Canon 8155B004 manual

PUB. DIE-0431-000 HD Camcorder Instruction Manual 64 C OP Y[...]

2 Introduc tion Important Usage Instructions WA RN IN G TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRI C SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODU CT T O RAIN OR M OISTURE. COPYRIGHT WARNING: Unauthorized recording of copyrighted materials may infringe on the rights of cop yright owners and be contrary to copyright laws. The Mains plug is used as the disconnect devic[...]

3 FCC/IC NOTICE HD Camcorder , VIXIA HF R42 / VIXIA HF R40 / VIXIA H F R400 systems This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired o[...]

4 In these safety instructions the word “appa ratus” refers to th e Canon HD Camcorder VIXIA HF R42 / VIXIA HF R40 / VIXIA HF R400 and all its acces sories. 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 Clean only with dry cloth. 7 Do not insta[...]

5 REGIONS OF USE VIXIA HF R42 and VIXIA HF R40 are in compliance (as of Januar y 2013) with the radio signal regulations o f the regions lis ted below . For details on o ther regions wher e they ca n be used, make inquiri es with the contacts l isted on the ba ck side of th is instructio n manual. REGIONS Canada, Hong K ong S.A.R., USA, South Korea[...]

6 T rademark Acknowledg e ments • SD, SDHC and SDXC Logos a re trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. • Microsoft and Windo ws are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries . • App Store, iPad, iPhone, i T unes and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., regi stered in the U.S. and other countrie[...]

7 Exciting F eatures and New Functions 6 / 4 Wi-Fi Functions ( A 122) Baby Mode ( A 64) Using Baby mode, you will not miss out on baby’ s precious moments. The camcorder’ s settings ar e optimized to captur e the beauty of baby’ s skin. Y ou can also add stamps to th e video to keep t rack of ba by’ s growth. Enjoy the freedom of Wi-Fi* by [...]

8 Smart AUTO ( A 43) Smart AUTO auto matical l y sele cts the be st scene mode for the scene you wan t to shoot. Y ou get spe ctacular r ecor dings every time wi thout worrying abo ut settings. Video S naps hot ( A 74) Cine ma-Loo k Filter s ( A 65) Shoot or captur e short scen es and a rrange them in to a vid eo clip set to your favorite backgr ou[...]

9 Enjoying Y our Recordings on Other Devices Connect the camcorder to an HDTV ( A 105). Upload r ecordings to your computer ( A 111). Save your reco rdin gs. Upload your MP4 movies and photos to t he We b ( A 121). Cop y the ca mcor der’ s entir e memory onto an external hard drive ( A 116). Copy your recordings to an e xternal video recor der ( [...]

10 6 / 4 Enjoying Y our Recordings Using the Camcorder’s Wi-Fi Functions Connect th e camcorder t o an access point on y our home network and t hen sha re your recordi ngs on CANON iMAG E GA TEWA Y ( A 130). F rom there, you can ma ke online albums to enjoy your recordings . Save your recordings o n an iPhone or iP ad and play them back ( A 128).[...]

Table of conte nts  11  Introduction 7 Exciting Features and New Functions 15 About this Manual 17 Getting to Know the Camcorder 17 Supplied Access ories and CD-ROM 19 Names of Parts  Preparations 21 Get ting S tarted 21 Charging t he Battery Pack 23 T u rning On the Camcorder 24 Using the Grip Be lt 25 Opening the Lens Cov e r and Adjusti[...]

12  Table of cont ents  Basic Shooting and Playback 41 Basic Recor ding 41 Shooting Video 43 About the Smart AUTO function 45 Intelligent IS 46 T aking P hotos 47 Zooming 50 Basic Playback 50 Playing Back Vid eo 54 Viewing Photos 56 Deleting Scenes 58 Deleting Photos  Adv anced Shooting 60 Selecting the Movie Format (A VCHD/MP4) 60 Selecti[...]

Table of conte nts  13 87 Audio Scenes 87 Audio Recording Level 89 Using Headphones 90 Using an External Microphone  Adva nced Playback and Editing 92 Capturing Video Snapshot Scenes and Photos from a Movie 93 Playing Back Scenes in the Baby Album 94 Playing Back V ideo Snapshot Scenes 95 Playback w ith Back ground Music 97 Selecting t he Pla[...]

14  Table of cont ents  6 / 4 Wi-Fi Functions 122 Introduction to W i -Fi 125 Recording Movies Using a Smartphone as a Remote Control 126 Remote Browse: Viewing Recordings Using a W eb Browser on Y our iOS Device or Android Smartphone 128 Uploading Videos Using an iOS Device 130 Sharing Recordings with CANON iMAGE GA TEWA Y 136 Playback on a [...]

Introdu ction  15 About this Manual Thank you for pur chasing the Canon VIXIA HF R42 / VIXIA HF R40 / VIXIA HF R400. Please read this manual carefully befor e you use the cam cord er a nd ret ain it fo r fut ure re feren ce. Sho uld y our cam corde r fa il to operate cor rect ly , refe r to T roubleshooting ( A 158). Conventions Used in this Man[...]

16  Introduction Self Timer Operating modes: * For movies only. • will appe ar on t he scre en. • Repeat , selecting [ Off], to turn of f the self timer . Movies: In record pause mode, press . The camcorder starts r ecording after a 10-second countdown. The countdown appears on the screen. Photos: In record pau se mode, touch [PHOTO]. • Th[...]

Introdu ction  17 Gettin g to Kn ow the Camcorder Supplied Accessor ies and CD-R OM The follo wing acc essories ar e supplied wi th the camcor der: * CA-110E i ncluding power co r d, in As ia. ** 6 / 4 only . T ransfer Uti lity LE Startup Guide: This guide expl ains how to d ownloa d PIXELA ’ s T r ansfer Utility LE software, which allows you [...]

18  Introduction The Canon VIXIA CD-ROM is als o su ppli ed wit h t he ca mcor der . The CD- ROM con tains the fo llowing com ponents : - In struct ion Manu al - The full- versio n instruct ion manu al of the camco rde r (t his PDF fil e). - ImageBr owser EX - The CD-ROM co ntai ns an automa tic instal ler f or the softwar e ImageBr owser EX , w[...]

Introdu ction  19 Names of Parts 1 (play back mo de) bu tton ( A 40) 2 ON/O FF bu tto n ( A 23 ) 3 Memory ca rd slot cover 4 MIC (microphone) termina l ( A 91) 5 AV OU T t er m i na l ( A 102 , 104)/ × (headph ones) termina l ( A 89) 6 HDMI OUT terminal ( A 10 2, 103) 7 USB terminal ( A 102, 1 04) 8 Memory ca r d slot ( A 29 ) 9 ST ART/STOP b u[...]

20  Introduction A f Speaker ( A 52) A g Zoom lever ( A 47 ) A h LCD touc h screen ( A 25, 35) A j ACCESS indicator ( A 41) A k 64 Wi- Fi antenna ( A 124) A l POWER/CHG (charge) indicator: Green - On Red - Cha r ging ( A 21) S q Battery a ttachment u nit ( A 21) S a Ser ial nu mber S s T ripod socket ( A 17 5) S d BA TTERY RE LEASE switc h ( A 2[...]

Prepa rat ions  21 Prepar ations This chapt er descr ibes bas ic opera tions, s uch as usi ng the touch panel, navigating the me nus, and firs t time settings to help you learn more a bout your camcorder . Getting Started Charging the Batter y Pack The camc ord er can b e power ed wit h a bat tery p ack or d irect ly usi ng the comp act power ad[...]

22  Prepa rati ons 4 Charging will start w hen the camcorder is turned off. • If the camc order was o n, the gr een PO WER/CHG i ndica tor will go out when you turn of f the camcorder . After a mom ent, the PO WER/CHG in dicator wi ll turn on in r ed (battery pack charging). The r ed POWER/ CHG indicator will go out when the batt ery pack is f[...]

Prepa rat ions  23 overs eas trave ls or specia l power s ources such as those on aircraft and ships, DC-AC inve rters, etc. NOTES • We r ecommend cha rgi ng the batter y pack in t emperat ures betw een 10 °C and 30 °C (50 °F and 86 °F). If either the ambie nt temper atur e or the battery pack’ s temperatur e is outs ide t he range of a [...]

24  Prepa rati ons [ NOTES • Y ou can use the > q > [Power On Usi ng LCD Pane l] sett ing so that you can turn the camcor der on and of f only b y pr essing . Using the Grip Belt Fast en the gr ip bel t. Adjust the g rip be lt so that you ca n r each the zoom lever with your index finger , and the Y button with your thumb. To remove th e[...]

