JVC GR-D270 manual

ENGLISH GR-D290 GR-D270 L YT1381-001C EN TERMS Dear Customer , Thank you for purchasing this digital video camera. Before use, please read the safety inf ormation and precautions contained in the pages 3 – 4 and 10 to ensure safe use of this product. Please vis it our Homepage on the World Wide Web f or Digital Vi deo Camera: Fo r Accessories : h[...]

2 EN MasterP age: Left Wipe/Fader Effects Y ou can use the Wipe /F ader Effects to make pro-style scene transitions. ( 墌 pg. 41) Program AE with Special Effect s For e xample, “SPOR TS” mode allows f ast- moving images to be captured one frame at a time, f or vivid, stable slo w-motion. ( 墌 pg. 42) LED Light Y ou can br ighten the subject i[...]

EN 3 MasterP age: Start_Right SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMPORT ANT (for owne rs in the U .K.) Connection to the mains supply in the United Kingdom. DO NO T cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitab le for the po wer points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate saf ety a[...]

4 EN MasterP age: Left SOME DO’S AND DON’TS ON THE SA FE USE OF EQUIPMENT This equipment has been de signed and manufactured to meet in ternational safety standar ds but, l ike an y electric al equipmen t, care must be taken if you are to obtai n the best results and safety is to be assured. DO read the operati ng instructions befor e you attem[...]

MasterP age: TOC_Heading0 _Right EN 5 CONTENTS GETTING STARTED 6 Index ................. ................. ............................... 6 Provided Accesso ries ............... .................. .... 11 Power............ .................. ................. ............... 13 Operation Mode .......... .................. ................. . 14 Da[...]

6 EN MasterP age: Left GETTING ST ARTED Index 1 V W B C G Y D E 9J L KM N U X 8 P Q R S F a Zb c d e h fg ij O k T GR-D290_270PAL.book Page 6 Mon day, October 25, 2004 7:15 PM[...]

EN 7 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED Controls A Stop Button [ 8 ] ( 墌 pg. 20) Inde x Button [INDEX] ( 墌 pg. 27) Backligh t Compensation Bu tton [BA CK LIGHT] ( 墌 pg. 40) B Pla y/P ause Button [ 4 / 9 ] ( 墌 pg. 20) Manual F ocus Button [FOCUS] ( 墌 pg. 38) C Rewind Button [ 3 ] ( 墌 pg. 20) Menu select B utton [ [...]

GETTING ST ARTED 8 EN MasterP age: Left LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Recordin g Only a Selected Wip e/F ad er Effect Indicator ( 墌 pg. 41) B T ape Running In dicator ( 墌 pg. 18) (Rotates while ta pe is running.) C Selected Wi de Mode Indi cator ( 墌 pg. 33) D : Liv e Slow Indicator ( 墌 pg. 37) : Snapshot Ind icator ( 墌 p[...]

EN 9 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED H Appro ximate Zoom Ratio ( 墌 pg. 19) I Zoom Indica tor ( 墌 pg. 19) J O : (Appea rs when taki ng Snapshot. ) ( 墌 pg. 25, 38) SLO W : (Appears whe n using Live Slow .) ( 墌 pg. 37) K Bright ness Control In dicator (LCD mon itor/ View finder) ( 墌 pg. 16) L Battery Remaining P ow[...]

GETTING ST ARTED 10 EN MasterP age: Left Before Using This Camcorder Make sure you onl y use cassettes with the Mini D V mark . Make sure you onl y use memory cards with the mark or . This camcorder is designed e xclusive ly for the digital video cassette , SD Memory Card and MultiMediaCard. Only cassettes marked “ ” and memory cards mar ked ?[...]

EN 11 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED a AC Adapter AP-V 17E or AP-V1 4E b P ower Cord (o nly for AP-V14E) c Batter y Pac k BN- VF707U d S/A V Cable e USB Cable f Core Filter (f or USB cable , 墌 pg. 12 for attachment) g CD-ROM h Cable Adapter i Remote Control Unit RM-V72 0U j Lithium Battery CR2025* (f or remote control [...]

