Canon HFR17 manuel d'utilisation

PUB. DIE-0343-000 HD Camcorder Instruction Manual[...]

2 Introd u ction Important Usage Instructions WARNING! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK , DO NOT REMO VE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEA BLE PAR TS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONN EL. WARNING! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECT[...]

3 European Union (and EEA) only . These symbols indicate that thi s product is not to be disposed of with your household waste, ac cording to the WEEE Directi ve (2002/96/E C ), the Batter y Directiv e (2006/66/E C ) and/or y our national laws implementing t hose Dire ctives. This produ ct should be handed over to a designated co llection po int, e[...]

4 Exciting F eatures and New Functions High-Definition Vi deo Y our ca mcorder ’ s high-definition image s en s or (HD CMO S ) capture s video at a re s olution of 1 , 920 x 1, 080 pixel s 2 . Vide o s are th en record ed in t he m emory in h igh definition, u s ing A VCHD s pecification s 3 . With your new HD camcorder , capturing the s pecial m[...]

5 Smart AUTO (2 4 ) S mart AUTO automatically s ele ct s the be s t s etting s for the s cene yo u want to s hoot. Yo u g e t s pect acular r ecording s ev ery time with out w orry ing abou t s etting s . Video Snap s hot (5 5 ) S hoot or capt ure s hort s cene s and arrange them into a video clip s et to you r favori te bac k gro und mu s ic. Face[...]

6 Enjoying yo u r Recording s on Ot her D evice s AVCHD MPEG- 2 S D-Video Eye-Fi SD C onnect the c amcorder to an HDTV ( 103) C onnect the camcorde r t o the optional DW-100 DV D Burner ( 106, 108) AV C HD disc 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 card [...]

Table of conte nt s  7  Introduction 4 Exciting Feature s and New Function s 11 About thi s Manual 13 Getting to Know the Camcorder 13 S uppl ied Acce ss orie s and CD-ROM s 15 Name s of Part s  Preparations 18 Ge ttin g S tarted 18 Charging the B attery Pac k 21 Preparing t he Acce ss orie s 22 Adju s ting the Po s ition and Brightne ss o[...]

8  Table of cont ent s  V ide o 37 Ba s ic Recording 37 S hooting Video 38 S electing t he V ideo Quality ( Record ing Mode) 39 Zooming 40 Quic k S tart Function 42 Ba s ic Playbac k 42 Playing Bac k the V ideo 44 S electing w hat Recor ding s to Play Bac k 46 S earching for S cene s 49 Pre- s el ecting Reco rdi ng s from the Index S cre en 5[...]

Table of conte nt s  9  Photos 79 Ba s ic Recording 79 T a k ing P hoto s 80 S electing Photo S ize and Quality 82 Ba s ic Pla yb ac k 82 Viewing Photo s 83 Deleting Photo s 85 Magnifying Photo s during Play bac k 86 Additional Function s 86 S lid e s how 87 Rotating Photo s 87 Hi s togram Di s play 88 Cap turing Photo s from a Movie 89 Prote[...]

10  Table of cont ent s  Additional Information 122 Appendix: Men u Option s Li s t s 122 FUNC. Menu 125 S etup Menu s 135 On s cr een Icon s and Di s play s 139 T rouble ? 139 T rouble s hooting 145 Li s t of Me ss age s 155 Do’ s an d Don’t s 155 Handling Precaution s 159 Maintenance/Other s 160 U s ing the Camcorder Abr oad 161 General[...]

Introdu ction  11 Abo u t thi s Man u al Than k yo u for p urcha s ing th e Canon L EGR IA HF R1 8 / LEGRI A HF R1 7 / LEGRIA HF R16 / LEGRIA HF R106. P lea s e read thi s manual carefully befo re you u s e the camcorder and retain it for future r eference. S hould your camcorder fail to operate correctly , refer to Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g [...]

12  Introduction Selecting the Video Q u ality (Recording M ode) The camcorder offer s 4 recording mode s . Changing the recording mode will change the recording time available on the memory . S elect FXP or XP+ mode for better movie q uality; s ele ct LP mode for longer record ing t ime s . The following table give s appro ximate recording time[...]

Introdu ction  13 Getting to K now the Cam co rd er S u pplied Acce ss orie s and CD-ROM s The following acce ss orie s are s upplied with the camcorder: X C A-590E C ompact Power Adapter (incl. power cord) BP-2L5 Batter y 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 C -100/S C omponent [...]

14  Introduction The following CD -ROM s and s of twar e ar e s up plied with the camc order : • PIXELA A pplication - Dis c 1 CD-ROM* and ‘PIXELA Application s’ In s tallatio n G uide - ImageMi xer 3 SE T ran s fer Utilit ie s - Softwa re for s aving and tran s ferring movie s and mu s ic file s you can u s e a s backgr ound mu s ic. • [...]

Introdu ction  15 Name s of Part s 1 (camera /play) b utton ( 26) 2 VIDEO S NAP (video s na p s hot) button (5 5 ) 3 // WEB bu tton ( 116) 4 button ( 24 )/ // INDEX S EL. (ind ex s electio n) button ( 44 )/ PLA YL I S T butt on ( 44 ) 5 DI S P. ( o n - s creen d i s play) butto n (6 4 ) 6 ACCE SS in dic at or ( 37 , 79 ) 7 S trap mo unt ( 21) 8 [...]

16  Introduction A s Zoom l ever ( 39 ) A d PHOTO bu tton ( 79 ) A f POW ER b utto n A g ON/OFF (CHG) (c harge) indicator : Green – On Orange – S ta ndby ( 40 ) Red – Cha rging ( 1 8) A h LCD s cre en ( 22) A j Joy s tic k (2 7 ) A k FUNC. button ( 28, 122) A l U S B termin al ( 99, 10 2) S q HDMI OUT terminal ( 99, 100) S a COMP ONE NT OU[...]

Introdu ction  17 S g Tr i p o d s oc k et ( 1 55) S h Memory card s lot (3 3 ) S j Battery com partmen t S k Battery relea s e latch S l Battery com partmen t cover/Memor y card s lot cover D q Seria l nu mber The s erial nu mber label i s lo cated on the ba ttery com partmen t cover . Botto m vi ew[...]

18  Prepa rati on s Prepar ation s Thi s cha pter de s cribe s ba s ic op er ation s , s uch a s navigating the menu s , and fir s t time s etting s to help you learn more about your camcord er . Getting Started Charging the Batter y Pack The camco rd er can be power ed with a battery pa c k or direct ly u s ing the com- pact power ada p ter . C[...]

Prepa ration s  19 4 Slide the battery compartment cover away from the lens and open it. 5 Remove the battery terminal cover from the battery pack. 6 Insert the battery pack all the way into the compartment and press gently until it clicks. 7 Close the co ver and slide it toward the lens until you hear a click. 8 Charging will star t when the ca[...]

20  Prepa rati on s To remove the batte ry pac k 1 S lide the battery compartment cove r a way from th e le n s and open it. 2P r e ss the battery rele a s e latc h and pul l out the batte ry pac k . 3C l o s e the cover and s lide i t toward the len s until you hear a clic k . IMPORT AN T • T urn off the camcorder b efore con necting or di s [...]