Prepa rat ions  25 2 Pu ll the strap to remove it fi rst from the front bracket on the camcorder , then to unthread it from the handgrip and finally to remo ve it fr om the r ear br acket on the camcor der . Opening the Lens Cover and Adjusting the LCD Scre en Befor e you start reco rdi ng, open the lens cover . Move the lens cover switch down t[...]

26  Prepa rati ons NOTES • About the LCD sc reen: The screen is produced using extre mely high-pre - cisi on manufact uring technique s, with mor e than 99.99% of the pix els operating to specification. Less than 0.01% of the pixels may occasion- ally misfir e or appear as blac k, r ed, blu e or gree n d ot s . This has no eff ect o n the rec [...]

Prepa rat ions  27 Using a Memor y Card Memor y Cards Compatib le for Use with the Camcorder Y ou can use the following types of commer cially availab le Secure Digi - tal (S D) car d s with th is camc ord er . As of January 201 3, the movie recor ding function has been tested using SD/S DHC/SD XC memo ry car ds made b y Pana sonic, T oshi b a a[...]

28  Prepa rati ons IMPORT AN T • If you us e an SDXC mem ory car d with a compute r OS that is not SD XC- compatible, you may be prompted to format the memory card. In such case, cancel the operation to prevent data loss . • After repeat edly recor ding, deleting and edit ing scenes (frag mented memo ry), it will take lon ger to write da ta [...]

Prepa rat ions  29 Inserting and Removing a Memory Card If y ou plan o n using a memory ca rd, turn off the camcord er befor e per- formin g the initial setup and t hen insert the memor y card. Af ter per- forming the i nitial setup, ini tialize the memory ca rd ( A 33). 1 Open the LCD panel. If this is your first time to turn on the ca mcorder [...]

30  Prepa rati ons IMPORT AN T • Memory cards have fr ont and back sides that are not in ter changeable. Inser ting a mem ory car d faci ng the wr ong direct ion can ca use a mal- functi on of the camc orde r . Be su re to ins ert t he memory car d as described in step 4. C OP Y[...]

Prepa rat ions  31 First T ime Settings Basic Setup The first time y ou turn on the camcor der , you will be guided b y the camcor der’ s easy-to-follo w setup scr eens to c onfigur e the cam - corder’ s initial settings. Y ou will set the date and time, movie format, and other basic functions. For det ails on how to use the touch scr een, r[...]

32  Prepa rati ons • 7 Skip to step 10. 8T o u c h [ & ] (built-i n memory ) or [ ] ( memory car d) and t hen touch [ æ ]. • When se lecting the memory , you can ch eck the a vailab le r ecor ding time based o n the video qua lity setting. • Aft er you se lect the memory to w hich you want to r ecord mov ies, th e [ { Rec M edia for P[...]

Prepa rat ions  33 Changing the Time Zone Change the time zo ne to match your loc ation. The default setting is New Y ork. In ad dition, t he camcor der is abl e to re tain the dat e and time of another lo cation. This is convenient when y ou travel so t hat you can set the camcorder to match the time of your home location or that of your destin[...]

34  Prepa rati ons 6 / 4 7 1 T ou ch this option i f you w ant to physically era se all the data r ather than just cl ear the file al location table of the memory . 2 If you selected the [Complet e Initialization] option , you can touc h [Cancel] to cancel the initializatio n while it is in progr ess. All rec ordin gs will be erased and the memo[...]

Prepa rat ions  35 Basic Operation o f the Camcorder Using the T ouch Screen The contr ol buttons and menu it ems that appear on the touc h screen change d ynamically depending on the operatin g mode and the t ask you ar e perfor ming. With the intui tive touch scr een interface you have all the controls at your fingertips. To u c h T ouch on an[...]

36  Prepa rati ons (Home) Menu The (Home) menu is the gateway to most of the camcorder’ s func- tions and settings. Operating modes: 1 T ouch [ ] on the upper left of the screen to open the (Home) menu. 2 Drag your finger left/r ight to bring the desired menu to the cente r . 3 T ouch the icon of the desired menu to open it. See bel ow for a d[...]

Prepa rat ions  37 * 6 / 4 only . Menus Available in Playback Mode * 6 / 4 only . NOTES • For brevity’ s sake, r eferences to settings in the (Home) menu will includ e only the ico n of th e menu, the tab of the desired s ubmenu (for settings in the [ Other Se ttings] me nu) and t he sett ing name. F or examp le, to ad just the scre en’ s [...]

38  Prepa rati ons Operating modes: * In mode, acce ss to functions is li mited. 1 T ouch [ ] on th e upper left of the screen to open the (Home) menu. 2 Drag your fin ger left/right to brin g [ Other Settings] to the center . 3 T ouch the icon to open the [ Other Settings] menus . 4 T ouch the tab of the desired menu. 5 Drag yo ur fing er up/d [...]

Prepa rat ions  39 Y ou may need to drag your fing er up and down along the scro ll bar or touch [ Í ] and [ Î ] to find the control button of the desired function. Operating Modes Rec ordin g When re cor ding, the camco rder ’ s o peratin g mode is deter mined by the [Shootin g Mode] menu in the (Home) menu and the [Movie Format] option in [...]

40  Prepa rati ons Playback Press the button to switch the camc ord er betw een camera (r ecor ding) mode and pl ayback mode. Y ou can pr ess when the camcor der is of f to turn it on dir ectly in playba ck mode. NOTES • 6 / 4 When switc hing to a playback mode, the memory selecte d f or playbac k will be the sam e curr ently used for r ecor d[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  41 Basic Shooting and Playback This chapter cover s how to easily reco rd vi deo and photos in mode, pl ay them back, and how t o use other basic func- tions. T o enjoy full access to menus and mor e advanced func- tions, refer to Advanced Shooting ( A 60) and Advanced Playback and Editi ng ( A 92). Basic Recording[...]

42  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack 3 Set the camcorder to mode. • This step is not necessary the first tim e you use the camcorder . • T o change t he movie f ormat, r efer to Sele cting t he Mov ie Form at (A VCHD/MP4) ( A 60). 4P r e s s Y to beg in r ecording. • Press Y again to paus e the recordi ng. • The AC CESS indi cator wil l fla[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  43 About AU TO mode • On ly the follow ing funct ions are availa ble in mode. - Zoom ( A 47). - V ideo snaps hot ( A 74). - Face detecti on and trac king ( A 76) to get beautif ul shots of people e very time, tracking the subjec t even if th e person mo ves. -D e c o r a t i o n ( A 69) to add a fun personal touc[...]

44  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack Smart AUTO ico ns * Th e icon in parentheses ap pears under backlig ht conditions. Background → (co lor of the icon ) Bright* (gray) Blu e ski es * (light blue) Vivid colors* (green/red) Sunsets (orange) Subject ↓ Peopl e (stationary) ( ) ( ) ( ) — Peopl e (moving) ( ) ( ) ( ) — Subj ects o ther th an pe[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  45 IMPORT AN T • T o protect th e lens, kee p the lens cover clo sed when you are not r ecor d i ng movies and when you ar e not using the camcor der . • Obse rve the follow ing precaut ions while the ACCES S indicato r is on or flashin g. Failing to do so may result in perma nent data loss or da mage to the me[...]

46  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack > [LCD Backl ight] setti ng or a djust the brightne ss of the LCD scr een with t he > > [LCD Brightness] setting. • If y ou plan o n makin g a long r ecordi ng while t he camc order is in a fixed posit ion, such as on a tripo d, you can r ecord wit h the LCD panel cl osed in or der to con serve the ba[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  47 A green icon ( ) and {æ & ( 6 / 4 only) or {æ will appear mom entari ly on the sc ree n and the ACCESS ind icat or wi ll fl ash as the phot o is rec orded . How eve r , i f you re cord a photo whil e reco rding a movie, will not appear . When you have fi nished takin g photos 1 Make sure t hat the A CCESS [...]

48  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack Using the Z oom Lever Move th e zoom lever toward T (wide angle) to zoom out. Move it toward S (te lephot o) to zoom in. By defa ult, the zoom le ver oper ates at a vari able speed – pr ess ge ntly for a slow zoom; pr ess har der for faster zooms. Using the T ouch Screen’ s Zoom Contro ls 1 Display the z oom[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  49 Operat ing modes: * In mode, [Zoom T ype] will be set to [ Optical]. Opt ions NOTES • Keep at least 1 m (3.3 ft.) away fro m the su bject. At full wide a ngle, y ou can foc us on a sub ject as clo se as 1 cm (0. 39 in.). Us ing tele mac ro ( A 86), you ca n focus on a s ubject as cl ose as 50 cm (1.6 ft.) at f[...]

