Screen Displays

To display the date and time on a connected TV,

Epress the wireless controller’s DATA CODE button when the camera is in VCR mode with a tape loaded.

Press the wireless controller’s ON SCREEN button to see the other displays on the TV screen. (The displays appear white on-screen.) They will not be added to any recordings you make with the camera.

indicates a flashing display.

Record pause mode (p. 23)

P AU S E

Recording (p. 23)

R EC

The backup battery is not properly installed, or needs replacing (p. 63).

Shows how much battery power remains (p. 62).

The battery pack is exhausted (p. 14, 62).

No cassette is loaded, or it is set for erasure prevention (p. 16).

Additional Information

Remaining tape

 

 

 

 

(Green: more than 5 mins.

5 min

 

Yellow: less than 5 mins.

 

 

Red: final few secs).

 

 

...finally, it tells you when you

 

 

have completely run out of tape.

E N D

ON SCREEN DATA CODE

The camera is ejecting the tape (p. 15).

The safety mechanism is activated. Unload the cassette and turn the camera off. Turn it on again and reload the cassette.

Recording mode (p. 24)

Playback is stopped (p. 51).

Normal playback (p. 51)

Fast forward (p. 51)

Rewind (p. 51)

Fast forward playback (p. 52)

Rewind playback (p. 52)

Frame advance playback (p. 53)

Frame reverse playback (p. 53)

EJ E C T

E J E C T

S P

S T OP

F F

REW

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Canon XL1 instruction manual Screen Displays