Prepa ration s  21 • W e recommen d that you pre p ar e battery pa ck s to la s t 2 to 3 time s longer th an you think you might need . Prep arin g the A cce ss orie s Fasten the grip belt. Adju s t the gri p belt s o that you ca n reac h the zoom l ever with your in d ex finger , and the button with your thumb. To r emove th e grip belt 1 Lif[...]

22  Prepa rati on s To attach an optio nal wri s t s trap Pass the attaching end o f the wrist strap through the rear bracket on the cam- corder , thread the wrist strap through the loop and fasten. Y ou can al s o attach the wri s t s trap to the s trap mount on the grip belt to u s e both for extra conveni ence and pro tectio n. To attach an o[...]

Prepa ration s  23 NOTES • About the LCD scr een: The s cr een i s produced u s ing extr emely high- pre- ci s ion manufactur ing techni que s , with mor e than 99.99% of th e pixel s operating to s pecification. Le ss than 0.01% of the pixel s may occa s ion - ally m i s fire or appear a s black, red, blue or green dot s . Thi s ha s no ef fe[...]

24  Prepa rati on s Ba s ic Operation of the Camcorder Operating Mode s Recording The camcor der of fer s two ba s ic mode s for recording video and photo s : S mar t AU TO ( ) mo de fo r b egin ner s or i f y ou ju s t prefer not to bother wi th detaile d camcor der s etting s , and flexible r ecor d ing ( ) mode, which let s you c hange the ca[...]

Prepa ration s  25 •W h e n s hooting i n mode, t he camcor der will automatical l y detect ce rtain cha racteri s tic s of the s ubje ct, ba ckground , lig hting con dition s , et c. It will th en ad ju s t variou s s etting s (focu s , ex po s ur e, colo r , image s tabilization, image quality , among other s ), s electing the be s t s ettin[...]

26  Prepa rati on s NOTES • In mode, menu s cannot b e ac ce ss ed but the fol lowing s etti ng s can be chan ged in a dvance. - Recording mode of movie s - Size /qua lity o f phot o s - // Yo u r s election of r ecording media f or movie s / photo s -V i d e o s nap s hot le ngth -A u t o s low s hutte r -A l l s etting s under the s etup me [...]

Prepa ration s  27 NOTES • // When s witching to a playbac k mode, the memory s elected for playba ck will be the s ame curr ently u s ed fo r reco rdi ng . Joy s tick and Joy s tick G u ide U s e the joy s tic k to op erat e th e cam cord er’ s menu s . If the joy s tic k guide doe s not appear on the s creen, pre ss or pu s h the joy s tic[...]

28  Prepa rati on s U s ing the Men us Many of the camcor der’ s fu n ctio n s can be adj u s ted from the menu s that open after p re ss ing . I n mode , menu s cannot be acce ss ed and, e xcept in a few ca s e s , mo s t menu s etting s wil l return to their default value s . For detail s ab out the a vai lab le m en u option s and s etting [...]

Prepa ration s  29 Selecting an Option from t he Setu p Menus 1P r e s s . 2 Select ( , ) [ Menu] and press to open th e setup menus. Y ou ca n al s o hold pre ss ed down for mor e than 1 s econ d to open dir ectly the s etup m enu s s cre en. 3 Select ( ) the tab of the desired menu. 4 Select ( ) the setting you want to change and press . • T[...]

30  Prepa rati on s Fir s t T ime Setting s Setting the Date an d Time Y ou will need to s et the date and time of the camcor der befor e you can s tart u s ing it. Th e [Date/ Time] s cr een will appear automatically when t he cam- cord er’ s cl oc k i s not s et. When the [ Date/T ime] s cr een ap pear s , the year will be s elected. 1 Chang[...]

Prepa ration s  31 Changing the Lang u age The default language of the c amcorder i s Engli s h. Y ou can s et it t o one of 23 other language s . NOTES •T h e d i s play s and t hat a ppear in s ome menu s creen s re fe r t o the name of button s on the camcorder and w ill not change, regardl e ss of the language s el ected. Changing the Time[...]

32  Prepa rati on s U s ing a Memor y Card Memory Card s Compati ble fo r U s e with th e Camcorder Y ou can u s e commercially available S DHC ( S D hi gh capacity) memory c ard s and S D me mor y card s with thi s camcorder . How- ever , depending on th e memory c ard, you ma y not be able t o r ecord movie s . Refer to the table below . A s o[...]

Prepa ration s  33 In s erting and Removing a Memory Card Ma k e s ure to initialize ( 35) all memory card s befo re u s ing them with thi s camcor der . 1 T ur n off the camco rder . Make s ur e the ON/OFF (CHG) indi cator i s of f. 2 Slide the memory car d slot cover away from the lens and open it. 3 Insert the memory car d straight, with th e[...]

34  Prepa rati on s // Sele cting the M emory for the Recor ding s Y ou can s elect to recor d your movie s an d photo s in the built-in mem- ory or on a mem ory card. The built-in memory i s the default memory fo r rec o rdi ng bo th . POINTS TO CHECK •B e s ur e you under s tand th e inf orma tion provid ed in Eye- Fi car d s ( 32) before u [...]

Prepa ration s  35 * The appr oximate availab le recor ding time will now r eflect the combined s pace i n the b uilt-in me mory and memor y card. NOTES • An y of t he following actio n s will deactiva te the r elay rec ord ing func tion. - T ur ning off the camcor der - Opening t he memory car d s lo t cov er - Changing t he camcor der ’s o[...]

36  Prepa rati on s *P r e ss to cancel the complete initia lization while it i s in pr ogre ss . All reco rding s will be era s ed and th e memory can be u s ed with out an y pr obl em. Option s IMPORT AN T • Initial izin g th e m emor y w ill per man ently era s e all reco rding s . Lo s t orig i- nal re co rdi ng s ca nn ot be reco vered . [...]

Video  37 Video Thi s chapter cover s funct ion s related to s hooting movie s , including rec ording, pla ybac k , advanced function s an d playli s t and s cene operatio n s . Ba s ic Recording Shooting Video 1 T ur n on the camcorder . // By def ault, movi e s are reco r ded in the bu ilt- in memor y . Alt ernat iv ely , you c an s et the mem[...]

38  Video •B e s ure to s ave your recor ding s reg ul ar ly ( 1 0 4), e s pe cial ly a fter m ak- ing imp ortan t recording s . Canon s hall no t be l iable for a ny lo ss or co r- ruption of da ta. NOTES • About the Power Save mode: If [Power Saving Mode ] i s s et to [ On], the camco rder wi ll s hut off automat ically to s ave pow er whe[...]

Video  39 Zoomin g The camcor der of fer s optical (20x) and digital ( // : 400x, : 800x) zoom. Y ou can turn on the digital zoom with the [Digital Zoom] s etting. Move t he zoo m lever towa rd W (wid e a n g l e ) t o zo o m o u t . M ov e i t t o w ar d T (telephoto) to zoom in. By default, the zoom lever operate s at a vari ab le s peed – p[...]

40  Video • In mode, you can al s o s et [Zoo m Sp eed ] to on e of th ree con s tan t s peed s (3 i s the fa s te s t, 1 the s lowe s t). • When [Z oom Speed] i s s et to [ V ariable], the z oom s peed will be fa s ter in r ecord pau s e mode th an when actually reco r ding, except when pre-r ecording ( 56) i s activat ed. Q u ick S tart F [...]