GETTING ST ARTED 12 EN MasterP age: Left How T o Attach The Core Filter Attach the core filters to the cab les. The core filter reduc es interf erence. 1 Release the st oppers on bot h ends of the core filter . 2 Run the cable thro ugh the core filter, leaving appro x. 3 cm of cable betwee n the cab le plug and the core filter . Wind the cable once[...]

EN 13 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED This camco rder’ s 2-wa y power s upply syst em lets you choose the mo st appropr iate source of power . Do not us e provided power supply uni ts with other eq uipment. Charging The Battery Pack 1 Set the P ower Switch to “OFF”. 2 With the arro w on the battery pack pointin g do[...]

GETTING ST ARTED 14 EN MasterP age: Left NOTES: ● Recording time is reduced signif icantly under the fol lowing conditions: • Zoom or Record-Standb y mode is engaged repeatedly . • The LCD monitor i s used repeatedly . • The pla yback mode is en gaged repeatedl y . • The LED Light is used. ● Bef ore exten ded use, it is recommended that[...]

EN 15 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED Power-Linked Operation When the P owe r Switch is set to “ A ” or “ M ”, you can also tur n on /off the camco rder by opening/ closing the LCD monitor or pulling out/push ing in the vie wfinder . INFORMA TION: The f ollowing e xplanations in thi s manual supposes the use of LC[...]

GETTING ST ARTED 16 EN MasterP age: Left 1 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ A ” or “ M ” while pressing do wn the Loc k Button loca ted on the sw itch. 2 Make sure the LCD monitor is c losed and lock ed. Pull out the vi ewfin der fully an d adjust it manually f or best vie wability . 3 T urn the Dioptre Adjustment Con trol until the indicati ons[...]

EN 17 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED ● When the battery pack’ s charge is low , you ma y not be able to close the ca ssette holde r cover . Do not apply f orce. Replace the battery pack with a fully charged one or use A C power bef ore continuin g. 3 Close the ca ssette holder cov er fir mly until it locks into place[...]

18 EN MasterP age: Left VIDEO RECORDING NOTE: Befor e continuing, perf or m the procedures listed below: ● Pow e r ( 墌 pg. 13) ● Loading A Cassette ( 墌 pg. 16) 1 Remove the lens cap. ( 墌 pg. 11) 2 Open the LCD monitor f ully . 3 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”. 4 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ A ” or “ M ” while pressing d[...]

EN 19 VIDEO RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK Zooming Produces the zoom in/out effect, or an instantaneo us change in image magnificati on. Zoom In Slide the P ower Zoom Le ver tow ards “T”. Zoom Out Slide the P ow er Zoom Le ver tow ards “W”. The further you slide the P ower Zoom Le ver , the quick er the zo[...]

MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right 20 EN NOTES: ● The time code cannot be reset . ● During fast -forw arding and rewinding, the time code indication does not mov e smoothly . ● The time code is displa yed only when “TIME CODE” is set to “ON”. ( 墌 pg. 34) Quick Review Enables to check the end of the last re cording. 1) Press during t[...]

EN 21 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK Shuttle Search Allows high-s peed search in eith er dire ction during video playback. 1) During pl ayback, press 5 for fo r wa rd search, or 3 for rev erse sear ch. 2) T o resume normal playback, press 4 / 9 . ● During playbac k, press and hold 5 or 3 . The search con[...]

VIDEO PLA YB A CK 22 EN MasterP age: Left A Black to S-VIDEO IN (Con nect when your TV/ VCR has S -VIDEO I N and A/V input connectors . In this case, it is not nece ssary to connect the yellow video cable.) B Y ellow to VIDEO IN (Conne ct when your TV/ VCR has only A/V input connector s.) C Red to A UDIO R IN** D White to A UDIO L IN** * If your VC[...]