50  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack Basic Play back Playing Back Video Operating modes: 1P r e s s . 2 If necessary , change the index screen. 6 / 4 7 SCN Index screen button (next to [ ]) [ & · ] (index screen button) > Select the mem o ry with the desir ed scene ( & or ) and t he movie format of the desired s cene ( · or ¸ ) > [[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  51 3 L ook for the scene you want to play back. 4 T ouch the desired scene to play it back. • The camcor der will play b ack the sce ne selec ted and conti nue unti l the end of th e las t scene in the index scr een. • T ouch the screen to displ ay the play back co ntrols. Dur ing play back, the playba ck con t[...]

52  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack 3T o u c h [ K ] twice when finished . During p layback: Adjust ing the volume 1 Duri ng playback, touc h the screen to dis play the playb ack contro ls. 2T o u c h [ Ý ], drag your finger along the [ Speaker]* bar t o adjust the volume and touch [ K ]. * W hen > q > [A V/Hea dphones] is set to [ Ó Headp[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  53 During playback p ause: IMPORT AN T • Obse rve the follow ing precaut ions while the ACCES S indicato r is on or flash ing. Failin g to do so may resu lt in permanen t data los s. - Do not open the memory card slot cover . - Do not disco nnect the po wer sour ce or turn off the ca mcor der . - Do not press . ?[...]

54  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack • So und will not be o utput from the built -in speak er while the supp lied High Speed HDMI cable or o ptiona l STV - 250N Ste reo Video Cable is connec ted to the ca mcor d e r . Viewin g Ph otos Operating modes: 1P r e s s . 2 Open the [ Photo Playback] index screen. 3 6 / 4 If necessary , change the in dex[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  55 4 L ook for the photo you want to play back. 5 T ouch the photo you wish to view . • The photo is displayed in sin gle photo view . • Drag your f i nger left/right to browse throu gh the photos one by one. To re turn to the in dex sc reen fr om sin gle ph oto view 1 T ouch the scr een to display t he pl ayba[...]

56  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack IMPORT AN T • Observe the following precautions while the ACCESS indicator is on or flashing. Fa iling to do so may r esult in permanent data loss. - Do not ope n the me mory car d slot cov er . - Do not discon nect the power s ourc e or turn off the camcor der . - Do not press . • Th e following im age file[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  57 T o dele te al l the scen es r ecorded o n a specifi c dat e, d rag yo ur fi nger left/ right unti l a s cene you want to d elete appears . 2 Dele te the scenes. * When you selec t [Select], perfor m the following p r ocedure to sele ct the individ- ual scenes yo u want to delete b efore touching [Y es]. ** T ou[...]

58  Basic Sh ooting and Playb ack NOTES • T o delete all movies and make all re cord able sp ace avai labl e again you may p r efer t o initia lize the memory ( A 33 ). Delet ing P hotos Y ou can dele te those ph otos that you ar e not inter ested in keeping. Operating modes: Deletin g a Sing le Photo 1 In single p hoto view , select the photo[...]

Basi c Shooting and Play back  59 • A chec kmark ! will appear on the photos you touch. The total number of sele cted photos will appea r next to th e " icon. • T ouch a selected photo to rem ove the chec kmark. T o r emo ve all checkma rks at onc e, touch [Rem ove All] > [Y es]. 2 After selecting al l the d esir ed photos, touch [ O[...]

60  Advanced Shootin g Advanced Shooting This chapter covers adv anced shooting functions , such as Spe- cial Scene modes an d Bab y mode. For detail s about basic video shoo t ing, refer to Basic Shooting and Playback ( A 41) . Selecting the Movie For mat (A VCHD /MP4) Y ou can choos e to r ecord movies in AVCHD or MP4 f ormat. A VCHD movies a [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  61 * Y ou can view information on the video qual ity with the following procedure. To v iew in form ation on the vide o qual ity 1T o u c h [ I ]. A scr een with the r esolut ion, bit rate a nd frame rate wi ll ap pear . 2T o u c h [ K ]. NOTES • Movies recor ded in 60P or MXP mode cannot be saved on A VCHD discs . Use an e[...]

62  Advanced Shootin g Approximat e r ecording times  Default value For A VCHD movies: For MP4 movies: 1 Recorded in 1,920x1,08 0 resolution. 2 Recorded in 1,440x1,08 0 resolution. 3 6 / 4 At the time of purchase, the built-in memor y contains about 70 MB of musi c files (background mu sic), 5 MB of i mage files (image mix frames) and a bout [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  63 6 / 4 Selecting the Memor y (Built-in Memor y/Memory Card) for Reco r dings Y ou can select to recor d your movies and photos in the built-in mem- ory or on a memory card. The defa ul t memory for recording both is the built-in memory . Operat ing modes: 6 / 4 Dual Re cording and Re lay Re cor ding When you r ecord, you ca[...]

64  Advanced Shootin g - When the video qualit y is set to 60P or 35 Mbp s. - When the shooting mode i s set to or . • When dual r ecording is ac tivat ed, decora tion is not availab le. • When you use rela y recor ding, the re w ill be a momentary st op in the scene at th e poin t wher e the camco r der sw itche s fr om one memo ry to anoth[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  65 Cinema Mode and Cinema-Lo o k Filters In mode, the camcorder will adjust the frame rate and several other picture-r elated settings to give your r ecordings a cinematic look. In this mode you can also use a variety of profe ssional cinema-lo ok fil- ters to cr eate unique movies with a distinctive ap pearance. When you con[...]

66  Advanced Shootin g To change the cin ema-look filter 1 T ouch [FIL TER 1]. 2 Select the d esir ed cinema- look fi lter . Option s (  Default value) The camcorder of f ers 7 cinema- look filters. S elect the desi r ed fil ter whil e preview ing the ef fec t on th e screen. NOTES • When the shooting mode is set to , t he following functio[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  67 Opt ions (  Default value) [ Por trait]  The camco rder uses a large aper - ture , to a chieve a shar p focu s on the subj ect while blurring the backgr ound. [S p o r t s ] T o record sport s scenes such as tennis or golf. [ Night Scene] T o record nig hts cape s w ith lower noi se. [S n o w ] T o record in bright s[...]

68  Advanced Shootin g NOTES • [ Portra it]/[ Sports]/[ Snow]/[ Beach]: The pictur e may not appear smoot h during playback. • [ Portrait]: The bl ur ef fect of t he b ackgr ound incr ease s the mo re you zoom in ( S ). • [ Sn ow]/[ Beach ]: The subjec t may b ecome overexposed on cloudy days or in sha ded plac es. Check th e image on the [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  69 Operat ing modes: Decoration: Adding a Personal T ouch Add a new level of enjoyment to your scenes by d ecorating them. Y ou can add animated grap hics, stamps and even your o wn fr eehand drawing eas ily just by simply using your fingertip. When you conv ert movies to MP4, you can add decorations ( A 110). Decorati ng Sce[...]

70  Advanced Shootin g ! Canvas - The ar ea wher e you will draw and see your decora tions in act ion. " T oolbar . # [ Ó Pens and Stamps] Select the type of pen or stamp and its colo r . Y ou can als o save a singl e canv as or l oad a p r eviou sly saved canvas. $ [ × Animated Stam ps] Select animate d stamps to add to your decoration. [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  71 • T o chan ge color: T ouch [ Ó ] and then touch the white or black button under [Color s]. Alternatively , touch [ Ó ] > [ Ö ] a nd se lect a color f ro m the c olor palett e. • T o clear your fr eehand drawi ngs and stam ps: T ouch [ Ó ] > [Clear] > [Y es] > [ K ]. • T o save your fr eehand drawings[...]

72  Advanced Shootin g Operating modes: 1T o u c h [ ] . • The scr e en with stamps for m ode will appe ar . 2 Sel ect and set the de sir ed sta mps. • T o add th e age st amp: T ouch [0 days] > [ w ] > Í / Î to set baby’ s date of birth > [ K ]. • T o add the height stamp: T ou ch [20 i n.] > [ w ] > Í / Î to set baby[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  73 1T o u c h [ Ü ] t o open the [ Select I mage] scr een and then t ouch [ON]. 2 T ouch [+] or [- ] to select a diff erent image mix frame . 6 / 4 Y ou can touch one of the memory icons at the bottom of the scr een to r ead image mix fram es saved on a d iff er ent memo ry (only whe n recording on or p laying back sc enes f[...]