Video  41 • The camc order will s hu t off if left in s tandby mode f or 10 minut e s , re g a rd l e ss of the [Power Savi ng Mode] s ettin g. Pre ss to tur n on th e camc order . •Y o u c a n s elect the length of time until s hut- off or turn off the Q uick Start function al together with the [Quick Start] s ett i ng. • Whe n the camcor[...]

42  Video Ba s ic Playback Playing Back the Video 1P r e s s . • The or igina l movi e s index s cree n will appear in m o s t ca s e s . • If a photo appear s in s ingle photo view , move the zoom lever toward W to open the photo i ndex s creen. Switch to the ori ginal movie s index s creen ( 4 4). 2 Move ( , ) the selection frame to the sc[...]

Video  43 IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e fol lowing p re caution s while th e ACCES S indi cator i s on or fla s hing. Fail ing to d o s o may re s ult in permane nt data lo ss . - Do not open the me mory card s lot c over . -D o n o t d i s co nne ct th e po wer s our ce or turn of f the camcor der . - Do not c hang e th e ca mcorde r ’s oper[...]

44  Video Sk ipping s cen e s Open ( ) the joy s tic k guide S elect ( ) the middle row P u s h the joy s tic k () toward * to sk ip to the beginning o f the current s ce ne or to sk ip to the next s cene. *P u s h the joy s tick/pre ss the button twice to s kip to t he beginn ing of th e previou s s cene. Ending s pecial pl aybac k m ode s Duri[...]

Video  45 1 In the index screen, move ( ) the orange selection frame to the tabs on the top of the screen. 2 Select ( ) the ta b corresponding to the recordings you want to play back. 3 Return ( ) to the index screen to select a scene or photo. By default, the index s creen will s how up to 6 item s ( s cene s or photo s ). Move the zoom lever t[...]

46  Video // For s cene s in the built-in memory: pr e ss For s cene s on th e memory car d: pr e ss and then s elect [Playli s t]. Pre ss . T o open the index s creen for s cene s conv erted into s tandar d defi nitio n ( / / only) Y ou can al s o ope n th e inde x s creen for s cene s converted into s tandar d definit ion f or W eb upload ( 11[...]

Video  47 • // Y ou ca n s elec t the o rigina l movie s in the built -in memor y or on the memory card . •Y o u c a n p r e ss to open the index s creen for vi deo s nap s hot s ce ne s . 2 Open the calend ar screen. • The ca lendar s creen ap pea r s . •D a t e s th at cont ain s cene s (that i s , movie s were re co rded on tha t date[...]

48  Video •T h e l i s t o f re co rdi ng s di s play s all date s in which recordin g s were made. An orange s elect ion frame appear s on the day . • Th e thumbnail s how s a s till ima ge from the fir s t s cene r ecor d ed on that day . Belo w it wil l app ear the numb er of s cene s rec orde d ( ) and t he total recordin g time for the [...]

Video  49 NOTES •Y o u c a n p r e ss t o retur n to the nor mal ind ex s creen at any tim e. Pre- s electing Recor ding s from the Index Screen Y ou can s elect in advance a number of original movie s or photo s from the index s cr een in order t o perfor m certain a ction s on them collec- tively , a ll at once. mode: Delete, co py* or add t[...]

50  Video 4 Press tw ice to close the menu. To cancel all the s election s NOTES •T h e p r e - s election of s cene s /p hoto s will be canceled if you turn of f the camcorder or change the op erating mode. •S c e n e s in th e playl i s t cannot be included i n the pr e- s elect ion. Deletin g Scene s Y ou can delete tho s e s cene s that [...]

Video  51 Thi s s tep i s not ne ce ss ary to dele te all s cene s or prev io u s ly s elected s cene s . 3 Delete the scene(s). *I f y o u s elected an y option o ther th an [Thi s Scene ], you can pre ss to inter - rupt the operation while it i s in pr ogre ss . S ome s cene s will be de leted neverthe- le ss . Opt ion s IMPORT AN T • B e ca[...]

52  Video Advanced F u nction s Progra mmed AE and S peci al Sce ne Recor ding Pro gram s The recording program determ ine s how much control y ou have over the camcor der’ s rec o rdi n g- rel at ed s etting s . S elect the [ Programmed AE] recor ding program to give you full contr ol over function s li k e th e white bal ance or image ef fec[...]

Video  53 [S p o r t s ] T o re c o rd s port s s cen e s s uch a s tenni s or golf. [S n o w ] T o re cord in br ig ht s ki r e s ort s without the s ubject being under expo s ed. [ Bea ch ] T o rec ord o n a s unny beach without the s ubject being under expo s ed. [S u n s e t ] T o re cord s un s et s in vibrant colo r s . [ N i g h t S c e n[...]

54  Video NOTES • [ Po rtrait]/[ Sport s ]/[ Snow ]/[ B each ]: Th e pi cture ma y n ot appear s mooth during playba ck. • [ Port rait]: The blur e ffe ct of the ba ckground incr ea s e s the mor e you zoom in ( T ). • [ Snow]/[ Beach]: The s ub ject may become over expo s ed on cloud y day s or in s haded place s . Check the image on the [...]

Video  55 To change the frame rate Video Snap s hot Recor d a s erie s of s hort s cene s . Play your video s nap s hot s cene s s et to your favorite mu s ic ( 69) to create your own fun mu s ic video. Y ou will be s urpri s ed how by ch anging the bac k gr ound mu s ic, you can give your s cene s an entir ely new feel. 1P r e s s . • A blue [...]

56  Video Pre-recording F u nction The camcorder will s ta rt recor ding 3 s econd s befor e you pre ss , en s uring you do not mi ss impo rta nt s hooting opportuni- tie s . Thi s i s e s pecially u s eful w hen it i s difficult to predict when to s tart reco rd in g. 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [ Pre REC] and pr es s . • appe[...]

Video  57 For movies: Press . The camcorder s tart s r ecordi ng af ter a 10- s econd co unt down . The countdo wn appear s on the s creen. For photos: Press , first halfway to activate the autofocus and then fu lly . The camcorder will record the photo after a 10- s econd countdown . The countdo wn appear s on the s creen. NOTES • Onc e the c[...]

58  Video •T h e a d j u s tmen t ran ge and t he le ngth of the exp o s ure adju s tment indicat or will var y depen ding o n the init ial brigh tne ss o f the pictu re. • I f you operate the zoom, th e brightne ss of the image may change . 3 Adjust the ( ) the brightness of the image as requir ed , then hide ( ) the joystick guide. •T h [...]

Video  59 • The ce nter of the s cr een will be magn ified to hel p you foc u s mor e ea s ily . Y ou can al s o turn off th i s func tio n wi th th e [Fo cu s A ss i s tance] s etting. 4 Adjust ( ) the focus as required. •I f y o u w i s h to focu s on faraway s ubj ect s s uch a s m ountai n s or fir ework s , p u s h the joy s ti c k ( ) [...]

60  Video To s elect the main s ubject If there i s more than one p er s on in the pictur e, the camcorder will auto- maticall y s elect one per s on it d etermine s i s the m ain s ubject. The main s ubject i s indicated by a white fa ce detection frame and th e camcor der will optimize the s etting s for that per s on. Other face s will have g[...]

Video  61 * When you s elec t [ Cu s tom WB ], do not pre ss a nd conti nue in s te ad with th e fol low ing pr oc edur e. To s et the cu s tom white balance 1 Point the ca mcorder at a white object s o it fill s the whole s cr een and pre ss . Wh en th e ad ju s tment i s complet ed, s top s fl a s hing a nd s tay s on. The camc or der r etain [...]

