JVC GR-DVL820, GR-DVL1020 specifications

ENGLISH

CONTENTS

AUTOMATIC DEMONSTRATION6GETTING STARTED7 – 14TAPERECORDING & PLAYBACK15 – 24

TAPE RECORDING........................

16 – 20

TAPE PLAYBACK..........................

21 – 24

MEMORY CARDRECORDING & PLAYBACK25 – 36

MEMORY CARD RECORDING .........

26 – 27

MEMORY CARD PLAYBACK............

28 – 29

ADVANCED FEATURES....................

30 – 36

ADVANCED FEATURES37 – 66

FOR RECORDING...........................

38 – 45

USING MENUS FOR

DETAILED ADJUSTMENT..............

46 – 51

DUBBING.....................................

52 – 53

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

...

54 – 64

SYSTEM CONNECTIONS..................

65 – 66

REFERENCES67 – Back Cover

DETAILS .............................................

68

TROUBLESHOOTING ......................

69 – 73

USER MAINTENANCE ............................

74

CAUTIONS....................................

75 – 77

SPECIFICATIONS...........................

78 – 79

INDEX .........................................

80 – 86

TERMS...............................

87 –

Back Cover

EN

LYT0963-001A

Please visit our Homepage on the World Wide Web and

answer our Consumer Survey (in English only):

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/index-e.html

For Accessories:

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/accessory/

INSTRUCTIONS

GR-DVL1020GR-DVL820GR-DVL520GR-DVL320

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA

The camcorder illustrations

appearing in this instruction

manual are of the

GR-DVL1020.

Memory card recording

features are available on

GR-DVL1020, GR-DVL820

and GR-DVL520

Contents

Main ENGLISH CONTENTS 67 GR-DVL1020 GR-DVL820 GR-DVL520 GR-DVL320 DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA * EN WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Dear Customer, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTIONS: CAUTION: CAUTIONS: SAFETY PRECAUTIONS PROVIDED ACCESSORIES To confirm the lens cap is on correctly make sure the cap is flush to the camera. How To Attach The Lens Cap To protect the lens, attach the provided lens cap to the camcorder as shown in the illustration. 1 2 3 AUTOMATIC DEMONSTRATION How To Attach The Core Filter GETTING STARTED Power CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK 1 2 3 4 USING THE BATTERY PACK USING AC POWER INFORMATION Grip Adjustment 1 2 3 3 Viewfinder Adjustment 2 2 Loading/Unloading A Cassette 1 2 3 *To Protect Valuable Recordings . . . Recording Mode Setting 4 Loading A Memory Card 1 2 3 4 Picture Quality/Image Size Setting 5 TAPE RECORDING & PLAYBACK TAPE RECORDING & PLAYBACK TAPE RECORDING......................... 16 20 TAPE PLAYBACK........................... 21 24 Basic Recording 1 2 3 JOURNALISTIC SHOOTING SELF-RECORDING Operation Mode Zooming To produce the zoom in/out effect, or an instanta- neous change in image magnification. Video Light DANGER EN Time Code Recording From The Middle Of A Tape When a blank portion is recorded on a tape Proper recording (cont.) 1 2 Shuttle Search: Still Playback: Frame-By-Frame Playback: Slow-Motion Playback/Playback Special Effects and Playback Zoom Connections A.Connection to a TV or VCR equipped with an S-VIDEO IN and A/V input connectors B. Connection to a TV or VCR equipped only with A/V input connectors 3 4 5 Blank Search 1 2 3 MEMORY CARD RECORDING .........26 27 MEMORY CARD PLAYBACK........... 28 29 ADVANCED FEATURES.................... 30 36 MEMORY CARD RECORDING & PLAYBACK MEMORY CARD RECORDING & PLAYBACK MEMORY CARD RECORDING Basic Shooting (Snapshot) 2 Page Normal Playback 4 Auto Playback 1 2 3 MEMORY CARD PLAYBACK 1 2 3 4 Viewing File Information Removing On-Screen Display 1 6 TO REMOVE PROTECTION 6 Deleting Files 4 6 Dubbing Still Images Recorded On A Tape To A Memory Card 1 2 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 4 5 6 5 TO PRINT BY SELECTING STILL IMAGES AND NO. OF PRINTS 1 2 3 4 5 7 1 ADVANCED FEATURES FOR RECORDING ........................................... 38 45 USING MENUS FOR DETAILED ADJUSTMENT............. 46 51 DUBBING .................................................... 52 53 USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT ..................... 54 64 2 IMPORTANT Fade/Wipe Effects Fade or Wipe works when tape recording is started or when you stop recording. 1 5 Fader And Wipe Menu Snapshot (For Tape Recording) This feature lets you record still images that look like photographs onto a tape. There is the sound effect of a shutter closing. SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION 1 DVL1020/DVL820/DVL520 only), then set the Power Switch to 3 while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch. Screen appears. 1 snapshot is being taken. FEATURE: Auto Focus Manual Focus Exposure Control 5 6 Iris Lock 5 White Balance Adjustment 5 Manual White Balance Operation 1 2 3 3 4 Menu Screen Explanations Menu Screen Explanations (cont.) BEEP DSC For Playback Menu The following procedure applies to all except Synchro Comp (Z pg. 62). RETURN and press it twice to close the Menu Screen. 1 Screen appears. 3 desired function menu, and press it. The selected function menu appears. desired function, and press it to display the Sub Menu. Playback Sound Display DUBBING Dubbing To Or From A VCR [To Use This Camcorder As A Player] 1 2 5 3 4 6 1 2 3 4 [To Use This Camcorder As A Recorder] 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 6 8 5 7 9 ) 0 @ $ Slow-Motion Playback FEATURE: Frame-By-Frame Playback FEATURE: Playback Special Effects Playback Zoom Random Assemble Editing [R.A.Edit] SET REMOTE/VCR CODE 1 2 3 1 6 789` 4 2 5 MAKE CONNECTIONS 1 pause connector . . . A JVC VCR not equipped with a remote pause connector but equipped with an R.A.EDIT connector . . . A VCR other than above . . . 2 4 5 10 6 7 AUTOMATIC EDITING TO VCR For More Accurate Editing DIAGNOSING VCR/CAMCORDER TIMING 1 2 3 ADJUSTMENT OF VCR/CAMCORDER TIMING 4 1 2 3 4 Insert Editing 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 OR 1 SYSTEM CONNECTIONS 2 3 4 REFERENCES REFERENCES EN DETAILS I T E M S N O T E S RECORDING (Z pg. 16, 17) (Z pg. 8) About Batteries 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 % ^ & * ( w e r t y W E R T Y U 1 2 3 4 5 CAUTIONS Video Light DANGER General Battery Precautions leakage which can cause malfunctions. CAUTIONS Memory Cards LCD Monitor Main Unit EN How to handle a CD-ROM EN SPECIFICATIONS Camcorder General Digital Video Camera EN AC Adapter Page EN Controls Connectors Indicators Other Parts LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Tape Recording Only w 13 4 52 87 LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Both Tape And Memory Card Recording 0 6 10. 00 4 3 20.1 01: LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Tape Playback BRI GH T 5 1 32 4 7 6 Warning Indications CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE EN Indications Function Indications (cont.) Terms