JVC GR-DVL9800 PROVIDED ACCESSORIES

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•AC Power Adapter/Charger

AA-V67EG or AA-V67EK •Remote Control Unit

RM-V716U •DC Cord

•CD-ROM

The CD ROM contains the

following 7 software programs:

•JLIP Video Capture

•JLIP Video Producer

•Picture Navigator (for Windows®)

•Picture Navigator (for Macintosh®)

Presto!

•Mr. Photo

•PhotoAlbum

•ImageFolio

•R03 (AAA) Battery x 2

(for remote control unit)

•PC Connection Cable

•Audio/Video Cable

(ø3.5 mini-plug to

RCA plug)

•Editing Cable (One plug

has 3 rings around the pin,

and the other has 1 ring

around the pin.)

•Cleaning Cloth

PROVIDED ACCESSORIES

•Shoulder Strap•Battery Pack BN-V607U

•MultiMediaCard (4 MB)

(Already inserted in the camcorder)

•S-Video Cable

•Lens Protector (Already

attached to the camcorder)

•JLIP Cable (Both plugs have

3 rings around the pin.)

•DV Cable

(GR-DVL9800 only)

•Core Filter x 2

(for an optional external

microphone and headphones)

•Core Filter (for optional

DV cable, GR-DVL9700 only)