62  Video Imag e Eff ect s Y ou can u s e the image e ffe ct s to cha nge the color s aturat ion and con- tra s t to record movie s an d pho to s with s pecial color ef fect s . POINTS TO CHECK • Se lect a rec ord ing p rogr am oth er than the Spe cial Sc ene r ecor ding pro- gram s . Option s (  Default value) Digital Effect s The icon of [...]

Video  63 Opt ion s (  Default value) Applying the Sel ected Digi tal Eff ect 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [ Dig ital Effects] and pre ss . • The icon of the s elect ed digi tal ef fect turn s green. •P r e ss again to deactivate the digita l eff ect ( it s ico n will turn whi te agai n). To fad e in/o ut Activate the s ele[...]

64  Video • Fad er s cannot be u s ed when r ecording vi deo s nap s hot s ce ne s or when pre -rec ord ing i s activated. On-Screen Di s play s a nd Data Code Y ou can turn mo s t on- s cr een di s play s on or off. Repeatedly press to turn the on-screen displays on/off in the following seq uence: mode: •A l l d i s pla y s on •M o s t di[...]

Video  65 A u dio Recording Level Y ou can adju s t the audio r ecording level of the built-in micr ophone. Y ou can di s play the a udio l evel in dicat or wh ile r ecor ding. Manual Adju stment of t he Audio Recor ding Level 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) [ Mic. Level] and press . • The ma nual adju s tm ent icon will appear to [...]

66  Video NOTES • When the audi o lev el m eter reach e s the red p oint (0 dB mark), th e s ound may be di s torted. • If the audio level i s too high and the s ound get s di s torted, act ivate the microp hone attenuat or with the [Microphone Attenua tor] s etting. Selecting the Playback Starting P oint If you have a very long s cene, you [...]

Video  67 3 Select ( ) the playb ack starting point from the time line ruler . 4 Press to be gin the playback. To s e lect another s ce ne Move ( ) the orange s electio n frame to the lar g e thumbnail and s elect ( ) another s cene . To move bet ween timel ine rule r page s Move ( ) the orange s electio n frame to the s lidebar bel ow the ruler[...]

68  Video 3 Select ( ) the playback starting point fr om the segment ruler . 4 Press to begin the playback. Y ou can s elec t an othe r s cene and mo ve between s e gment rule r page s in th e s am e wa y a s in the movie time line s creen ( 66). NOTES •F o r a s ingle s cene , up to 1 00 s egment s /c hange s in main s ubject w ill appe ar in[...]

Video  69 Scen e a nd P lay li s t Operation s Playing Back Recor ding s Set to Bac kgr o u nd M us ic Y ou can pla y bac k vid eo s nap s hot s ce ne s , s ce ne s in the playli s t and photo s lide s how s s et to ba c k ground mu s ic (in s tead of the original s ound) u s ing one of the s upplied trac ks . Using a S upplied M usic T rack as [...]

70  Video •Y o u c a n p r e ss to li s ten to th e t ra ck s elected. Pr e ss to s top the p layback . • Se lect [Of f] to play back s cene s with their ori ginal s ound or to play back s lide s how s w ithout any mu s ic. 4 Back in the index screen, select ( , ) the recor ding from which to start playback. 5 Press to begin the playback set[...]

Video  71 •M a c O S u s er s : U s e the Finde r to tran s fer m u s ic file s from the [M USIC] folder on t he s upplied Cam corder Supplemental Di s c to the memory card aft er it i s in itializ ed. Re fer to About the m u s ic file s ( 168 ) for the folder s truc tu re of t he m emo ry card. • // The Camcorder Supplemental Di s c incl ud[...]

72  Video 5 Select ( ) [Y es] and press . The video fr om the divi s i on point t o the end of the s ce ne will appear a s a new s cene in t he in dex s creen. NOTES • When ad vancing/r ever s ing fr ame s while dividing the s cene s , the interval will be 0.5 s econ d . •I f t h e s cene cannot be divi d ed at the point w here you pau s ed [...]

Video  73 3 Add the scene(s) to the playlist. Opt ion s • When th e operati on i s comp let ed [S cene( s ) added to th e pla yli s t] will be d i s pl ay ed. • // Scene s are added to the playli s t on the s ame mem ory t hey are reco rded on. • T o open the playli s t index s cr een fro m the origi nal movie s in dex s cre en: - // For s[...]

74  Video • // Before opening the pl ayli s t, you can s elect the origina l movi e s in the bu ilt-in memory or on the mem ory card to open the play li s t of the r e s pe ctive me mory . • T o open the pl ayli s t index s creen from the o rigina l movie s index s creen: - // For s cene s in the bui lt-i n memor y , pre ss . For s cene s on[...]

Video  75 - P r e ss . •Y o u c a n p r e ss to o pen the p layli s t index s creen for video s nap s hot s cen e s ( 55). 2 Select ( , ) the s cene you want to move. 3 Press , select [ Move] and press . 4 Move ( , ) the orange marker to the desir ed position of the scene and press . The original po s ition of t he s cene an d the curren t po [...]

76  Video -S c e n e s that wer e edited u s ing th e s oftware on the s upplied s oftware ImageMixer 3 SE and were then written back to the memory . • When the s ource s ce ne i s it s elf a video s nap s hot s cene, you may not be able to ca ptu re a video s nap s hot s cene d epending on th e length of the s our c e s cene a nd th e lengt h[...]

Video  77 Opt ion s C op ying the E ntire Pl aylist 1 Open the index screen of the b uilt-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 cre en, s ele ct the tab under the icon, an d then open th e playli s t index s cr een: - // For s cene s i n the bu ilt- in memo ry , pr e ss . For s ce ne s o n t h e m e m o r y c[...]

78  Video NOTES • If the m emory car d s lot cov er i s open , or the LOCK s witc h on the mem- ory card i s s et to preve nt wr iting, y ou wi ll not be able to co py m ovie s to the memory ca rd.[...]

Photo s  79 Photo s Refer to thi s chapter for detai l s on s hooting photo s – ta k ing photo s and playing t hem ba c k , captu ring ph ot o s fr om vide o and prin tin g photo s . Ba s ic Recording T a king Photo s 1 T ur n on the camcorder . • // By def ault, pho to s are r ecorde d in the b uilt- in memor y . Y ou c an s et th e memory [...]

80  Photo s IMPORT AN T •O b s erve the following pr eca ution s while the ACCESS indicator i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in perm ane nt da ta l o ss . - Do not ope n the me mory car d s lo t cove r . -D o n o t d i s connect the p ower s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder ’s operating[...]

Photo s  81 NOTES • The ac tua l num be r of ph oto s that ca n be recorded will var y dep endi ng on the s ubject a nd s hoo ting co nd ition 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 if you s et t he ca m- cor der to mode. • Whe n printing p hoto s , u s e the following guideline s a s a ref ere nce for s[...]

82  Photo s Ba s ic Playback Viewing Photo s 1P r e s s . • The or igina l mo vie s index s cree n will appear in mo s t ca s e s . • If a photo appear s in s ingle photo view , move the zoom lever toward W to open the photo index s creen. Pr oceed to s tep 3. 2 Open the photo index screen. • // Yo u c a n s elect the pho to s in the buil [...]

