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    LY T 2 6 5 8 - 0 0 3 A Dea r Custom er s Thank you fo r purchasing this J VC produc t. Befo re use, be sure to read “ Read this b efo re using the cam era” (p. 2– 5) to use the produc t correc tly. A C TION CAME R A G C -X A 2 Deta il ed U ser Guide[...]

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    2 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era Read this before using the camera Safety Instructions • Befo reusingthepro duc tinwater ,besuretoreadp. 3andtousethep roduc tcorre c tly . • Malfu nc tionduetomisusebythecus tomerisnotcoveredbywa rrant y. • Do?[...]

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    3 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era W ater , Dust, and Shock Resista nce • Water re sis tan ce :  Thec ameraop eratesfo r30minutesatdepthsupto5m(1 6.4f t). Thisisequi valenttotheIECStan dardpublic ation529IP X8. • Dus t res ist ance :  Thisisequi[...]

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    4 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era Water , Du st , and Sho ck Res ista nce (continued) After Using   Af terunder w ateruseorex posuretodust ycond itions,pro mptlyrinseth ecamer awithfre sh waterandthor oughlydr yi t. 1 Press an d hol d Power for 2 s eco nds t o turn o f f th e cam [...]

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    5 Rea d thi s bef ore u sin g th e cam era • Werecommendrep lacingthes ealannuallytomaintainw aterresistan ce.Contactyou rJVC Ser vi cerepresent ative.(C hargesapp ly .) • Alwayskeeptheb atte r ycoverclosedb eforeus e. Caut ions • Rem emb er t hat t his u nit is [...]

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    6 Contents Read t his befo re u si ng the cam era ......................................................................... 2 Gettingt oKnowY ourCame ra ................................................................................. 7 Recording ...........................................................................................[...]

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    7 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a Overview   Thisca merawi tha7 .99M egaPixelse nsorcant akeH. 264for matvide os.  TheH .26 4techno logya llowsforvid eore cordingatanHDreso lutionof1 9 20x1 080.H igh qualit y7 . 99me ga- pixelima ges,and16mega[...]

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    8 Ge tt in g to K now Y ou r Ca mera Check in g the A cc essor ies Bat ter y (BN-V H 105 ) USB cable W id e  ex ible mount (Pod par t /Base par t) Not es • Rem ov e any di r t or mo is tur e be fo re at tac hi ng a cc ess ori es. • Once at tache d, the  ex ible mount c an not be rem ov e d. • The k no b of the  e xible mount is at ta[...]

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    9 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a 1 Remove the k no b fro m th e base p ar t. T urn the k nob in the d irec tion ind icated. 2 Inser t t he po d par t in to th e kn ob. 3 Attac h the p od p ar t to th e bas e par t . Be care ful not to pin ch your f inger. 4 F a ste n the k no b fi rmly. 1 2 3 4 Assembling the F lexible Mount Whenyouf i x?[...]

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    10 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a < / – but to n + / > but to n Reco rd/S ET bu tt on Recordin gmode:s tar ts / stopsrecordin g Playbackmo de:star t sorpause splayback Power bu tt on LCD moni tor ME NU/DE LETE bu t ton Recordin g mode: displays the menu Playbackmo de: dele tes a fi le Strap h ook Usea?[...]

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    11 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a 1 Load t he b att er y. ~ Slide t he po rt /slot c over latc h in t he dir ec ti on ind ica ted . Ÿ Slide an d ope n th e cover in t he dir ec ti on ind ica ted w hile h old ing down t he la tch . ! Inser t t he bat te r y in t he corr ec t dir ec ti on ( +/ –) while p ull ing t he b lue lever to t he l ef t [...]

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    12 Ge tt ing t o Know Y our Ca mer a • Inser tase paratelyp urchasedSDc ardintothe SDslotf irmly,untilthecardislocked . • T oremovetheSDcard ,pushthecardino nce, and pull it ou t straig ht. • Whenusin ganewSDcard,for matthecardin [...]