74  Advanced Shootin g Decorating Sc enes during Playback Operating modes: 1 Fr om the index screen ( A 50), p lay back the scene you want to decorate. 2 T ouch the s cr een to display the playback controls. 3T o u c h [ Ò ] to o pen the decoration screen. 4 Decorate the scene using the tools from the toolbar as explained in the previous se cti[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  75 • T ouch [OFF] instead to deac tivate video snapshot. • A b lue border ap pears o n the screen. 2P r e s s Y . The camc or der r ecor ds for a few seco nds (th e blue fram e serve s as a visual pro gre ss bar) and then a utomatica lly ret urns to r ecor d pause mode. NOTES • Video snap shot s cenes r ecorded in MP4 f[...]

76  Advanced Shootin g Option s (  Default value) NOTES • If the degr ee of camcor der sha ke is too high , the imag e stabil izer may not b e able to f ully compens ate. • [ Dynamic] is avail able o nly whe n [Zoom T ype ] is set to [ O p t i c a l ] . • For surveying and following shots, when you pan the camcor der from side to si de [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  77 setti ngs for a differ ent person. Y ou can also use tracking to always keep in focus othe r moving subjects, su c h as pets or mo ving vehicles. Operat ing modes: * Fac e detection and t racking are always activ ated in and mod es. POINTS TO CH ECK • Select a shooting mode other than the [ N i ght Scene], [ Low Light] o[...]

78  Advanced Shootin g NOTES • The camcorder may mistak enly detect the faces of non-human sub- jects. In such case, turn face detection off. • In cert ain c ases, faces may not be dete cted cor re ctly . T ypica l examples includ e: - Faces extr emely small, large, d ark or brig ht in r elation to the overa ll pict ure. - Faces turned to th[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  79 * Y ou can preview the transition effect on the screen. • Th e icon of the selected fader a ppear s. • R epeat, s electing [ j Off], t o tur n off fade rs. To fad e in/out Press Y in re cor d pause mode to start reco rdi ng with a fade in. P ress Y while r ecor ding to fade out and pause the reco rdi ng. NOTES • When[...]

80  Advanced Shootin g 2 T ouch a su bj ect th at appears inside the y fr ame. • T he T ouc h AE mar k ( I ) wi ll fl ash and t he e xpos ur e will be adj ust ed automati cally so th e area you touch ed w i ll be c orrec tly exp osed. Y ou have th e opti on to f urther adj ust the expos ure manual ly as nece ssary . • Y ou can touch [ n ] in[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  81 Adjusting the Focus Autofocus ma y not work well on the follo wing subjects . In su ch case, focus manually . Operat ing modes: POINTS TO CH ECK • Adjust the zoom b efor e you start t he procedur e. 1 O pen the manual focus scr een . 2 T ouch a subject that appears inside the < frame. • The T ouch AF mark ( I ) will[...]

82  Advanced Shootin g 4T o u c h [ X ] to lock the focus at the selected distance. During m anual focus, [ D ] will appear on th e scr een. NOTES • When you use [ E ] and [ F ] to adjust the fo cus manu ally , you can tou ch inside t he frame to automati cally f ocus on tha t spot. Pre- Recordi ng The camcord er will start recor ding 3 second[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  83 - T ouching any of the f ollowing contr ol buttons in the [ Main Functions] panel: [ Ä White Ba lanc e], [ R Faders ] or [ Ò Decorati on]. - Opening the [ O ther Set tings] menus. - Changing the shooting mode. Whit e Bal ance The white balance function helps yo u to accura tely r epr oduce color s under differ ent lighti[...]

84  Advanced Shootin g NOTES • When you select the custom white balance: -S e t > [Zoom T ype] ( A 48) to [ Optical]. - R eset th e white balance when y ou chan ge loca tions or the lig hting or other co nditions change. - D ependi ng on the lig ht source, Å may keep flash ing. The r esult wi ll stil l be bette r than with [ Ã Automatic].[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  85 NOTES • Once the countdown has begun, any of the f ollowing actions will cancel the s elf ti mer . - Pressing Y , whe n r ecor ding movi es. - T ouching [PHO TO], when recor di n g photos. - T urning off the camcorder . - Changing the camcorder’ s ope ra ting mode. Frame Ra te Y ou can chang e the fram e rate (the numb[...]

86  Advanced Shootin g Te l e M a c r o Using tele ma cro, t he camcor der can focus at a short er distanc e (up to 50 cm (1.6 ft.) fr om the subject at full telephoto) , allowing you get closer shots of small subjects like flower s and insects. This function also adds a soft focus to the backgr o und , so the subject not only looks lar ger bu t[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  87 Audi o Scene s Y ou can have the camcord er optimize the audio se ttings of the built- in micr ophone by selecting t he audi o scene t hat matches y our surr ound- ings. This will gr eatly enhance the sense of “being ther e.” Operat ing modes: * In mode, the audio scene is always set to [ ‘ Stand ard] . Opt ions ( ?[...]

88  Advanced Shootin g • The au dio leve l indi cator and curr ent audio r ecor ding level w ill ap pear on the scr een. •T o u c h [ m ] (automat ic) to r eturn t he ca mcor d e r to automa tic audio recording l evels. 2 T ouch and hold [ Ï ] or [ Ð ] to ad just the audio recording level as necessary . As a guide line, ad just the au dio [...]

Advanced Sh ooting  89 • When the audi o level mete r rea ches the r ed point ( 0 dB), the sound may be distorted. • We r ecommend using h eadpho nes to check t he sound le vel whi le adju sting th e audio r ecordi ng level . Using Headphones Use head phones for p layba ck or t o check the audio l ev e l while recor d- ing. T he headpho nes [...]

90  Advanced Shootin g To adjust the vo lume during playbac k In mode, and in mode during slideshow playb ack, adjust the headphones volume the same way you adjust th e speaker’ s vol- ume ( A 52, 100). IMPORT AN T • When using h eadphones, make sur e to lower the volume to an appr o- priate le vel. NOTES • U se comme rcially a vailable he[...]

Advanced Sh ooting  91 Using the WM-V1 Wire less Micropho ne Using the optional WM-V1 Wir eless Microphone, you can r eliably re cor d sound even when reco rding subj ects at a dista nce exceeding the pra ctical r ange of th e buil t-in micr ophone. Y ou can also mix and re cord aud io fro m the WM-V1 with aud io fr om the built-i n micro phone.[...]

92  Advanced Playback and Editing Advanced Playback and Editing In this chap ter , you can learn how to us e functions rel ated to playback and editi ng , such as capturing vi deo snapshot scenes and photo s fro m your mo vies a nd playing b ack your movies with ba c kground musi c . Capturing Video Snapshot Scen es and Photos from a Movie Y ou [...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  93 • Video snapshot scenes canno t be c aptur ed from s cenes shorte r than 1s e c o n d . • When the sour ce scene is i tself a v ideo snapshot scene, you may not be able to capture a video snapsh ot scene de pending on the l ength of the sour ce scene and the le ngth curr ently selected fo r video sna ps[...]

94  Advanced Playback and Editing Operating modes: 1 Open the b aby al bum. 2 Select the scene you want to play back. Drag yo ur finger left/righ t to bring th e desired sce ne to the front. 3 T ouch the s cene’ s thumbnail to start t he playback. • The cam cord er w ill p lay ba ck the scene selected and conti nue unti l the end o f the las[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  95 2 Se lect the scene you want to play back. Drag your fi nger lef t/ri ght to bring the d esir ed scen e to the fr o n t. 3 T ouch the scene’ s thumbnail to start the playback. • The camcor der will play b ack the sce ne selec ted and conti nue unti l the end of th e las t scene in the index scr een. •[...]

96  Advanced Playback and Editing 2 Select the music track. 3 Adjust the mix balance between the original sound and the backgro und music. To u c h [ y ] (more of the original sound) or [ Û ] (more of the background music) or drag your fi nger al ong the [Mu sic Bal ance] bar t o adjust the back gro und music ba lance as desir ed. 4T o u c h [ [...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  97 IMPORT AN T • If you use copyrighted songs and music tracks in your video creations, remem ber tha t music unde r copy right m ay not be us ed with out pe rmis- sion fr om the copyri ght holde r , except for ca ses per mitted unde r appl i- cable laws, such as for perso nal use. M ake sure to foll ow appl[...]

