear when you tur n on the camcorder . In the event of a malfunction, recordings may be lost s o back up your recordings r egularly . B u ff er ov erf low. Rec ord ing wa s s topped. - The data transfer rate was too high for the memory card in use and the recordin[...]

Addition al Informatio n  155 Cannot play back - There is a problem w ith the memory . If this message appears often without apparent reas on, contact a C anon Service C enter . / Cannot play back Cannot acce ss the b u ilt-in memory - There is a problem with the built-in memory . Save your recordings ( 111) and initialize the built-in memory us[...]

156  Additional Information Cannot rec ord movie s on thi s memor y card - Movies cannot be reco rded on a 64 MB or smalle r memory card. Use a recommended mem- ory card ( 35). Cannot rec ord movie s on thi s memor y card Initialize only us ing the camcorder - The memory card in the camcorder was initia lized using a computer . Initialize the me[...]

Addition al Informatio n  157 Use the computer’ s Safely Remove Hardware f unction to end the co nnection and disconne ct the USB cable before using the camcorder . - T o be able to write back sce nes and to transfer music files to the camcorder , power the cam- corder using the compact power adapter and only then connect it to the computer us[...]

158  Additional Information Memory card i s write-protected - The LO C K switch on the memory card is se t to prevent accidental erasur e. C hange the posi- tion of the LO C K switch ( 165). Need to rec over file s from the m emory card. Change the po s ition of the LOCK s witch on the memory card. - This message will appear the next time you tu[...]

Addition al Informatio n  159 Some photo s co u ld not be deleted - Protected photos ( ) cannot be deleted. Remove the protection ( 96). Some s cene s co u ld not be added to the playli s t - Scenes that were not recorded with this camcorder cannot be a dded to the playlist. - The playlist can contain a max imum of 999 scenes. If the pla ylist i[...]

160  Additional Information - If a dialog box appeared on the co mputer screen, clo se it. Disconnect the US B cable, and restore the connection after a short while. / T otal play time i s too long - The playlist cannot b e converted when its total playbac k time exceeds 2 hours and 30 min- utes. Reduce the number of scenes in the playlist. Unab[...]

Addition al Informatio n  161 No di s c - Insert a disc into the DVD burner . - This message can appear also if condensation has formed ( 167 ). Wait until the DVD burner dries completely before r esuming use. No photo s - There are no photos to add to the di sc. No s cene s - There are no scenes to add to the disc. No s cene s left to add - The[...]

162  Additional Information Low ink level - The ink cartridge nee ds to be replaced soon. Select [ C ontinue] to restart printing. No ink - The ink cartridge is not inser ted or is out of ink. Replac e the ink cartridge. No paper - Paper is not correctly insert ed or there is no paper . Paper er ror - There is a problem with the paper . The pape[...]

Additional Information  163 Do’s an d Don ’ts Handling Pre ca u tion s Camcorder Be sur e to observe th e follow ing pr ecautions to ensur e max imum pe r- forma nce. • S ave your recordings periodically . Ma k e s u re to tran s fer your recor d- ing s to an exte rnal d evic e s uch a s a computer or digital video recor der ( 111) and s a[...]

164  Additional Information • When recor ding movies, try to get a calm, stable picture. Exce ss ive camc or der move men t whil e s hooting and exten s ive u s e of fa s t z oom s and pann ing can r e s ult in jit tery s cene s . In ext rem e ca s e s , th e pl aybac k of s uch s cene s may re s ult in vi s ually induc ed m otion s ic k ne ss[...]

Additional Information  165 About the b atter y termin al cover The battery terminal cover ha s a [ ]- s hape d hole. Thi s i s u s eful when you wi s h to differ entiate between charged and uncharged battery pac ks . Memory Card • W e re commen d bac k ing up the reco rdin g s o n the mem ory car d onto your comp uter . D ata m ay be c orrup [...]

166  Additional Information B u ilt-in Rec hargeable Lithi u m Batte ry The camcor der has a built-in r echar geable lithium batte ry to k eep the date/ti me and othe r settings. The bu ilt-in lithium battery is rechar ged while you use the camcorder; however , it will dischar ge completely if you do no t use the camcorder for about 3 months. T [...]

Additional Information  167 Maintenance/Other s Cleaning Camcor der Body •U s e a s oft, dry cloth to cle an the camcor der body . Never u s e chemical ly tr eated cloth s or vola tile s ol vent s s uch a s pai nt thinner . Lens an d Instant AF Sens or •I f t h e l e n s s urface or In s tan t AF s en s or i s dirty , au tofocu s may n ot wo[...]

168  Additional Information • R emove th e memory car d and batte ry pac k . Then, pl ace th e camco rder in an airtig ht p la s tic bag and l et it adju s t grad ually to te mpera tur e change s be fore re mo vin g it from the bag . When cond ensation is detect ed The ca mcorder autom atically s hut s off . The prec i s e time requir ed for w[...]

Additional Information  169 G eneral Information Acce ss orie s Optional acces sories not listed below ar e described in m ore detail in the following pages. * CA-59 0E including powe r cor d, in A s ia. ** S upplied wi th the cam corder; not avail able a s an op tional acce ss ory . (Av ailability differs from area to area) SS-600/SS-650 Should[...]