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    13 Recording Recording 1 Press an d hol d Power for 2 s eco nds t o tur n the p ower o n. 2 Check t hat t he vi deo m od e icon ( ) is on t he sc ree n. If the ph oto mode icon ( ) is displayed onthescre en,sw itchtothevide omodeas foll ows: ~ Press ME NU. Ÿ Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo M ode Opt io ns” ,[...]

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    14 Recording 1 Press an d hol d Power for 2 s eco nds t o tur n the p ower o n. 2 Check t hat t he ph oto m ode i con ( ) is on t he sc ree n. Ifthemovi emodeicon( ) is displayed onthescre en,sw itchtothephotomod eas foll ows: ~ Press ME NU. Ÿ Press < or > t o sel ec t “Ph oto M ode Opt io ns” , [...]

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    15 Recording 1 Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. 2 Video m od e: Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . Photo mo de: Press < or > t o sel ec t “Ph oto M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Video m od e: Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo Ti me L aps e” , and p res s SET . Photo mo d[...]

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    16 Recording 1 Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. 2 Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo & Pho to” , an d pre ss SE T . 4 Press Re cord t o sta r t reco rdi ng. PressRecordag aintostoprecordin g. Making Thumbna ils Duringth evide o?[...]

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    17 Recording 1 Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. 2 Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo E ff ec ts ” , and pre ss SE T . 4 Press Re cord t o sta r t reco rdi ng. PressRecordag aintostoprecordin g. Information • Y oucansp eci f y?[...]

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    18 Reco r di ng Press ME NU in r eco rdi ng mo de. Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Vid eo Mo de Opt ion s” , an d pre ss SET. Press < or > t o sel ec t “E ndl ess R EC” , an d pre ss SE T . Press Re cord t o sta rt r eco r din g. Press Record ag ai n to stop reco rdi ng . Endless Record in g ( v id eo mode o nl y ) The v id eo  l[...]

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    19 Recording 1 Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. 2 Press < or > t o sel ec t “Ph oto M ode Opt io ns” , an d pre ss SE T . 3 Press < or > t o sel ec t “B urs t ” , and p ress S E T. 4 Press Re cord t o sta r t reco rdi ng. Information • Y oucansp eci f ythetimeinter v alsinthemenu scree n. (“Bu[...]

  • Page 20

    20 Enjoy ing t he Playb ack M ode Enjo ying t he Pla yback Mode Stat us ico n (vide o mod e) :Playback :Pause :F astfor ward(Num ber :Spee d) :F astrewind(Numb er:Sp ee d) Playba ck cou nte r (vide o mod e) Vid eo ico n/ Phot o icon File cou nte r 1 Press Play to s wit ch to t he p layba ck mo de. PressP[...]

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    21 Enjoy ing t he Playb ack M ode 1 Press Play to s wit ch to t he p layba ck mo de. PressPlaytoswitchbacktotherecordi ng mode. 2 Press < or > t o sel ec t th e fi le you w ish to delete. 3 Press ME NU. 4 Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Y es ” , and p res s SET . Deleting a F ile 1 3 24 Button operations dur ing [...]

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    22 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting Y our C amera 1 Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. 2 Press < or > t o sel ec t th e ite m you wi sh to cha nge , and pr ess S ET . • PressMENUtoexi tthemenuscr een. • PressPlaytoswitchbacktotheprevi ous menu scre en. C onfiguring the C amera Settings 1 2[...]

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    23 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “Video“ Video Switchestothenorma lvide orecordingmo de (“ Vi deo Recording ” ,P . 1 3 ) End les s REC Switchestotheendlessre cordingmo de (“Endle ss Recordin g (videomo deonly)” ,P . 1 8 ) Vid eo Ti me L apse Switchestothetimela pse?[...]

  • Page 24

    24 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “Setup“ Bright ne ss   Thec ameraa djuststheb rightnessautom atically.Inaddition,manua lset tingsareavailab le. Aut o Adjuststhei magetothest andardbr ightness +6 - + 1 Records b righter – 6 - – 1 Records darker White Balanc e   The?[...]