EN 23 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK The Full-Fun ction Remote Cont rol Unit can operate this ca mcorder from a dis tance as well as the basic op erations (Playback, Stop, P ause, F as t-Forward and Rewind) of your VCR. I t also makes additional pl ay back fu nctions possi ble . ( 墌 pg. 24) Installing Th[...]

VIDEO PLA YB A CK 24 EN MasterP age: Left . Slow-Motion Playback During normal video pla yback, pres s SLO W ( Y I or I U ) more than approx. 2 seconds. ● After appro x. 10 minutes , normal playbac k resumes. ● T o pause Slow-Motion pla yback, press PAU S E ( 9 ). ● T o stop Slow-Motion pla yback, press PLA Y ( U ). NOTES: ● Y ou can also e[...]

EN 25 MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK D.S.C. RECORDING Y ou can use your camco rder as a Digital St ill Camera for taking snapshots. Still ima ges are stored in t he memory card. NOTE: Bef ore continuing, perf or m the procedures listed below: ● Pow e r ( 墌 pg. 13) ● Loading a Memory Card ( ?[...]

MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right 26 EN T o cancel Interval Shooting mode Set “INT .SHO T” to “OFF” in step 1 . NOTES: ● T o distinguish between still images tak en in Interval Shooting mode and o ther still images, i t is recommended that y ou reset the file names bef ore shooting. ( 墌 pg. 28) ● Interval Shooting will stop if the ba[...]

EN 27 D.S.C. PLA YBA CK MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK Y ou can r un th rough all the ima ges stored in memory card automatically . 1 P erform steps 1 – 3 in “Normal Pla yback Of Images” ( 墌 pg. 2 6). 2 Press 4 / 9 to start Auto Pla yback. ● If you press – during A uto Pla yback, files [...]

MasterP age: Heading0_Left 28 EN ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. Still images c an be dub bed from a tap e to a memor y card. 1 Load a casset te. ( 墌 pg. 16) 2 Load a memor y card. ( 墌 pg. 17) 3 Set “SNAP/SL O W” to the de sired mode. (except “SLOW”, 墌 pg. 31, 32 ) 4 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”. 5 Set the P ower Swit ch[...]

EN 29 ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK To R e m o v e P r o t e c t i o n Bef ore doing th e f ollowin g, perf or m steps 1 – 3 in “Protec ting Files”. T o remove protection from the currently displayed file 4 Press + or – to select “CURRENT”, and press MEN[...]

ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. 30 EN MasterP age: Left 5 Press + or – to select “EXECUTE”, an d press MENU . The normal playback screen appears. ● T o cancel selection, select “RETURN”. To P r i n t B y S e l e c t i n g Still Images And Number Of Prints 1 P erfor m steps 1 – 3 in “T o Print All Still Images (One Print F or Each)?[...]

EN 31 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT This camcorde r is equipped with an easy-to- use, on-screen menu system that simplifies many of the more detailed ca mcorder settings . ( 墌 p g .3 2–3 6 ) 1 For Video and D.S.C. Recording Menus: ● Set the VIDEO/MEMOR Y Swit ch to “VIDEO” or “MEMOR Y”. ?[...]

MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 32 EN MasterP age: Left CAMERA The “ m CAMERA” settings are effective when the P ower Switch is set to both “ A ” and “ M ”. How ev er , the menu setti ngs can be changed only when the P ow e r Switch is se t to “ M ”. [ ] = F actor y-pr eset [SP] : T o record in the SP (Standar d Play) mode LP : Long [...]

EN 33 MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [OFF] : Disables 5 -Second R ecording. 5S : Enab les 5-Second Recording. ( 墌 pg. 37) Anim. : Allows y ou to record a f ew frames only . By using an ina nimate objec t and changing its position be tween shots, you can record the subject a s though i t is moving. [OFF[...]

MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 34 EN MasterP age: Left [LCD] : The i mage is disp lay ed on the LCD monitor when the viewfin der is pulled out while the LCD mo nitor is open ed. FINDER : The image is displa yed in the viewf inder when th e vie wfinder is pu lled out while the LCD monitor is op ened. EXECUTE : Resets all settings t o the f actor y- [...]

EN 35 MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [ (T APE) ] : When Snapshot recording is performed wit h the VIDEO/MEMORY Switc h set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded onl y onto the tape . / (T APE/CARD) : When Sn apshot recording i s performed with t he VIDEO/ MEMOR Y Switch set to “VIDEO”, still imag[...]

MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 36 EN MasterP age: Left 墌 pg. 21, “B lank Search ” [OFF] : Disables audio/video s ignal input fr om the S/A V con nector. ( 墌 pg. 43) A/V IN : Enables audio/video si gnal input fr om the S/A V con nector. ( 墌 pg. 43) S IN : Enab les audio/S-video signal input f rom the S/A V con nector. ( 墌 pg. 43) SYSTEM [...]

EN 37 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES FEA TURES FOR RECORDING LED Light can be used to bright en the subjec t in the dar k place dur ing video re cording or D .S.C . shooting. 1 Press LI GHT repeatedly to change the setting. OFF : T urns off the light. ON : The light is on alwa ys. ( appears .) AU TO : The light tur ns on automat icall[...]

FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 38 EN MasterP age: Left Makes dark subj ects or areas ev en b righter t han they would be under good natural lightin g. Although the recorde d image is not grainy , it may look as if it is strobing due to the s low sh utter speed. 1 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ M ”. 2 Press NIGHT so that the Night-Scope indicato r “ ”[...]

EN 39 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES Manual exposure control is r ecommended in the fo llowing situations : ● When shooting using re verse lighting or when the background is too bright. ● When shooting on a reflectiv e natural ba ckgrou nd such as at t he beach or when skiing. ● When the bac k ground is o[...]

FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 40 EN MasterP age: Left Backlight comp ensation b right ens the su bject quick ly . With simple op eration, back light compensa tion feature brighte ns the dar k subject por tion by increasi ng the exposure. 1 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ M ”. 2 Press BA CK LIGHT so that the Backlight Compensati on indicato r “ ” appe[...]

EN 41 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES Adjust the wh ite balance manually when shootin g under various t ypes of lighting. 1 Set the P ower Switch to “ M ”. 2 Hold a sheet o f plain white paper i n front of the su bject. Adju st zoom or positio n yourself so that the wh ite paper fi lls the screen. 3 Select ?[...]

FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 42 EN MasterP age: Left 1 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ M ”. 2 Set “ r ” to the de sired mode. ( 墌 pg. 31) ● The PROGRAM AE men u disappears and the selected eff ect is activated. ● The selected eff ect indicator appears. T o deactivate the se lected effect Select “OFF” in s tep 2 . The eff ect indicato r dis[...]

EN 43 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES EDITING A T o S-VIDEO IN or OUT** B Y ellow to VIDEO IN or OUT C Red to A UDIO R IN or OUT D White to A UDIO L IN or OUT * If your VCR has a SCART connector , use the provided cable ad apter . (The provided cable adapter accepts onl y output signals from this camcorder . T o use this camcorde r as [...]

EDITING 44 EN MasterP age: Left It is also possib le to copy recor ded scenes from the camcor der onto an other vide o unit equi pped with a D V connec tor . Since a digital sign al is sent, there i s little if any imag e or sound deterioration . T o use this camcorder as a player 1 Make sure all units a re turned off. 2 Connect t his camcord er to[...]

EN 45 EDITING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [A] Using USB cable It is possib le to do the f ollowing thin gs: ● T ransf er still images stored on a memory card to a PC. ● T ransf er still/movin g images rec orded on a tape to a PC . (GR-D290 only) [B] Using DV cable It is also p ossible to transf er still/moving images to a PC wi[...]