Photo s  83 Photo Jump Functi on When you hav e recor ded a lar ge number of p hoto s , you can jump 10 or 100 photo s at a time. 1 Open ( ) the joystick guide. 2 Select ( ) the icon and press . 3 Select ( ) [ Jump 10 photos] or [ Jump 100 photos]. 4 Jump ( ) the number of photos selected and pr ess . IMPORT AN T •O b s erve th e fol lowing p [...]

84  Photo s [ De lete] ap pear s on the s creen. 2 Select ( ) the photo you want to delete and press . 3 Select ( ) [Y es] and press to delete the photo . 4 Repeat steps 2-3 to delete additio nal photos or press tw ice to close the menu. Deleting Phot os from t he Index Scre en 1 Open the photo index screen. // Y ou can s elect the phot o s in t[...]

Photo s  85 Magnifying Photo s d u ring Playback In s ingle photo view , photo s can be magnified up t o 5 time s . will appear f o r pho to s th at cannot be enlar ged. 1 Move the z oom lever tow ard T . • The photo i s magnified by 2 time s and a fram e app ear s indicati ng the po s ition of the ma gnifi ed area. • T o further e nlarge th[...]

86  Photo s Additional F u nction s Slide s how Y ou can play a s lide s how of all the p hoto s and even s et it to mu s ic ( 69). 1 Open the photo index screen. 2 Select the background music to use when p laying back the photo slideshow ( 69) . 3 Back in the index screen, select first photo of the slideshow . 4 Start the slid eshow set to the [...]

Photo s  87 NOTES • The backgr ound mu s ic ma y not be played back corr ectly when p laying back a s lide s how f rom a memory card with s low t ran s f er rate s . • Whe n playi ng back a s lide s how wi th mu s ic from an ext er nal aud io play er , the s lide s how will repeat until the mu s ic fi ni s he s . Rotating Photo s Y ou can ro[...]

88  Photo s The ar ea to the right of the hi s togram rep re s ent s highlight s and the left s ide rep re s ent s s hadow s . A photo who s e hi s togram sk ew s to the right i s re la - tively bright; while one who s e hi s to- gram pe a ks to the left, i s r elatively dar k . Capt u ring Photo s fr om a M ovie Y ou can captur e a s ingl e pho[...]

Photo s  89 IMPORT AN T • Whe n capturing photo s on an Eye-F i card, phot o s will be uploade d automati cally if you are wi thin the ra nge of a confi gured network. Alw ay s verif y th at E ye-F i card s ha ve be en app roved in the cou ntry /region o f u s e. S ee al s o U s ing an Eye-F i card ( 121). NOTES • The data code of the photo [...]

90  Photo s // Y ou can s elect the pho to s in the built- in memory or on the memory card. 2 Select ( , ) the photo you want to protect. Option s IMPORT AN T • Initial izin g th e m emor y w ill per man ently era s e all reco rding s , inc ludin g protected photo s . // Copying Photo s to a Memor y Card Y ou can copy ph oto s only fro m th e [...]

Photo s  91 2 Open the pho to selection s creen. [ Copy ( )] a ppear s on the s creen. 3 Select ( ) the photo you w ant to co py and p ress . 4 Select ( ) [Y es] and press to copy the photo. 5 Repeat steps 3-4 to copy additional photos or pr ess twic e to close th e menu. C opying Photos from the Inde x Screen 1 Open the index screen of the phot[...]

92  Photo s Option s IMPORT AN T •O b s erve the following pr eca ution s while the ACCESS indicator i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in perm ane nt da ta l o ss . - Do not ope n the me mory car d s lo t cove r . -D o n o t d i s connect the p ower s ourc e or turn of f th e camcor der . - Do not change the camcorder ’s [...]

Photo s  93 Printing Photo s Printi ng Ph oto s (Dir ect Print) The camc order can be c onnected t o any Pi ctBridge-co mpatible printer . Y ou can mar k in advance t he photo s you want to print and s et the de s ir ed number of copie s a s a print or der ( 96 ). Canon print ers: S ELPHY printer s of the CP , D S and E S s er ie s and in k jet [...]

94  Photo s - Removing all print order s NOTES • w i l l a p p e a r f o r p h o t o s th at c ann ot be prin ted. • W e recommend poweri ng the camc or der u s ing the com pact powe r adapt er . • R efer al s o to the pr inter ’s in s truction m anual. • If you have no intent ion to u s e the optional DW-100 DVD Bur ner , you can s et[...]

Photo s  95 Opt ion s [P a p e r S i z e ] * Available pa per s ize s vary depending on the printer model . [P a p e r T y p e ] * Select [Ph oto], [Fa s t Photo], [Plain] or [Default]. [ Page Layout]* Select [Default], [Border ed] or one of the follow- ing page layout s . [Borderle ss ]: The photo i s enlarge d and ma y be s lightly c ropped at[...]

96  Photo s NOTES •P r i n t s etting option s and [Defau lt] s etting s vary depending on the printer model. For det ail s , re fer to th e printe r ’s in s truction man ual. To cancel a print job 1P r e ss ([ S top]) w hile printing. 2 S elect ( ) [O K ] and pre ss . Whe n you ha ve fini s he d print ing Di s connect the U S B cab le fr om[...]

Photo s  97 POINTS TO CHECK •O n l y p h o t o s on the me mo ry card can be s et for print order s . Marking Sing le Photos w ith Print Order s 1 In single photo view , open the p hoto selectio n screen. appea r s on th e s cr een. 2 Select ( ) the phot o you want t o mark with a pri nt or der . 3 Press to set th e print o rder . The number o[...]

98  Photo s Option s NOTES • // To s et p rint or der s s et for ph oto s reco rd ed in the built-in me mory , copy the photo s to the memor y car d in advanc e. [Individual Photos ] Set print or der s for individual ph oto s . [Selected Photos (1 copy each)] Set s a print order of 1 copy of each of the photo s s el ected in ad vanc e (ma rked[...]

External Conne ction s  99 External Connect ion s Thi s chapter expl ain s how to connect y our camcor der to an external d evice s uch a s a TV , VCR, o r compu ter . Te r m i n a l s on the Camcorder * When con necting a cable to t he camc order , make s ure to align the trian gle mark s on the cab le ’s c onnector an d on th e camcorder ’[...]

100  Exter nal Co nnecti on s Conne ction D iagr am s In the following connection diagram s , the l eft s ide s how s the te rminal s on the camcor der and the right s ide s how s (f o r re fe ren ce o n ly ) a n example of terminal s o n a connected device. C onnection T ype: Digital Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t only C onnect to a high[...]

External Conne ction s  101 C onnectio n T ype: Analog Q u ality: High definition O u tp u t o nly C onnect to a high-d efinition TV (HDTV) with compo nent video input termina ls. C onnectio n T ype: Analog Q u ality: Standard def inition O u tp u t only C onnect to a s tandard TV or a V C R with au dio/video i nput terminals . C hange the follo[...]

102  Exter nal Co nnecti on s C onnection T ype: Digital data connection C onnect to a computer to save your re cordings, to the o ptional DW-100 DVD Burner to create D VD discs from them, or to a printer to print out photos . 4 USB C able (supplied)[...]

External Conne ction s  103 Playback on a TV Sc reen Connect the camcor der to a TV to enjoy your r ecordi ng s with f amil y and f rie nd s . Playbac k on a n H D T V u s ing one of the high-d efinition con- nection s will en s ur e the be s t playbac k q uality . 1 T ur n off the camcorder and t he TV . 2 Connect the camco rder to the TV . Ref[...]