170  Additional Information Option al Acce ss orie s Call or v isit your local r etailer/dealer fo r genuine Canon v ideo acce sso- ries. Y ou can also obtain genuine accessories for your Canon ca m- corder b y calling: 1-800-828-4040, Canon U. S .A. Informat ion Center . Batte ry Pa cks When you need e xtra battery p ac ks , s elec t the NB- 2L[...]

Additional Information  171 Recording and P layback Times Recording and play bac k time s given in the following tab le s are appr oxi- mate and vary according to recording mode and charging, recor ding or playbac k con ditio n s . Th e effectiv e u s age ti me of the b attery pac k ma y decrea s e when r ecor ding in cold s urr ounding s , whe [...]

172  Additional Information CBC-NB2 Car Battery C harger U s e the car batter y charger to charge battery pac ks on the go. The car battery char ger’ s cabl e plug s into your ca r’ s cig- arette light er and ru n s off a 12-24 V DC negative gr ound batt ery . SC-2000 Soft Carrying Case A handy camcorder bag with padded comp artmen t s and p[...]

Additional Information  173 Prod u ct C ode s Provided Acc essorie s CA-590 Compact Power Adapter D85-1671-000 BP-2L5 Battery Pac k D85-1632-000 S TV -250N S tere o Video Cable 3067A002AA (D82-0590-002) IFC-300PCU U S B Cable 6906A001 AA Optional Access ories NB-2LH Battery Pac k 9612A001AA CB-2L W Battery Charger 0763B001AA CBC-NB2 Car Battery [...]

174  Additional Information Specification s VIXIA HF R11 / VIXIA HF R10 / VIX IA HF R100 System • Recording Sy s tem Movies: AV C HD Video compression: MPEG-4 AV C /H.264; Audio compression: D olby Digital 2ch Photos: D C F (Design rule for C amera File system), compatible with Exif* Ver . 2.2 and with DPOF** Image compression: JPEG (Super Fin[...]

Additional Information  175 Effective pixels (all figures are approximate values) Movies: 1,040,000 pixels (optical zoom, [Image Stabilizer] set to [Dynamic]) 1,560,000 pixels ([Image Stabilizer] set to [Off] or [Standard]) 16:9 photos: 1,560,000 pixels 4:3 photos: 1,730,000 pixels • LCD Screen: 2.7 in., wide, TFT color , approx. 112,000 dots [...]

176  Additional Information Power/Other s • Power su pply (rated) 7.4 V D C (battery pack), 8.4 V D C (compact power adapter) • Power con su mption: 2.8 W (SP mode, AF on, L C D normal brightness) • Operating temperat u re: 0 – 40 ° C (32 – 104 °F) • Dimen s ion s [W x H x D] (excl u ding the grip belt): 60 x 64 x 124 mm (2.4 x 2.5[...]

Additional Information  177 Abou t the music files The specific ations of the music fi les compa tible wi th the camcor der are as follows. A udi o enc odin g: Linea r PCM A udio sa mpling: 48 k Hz, 16 bits, 2 channels Minimum length: 1 s econd File extensio n: WA V The music data is saved in the memory under the following folder structure. / In[...]

178  Additional Information Index 24p Cinem a Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 A Abroad, using the camco rder . . . . 168 Aspect r atio of a c onnect ed TV (TV type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Audio recording level . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 Auto Bac k light Correction . . . . . . 134 Auto slow shutte r . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 A[...]

Additional Information  179 I Image effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Image stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 33 Index screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 47 Init ia lizat ion (built- in memory*/ memory c ard) . . . 38 J Joystic k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Joystic k guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 L L[...]

180  Additional Information T Te l e p h o t o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Time zo ne/D S T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 T ransferrin g recordings to a comput er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 Tr i p o d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Tr o u b l e s h o[...]

181 C A NON CON S UMER DIGIT A L VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED W A RR A NTY FOR THE UNI TED S T A TE S The limited warranty se t forth below is given by C anon U.S.A., Inc. (“ C anon USA ”) with respect to C ano n C on sumer Digital Video Equi pment (the “Equipment”) pu rchased in the United States. This limited warranty is onl y effective upon p[...]

182 LOSS OR C ORRUPTION OF DA T A, IN C LUDING WITHOUT LIMITA TIO N, LOSS OR C ORRUPTION OF DA TA STORED O N THE EQUIPMENT’S HARD DRIVE, OR ANY OTHER SPE C IAL, IN C IDENTAL OR C ONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES C AUSED BY THE USE, MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THE EQUIPMENT , REGARDLESS OF TH E LEGAL THEORY ON WHI C H TH E C LAIM IS BASED, AND EVEN IF C ANON U[...]

183 C A NON CON S UMER DIGIT A L VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED W A RR A NTY The limited warranty se t forth below is given by C ano n C anada Inc . (“ C anon C anada”) with r espect to C anon C on sume r Digital Video Equipme nt (the “Equipment”) purchas ed in C anada. This lim ited warranty is only effec tive upon pres entation of a bill of sale[...]

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