Canon GL1 user manual

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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

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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 ti

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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 fl