98  Advanced Playback and Editing 2 Open the scene’ s [Timeline] scr een. • The [Timel ine] scr een appea rs. Th e la rge t humbnai l wil l sho w the firs t fra me of the scen e. Bel ow it, the ti meli ne rule r shows frames tak en fr om the s cene at fi xed in terval s. 3 T ouch the d esir ed frame in the timeline ruler to star t playing ba[...]

Adva nced Pl ayb ack and Ed iti ng  99 Dividing Scenes Y ou can div ide A VCHD scenes in o rde r to lea v e out th e best parts and later cut out the r est. Operat ing modes: 1 P lay back the desired scene ( A 50) . 2 T ouch the screen and then touch [ Ý ] to pause the playback. 3 O pen the screen for dividing scenes. 4 B ring the scene to a pr[...]

100  Advanced Playback and Editing T r imming Sc enes Y ou can trim MP4 scenes by r emoving everything up to a certain point or everything after a certai n point. By doing so, you leave onl y memo- rable moments to k eep for posteri ty . Operating modes: 1 Play back the desired scene ( A 50). 2 T ouch the screen and then touch [ Ý ] to pause th[...]

Advanced Playback and Editing  101 1 O pen the [ Photo Playback] index screen ( A 54). 2 Se lect the music track. 3 T ouch the photo that will open the slideshow to display it in single photo view . 4 T ouch the screen to display the playback controls, then touch [ Ð ] to play back the slideshow set to the selected music track. Durin g the phot[...]

102  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Extern al Connections This chapter expla ins how to connect your camcor der to an external devi ce such as a TV , VCR, or co mputer . 6 / 4 Y ou can also use t he camco rder ’ s convenient Wi-Fi f unctions ( A 122). T er minals on the Camcorder Open th e LCD panel t o access the t erminals on the camcord er . 1 AV [...]

External Conne ctions  103 Connection D iagrams In the following connect ion diagra ms, the left side sho ws the termin als on the camcor der and the right side sh ows (for refe rence only) an example of te rminals on a connected device. Connection ! HDMI T ype: Digital Quality: High definition Output only Connect to a hi gh-definition TV (HDTV)[...]

104  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Connection " Composite Video T ype: Analog Quality: Standard definition Output only Connect to a standar d TV or a VCR with audi o/video input termi nals. Change t he following settings on the camcorder: - [ Other Settings] > > [TV T ype] accordin g to the TV s et (wides creen or 4:3), if the TV canno t au[...]

External Conne ctions  105 NOTES • Po wer the camcorde r using the comp act po wer ad apter a nd only then conn ect it to the com puter u sing the supp lied USB ca ble in the fol low- ing cas es. - T o wri te back scenes recorded wit h this camcorder that w er e prev iously saved on a comput er . For detail s, ref er to the Softw are Guide (PD[...]

106  Exter nal Co nnecti ons NOTES • Y ou can also pl ay video dir ectly fr om your me mory car d on AV CHD- compati ble HD TVs and digi tal r ecorde rs wi th a car d slot compatible with the type of memory car d used* . • We r ecomm end power ing the camcor der using the comp act power adapt er . • Connect ion " : When you play bac k[...]

External Conne ctions  107 Saving and Sharing Y our Recordings 6 / 4 Copying Movies and Photos to a Memory Car d Y ou can copy your reco rd ings from the built-in memory to a memory card. Copying Scen es from the Index Scre en Operat ing modes: 1 Open the desir ed index scr een in the bu ilt-in memory ( A 50, 93, 94). T o copy all t he s cenes r[...]

108  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Option s * Th e last four digit s of the folder nam e indicate the d ate the folder wa s cr eated. Copying a Si ngle Photo Operating modes: 1 In single photo view , select the photo you wan t to copy . 2 T ouch the s cr een to display the playback controls. 3 Copy the p hoto. 4 Drag your finger left/right to select a[...]

External Conne ctions  109 * When you selec t [Select], perfor m the following p r ocedure to sele ct the individ- ual photo s you want to cop y before touching [Y es]. ** T ouch [Stop] to interr upt the operat ion while it is i n progress. To s elect individ ual ph otos 1 T ouch the individual photos y ou want t o copy . • A chec kmark ! will[...]

110  Exter nal Co nnecti ons 6 / 4 Converting Movies to MP4 For mat Y ou can convert A VCHD movi es into MP4 movies or even convert MP4 movies into small er MP4 movies. This is convenient , for example, when you want to upload the MP4 movies to the W eb. The movie yo u want to convert mus t be in the built-in memory . After conversion, the resul[...]

External Conne ctions  111 NOTES • When you conver t movie s, the video quality you can choose for the r esulting MP4 movie will depend on the video quali ty of the ori ginal movie. Ba sed on the follo wing opti ons, movies in the built-in memory will be co nverte d and then copi ed to the me mory card. • If you c onvert A VCHD movies with a[...]

112  Exter nal Co nnecti ons POINTS TO CH ECK • Befor e install ing th e sof twar e, make su re your c omput er is c onnecte d to the I nternet. Installation 1 Down load the z ip fil e fro m PIXELA ’ s Web sit e. Visit the PIXELA ’ s site to download the z ip fil e, whic h contai ns the softwar e and inst ruction manual. http://pix ela.jp/[...]

External Conne ctions  113 For deta ils about u sing the softwa re , refer to the Soft ware Guide (PDF file) o f the P IXELA ’ s so ftware. Saving MP4 Movies and Photos (Windows/Mac OS) With the supplied softw ar e ImageBrowser EX you ca n sa ve MP4 movies and phot os to your compute r and easily or ganize them. Refer to the ‘ImageBrowser EX[...]

114  Exter nal Co nnecti ons 5 Follow the onscreen instructions t o select your area (continent), country/ r egi on and lang uage. Available options w ill var y dependin g on your country/ r egion. 6 In the main installer panel, click [Easy I nstallation]. For Windows users, i f a Use r Accoun t Contr ol dialo g box a ppears, follow the i nst ru[...]

External Conne ctions  115 • Connection # - 1 . Refer to Connection Di agrams ( A 104). • Camcor der: When t he co nnectio n is succes sful ly e stablis hed, [USB Connecti on] appear s on the scr een. 4 S ave the recordings onto the computer . Refer to relevant sections in the ‘ImageBrowser EX Instruction Manual’, which can be accesse d [...]

116  Exter nal Co nnecti ons (PTP) allow ing you to transfer ph otos (JPEG only) simpl y by connecting the camcor der to a computer using th e suppli ed USB cable, without having to install the supp lied software ImageBrowser EX . 6 / 4 Memor y Sa ve: Saving an Entire Memory onto an Exte rnal Har d Dri ve Y ou can eas ily save a ll the mov ies a[...]

External Conne ctions  117 Before discon necting the external ha r d drive Befor e turning off or physi cally disconnecti ng the external har d drive, be sure t o safely end the connectio n to the camcor der to avoid da m- age to your files. Fr om the [External Hard Drive ] screen: IMPORT AN T • Make sur e you powe r the camcor der with the co[...]

118  Exter nal Co nnecti ons card), the folde r name of memo ry save fol ders followi n g the first one will end in a numeri c a l suf fix. • The index screen will ap pear . 5 T ouch a recording to play it back. T o switch to anoth er memory save folder , touch [ ] a nd then select the memory save f older you w ith t o play b a ck. Re peat ste[...]

External Conne ctions  119 2 P r ess to set the camcorder to playback mode. 3 Co nnect the camcorder to the external hard drive us ing the optional UA -100 USB Adapter . Connection # - 2 . Refe r to Connection Di agrams ( A 104). 4 I nitialize the external har d drive. 1 T ouch this option if y ou want to physica lly erase all the d ata rather t[...]

120  Exter nal Co nnecti ons Connecting 1 Power the camcorder using th e compact power adapter . 2 Open the d esir ed index scr een ( A 50, 93, 94). 3 Connect the c amcor d er to the digital vide o recorder using the supplied USB cab le. Conn ectio n # - 1 . Refer to Connectio n Diagrams ( A 104). 4 6 / 4 Camcorder: Select the memory that contai[...]

External Conne ctions  121 3 Camco r der: Locate the s cene you wish to co py and pause the playback shortly just before the desir ed scene. 4 Camco r der: Resume playback. By default, the dat e and time will be embe dded in the output video signal . Y ou can change this using the > > [Disp lay Date/ Ti me ] s et t i n g. 5 Exter nal recor[...]

