User manual CANON XL H1A

[. . . ] DIE-308A HD Video Camera Recorder Instruction Manual Mini Digital igital Video Cassette PAL 35 Important Usage Instructions Introduction WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK AND TO REDUCE ANNOYING INTERFERENCE, USE THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES ONLY. CAUTION: DISCONNECT THE MAINS PLUG FROM THE SUPPLY SOCKET WHEN NOT IN USE. [. . . ] CP backward key can only be operated with the custom keys. [FB] Flange Back Adjustment Press the CUSTOM KEY (1 or 2) button. The flange back adjustment menu appears. (Will have no effect if flange back adjustment is not available with the lens attached. ) [FLIP EVF] Flip EVF Press the CUSTOM KEY (1 or 2) button. Activating the function will reverse the displayed image both upside/down and right/left. This affects only the display, and the video signal being output from all terminals will not change. · When using XL lenses designed for HDV recording, the Flip EVF function will be deactivated while displaying the menu screens. · Flip EVF can only be operated with the custom keys. [SDI OUTPUT] SDI Output Press the CUSTOM KEY (1 or 2) button. The SDI output setup menu appears. [FOCUS LIMIT] Focus Limit ( 46) Press the CUSTOM KEY (1 or 2) button. The focus limit is activated. Press the button again to cancel it. [DATA CODE] Data Code ( 113) Press the CUSTOM KEY (1 or 2) button. The data code appears. Press the button again to hide the data code. 78 Color Bars/Audio Reference Signal You can generate and record color bars signals and a 1 kHz audio reference signal. With the customized functions ( 100) you can choose between EBU ([TYPE 1]) and SMPTE color bars ([TYPE 2]) and you can also select the strength of the audio signal (-12 dB, -18 dB, or -20 dB). 1. Select the standard of the color bars signal [COLOR BARS] and the strength of the audio reference signal [1kHz TONE] with the customized functions ( 100). Press the BARS/FADE SELECT button to display the (color bars) icon. · Repeatedly pressing the button will cycle through the options in the following order: , , , no display. Press the BARS/FADE ON/OFF button. · The color bars appear and the audio reference signal is emitted (if activated). Press the Start/Stop button to record the signal. · If you set the custom function [1kHz TONE] to [OFF], the current audio input (microphone, line in, etc. ) will be recorded as the audio signal. Faders Recording You can choose to fade to/from white or to/from black. 1. While recording or in record pause mode, press the BARS/FADE SELECT button to display the (white fader) or (black fader) icon. · Repeatedly pressing the button will cycle through the options in the following order: display. · The icon of the selected fader type starts flashing. Press the BARS/FADE ON/OFF button. The icon stops flashing. 3. Press the Start/Stop button. · In record pause: the recording will fade in and start. While recording: the recording will fade out and stop. · After the fade-in/out the icon will start flashing again. To activate the fader again, press the BARS/FADE ON/OFF button (step 2). 79 External Connections Video Signal Output Standards The standard of the video signal output from the HD/SD SDI ( only), COMPONENT OUT and HDV/DV terminals depends on the standard used for recording (or the standard of the recording on the tape being played back) and on various menu settings. Video output from the VIDEO OUT or IN/OUT (S-Video) terminal will always be in 576/50i standard. Standard of Video Output while Recording While recording in high definition, video output from the HD/SD SDI terminal will be an uncompressed HD, YPbPr signal. You can down-convert the video output with the respective menu settings. [. . . ] When you use Canon video equipment, we recommend Canon-brand accessories or products bearing the same mark. 152 Specifications XL H1S / XL H1A System Video Recording System Rotary head, helical scanning, digital component recording HDV High Definition Video 1080i DV Consumer digital VCR SD system HDV MPEG-1 audio layer 2, 16 bit (48 kHz), Transfer rate: 384 kbps (2CH) DV PCM digital sound, 16 bit (48 kHz) or 12 bit (32 kHz) HD High Definition Video (HDV) 1080/50i SD CCIR standard (625 lines, 50 fields) PAL color signal Videocassettes bearing the "MiniDV" mark. HDV 18. 83 mm/s DV SP: 18. 83 mm/s, LP: 12. 57 mm/s HDV 60 min. cassette) 1/3-inch CCD x 3 (horizontal pixel shift), approx. 1, 670, 000 pixels Effective pixels: HD approx. [. . . ]