EDITING 46 EN MasterP age: Left The audio track can be cu stomised only when recorded in th e 12-BIT and SP modes . ( 墌 pg. 32) ● Use the provided remo te control. 1 Play bac k the tape to locate th e point where editing will st art, then press PA U S E ( 9 ). 2 While holding A. DUB ( D ) on the remote control, pr ess PA U S E ( 9 ). The “ 9 [...]

EN 47 MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES TROUBLESHOOTING If, after follo wing the steps in t he chart below , the prob lem still e xists, pl ease consult y our nearest JVC dealer. Power ● The power is not connect ed properly . H Connect the A C Adapter securely . ( 墌 pg. 14) ● The battery pack is not attached firmly . H Detach the battery pa[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 48 EN MasterP age: Left ● The light source o r the subject does not include white. Or th ere are various diff erent light sources behind the subje ct. H Find a white subject and compose you r shot so that it also appear s in the frame . ( 墌 pg. 25, 38) ● Shooting was perf ormed under backlit conditions . H Press BA CK LIGHT . [...]

EN 49 TROUBLESHOOTING MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES H Push in the memory card a f ew more times . ( 墌 pg. 17) ● The viewfinder is pul led out and “PRIORITY” is set to “FINDER”. H Push the viewfinder back in or set “PRIORITY ” to “LCD”. ( 墌 pg. 18, 31, 34) ● The LCD monitor’ s br ightness setting is too dark. H Adjust[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 50 EN MasterP age: Left Appears for 5 secon ds after p ower is tur ned on if the lens cap is atta ched or when it i s dark . Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a blan k portion of a tape . ( 墌 p g. 46) ● Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a tape recorded in the LP mode . ( 墌 pg. 46 ) ● Appears if Audio Dubbing is[...]

MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right REFERENCES EN 51 The error ind ications (0 1, 02 or 06) s how what type of malf unction ha s occurred . When an er ror indication a ppears, the camcor der tur ns off automatically . Remov e the power su pply (batter y , etc.) and wait a few minutes for the indicati on to clear. When it does, you can resume using t[...]

MasterP age: Heading0_Left 52 EN CA UTIONS Battery Packs The supplied battery pack is a lith ium-ion battery . Bef ore using the supplied batte ry pack or an optional batte ry pack, be sure to read the foll owing cautions: ● T o av oid ha zards ... do not bu rn . ... do not shor t-circuit the terminals. When transporting, make sure t he provided [...]

EN 53 CA UTIONS MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES LCD Monitor ● T o prevent damage to the LCD mo nitor , DO NO T ... push it strongly or apply any shoc ks. ... place the camcorder with the LCD monitor on the bottom . ● T o pr olong service life ... av o id rubbing it with coarse cloth. ● Be aware of the following phenomena for LCD monitor u[...]

CA UTIONS 54 EN MasterP age: Left How T o Handle A CD-ROM ● T ake care not to soil or scratch the mirror surf ace (opposite to the printed surf ace). Do not write anything or put a sti ck er on either the fron t or back surfa ce. If the CD-RO M gets dir ty , gently wipe it with a soft cloth outward from the centre hole. ● Do not use con vention[...]

EN 55 MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES SPECIFICA TIONS Camcorder Pow e r s u p p l y DC 11 V (Using AC Adapter) DC 7.2 V (Using ba ttery pack) P ower cons umption Appro x. 3.2 W (3.5 W*) (LCD monitor off , viewfind er on) Appro x. 4.2 W (4.5 W*) (LCD monitor on, viewfinder off) * Using LED Light Dimensions (W x H x D) 56 mm x 94 mm x 112 mm (wit[...]

MasterPage: Ba ckCover EN EK/EX Printed in Malalysia 0305MKH-ID-VM © 2005 Victor Company of J apan, Limited Ba ck co ver A AC Adapter ............. .................. ................. .... 14 Animation ...... ................. .................. .............. 33 Audio Dubbin g ..... .............. ................. ........... 46 B Backlight Com[...]