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    25 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Video Time Lapse   Y oucansp eci f ythetimeinter v alofthetime lapserecordi ng. 0. 2 Sec ond Records1fram eever y0. 2seconds 1 Sec ond Records1f rameever y1s econd 5 Sec ond Records1f rameever y5s econds 1 0 Seco nd Records1f rameever [...]

  • Page 26

    26 Set t in g Y ou r Cam era Time Stamp ■ Y ou can ch oose w hether you ad d a tim est am p or not, and th e fo rmat of the tim estamp. (Y ou cannot de lete the tim e stamp af te r reco rdi ng .) OFF D ea c tivates the time s t am p f unc t io n YEA R/MO NTH/ DA Y Records the ti mest am p in the fo rmat of year/ month/da y MON TH/DA Y / YE AR Rec[...]

  • Page 27

    27 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “More“ LC D A uto Of f   The disp lay automatically tur ns of f 5 secon ds af ter the st ar t of recordin g. The disp lay turns on automaticall y at any operatio n or the end of r ecording. OFF Deac tivatesthisf unc tion ON Activ atesthisfunc tion V olume   Y oucana djus[...]

  • Page 28

    28 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Default Setting   Y ou can r eset all se tti ngs to the fac tor y de fault . Update   Y oucanu pdatetheinterna lsof t ware. Formorede tails,pl easerefe rtothefollowin gwebsite. (Noinform ationispos teduntiltheup daterisprovide d.) http:/ /ww w3.jv[...]

  • Page 29

    29 Set t ing Y o ur Cam era Setting items in “Wi- Fi Menu“ OFF Deac tiv atestheWi- Fifun cti onofthecam era ON Ac tivatestheW i- Fifunc tio nofthecame ra Usethisset tingwh enyoumonito rthecame raviewusingA ndroidori OS devices.(“M onitoringth eCamer aView ?[...]

  • Page 30

    30 Conne c tin g to a PC Con necting to a PC Information • Thefo lderlayoutintheSDc ardisshownbe low. DCIM ***M E D I A * * * * * * * * .MP4 – Vid eo CLIP * * * * .THM – Thum bna il f ile ( used fo r camer a display) PIC T* * * * . JPG – Ph oto (“ * ” indicates a numeric cha rac ter .) T ransferr ing Files [...]

  • Page 31

    31 Usin g Wi- Fi Using Wi-Fi A vailable Wi-Fi F unctions Monitori ng the camera view   Y oucanch eckthec amerav iewandop eratethecam erafr omanAndroido riOSdevice. Broadcasting using U STREAM (* 1 )   Y oucanb roadc astcam erafo otageinre al-tim eusingUSTR EA M. Upload[...]

  • Page 32

    32 Usin g Wi- Fi Monitor ing the Ca mera Vie w 1 Downlo ad th e app lic ati on. T omonitorth ecamer aview,Y oumustdown load“ ADIXXI ONsy nc.“(freeware)toyour Androidori OSdevice. Downlo adtheapp licationf romGo oglePlay(Playstore)ortheAppStore. Required operating e[...]

  • Page 33

    33 Usin g Wi- Fi Andr oid d evice: ~ T ouch “ Set ti ngs ” on t he ap pli cat ion list. Ÿ Set th e Wi- Fi fu nc tio n of you r devic e to on . ! Press th e hom e but to n to go b ack t o th e home s cre en . Notes • Thedisp layandprocedurem aydif fer depe ndingonth edeviceyouuse. 3 Set th e Wi- Fi fu nc ti[...]

  • Page 34

    34 Usin g Wi- Fi iOS dev ice: ~ T ouch “ Set ti ngs ” . Ÿ T ouch “ Wi - Fi” . ! T ouch “ Wi - Fi” to t urn t he Wi - Fi on. ⁄ T ouch t he Ca mera I D (JVC- *** *) on th e list. @ Ente r th e KE Y . $ Press th e hom e but to n to go b ack t o th e home s cre en . Notes • Thedisp layandprocedurem aydif fer depe n[...]