104  Exter nal Co nnecti on s Saving and Sharing Y o u r Record ing s Saving Recording s on a Comp u ter Movie s a nd pho to s rec ord e d wi t h t hi s camcorder ar e s aved in t he built -in memor y ( // onl y) or on the me mor y car d. Becau s e s p ace i s limi ted, ma k e s ure to s a ve your recor ding s on a computer on a r egular ba s i [...]

External Conne ction s  105 U s ing the s oftware 1 Power the camcorder with the co mpact power adapter . 2 Set the camcorder to mo de, in sing le photo view. 3 Connect the camcorder to the computer using the supplied USB cable. • Connecti on . Refer to Connection Di agram s ( 102). •I f t h e d e v i c e s election s cree n appea r s , s el[...]

106  Exter nal Co nnecti on s In s uch c a s e, s elect [S kip] to s top the proce ss and u s e the comp uter ’s Saf el y R em o ve H ard wa re f un cti on (W indo w s ) or Eject function (Mac OS) to end the connec tion t o the c amcorde r . Di s connect the USB ca ble, s et the camc order to mode and re s tor e the connecti on. Saving Movie s[...]

External Conne ction s  107 C onnecting to the DW-100 DVD Burn er and C reat ing a Dis c 1 T ur n on the DVD bur ner . Refer to Crea ting DVD s . 2 Connect the camcorder to the DVD bur ner using the supplied USB cable. • Connecti on . Refer to Connection Di agram s ( 102) and Connecti on s . •I f t h e d e v i c e s electi on s creen appe ar[...]

108  Exter nal Co nnecti on s IMPORT AN T •W h i l e t h e c a m c o r d e r i s connected to t he DVD burner , do not open the memory card s lot co ver a nd do not remove th e memory car d. •O b s erve the following pr eca ution s while the ACCESS indicator on the camc or der i s on or fla s hing. Fai ling to do s o may r e s ult in perman [...]

External Conne ction s  109 Y ou can complete the conver s ion to s tand ard definition in the cam- corde r and then u s e the s upplied s oftw are I mageMixer 3 SE to s ave the co nverted s cene s and bur n them on to DVD s in your computer . Y our computer mu s t hav e a prein s ta lled DVD drive with writing cap abil- itie s . In s tall ation[...]

110  Exter nal Co nnecti on s 1 If a me ss age a ppear s rega rding mu s ic file s , follo w the in s tru ction s on the s creen. 2 Thi s s tep in no t nece ss ar y for s cene s i n the playli s t. 3 The left s ide of the s creen di s play s the tota l playback t ime of t he s cene s to be con - verted ; the righ t s ide s how s the file s ize o[...]

External Conne ction s  111 -A l l t h e s el ected s cene s ar e merged into one conver ted s cene. Howe ver , if th e co nve rte d s ce ne i s t oo la rge, it w ill be s plit int o 2 GB- s ized s ce ne s . - Wh en co nve rtin g only p art o f a s cen e, the m axim um leng th o f the conv erte d s cene will be 10 minute s from the s tarting (pl[...]

112  Exter nal Co nnecti on s •O b s erve the following pr eca ution s while the ACCESS indicator on the camc or der i s on or fla s hing. Fai ling to do s o may r e s ult in perman ent data lo ss . - Do not ope n the me mory car d s lo t cove r . -D o n o t d i s connect the USB c able. -D o n o t d i s connect the p ower s ourc e or turn of [...]

External Conne ction s  113 NOTES • When the ca mcorder co ntai n s a large nu mber of s cene s to be s aved on di s c s , it may t ake a lon g ti me for th e conn ectio n to th e DVD bur ner to be completed. For be s t performan ce, we recomm end lim iting the num- ber of s cene s to be s aved to 500 or fewer s cene s . (W ith 500 s cene s , [...]

114  Exter nal Co nnecti on s - Do not change the camcorder ’s operating mode. NOTES • If you ar e creating a Photo DVD from photo s on th e memor y car d and the me mory c ard cont ain s s cene s conve rted int o s tandard def inition for Web upload, the thumbna il s for tho s e s ce ne s will al s o be added to the Phot o DVD a s im age f [...]

External Conne ction s  115 IMPORT AN T • Whi le the ca mcor der i s conne cted to the DVD burner , do not op en the memory card s lot co ver and do n ot r emove t he me mory car d. NOTES •O n l y A V C H D d i s c s cre ated with the DW-100 DVD burner can be pl ayed back u s ing the DVD bu r ner . •T h e c a m c o r d e r ’s menu s can [...]

116  Exter nal Co nnecti on s In S tandar d De finition Y ou can copy your movie s by connecti ng the cam co r der to a VCR o r a digital v ideo r ecord er with anal og audio/vid eo input s . Vi deo output w ill be in s tandard definition, although the origina l s cene s ar e in high defi- nition. C onnecting Connect the camcor der to the VCR u [...]

External Conne ction s  117 If you are u s i n g an Eye-Fi car d, after conv erting your video r ecording s into s tandard definition s cene s you can upload your movie s wir ele ss ly , dir ectly fr om the camcor der . Refer to Eye-Fi’ s homep age for the late s t information on compatible W eb s ite s . // Y o u can comp le te the co nv er s[...]

118  Exter nal Co nnecti on s •I f a m e ss ag e a ppear s reg ardi n g mu s ic fi le s , f ollow the in s truction s on the s creen. •T h e l e f t s ide of th e s creen di s play s the tot al playb ack time of the s cene s to be co nverted; the ri ght s ide s ho w s the file s ize of the s cene s af ter conv er s io n and the ava ilabl e s[...]

External Conne ction s  119 NOTES • Wh en conver ting s cene s in the play li s t or video s na p s hot i ndex s cr een: -T h e s cen e s are conve rted with the s elec ted back ground mu s ic ( 69) in s tead of the ori ginal s ou nd. -A l l t h e s el ected s cene s ar e merged into one conver ted s cene. However , if the con verted s cen e i[...]

120  Exter nal Co nnecti on s IMPORT AN T •W h i l e t h e c a m c o r d e r i s connected to t he computer , do not open t he memory card s lot co ver a nd do not remove th e memory car d. •O b s erve the following pr eca ution s while the ACCESS indicator i s on or fla s hing. Faili ng to do s o may re s ult in perm ane nt da ta l o ss . -[...]

External Conne ction s  121 IMPORT AN T U s ing an Eye-Fi card: •T h i s pr oduc t i s not guaranteed to s upport Eye-Fi card function s (inc lud- ing w irele ss tran s fer). I n ca s e of an i ss u e with an Eye-F i card, plea s e check wi th the car d manufact ure r . Al s o note that an app roval i s requ i red to u s e Eye-Fi c ard s in ma[...]

122  Additional Information Additional Information Thi s chapte r contain s trouble s hooting advice, s creen m e s - s age s , handling and maintenance tip s , and other infor mation. Appendix: Men u Option s Li s t s Menu item s not available appear grayed out. For detail s about how to s elect an item, refe r to Using the Menus ( 28). For de [...]

Addition al Informatio n  123 Setup Menus FUNC. M enu (Playba c k Mode s ) (movie playback ), (p layback of video s na p s hot s cene s ): - available only in t he orig in al i nde x s creen; - available on ly in the playli s t ind ex s creen; z - avail- able in bo th; — - not availabl e in either . (photo playb ack): - available only in s ing[...]