122  Wi-Fi Fu nctions Wi-Fi Functions This chapte r contains i nformation ab out how to operate the Wi-Fi functions of your camcorder , starting with the Wi-Fi net- work setup nee ded to add your camcor der to an existing Wi-Fi networ k. Intr oducti on to Wi-Fi When you use the camcord er’ s Wi-Fi function to co nnect to a smartph one 1 , you [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  123 Wi-Fi co nnection Wirelessly conne ct the camcor der to your i OS or Android smar tphone or computer 3 and use the dev ice’ s Web browser t o view reco rdings in th e camcorder ( A 126). 3 Y ou can also u se a computer c onnected via an acc ess point. Wi-Fi co nnection After you down load the Movie Uplo ader app 4 , wirel[...]

124  Wi-Fi Fu nctions IMPORT AN T • Using an unprote cted Wi-Fi network can expose your files and data to moni toring by unauth orized t hird parties. Be aw ar e of the risk s involv ed. NOTES • Do not open the memo ry ca rd slot cove r duri ng t he wir eless con nec- tion. • While using Wi-Fi function s, the camcor der’ s automatic p ow[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  125 Recording Movies Using a Smartphone as a Remote Control Using the CameraAc cess app* for i OS devices and Andro id™ smar t- phones, y ou can contr ol the camcor der fr om a distance while you view the camcor d er’ s image on the smartphone’ s scr een. Not only can you contro l the camc order to start and stop r ecor d[...]

126  Wi-Fi Fu nctions • The ca mcorde r’ s SSID (n e twork na me) and password wil l appear . • The camcor der will be r eady to con n ec t with the smartphone . 2 Smartphone: Activate Wi-Fi in the settings s cr een. The ne twork n ames of detected access p oints w ill appear . 3 Smartphone: T ouch the access point with the same SSID as th[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  127 Operat ing modes: 1 Camco r d er: Fr om any movie index screen, set the camcor der to connect with the smartpho ne. • The c amcor der’ s SSID (network name) a nd password will appe ar . • The camcor d e r will be r eady to connec t with the smartp hone. 2 S martpho ne: Activate Wi-Fi in the settings screen. The networ[...]

128  Wi-Fi Fu nctions For mov ies, the se lected recordin g will star t playing ba ck. For pho tos, the photo will be displayed. 8 Smartphone: T ouch to save the recording on the smartphone. 9 Smartphone: T ouch when finished . 10 Camcorder: T ouch [End] w hen finished. NOTES • Th e following t y pes of MP4 scenes wi ll be r ecogn ized as mult[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  129 from the following site . http://itun es.com/apps/movie uploader 1 Camco r d er: Fr om any movie index screen, set the camcor der to connect with the iOS device. • The c amcor der’ s SSID (network name) a nd password will appe ar . • Th e camc or der w ill be ready to conne ct with the iO S devic e. 2 iO S device: T o[...]

130  Wi-Fi Fu nctions - Scenes rec ord ed at a video qual ity ot her than 35 Mbp s excee ding 1h o u r Sharing Recordi ngs with CANON iMAGE GA TEWA Y After you register for CANON iMAGE G A TEWA Y*, yo u will be able to access various W eb services**. Y ou will be able to up load movies and photos to online alb ums, shar e the albums on T witter [...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  131 • A ccount se ttings fo r Y ou T ube, Facebo ok and T w itter ( dependi ng on the servi ces you plan to use). Setting th e Desired Web Services in the Camcorder Using the supplied s oftware Cam er aWin dow , log in to CANON iMAGE GA TE W A Y and set the W eb servic es you want to use. Refer to ‘CameraWindow Instruction [...]

132  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 6 Computer: Click Edit Web Services > Desired Web service > Edit > Follow th e onscreen instructions and ent er your account information for the selected Web service > Set > Finish. The camera setti ngs sc ree n will ap pear ag ain. 7 Computer: Select the Web service to set in the camcorder and then click . ?[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  133 Available W eb services* * Th e available Web se rvices may be up dated. For de tails, refer to th e help module of CANON i MAGE GA TEWA Y . NOTES • If the d ate set in the c amcorder is not corr ect, the camcor der cannot connect to CANON iMAGE GA TE W A Y . Make sure the date is correc t befor e t rying to establi sh a [...]

134  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 2 When [Configuration complete d] appears on the screen, touch [OK ]. 3 Perform the procedure in Wi-Fi Connectio n Using an Access P oint ( A 137). [Con nected] will appea r on the ca mcor der’ s scre en and the conn ection will be es tablis hed. 4 Select the desired W eb service. • Select one o f t he avail able W eb s[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  135 • For movies, you can upload one at a time; for photos, u p to 10 at a time . • Dependi ng on th e wirele ss r outer ’ s setti ngs and capab ility , it can take some time to upload files. Sending Links to Recordi ngs by E-m ail After you upload movies and photos to online albums on CANON iMAGE GA TEWA Y , you can send[...]

136  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 2 When [Configuration completed] appears on the scr een, touch [OK]. 3 Perf orm the pr ocedure in Wi-Fi Connection Using an Access Point ( A 137 ). [Con nected] will appea r on the ca mcor der’ s scre en and the conn ection will be es tablis hed. 4T o u c h [ ] . 5 Perform steps 5 to 8 of Sharing Y our Recordings Using We[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  137 • If you have alr eady performe d this pr ocedur e b efor e, the connection will be esta blished aut omaticall y . Sk ip to ste p 4. 2 Camco r d er: When [Save the access point] appears on the scr een, touch [OK ]. 3 Camco r der: Perform the connection in Wi-Fi Connection Using an Access Point ( A 137). • [C onnect ed] [...]

138  Wi-Fi Fu nctions General requireme nts • Corre ctly conf igur ed router that comp lies with the 802.11b/g/n protocol and i s Wi-Fi certified (bears the logo shown on the right) a nd a home network. Operating modes: T ouch the desired connection method. Option s * W PS, which stands for Wi-Fi Protected Setup, is a stand ar d that m akes co[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  139 [Sear ch for Acc e s s Points] met hod. Refer also to the r outer’ s instruc- tion manual. 1 [ WPS: Button] method Press and hold the WPS button on the wireless ro uter . • Depending on the rout er , the amount of ti me re quir ed m ay dif fer . • M ake sure the r outer ’ s WPS fu nction is acti vated. [WPS : PIN Co[...]

140  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 4T o u c h [ O K ] . After the connect ion i s est ablishe d, continu e using the functi on you were previou sly us ing. For d etails, re fer to Vi ewing and Changin g Wi- Fi Settings ( A 142) or Sharing Y our Re cor d ings Using Web Services ( A 133), as necessary . Manua l Setu p Perform this pr ocedur e to manual ly conf[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  141 In step 2, i f you selected [OPEN NONE], this step is not necessary . 4 T ouch [Automatic] or [Manual] to select how to obta in the IP addr ess. If you selecte d [Auto matic], pr oceed to st ep 11. 5 F or both the IP address and s ubnet mask areas, touch [0.0.0.0] and then touch [ Í ]/[ Î ] to chang e the value. T ouch an[...]

142  Wi-Fi Fu nctions 1 From any movie index screen, open th e setting selection screen. To view the sm artphone’s connect ion settings 2 T ouch [Smartphone Co nnection Settings]. The cam cord er’ s SSID and passwor d will appear . 3 If necessary , touch [Edit] > [Manual Setup] to chan g e the settings and then perform the procedure in Ma[...]

Wi-Fi Functi ons  143 Gloss ary This is a glossary of som e of th e basic terms used frequently in this chapter . The documentation for your wire less ro uter may also con- tain a glossary you can refer to. Access Point A wireless access po int (W AP) is a devic e that allows wireless devices , like your camc ord er , to connect to a wired net w[...]

144  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: Menu Options Lists The functi ons that ar e availab le depend on the shooting m ode. In th e following tab les, avail able functions ar e indic ated by z and func[...]

Addition al Informatio n  145 [ZOOM] Zoom contr ols, [ST ART]/[STOP] control zzzzz 48 [ W ] (tele macro): T oggle on or of f –– zzz 86 [ R Fad er s] [ j O ff], [ T Fade Tr igger], [ V Wipe], [Black Scre e n] , [White Screen] z – zzz 78 [Zoom T ype] [ Optical ] , [ Advanced], [D i g i t a l ] –– zzz 48 [ È Powe red IS] [ON], [OFF ] –[...]