  • Page 35

    35 Usin g Wi- Fi 4 Start “ADIX XIO N syn c.” . ~ T ouch “ADIX XION s yn c.” on t he app lic ati on lis t. Ÿ T ouch t he de te ct ed ca mer a. • Ifthecam eraca nnotbefo und,conf irm thattheWi -Fise t tingissettoonan d touch “R efresh” . ! Ente r th e KE Y . Th e ca mer a v iew?[...]

  • Page 36

    36 Usin g Wi- Fi Z oo m T o th e mon ito r scr ee n (this sc re en) T o th e alb um sc ree n T o th e set up sc re en Reco r din g/s ho ot in g Switc h bet we en mul tip le ca mer as* 1 Use this when multip le camer as ar e connec ted. Control t he c ame ra f ro m t he ap plic ati on. Mo n ito r sc ree n Y ou can d o t hi ngs such as monito r the c[...]

  • Page 37

    37 Us in g Wi - Fi V id eo i nde x P hot o ind ex Del ete Alb um sc ree n Y ou can ch eck or de lete imag es. (*) It is displayed in the following cases . ・ If the thumbnails has been deleted . ・ If video les has been split by a long time r ecording . ・ If video les has been split by the "Endless r ecording" . No thumbnail (*)[...]

  • Page 38

    38 Usin g Wi- Fi Se tup s cre en Y ou can ch ange the se t tings of the cam era. Came ra se tt ing s ID /Pas sword Changesth ecamer aIDandthep assword Date & T ime Adjuststhecl ock .T ouch toexp or tthetimes etonthedev ice to the came ra Op erat ion S oun d Switchesthebe epsoun d[...]

  • Page 39

    39 Usin g Wi- Fi Ope rations 1 to 3 are onl y require d the f irs t time. Go to 4 (p age42 )i ftheseop eratio nshave already b een c arrie d out. 1 Connec t th e cam era a nd th e sma rt ph one/ tab le t via a wi rel ess L AN r out er . See“M onitorin gtheCame raView ”onp age 32 . 2 Regis ter a n acce ss p[...]

  • Page 40

    40 Usin g Wi- Fi ! T ouch in “ Acce ss Point S et ti ng” . ⁄ Sele ct t he ac cess p oint yo u wis h to us e and e nter t he p asswo rd . @ T ouch to retu rn.[...]

  • Page 41

    41 Usin g Wi- Fi 3 Regis ter t he ac count yo u wis h to us e. ~ Enter you r “UST RE AM” Us ern ame a nd Passw ord. Ÿ T ouch “ Save to Cam era” . Information • Accesshttp:/ / w w w .ustream.t v/toregisteran accou nt.[...]

  • Page 42

    42 Usin g Wi- Fi 4 Start b roa dca sti ng us ing t he ca me ra. ~ Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. Ÿ Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Wi- Fi Me nu ” , and p res s SET . ! Press < or > t o sel ec t “US TRE AM” , an d pre ss SE T . ~[...]

  • Page 43

    43 Usin g Wi- Fi ⁄ Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Y es ” , and p res s S E T. Broad castingv iaUSTR EAMs tar ts . PressSETorPlay/Recordtostop broadcasting. Notes • Broad castingf ootag eviaUSTR EA Mand maynotbeallowe ddepe ndingonth earea, net work ,etc .[...]

  • Page 44

    44 Usin g Wi- Fi Ope rations 1 to 3 are onl y require d the f irs t time. Go to 4 (p age47)iftheseope rationshave already b een c arrie d out. 1 Connec t th e cam era a nd th e sma rt ph one/ tab le t via a wi rel ess L AN r out er . See“M onitorin gtheCame raView ”onp age 32 . 2 Regis ter a n acce ss poi [...]

  • Page 45

    45 Usin g Wi- Fi ! T ouch in “ Acce ss Point S et ti ng” . ⁄ Sele ct t he ac cess p oint yo u wis h to us e and e nter t he p asswo rd . @ T ouch to retu rn.[...]

  • Page 46

    46 Usin g Wi- Fi 3 Regis ter t he ac count yo u wis h to us e. ~ Enter you r “ Y ou T ube ” Use rnam e and Passw ord. Ÿ T ouch “ Save to Cam era” . Information • Accesshttp:/ / w w w . you tube.com/tore gister an account.[...]

