Canon XL1 instruction manual Maintenance, Using the camera abroad

Maintenance

Viewfinder (removal)

•You may wish to remove the viewfinder for storage or transport.

Remove the viewfinder cable from the socket at the front of the camera body. Loosen the locking screw that holds the unit in place and slide the viewfinder unit off the bracket.

Viewfinder (brightness)

•Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the BRIGHT screw. You can reveal the screw on the under side of the viewfinder by pulling back the small screw cover.

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Camera body and lens

•Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the camera body or lens. Never use chemically treated cloth or volatile solvents such as paint thinner.

Video heads

•When mosaic-like noise appears on the playback picture, the video heads may be dirty. When the video heads are badly contaminated, the camera may show a blank blue screen.

•Clean the video heads using Canon’s DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette. If the “noise” remains, repeat the cleaning (up to maximum of five times).

•Do not use a wet-type cleaning cassette, as this can cause damage.

Using the camera abroad

Power sources

•You can use the compact power adapter to operate your camera and charge battery packs in any country where the electricity supply is between 110 and 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Contact your Canon dealer for information about plug adapters for overseas use.

TV playback

•Although you can always play back your recordings in the viewfinder, your camera can only be connected to TVs which use its NTSC system. This TV system is used in the following countries:

American Samoa, Bahama, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, Greenland, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Surinam, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.

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