JVC GR-DV400, GR-DV600 manual

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA

GR-DV700

GR-DV600

GR-DV500

GR-DV400

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INSTRUCTIONS

ENGLISHAUTOMATICDEMONSTRATION9

GETTING STARTED	10

VIDEO RECORDING &PLAYBACK17DIGITAL STILL CAMERA(D.S.C.) RECORDING & 23PLAYBACK

ADVANCED FEATURES	31

REFERENCES64TERMS82

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Contents

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA INSTRUCTIONS ENGLISH AUTOMATIC DEMONSTRATION9 2 EN SOME DO’S AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT DON’T DON’T ABOVE ALL 4 EN Provided Accessories 6 EN How To Attach The Strap How To Attach The Lens Cap NOTE: 8 EN CONTENTS Automatic Demonstration MENU Wheel Lock Button Power Switch Sub Menu 10 EN ATTENTION: About Batteries INFORMATION: Using AC Power The Benefits Of Lithium-IonBatteries For other notes, pg 12 EN LCD Monitor And Viewfinder Brightness Adjustment Of The Display 14 EN Built-inClock’s Rechargeable Lithium Battery Loading A Cassette /Unloading A Cassette OPEN/EJECT Erase protection tab facing out 16 EN Loading A Memory Card /Unloading A Memory Card Basic Recording 18 EN Time Code Display during recording Minutes Seconds 20 EN VIDEO PLAYBACK Shuttle Search Slow-MotionPlayback Blank Search Frame-By-FramePlayback Playback Zoom 22 EN Connections To A TV Or VCR D.S.C. RECORDING 24 EN D.S.C. PLAYBACK Normal Playback Of Images Playback Of Video Clips Playback Of Title Images 26 EN Removing On-ScreenDisplay To protect all files stored in the memory 28 EN To remove protection from all files stored Setting Print Information (DPOF Setting) 30 EN Changing The Menu Settings 32 EN RECORDING MENUS WIPE – SLIDE WIPE – DOOR WIPE – SCROLL Program AE With Special Effects PROG.AE SPOTLIGHT TWILIGHT SEPIA 34 EN Gain up GAIN UP AGC Navigation time Manual Menu MANUAL Digital Image Stabilisation DIS OFF / ON 36 EN Title impose Display Menu CAMERA DISPLAY Brightness adjustment of the display BRIGHT TITLE W 38 EN PLAYBACK MENUS 40 EN FEATURES FOR RECORDING 42 EN Auto Focus Focus detection zone Manual Focus FOCUS While focusing on a further subject 44 EN BACK LIGHT Button Backlight Compensation BACK LIGHT Manual White Balance Adjustment 46 EN To make thumbnail images during video recording automatically To delete thumbnail images 48 EN Title Impose TITLE Button INDEX Button Title Selection Title Recording 50 EN Dubbing To Or From A VCR Dubbing To A Video Unit Equipped With A DV IN Connector (Digital Dubbing) To DV IN/OUT Core filter DV cable 52 EN A Tape To A Memory Card 54 EN USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT Zoom Buttons Up Button SHIFT Left or SLOW PLAY 56 EN For START/STOP Insert Editing REW 58 EN Make Connections 1 A A JVC VCR equipped with a Remote PAUSE connector… B A JVC VCR not equipped with a Remote PAUSE connector but equipped with an 60 EN R.A.EDIT ON/OFF For More Accurate Editing Diagnosing VCR/Camcorder Timing Program Editing Menu Adjustment Of VCR/Camcorder Timing 62 EN SYSTEM CONNECTIONS Using The Camcorder As A 64 EN DETAILS TROUBLESHOOTING 66 EN Video and D.S.C. Playback Advanced features •Press BACK LIGHT 68 EN Page 70 EN CAUTIONS Memory Cards While the memory card is being accessed DO NOT leave the unit… (during recording, playback, deletion initialisation, etc.)… 72 EN USER MAINTENANCE 74 EN SPECIFICATIONS For Connectors S-Videoinput (GR-DV700/500only) AC Adapter Power requirement 76 EN Controls a Digital Video Connector [DV IN/OUT (GR DV IN/OUT (GR DV700/500) or DV OUT (GR-DV600/400)] DV700/500) or 78 EN LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Both Video And D.S.C. Recording cFlash Indicator d White Balance Indicator ( pg. 45) e• : Backlight Compensation Indicator ( pg. 45) 80 EN MEMORY IS FULL COPYING FAILED MEMORY CARD PLEASE FORMAT NO IMAGES STORED 82 EN TERMS