146  Additional Information [Ed it] Panel - Mode [Ed it] Panel - Mode [ Other Settings] Me nus p Camera Se tup Contr ol Butto n Index Screen Playback Pause A 6 / 4 From th e built-in memory: [Copy ( & ` )] <date /fo lde r na me> , [Select], [All Sc enes] – 107 6 / 4 From the bui lt-in memory: [Convert to MP4 ( & ` )] [Select] –[...]

Addition al Informatio n  147 [Zoom Position at Startup] : All ows you to c hoose the position of the zoom when you tur n on the camc order . [Full Wide Angle]: The zoom position will be at full wide angle. [Last Used Posi tion]: The zoom position w il l be a t t h e s a m e p o si t io n it w a s the last ti me you used zoom. • When this func[...]

148  Additional Information • This function is available when the shooting mode is se t to , or . s / Playback Setup Disp lay S etup [Onscree n Markers ]: Y ou can displa y a gr id or a horizo ntal li ne at the cen- ter of the scr een. U se the markers as a re ference to make sure yo ur sub- ject is framed co rrectly (ve rticall y and/or horiz[...]

Addition al Informatio n  149 [Display D ate/T ime]: Se lect whether t o dis play the date an d time during playback. For MP4 movies, only the date will be displayed. [Outpu t Onsc reen Displays ]: When set to [ i On], the camc or der’ s onscr een displays will ap pear als o on the scr een of a TV or monitor co n- nect ed to the c amcor der . [...]

150  Additional Information • When the TV type is set to [ + 4:3 TV], during the playback of video origin ally recor ded wi th an aspect r atio of 16:9, the pictu re wil l not be displayed fu llscreen. • This fun ction is no t availab le when the ca mcor der is connected to an HDTV using the supplied High Speed HDMI cable. q System S etup Me[...]

Addition al Informatio n  151 * Opt ion available on ly after connec ting an extern al hard drive to the camcorder . [Av ailable Spac e in Memor y]/[Used Space in M emory]: Displays a screen wher e you can verify how much o f the buil t-in me mory ( 6 / 4 only) or t he memory car d is cu rrently avai lab le fo r r ecording or how much is in use [...]

152  Additional Information • Estimat ed figur es ab out av ailable m ovie r ecordi ng tim e an d avail able number of ph otos ar e appro ximate and base d on th e curr ently select ed video quality a nd a photo size of 1920x1080. • In the in formation screen of a mem ory ca r d you c an also check its Speed Class . • 6 / 4 The [ T otal sp[...]

Addition al Informatio n  153 • If th e memory ca r d you in sert already conta ins a file with a larger nu m- ber , a ne w file wil l be ass igned a nu mber on e higher than th at of the l ast file on the memory card. • We re commen d usi ng t he [ n Continuous] sett ing. • Fol der name s, on the othe r hand, ap pear in a fo rmat such as [...]

154  Additional Information Appendix: Onscre en Icons and Displ ays Recording Movies and modes (with the zoom control displayed) 1 Control button [PHOT O]: T ake a photo ( A 41, 93) 2 Smart AUT O* ( A 43 ) 3 Zoom cont r ols ( A 48) 4 T o tal number of scenes / T otal recording time 5 Memory o peration ( A 157) 6 Intelligent IS ( A 45) 7 Remainin[...]

Addition al Informatio n  155 Recording Movies and modes mode SCN A a Control bu tton [ ]: Op en the (Home) menu ( A 36 ) A s Shoo ting mo de ( A 39) A d Exposure ( A 79) A f Focus ( A 81) A g Face det ect ion ( A 76) A h White balance ( A 83) A j Audio level indicator ( A 87) A k While recor ding/during playba ck: Scene cou nter (hours : minute[...]

156  Additional Information Playing Movies (du r ing playback) D s Playback control buttons ( A 52) D d Scene pl ayback time D f Scen e nu mber D g Date/Time ( A 149) D h V o lume and backgroun d music balance co ntrols ( A 52, 96) D j Decora tion ( A 69) Viewing Photos D k Control button [Edit]: Op en the Edit panel ( A 146) D l Current ph oto [...]

Addition al Informatio n  157 5 Memory operation Ü Rec ord, Û Rec ord pa use, Ð Play back, Ý Playb ack pause , × Fast playback, Ø Fast reverse playback, Õ Slo w playback, Ö Slow rever se p layb ack , Ó Frame advance, Ô Fr ame reve rse. 7 Remaining battery charge • The icon shows a rough estimate of the remai ning charge as a percent [...]

158  Additional Information Tro u bl e? T roubleshooti ng If you have a problem with your camcor der , refer to this section. Some- times what you think is a malfunction of the camcor der may have the simples t of solutions - please r ead the “CHECK THIS FIR ST” box before going on to the more detailed p r oblems and solutions. Consult your [...]

Addition al Informatio n  159 - If you are using a batter y pack recommended by Canon for use with this camcorder , there may be a problem with the camc order or ba ttery pack. Consult a Canon Service Center . A noise can be heard from the compact power adapter . - A faint sound can be heard while the compact power adapter is co nnected to a pow[...]

160  Additional Information After using the camcorder for a long time , it becomes hot. - The camcorder may become hot a fter using it cont inuously for long p e riods o f time; this is not a malfunction. If the camcorder becomes unusually hot or it becomes h ot after using it only for a short while, it may indicate a problem with the camcorder [...]

Addition al Informatio n  161 Indicators and Onscreen D isplays lights up in red. - Ba ttery pack is exhausted. Repl a ce or charge the battery pack. appears on the screen. - The camcorder cannot communicate with the batte ry pack attached so the remaining battery charge cannot be displ ayed. lights up in red. - A memo ry card error occurre d. T[...]

162  Additional Information Abnormal characters appear on the screen and the camcor der does not operate properly . - Disconnect the power source and reconnect it a fter a short time. If the problem s till persists, remove the battery pack and disconnect all other power source s from the camcorder . Then, reset all the camcorder’ s settings to[...]

Addition al Informatio n  163 Connections with Extern al Devices Video noise appears on the TV screen. - When using the camcorder in a room where a TV is located, keep a distance betw een the compact power adapter and the power or antenna c ables of the TV . Playback looks fine on the camcor der but there is no image on the TV screen. - The vide[...]

164  Additional Information - Wi-Fi networks with a stealth functi on that do not broadcast their network name (SSID) will not be detected by the camcorder during the Wi-F i networ k setup. Perform the se tup manu- ally ( A 140) or turn off the stealth function of the wireles s router . Wireless playback on a computer or similar device is not sm[...]

Addition al Informatio n  165 6 / 4 Built-in memory writing error Attempt to r ecover the data? - This message will appear the next time y ou turn on the camcord er if power supply was acci- dentally interrupted while the camcorder was writing to the built-in memory . Select [Recover ] to try to r e cover the re cordings. 6 / 4 Cannot access the[...]

166  Additional Information Cannot play the movies on this memory card - Movies cannot be played back from a 64 MB or sma ller memory card. Use a recommended memory card ( A 27). Cannot play the movies on this memory card Initialize only using the camcor der - The memor y card in the camcorder was initi alized using a compute r . Initialize the [...]

Addition al Informatio n  167 Check the memory card - Cannot access the memory card. Chec k the memory card and make sure it is inser ted cor- rectly. - A memory card e rror occurred. The camcorde r ca nnot record o r display the image. T r y remov- ing and reinserting the memo ry card, or use a different memory card. - Y ou inserted a MultiMedi[...]

168  Additional Information LCD Screen has been dimmed Use the [LCD Backlight] setting to change the brightness - Change the > > [LCD B acklight] setting to [Normal] or [Bright]. May not be possible to record movies on this memory card - Y ou may not be able to record movies on a memory card w ithout a Speed Cl ass rating or with one rated[...]

Addition al Informatio n  169 Number of scenes already at maximum - The maximum number of A VCHD scenes (3,999 scen es) has been reached. Delete some scenes ( A 56) to free some s pace. Recording was stopped due to insufficient write speed of the memory card - The data transfer rate was too high for the memory card in use and the recordin g was [...]

170  Additional Information 6 / 4 List of Messages for Connecting to an External Hard Drive 6 / 4 List of Messages for Wi-Fi Functions Refer also to the instruction manual of y our wireless r outer and other devices you w ill use. T oo many photos and MP4 movies. Disconnect the USB cable . - Disconnect the USB cable. T r y using a memory card re[...]