124  Additional Information 1 // Ava i l ab l e on l y fo r p ho t o s on the memo ry car d. 2 Available o nly for s cen e s in the built in memory . [Protect] – – – 89 [Individual Phot os], [S elected Photos] , [Rem ov e All ] –– [Pri nt Ord ers] 1 0-99 co pies – – 96 [Individual Phot os], [Selecte d Photos (1 co py each)], [Rem o[...]

Addition al Informatio n  125 Set u p Men us Camera S etup 1 ( Mode) [Frame Rate]: Select s the frame ra te to be u s ed wh en recording . [ PF25]: 25 frame s per s econ d, pr ogre ss ive. U s in g thi s frame r ate wi ll give your r ecord ing s a ci nemat ic l ook. Wh en comb ined w ith t he [ Cine Mode] recor d ing program ( 54), the c inemati[...]

126  Additional Information * [ 80 0x] for t he . ** Fo r movi e s only . [Digita l Zoom]: De term ine s the operation of the digital zoom. The col or of the indic ator indi - cate s the zoom. • When ac tivat ed, the cam- corder wi ll s witch autom aticall y to digital zoom when you zoom in beyond the optical zoom range. • With the digital z[...]

Addition al Informatio n  127 • If the degree of camcorder s hake i s too high, the image s tabi lizer m ay not be abl e to fully c ompen s ate. Th e ima ge s ta biliz er ma y no t be a ble to s ucce ss fully elimi nate all blur if the camc or der or the s ubje ct i s movi ng too much. • Th e image s tabil izer may not work well on s ubject [...]

128  Additional Information [Focus Assist ance]: When t he focu s a ss i s tance i s activ ated , the image at the center of the s creen i s magn ified to he lp you focu s manually ( 58). •U s ing t he fo cu s a ss i s tance wil l not aff ect the r ecor ding s . It w ill be ca n- celle d automa ticall y after 4 s eco nd s or when you s tar t r[...]

Addition al Informatio n  129 [D ata Co de] : Di s pl ay s t he date a nd/or time when the s cene w a s r ecor ded. [ Cam era Data ]: Di s play s the apert ure (f - s top) and s hutter s peed u s ed when rec ording th e s cene. [USB Connection T ype]: Sel ect th e conne ction p rot ocol t o u s e when con - nect ing th e camcor der to an externa[...]

130  Additional Information [LCD Brightness ] : Adju s t s the brightne ss of the LCD s cre en. • Changi ng the brightne ss of the LCD s cre en doe s not affect the br ight- ne ss of y our rec ordi ng s or the br ightne ss o f the play back ima ge on a TV . [LCD Screen Dimmer]: When s et to [ On ], the LCD s cre en i s dimme d. Doing s o i s i[...]

Addition al Informatio n  131 1 Option not available when the camcorder i s connecte d to an HDTV u s ing an HDMI cable. 2 Option available only fr om th e original movie s index s creen. [Notif icati on Sounds]: A beep wil l acco mpa ny s ome operation s l ike tur n- ing on the camcorder , the s elf-timer countd own, etc. [Pow e r Savi ng Mode [...]

132  Additional Information • Depen ding on th e TV s et, ad ditio nal s etting 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 HDMI -CEC func tion c annot b e gua ranteed even when co nnect ing the cam cord er to compa tible TV s et s . If yo[...]

Addition al Informatio n  133 Lang uage and Da te/T ime S etup [Date Format]: Select the date format to be u s ed for mo s t on- s creen di s - play s , and (if s elected) f or the da te printed on photo s . [Calenda r Start D ay]: Select th e day o n whi ch the w eek s tart s for th e cal- enda r di s pl ay ( 46). Information S cr een s Menu it[...]

134  Additional Information [Memor y Info]/ [Memor y Ca rd Info]: Di s pla y s a s creen wher e you can ver - i f y h o w m u c h o f t h e b u i lt -i n m em or y o r t h e me mo ry ca r d i s currently in u s e ( total r ecording time and total number of photo s ) and how much s pace rema in s availa ble fo r recording . •E s timated f igur [...]

Addition al Informatio n  135 Appendix: On s creen Icon s and Di s play s Recording Movies 1 Operatin g mode ( 24) 2 Recordi ng program ( 52, 54) 3 White balan ce ( 60) 4 Image effect ( 62) 5 Digit al eff ect ( 62) 6 Recordin g mode ( 38) 7 Flic k er reduc tion ( 126) 8 Pre-recording ( 56) 9 Memory o peration ( 13 8) A q In s tant A F ( 1 26), M[...]

136  Additional Information Recording Photos S f Zoom ( 39), Expo s ure ( 57) S g Photo q uality/ s ize ( 80) S h S el f time r ( 56) S j Number of available photo s On the m emory card // In the built- in memo ry S k Camcorder s ha k e warning ( 12 6) S l Face detect ion ( 5 9) D q AF frame ( 79) D a Focu s and expo s ure loc k (7 9 ) Playing M[...]

Addition al Informatio n  137 * The ligh t meterin g mode can not be chan ged. Viewing Photos D f Hi s togra m ( 87) D g Current ph oto / T otal number of photo s D h Photo numb er ( 131) D j Prot ecte d photo mar k (8 9 ) D k Date a nd tim e of recordin g D l File s ize F q Manual ex po s ure ( 57) F a Photo s i ze ( 80) F s Apertur e value F d[...]

138  Additional Information Memory operation Recor d, Recor d pau se, Pl ayba ck, Pla ybac k paus e, Fast pl aybac k, Fa st re ver se p layb ack , Slow pla yback, Slow rev erse p layback Remaining battery time • The icon shows a rough est imate of the remaini ng charge as a percentage of the full charge of the batt ery p ack. • When is displ[...]

Addition al Informatio n  139 Trou b le ? Tr o u ble s hooting If you have a pro blem with your camcor der , refer to thi s s ection. S om e- time s what you thin k i s a malfunction of the camc order may have the s imple s t of s olut ion s - plea s e read the “CHE C K THI S FIR S T” b ox before going on to the more detailed problem s and s[...]

140  Additional Information Recording Pre ss ing will not s tart record ing. - 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). D[...]

Addition al Informatio n  141 Cannot move s cene s in the playli s t. - The memory is full. Delete some recordings ( 50, 83) or initialize the memory ( 35) 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 memory[...]

142  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 occurre d. T urn off the camcorder . Remov e and reinsert the memor y card. Initialize the memory card if the display does not change back to norm al. [...]

Addition al Informatio n  143 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 oper ate properly . - Disconnect the power sour ce and reconnect it a f[...]

144  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 han ge this setting to [Automatic]. - Op[...]

Addition al Informatio n  145 - 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 different USB port on the c omputer . - The camcorder will not be recognized while all pho tos are being deleted or all print orders are being removed. The printer i[...]

146  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 o f a malfunction, recordings may be lost s o back up your recordings regula rly . B u ff er ov er fl ow. Reco rdi ng wa s s topped. - The data transfer rate was too high for the memory card in use and the record[...]

Addition al Informatio n  147 Cannot play back - There is a problem w ith the memory . If this message appears often without apparent reason, contact a C a non 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 ( 104) and initialize the built-in memory u[...]