  • Page 47

    47 Usin g Wi- Fi 4 Start u pl oadi ng us ing t he ca me ra. ~ Press ME NU i n reco rdi ng mo de. Ÿ Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Wi- Fi Me nu ” , and p res s SET . ! Press < or > t o sel ec t “ Y ou T ub e” , and pre ss SE T . ~[...]

  • Page 48

    48 Usin g Wi- Fi ⁄ Press < or > to sel ec t the f ile t o uplo ad, and p res s SET . Uploa dingtoY ou T ubes tar ts . PressPlay / Recordtos topuploa ding. Notes • Uploa dingf ilestoY o u T ub emaynotbe allowedde pendin gonthearea,n et work ,etc. • Thepr ivac yopti o[...]

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    49 Us in g Wi - Fi req uir e d Applica tions fo r Wi nd ow s/Mac O S PCs By inst alling the app licat io n, you ca n per fo rm the same o perat io ns as o n the Android /iOS applic at io n on Wi nd ows or M ac OS PCs. Not es • Downlo ad the app licat io n at the fo llowing website. http: / / ww w3.jvckenw oo d.com/ english/download/gc -xa2/ i nd [...]

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    50 Prec aut ion s on Usi ng Wi - Fi Caution s on the Wi-Fi F unct ion • Ope rationisnotguar anteedo nalldevices. • Thisfun cti onisnotdesign edfordis asterorcr imeprevention . • Communicationm aynotbecar riedou tprope rlynearr adioe quipmentorb roadc asting[...]

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    51 Prec aut ion s on Usi ng Wi - Fi Radio W av es Used b y this Produ ct This p rod uc t make s use o f radi o waves in t he ISM b and (2 .4 G Hz). Alt hou gh a rad io st ati on li cens e is no t req uir ed to u se t his pr odu ct , p lea se ta ke note o f th e foll owin g. Do no t use t his p rod uc t nea r th e foll owin g pla ces: • Industr[...]

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    52 Specif ications Specif ications Specif ications Ima ge se nsor 1 /3.2 ”7 .99M egapi xelCMOSsenso r Lens F2.4f= 2 .46mm(FixedFo cus ) Zoom Digit alzoom:upto5x LCD moni tor 1 .5”0. 1 1M egapi xelcolorLCD Stora ge me dia SD/SDHC /SD X Ccardslotsupp or t upto1 28GB Vid eo re[...]

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    53 Specif ications Recordable T ime/Num ber of Images Appro ximate video recording time   Vid eo resolution SDH C/SDXC card 4 GB 8 G B 1 6 GB 32 GB 48 G B 64 GB 1 28 G B 19 2 0 x 1 0 8 0 / 60p (50p) 1 5min. 35 min. 1hr . 1 0min . 2 hr . 30 min. 3 hr . 40min . 5 hr . 1 0hr . 19 2 0 x 1 0 8 0 / 30p (25p ) 40min . 1hr [...]

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    54 T roubleshooting T roub leshooting Ifthecam eraf ailstofunc tionase xpe cte d,followth eprocedure sbelow. 1 Check t he t rou ble sho ot ing b elow. 2 The came ra may no t work pr ope rly d ue to t he no ise o r sta tic e le ct ric it y, etc. I n thi s cas e, re move the b at ter y an d res et t he ca mer a. 3 If [...]

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    55 T ro ubl es hoo t in g P ro ble m Ch ec k T he re is a black o r colored spot in the LCD monitor This is not a mal func tion. The LCD s cr een is manu fac tur ed usin g ex tr eme ly high -pre c is io n techn ol og y, so ov er 99. 9 9% of the p ixels ar e ope rat io nal fo r e ec tive u se. H ow ev er , so me tiny black a nd/ or bright dots ( [...]

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    56 T roubleshooting FC C: Federal Communication Commission Interfe rence Statement Thisequ ipmenthasb eentes tedandfou ndtocomplywithth elimitsfo raClassBdigitald evice, pursuanttoPar t1 5oftheFCCRules.T heselimit saredesign edtoprovid ereasonab lepro[...]

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