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How to use the Canon GL1 Digital Video Camera
Connecting Power:
•Pull the eye piece out, then tilt it up
•Lineup power plug and slide it down until it clicks
•To remove the plug, press the release button just under the eye piece, slid the plug up and out
Inserting a blank tape (power must be present but camera can be “Off”):
•Push the open lever up toward the front of the camera and at the same time pull the cover out from the camera
•Push the green “Eject” button, the tape holder will come up and open
•Insert tape with the label facing away from the camera
•Push the tape holder in toward the camera but NOT DOWN
•The tape holder will go down on its own
•After the tape holder is down, close the cover
To record:
•Remove lens cap
•Open LCD monitor on the side
•Slide the power switch forward to “Camera” (see #1 below)
•Make sure camera is in “Standby” mode and not “Lock” mode, on the back of the camera (see #2 below)
•Check and make sure the camera is in easy mode, the knob on the LCD side near the back on the cameras should be on the empty rectangle (see #3 below)
•Press the big red record button on the back of the camera to start recording (see #4 below)
•The counter and the time remaining on tape, on the top left of the LCD will start
•You can use the zoom button (has a T and W on it) on the top of the camera near the back to zoom in and out during recording
•When you are done recording press the big red record button again
•Move the power switch back to “Off” and replace the lens cap
To eject the tape (power must be present but camera can be “Off”):
•Push the open lever up toward the front of the camera and at the same time pull the cover out from the camera
•Push the green “Eject” button, the tape holder will come up and open
•Push the tape holder in toward the camera but NOT DOWN
•The tape holder will go down on its own
•After the tape holder is down, close the cover
Hooking the camera up to a VCR for coping:
•Connect power to the camera (see above)
•Insert the tape you want to copy (see above)
•Connect the video out cable to the camera, under the flap on the back of the camera near the big red record button
•Connect the other end of the video out cable to the input on the VCR
•Slide the power switch on the top of the camera back to “VCR”
•Turn on the VCR, insert blank VHS tape and set it to the input you plugged the camera into
•Open the flap on the top of the handle on the camera
•Press the “play” button on the camera and the “Record” button on the VCR
•When you are done press stop on both the camera and VCR, rewind the tapes
•Turn off the camera by moving the power switch to “Off”
•Eject the tape from the VCR and camera (see above)
•Turn off the VCR
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•Disconnect the video out cable
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