User manual JVC GR-DV400

[. . . ] ENGLISH AUTOMATIC DEMONSTRATION 9 DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA GR-DV700 GR-DV600 GR-DV500 GR-DV400 Please visit our Homepage on the World Wide Web for Digital Video Camera: http://www. jvc-victor. co. jp/english/cyber/ For Accessories: http://www. jvc-victor. co. jp/english/accessory/ GETTING STARTED 10 VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK 17 DIGITAL STILL CAMERA (D. S. C. ) RECORDING & PLAYBACK 23 ADVANCED FEATURES 31 REFERENCES 64 INSTRUCTIONS TERMS 82 LYT1130-001A EN 2 EN Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing this digital video camera. Before use, please read the safety information and precautions contained in the following pages to ensure safe use of this product. Using This Instruction Manual All major sections are listed in the Table Of Contents on the cover page. Basic and advanced features/operation are separated for easier reference. [. . . ] The Menu Screen closes and the Manual White Balance indicator is displayed. NOTES: In step 4, it may be difficult to focus on the white paper. 43) A subject can be shot under various types of lighting conditions indoors (natural, fluorescent, candlelight, etc. ). Because the colour temperature is different depending on the light source, the subject tint will differ depending on the white balance settings. Use this function for a more natural result. Once you adjust white balance manually, the setting is retained even if the power is turned off or the battery removed. ADVANCED FEATURES Hold a sheet of plain white paper in front of the subject. Adjust zoom or position yourself so that the white paper fills the screen. 46 EN NAVIGATION Function The Navigation Function helps you check tape contents by making thumbnail images on a memory card. MENU Wheel Power Switch Lock Button Rewind Button (3) VIDEO/MEMORY Switch FEATURES FOR RECORDING (cont. ) point where the loaded memory card is recognised is captured. 7 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to stop recording. To make thumbnail images after video recording manually. . . 2) Set "NAVIGATION" to "MANUAL". 31, 35) 3) After the recording, press NAVI STORE. · The " " indicator appears briefly and the captured image is stored in the memory card as a thumbnail image. NOTES: The remaining number of storable thumbnail images also appears on the screen when it reaches 10 or less. If "REC SELECT" is set to " / " in DSC Menu, the number shows how many 640 x 480 pixel images can be stored. If "5S" is set to "5S" or "Anim. " in MANUAL Menu, the NAVIGATION function will not work properly. NAVI Button NAVI STORE Button Fast-Forward Button (5) To make thumbnail images during video recording automatically 1 2 3 4 5 Load a cassette. ( To find scenes on tape using thumbnail images (NAVIGATION Search) 1 2 3 4 5 Load a cassette. ( Set the VIDEO/MEMORY switch to "VIDEO". Set the Power Switch to "PLAY" while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch. Press NAVI during video playback or stop mode. The loaded cassette's NAV I GA T I ON DATE : 2 4 . 2 5 ' 0 3 3 : 3 : 29 NAVIGATION thumbnail TC : 1 3 : 2 3 : 1 5 1 2 3 image screen appears. Press 3 to display the 4 5 006 previous page. Rotate the MENU Wheel to select the desired image, and press it. The "NAVIGATION SEARCH" indication appears blinking and the camcorder starts searching the tape for the relevant point of the selected thumbnail image. Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to "VIDEO". Set the Power Switch to "A" or "M" while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch. [. . . ] 16, 71 D Date/Time Display (DATE/TIME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 40 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) . . . . . 23, 24 Deleting Files (DELETE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Deleting thumbnail images (NAVI. DEL. ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Demonstration Mode (DEMO MODE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 36 Digital Image Stabilisation (DIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Display setting (ON SCREEN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 DPOF Setting (Digital Print Order Format) . . . . . 29, 30 Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ­ 53 Dubbing from tape to memory card ( COPY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 53 N Navigation (NAVIGATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 46, 47 Night-Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 E E-Mail Clip Recording (E-CLIP REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Erase Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16 Exposure Control (EXPOSURE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 F Fade-In/Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Fast-Forward The Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Frame-By-Frame Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 EN P Picture Quality (QUALITY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Playback sound (SOUND MODE, 12bit MODE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Playback Special Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Playback Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Power Switch Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Priority Setting (PRIORITY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Program AE With Special Effects (PROGRAM AE) Classic Film (CLASSIC FILM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Mirror (MIRROR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Monotone (MONOTONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sepia (SEPIA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Shutter Speed (SHUTTER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Snow (SNOW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sports (SPORTS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Spotlight (SPOTLIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Strobe (STROBE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Twilight (TWILIGHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Protecting Files (PROTECT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Provided Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 83 T Tally Lamp (TALLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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