148  Additional Information Cannot reco rd movie s on thi s memor y card - Movies cannot be reco rded on a 64 MB or smaller memo ry card. Use a recommended mem- ory card ( 32). Cannot reco rd 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  149 Initialize only us ing the ca mcorder - There is a problem with the file system that prevents accessing the s elected memory . Initial- ize the memory with this camcorder ( 35). LCD Screen ha s been dimmed -H o l d pressed for 2 seconds to restore the L C D screen to its previous brightness set- ting. May not be po [...]

150  Additional Information - After selecting [Scene Search] [Sce nes with F aces], no scene s contain people’ s faces or no scenes were reco rded using the face detection functio n. - // This message will appear when ther e are no high-definition scenes on the memory card. If you converted scene s into standard definition, you can stil l open[...]

Addition al Informatio n  151 Thi s photo co u ld not be deleted - Protected photos ( ) cannot be deleted. Remove the protecti on ( 89). // T h i s memory card contain s s cene s . Delete all s cene s to us e rel ay recording. - Save the movies on the memo ry card ( 115) and initialize the memory card ( 35). Thi s photo cannot be di s played - Y[...]

152  Additional Information Cannot read the di s c. Chec k th e di s c. - During disc recording mode, thi s message can appear when a commercially available DVD disc (a DVD disc containing mov ies, software, et c.) or an 8 cm mini DVD disc is ins erted. Replace with a brand new dis c. - During disc playback mode, this message can appear when a c[...]

Addition al Informatio n  153 Direct Print Rela ted Messag es Data tran s fer error - C ancel printing, disconnec t the USB cable and turn off the printer . After a while, turn the printer back on and reconnect the USB cable. - Y ou attempted to print from a memory card that contains a large number of pho t os. Reduce the number of photos. File [...]

154  Additional Information Print head not in s talled - No print head is installed in the printer or the print head is defectiv e. Printer cover open - C lose the printer c over secure ly . Printer e rror - A malfunction has occurred that may require r epairs. ( C anon inkjet printers: the printer’ s green power lamp and orange error lamp fla[...]

Additional Information  155 Do’ s and Don’t s Handling Pre ca u tion s Camcorder Be s ure to ob s erve the following p recauti on s to en s ur e maximum per- forma nce. • Save your recordings period ically . Make s ure to t ran s fer your recor d- ing s to an exte rna l dev ice s uc h a s a computer or digital video recorder ( 104) and s a[...]

156  Additional Information • When record ing movies, try to get a calm, stable pictur e. Exce ss iv e camc or der move ment whil e s hooting and exten s ive u s e of fa s t zoom 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 ayba ck of s uch s cene s may re s ult in vi s ually induc ed m oti on s i ckne ss[...]

Additional Information  157 About the b att ery te rminal co ver The battery terminal cover ha s a [ ]- s hap ed hole. Thi s i s u s eful whe n you wi s h to differ e ntiate between charged and uncharged ba ttery pack s . Memory Card • W e reco mmend backi ng u p the r ecordi ng s on the memory car d onto your com put er . Dat a m ay be c orru[...]

158  Additional Information B u ilt- in Rec hargeable Lithi u m Battery The camcor der ha s a built-in rechar geable lithium batter y to k eep th e date/time and other s etting s . The built-in lithium battery i s re cha rge d while you u s e the camcor der; however , it will di s char ge completely if you do no t u s e the camcord er for about [...]

Additional Information  159 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 cl oth s or vola tile s olvent s s uch a s pai nt thinner . Len s and In s tant AF S en s or •I f t h e l e n s s urface or In s tant A F s en s or i s d irty , autof ocu s ma y n[...]

160  Additional Information • Remo ve the mem ory ca rd and b attery pack . Then , plac e th e camc order in an airt ight pla s tic bag a nd let it adju s t grad ually t o temperatur e change s be fore rem ov ing it f rom th e ba g. When cond en s atio n i s detected The ca mcorde r autom ati cally s hut s off. The prec i s e time requir ed fo[...]

Additional Information  161 Genera l Inform ation Acce ss orie s Optional acce ss orie s not li s ted below ar e de s cribed in more detail in the following page s . * Supplied wi th the camcorder; no t available a s an opti onal acce ss ory . ** If nece ss ary , u s e a com mercially avai lable SCA RT ada pter . (Av ailability differs from area[...]

162  Additional Information Option al Acce ss orie s Batte ry Pac ks When you need extra battery p ack s , s elec t the NB -2L H. The s upplied BP-2L 5 i s not available a s a s epar ate optio nal acce ss ory . CB-2 L WE Ba tter y Charg er U s e th e batte ry cha rger t o charge the battery pack s . Charging Tim e s The cha rgin g time s given i[...]

Additional Information  163 decrea s e when r ecor ding in cold s urr ounding s , whe n u s ing th e brig hter s creen s etting s , etc. // Using the bu ilt-in memor y Usi ng a m emory card * Approxima te time s fo r recording wi th repeated op eration s s uch a s s tart/ s top, zoom ing, and p ower on/o ff . CBC-NB2 Car Battery Charger U s e th[...]

164  Additional Information S C-2000 S oft Carry ing Ca s e A handy camcorder bag with padded compar tmen t s and plenty of s pace f or acce ss orie s . HTC-100 HDMI Cable U s e thi s cable to connect the camcor der to an external device u s ing a n all-digital connecti on, all owing you to enjoy play- back at the highe s t qu ality . Thi s cabl[...]

Additional Information  165 Specification s LEGRIA HF R 18 / LEGRIA HF R17 / LEGRIA HF R16 / LEGR IA HF R10 6 S y s tem • Recording Sy s tem Movies: AV C HD Video compression: MPEG-4 AV C /H.264; Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch Photos: D C F (Design rule for C amera File system), compatible with Exif* Ver . 2.2 and with DPOF** Image compr[...]

166  Additional Information 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: 6.7 cm (2.7 in.), wide, TFT color , approx. 112,[...]

Additional Information  167 Power/Oth er s • Power su pply (rated) 7.4 V D C (battery pack), 8.4 V D C (compact power adapter) • Power con su mption: 2.7 W (SP mode, AF on, L C D normal brightness) • Operating temperat u re: 0 – 40 ° C • Dimen s ion s [W x H x D] (excl u ding the gri p belt): 60 x 64 x 124 mm • Weight (camcorder bod[...]

168  Additional Information Abou t the mu s ic file s The s pecif ica tion s of the mu s ic file s compatibl e with the camcor der are a s follow s . Audio e ncoding : Linear PCM Audi o samplin g: 48 k Hz, 16 bit s , 2 channel s Minimum length: 1 s ec ond File extensio n: WAV The mu s ic data i s s aved in the memory under the followi ng folder [...]

Additional Information  169 Index 25p Cin ema Mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 A Abroa d, u s i ng t he camc order . . . . 1 60 A s pect ra tio of a co nnecte d TV (TV type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Au di o rec o rd in g le ve l . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Auto B ac k light Correction . . . . . . 1 26 Auto s low s hut ter . . . . [...]

170  Additional Information I Image effect s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Image s tabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Index s creen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 4 4 Initializatio n (built- in memory */me mory card) . . . 35 J Joy s tic k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Joy s tic k gu ide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Additional Information  171 T Te l e p h o t o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Time zon e/D S T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tr a n s ferring recording s to a compute r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Tr i p o d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Tr o u b l e s ho [...]

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