Addition al Informatio n  171 Memory card cover is open - The memor y card cover was ope ned while the memory card was being ac cessed. Stop the Wi-Fi functio n in use and end the Wi-F i connection. Multiple access points detected. T ry the operation again. - There are multiple access points sending out a WPS signal at the same time. T r y the o[...]

172  Additional Information List of Messages for Web Services Wi-Fi authentication unsuccessful - Make sure the camcorder and access point are using the same authe ntication/encryption method and encryption key . - If the access point is using MAC address filter ing, enter the camcorder’ s MAC address in the access point’ s configuration scr[...]

Addition al Informatio n  173 Connect to a compu ter and use supplied software to set up This serv ice may not be available in your region - T o use Web services, set in the camcorder the settings saved on CANON iMAGE GA TEWA Y . Install ImageBrowser EX and CameraWindow in your compute r and configure the settings using CANON iMAGE GA TEWA Y . C[...]

174  Additional Information Do’ s and Don’ ts Handling Precauti ons Camcorder Be sure to obse rve the following precautions to ensure maximum per- formance. • Save your r ecordings per iodically . Ma ke su re to tr ansf er y our rec ord- ings to an exter nal dev ice such as a compu ter or digit al vide o r ecorde r ( A 107) and save them o[...]

Additional Information  175 • Do not disassemble the camcorder . If the camcorder does not function prop erly , consul t qual ified se rvice personnel. • H andle th e camco r der with ca r e. D o not su bject t he camc order to shock s or v ibrat ion as thi s may cause damage. • When mounting the camcor der on a trip od, ma ke sur e that t[...]

176  Additional Information Long-te rm storage • Stor e batt ery p acks in a dry place a t tempe ratur es no higher than 30 ° C (86 ° F). • T o extend the batte ry lif e of the batt ery pack, dischar ge it complet ely before storing it. • Charge and di scharge al l your batt ery packs fully at le ast once a year . Remaining b attery time[...]

Additional Information  177 Built- in Recha rgeable Lithium Battery The camcor der has a built-in r echar geable lithium battery to keep the date/time and other settings. The built-in lithi um battery is rechar ged while you use the camcor der; however , it will dischar ge co mpletely if you do not use the camcor der for about 3 months. T o rech[...]

178  Additional Information Maintenance/Other s Cleaning Cam corder Body • Use a sof t, dry c loth to cl ean the camcor der body . Never use chem ical ly tr eated c loths or vo latil e solve nts su ch as paint t hinner . Lens • If the lens surface is d irty , a utofocu s may n ot wor k pr operl y . • Remo v e any dust or dirt particles usi[...]

Additional Information  179 • Remove the me mory car d an d batte ry pa ck. Th en, pl ace t he cam cor der in an air tight pla stic bag and let it adjus t gradua lly to tempe ratur e changes before r em ov ing it fr om the bag. When c ondensation is d etected The pr ecise ti me r equir ed for wat er dropl ets to evapo rate wil l va ry depend i[...]

180  Additional Information Gener al In form ation Accessories * Supplied wi th the camcorder; no t available as an o ptional accessory . ** 6 / 4 only . (Av ailability differs from area to area) TV/HDTV Digital video recorder Computer External hard drive** Card reader/writer Printer Optional accessori es not li s te d below ar e described i n m[...]

Additional Information  181 Opt ional Acc essor ies Call or visit your local re tailer/deale r for genuine Canon video accesso- ries. Y ou can also o btain genuine accessories for your Cano n cam- corder b y calling: 1-800-828-4040, Ca non U.S.A. Information Center . 2 Battery Packs When you need e xtra battery packs, selec t one of the f ollowi[...]

182  Additional Information Recording and playback t imes given in the fol lowing tables are approxi- mate and vary accor ding to video quali ty and charging, r ecording or play- back condi tions . The ef fecti ve usage time of the bat tery pack may decreas e when recording in cold surroundin gs, whe n using the br ighter screen se ttings, etc. [...]

Additional Information  183 6 / 4 Recording MP4 mo vies using the built-in memor y Rec ord ing MP4 movies using a me mory card * A pproximate times for recording with repeated op erations such as star t/stop, zoom ing, and p ower on/o ff . BP-727 60P 135 mi n. 80 min. 215 min. MXP 145 min. 85 min. 230 min. FXP 145 min. 85 min. 235 min. LP 150 mi[...]

184  Additional Information 4 WM-V1 Wireless Mic rophone Relia bly r ecord ri ch so und eve n when shoo ting subj ects at a di stance . The transm itter is co nvenient ly equipped with a cl othing c lip and the rec eiver ca n be attache d to the camcorder’ s grip belt. 7 UA-100 USB Adapter 6 / 4 Allow s you to conn ect to the camco rde r an ex[...]

Additional Information  185 Specifications VIXIA HF R42 / VIXIA HF R40 / VI XIA HF R400  — V alues given are approximate figures. System • Recording System Movies: A VCHD* Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: Dolby Digital 2ch MP4 Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Audio: MPEG-2 AAC-LC (2ch) Photos: DCF (Design rule for Camera File system), compatible wi[...]

186  Additional Information MP4 movies: 35 Mbps : 1 hr . 24 Mbps : 1 hr . 25 min. 17 Mbps : 2 hr . 5 min. 4 Mbps : 8 hr . 40 min. • Image Sensor 1/4.85-in. CMOS, 3,280,000 pixels  Effective pixels: 2,070,000 pixels  (1920 x 1080) When advanced zoom is on: 1920 x 1080 (wide angle) 1360 x 765 (full telephoto) • LCD T ouch Screen: 3 in., [...]

Additional Information  187 • USB T erminal: mini-AB, Hi-Speed USB • HDMI OUT T erminal HDMI Mini Connector; output only • MIC T erminal ∅ 3.5 mm stereo minijack –64 dBV (with 600 Ω microphone) / 5 k Ω or more Wi-F i ( 6 / 4 only) • Standard: Complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g/n protocol; Wi-Fi Protected Setup (connection methods: WP[...]

188  Additional Information BP-718 Battery Pack • Battery ty pe Rechargeable lithium ion battery • Rated voltage: 3.6 V DC • Operating temperature  : 0 – 40 °C (32 – 104 °F) • Battery c apacity: 1,840 mAh (typical); 6.5 Wh / 1,790 mAh (minimum) • Dimensions  : 30.3 x 24.9 x 40.1 mm (1.2 x 0.98 x 1. 6 in.) • Weight  : 4[...]

Additional Information  189 About the m usic fi les The specif ications o f the musi c files co mpatible with the cam cor der are as fo llows . Audio encod ing: Li near PCM Audio s ampling: 48 kHz, 16 bits, 2 c hannels Minimum le ngth: 1 second File type: WAV The music data is saved in the memory under t he following folders. 6 / 4 In the built-[...]

190  Additional Information Index 60P recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 A Abroad, using the camcorder . . . . 179 Aspect r atio of a conn ected TV (TV type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Audio recording level . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Audio scene select . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 AUTO m ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 Aut[...]

Additional Information  191 Low light (S pecial Scene mod e) . . . 68 M Main F unctions panel . . . . . . 38, 14 4 Mainte nance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8 Marke rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Memo ry card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7, 176 Memory save* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 6 MIC terminal . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

192  Additional Information Wi-Fi functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 Y Y o uT ub e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Z Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Advanced z oom . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Zoom speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 * 6 / 4 only . C OP Y[...]

193 CANON CONSUMER DIGIT AL VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED WA RRANTY FOR THE UNITED ST A T ES The limited warranty set forth below is given by Canon U .S.A., Inc. (“Canon USA”) with respect to Canon Consumer Digital Video Equi pment (the “Equipment”) purchased in the United States. This limited warranty is only effective upon presentation of yo ur[...]

194 LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DA T A, INCLUDING WITHOUT L IMIT ATION, LOSS OR CORRUPTION O F DA TA STORED ON THE EQUIPMENT’S HARD DRIV E, OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE S CAUSED BY THE USE, MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THE EQUIPMENT , REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEO R Y ON WHICH THE CLAIM IS BASED, AND EVEN IF CANON USA H AS BEE[...]

195 CANON CONSUMER DIGIT AL VIDEO EQUIPMENT LIMITED WA RRANTY The limited warranty s et forth below is given by Canon Canada Inc. (“ C anon Can ada”) with respect to Canon Consu mer Digital Video Equipme nt (the “Equipment”) purch ased in Canada. This limited warranty i s only effective upon pr esentation of a bill of sal e or other proof o[...]

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