•Cable Adapter

Contents

Main EN DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA INSTRUCTIONS GR-DVL9800 GR-DVL9700 ENGLISH CONTENTS The rating plate (serial number plate) of the AC Power Adapter/Charger is on its bottom. Dear Customer, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. (for owners in the U.K.) IMPORTANT CAUTIONS: Before recording an important scene . . . PROVIDED ACCESSORIES AUTOMATIC DEMONSTRATION How To Attach Core Filters nWhen connecting cables, attach the end with the Core Filter to the camcorder. Take care not to damage the cable. Release the stoppers on both ends of the Core Filter. Power CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK Charging times noted above are for a fully discharged battery pack. Charging time varies according to the ambient temperature and the status of the battery pack. To avoid interference with reception, do not use the AC Power Adapter/Charger near a radio. USING THE BATTERY PACK USING AC POWER Grip Adjustment Viewfinder Adjustment (cont.) Shoulder Strap Attachment Tripod Mounting Date/Time Settings DISPLAY MENU Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select . Press it and DISPLAY MENU appears. RETURN, press MENU/BRIGHT twice. Built-in Clocks Rechargeable Lithium Battery Loading/Unloading A Cassette (cont.) * To Protect Valuable Recordings . . . Recording Mode Setting Set the tape recording mode depending on your preference. CAMERA MENU appears. (cont.) Be sure to use only MultiMediaCards marked . ATTENTION: MultiMediaCard 4 MB (provided) 25 50 75 MultiMediaCard 4 MB (provided) 12 24 36 Picture Quality Mode Setting CAMERA MENU appears. RETURN, and press it twice. The Menu Screen closes. pg. 15) as well as the composition of the subjects in the images. Picture Quality Mode FINE STANDARD ECONOMY Operation Mode (cont.) Page Basic Recording For Video To Adjust The Brightness Of The Display You should already have performed the procedures listed below. If not, do so before continuing. Shooting while using the LCD monitor: Shooting while using the viewfinder: JOURNALISTIC SHOOTING INTERFACE SHOOTING Basic Recording For Video (cont.) Snapshot (For Video Recording) SNAPSHOT MODE SELECTION To Use The Flash ( SNAPSHOT RECORDING If you press during Record-Standby . . . Snapshot Search Basic Recording For Digital Still Camera (D.S.C.) Basic Shooting (Snapshot) You should already have performed the procedures listed below. If not, do so before continuing. To Use The Flash ( Picture Quality Mode Setting ( Loading A MultiMediaCard ( Page Basic Recording For Video And D.S.C. Zooming NOTE: Recording From The Middle Of A Tape Time Code The time code is displayed only when TIME CODE is set to ON ( Recording From The Middle Of A Tape The time code cannot be reset. Progressive Mode Recording Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. Description of Progressive Scan CCD 1.Regular shooting of moving images 2.Progressive mode shooting of moving images (Progressive Mode Recording Z pg. 24) Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. (cont.) Dual Shooting Auto Focus Manual Focus High Speed Recording The screen may jitter. pg. 40, 41), DIS ( During High Speed Recording, the following functions are disabled: Fade/Wipe effects ( pg. 38, 39), Programme AE with special effects (other than TWI- LIGHT and SHUTTER, PROGRESSIVE SLOW-MOTION PLAYBACK Z Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. (cont.) Using Menus For Detailed Adjustment Normal Screen Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select the desired function icon, and press it. The selected function menu Function menu setting depends on the function. Menu Screen Explanations The CAMERA MENU settings are effective when the Power Switch is set to both and . Menu Screen Explanations (cont.) DIS MANUAL MENU CAMERA MENU 5S TELE MACRO WIDE MODE SELF- TIMER The MANUAL MENU settings are effective only when the Power Switch is set to . pg. 46). CLOCK ADJ. only appears when the Power Switch is set to . The DISPLAY MENU settings are effective even when the Power Switch is set to . pg. 59, 62, 73). Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. (cont.) Snapshot Flash If AUTO Is Selected . . . Flash Brightness Adjustment ( To change the brightness of the flash, In Multi-Analyser 4 or Multi-Analyser 9, the flash is disabled ( Flash Brightness Adjustment Press MENU/BRIGHT. Rotate it to select Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select , and press it. MANUAL MENU appears. Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select FLASH ADJ., and press it. The parameter appears. RETURN and press it twice to close the Menu Screen. Self-Timer If BEEP/TALLY is set to OFF ( Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select , and press it. RETURN, and press it twice to close the Menu Screen. OR 5-Second Recording To Take A Snapshot In The 5-Second Recording Mode . . . pg. 32). Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. (cont.) 2 Fade/Wipe Effects FADE/WIPE SELECTION ( , , , , , , , , and ) PICTURE WIPE OR DISSOLVE SELECTION ( , , , , , and ) Fader And Wipe Menu Advanced Features For Video And D.S.C. (cont.) Programme AE With Special Effects the Lock Button located on the switch. Pull out the viewfinder fully or open the LCD monitor fully. Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select , then press it. To Deactivate The Selected Mode . . . .... select OFF in step 4. Page Exposure Control To Return To Automatic Exposure Control . . . To Brighten The Subject Quickly . . . To Darken The Subject Quickly . . . Iris Lock White Balance Adjustment Manual White Balance Operation Basic Playback For Video Still Playback: Shuttle Search: Slow-Motion Playback: Frame-By-Frame Playback: Playback Zoom and Playback Special Effects Advanced Features For Video Using Menus For Detailed Adjustment Synchro Comp ( pg. 76, 77). Z Z Z Playback Sound Display Normal Playback Auto Playback Basic Playback For D.S.C. EXIT INDEX INDEX Screen 100-DVC00003: Directory and File names VGA: File size 001: Index number F/S/E: Picture Quality mode Protecting Images TO PROTECT AN IMAGE TO REMOVE PROTECTION Advanced Features For D.S.C. Deleting Images TO SELECT AN IMAGE BY BROWSING IMAGES STORED IN MEMORY Protected images ( TO DELETE ALL IMAGES pg. 50) cannot be deleted with the above operation. To delete them, remove protection first. Advanced Features For D.S.C. (cont.) Superimposing A Print Frame Initialising A MultiMediaCard DSC MENU appears. Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select FORMAT and press it. The Sub Menu appears. To cancel initialisation, rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select CANCEL and press it. Print Frame Deletion Advanced Features For D.S.C. (cont.) TO SELECT A PRINT FRAME BY BROWSING PRINT FRAMES STORED IN MEMORY The print frames in the camcorders memory cannot be deleted. TO DELETE ALL PRINT FRAMES Perform steps 1 through 4 on pag. 54. Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select ALL and press it. The Deletion Confirmation Screen appears. Deletion Confirmation Screen MENU/ BRIGHT Wheel PLAYALCK Setting Print Information (DPOF Setting) TO PRINT ALL STILL IMAGES (ONE PRINT FOR EACH) To Reset The Setting . . . TO PRINT BY SELECTING STILL IMAGES AND NO. OF PRINTS To Reset The No. Of Prints . . . To print images recorded on a tape, first dub them to a MultiMediaCard ( pg. 67). CONNECTIONS Basic Connections B. Connection to a TV or VCR equipped with a SCART connector compatible with Y/C signal C. If using a VCR . . . go to step 3. If not . . . go to step 4. Connection to a TV or VCR equipped with an S-VIDEO IN and/or A/V input (RCA type) connectors To choose whether or not the following displays appear on the connected TV . . . CONNECTIONS Advanced Connections Connection To A Personal Computer Connection To A Video Unit Equipped With A DV Connector Dubbing Images/Sounds Recorded On A Tape To Another Tape [To use this camcorder as a player] pg. 7). pg. 70) or Playback Special Effects ( You can use Playback Zoom ( Dubbing Images/Sounds Recorded On A Tape To Another Tape [To use this camcorder as a recorder: Only for GR-DVL9800 owners] To use an output cable adapter (commercially available), refer to its instructions. pg. 7). Analogue signals can be converted to digital signals with this procedure. Digital Dubbing Of Recorded Images/ Sounds Between Tapes [To use this camcorder as a player] (cont.) Digital Dubbing Of Recorded Images/ Sounds Between Tapes [To use this camcorder as a recorder: Only for GR-DVL9800 owners] 66 Dubbing Images Stored In A MultiMediaCard To A Tape The XGA image is dubbed onto the tape at 720 x 640 pixels. You can superimpose a print frame over the selected still image to be dubbed ( (cont.) Dubbing Images Recorded On A Tape To A MultiMediaCard OR If an image recorded on the tape using the WIDE mode pg. 32) is dubbed to a MultiMediaCard, the WIDE mode identifying signal is not dubbed with it. pg. 71). Installing The Batteries 10 ) @ $ ! # % ^ & * ( 4 6 8 Slow-Motion Playback Frame-By-Frame Playback Playback Zoom EFFECT PLAY EFFECT ON/OFF Playback Special Effects To allow you to add creative effects to the playback image. 4 1)To start playback, press PLAY ( nTo deactivate the selected effect, press EFFECT ON/ Random Assemble Editing [R.A.Edit] SET REMOTE/VCR CODE You are now ready to try Random Assemble Editing. If the VCRs power does not come on in step 1, try another code from the VCR CODE LIST. If the remote control is not able to control the VCR, use the controls on the VCR. MAKE CONNECTIONS A JVC VCR equipped with a remote 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 . . . SELECT SCENES 1 Turning off the camcorders power erases all registered Edit-In and Edit-Out points. STOP REW PAUSE R.A.EDIT ON/OFF VCR REC STBY AUTOMATIC EDITING TO VCR Remote Sensor Rewind the tape in the camcorder to the beginning of the scene you want to edit and press PAUSE (6). pg. 23). Recording Start/Stop Button (cont.) For More Accurate Editing DIAGNOSING VCR/CAMCORDER TIMING ADJUSTMENT OF VCR/CAMCORDER TIMING (cont.) Audio Dubbing Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Controls, Connectors And Indicators Controls Connectors Indicators Other Parts Indications LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Recording Only ! 0 9 LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During D.S.C. Recording Only 1 2 3*4*5* 8 7 6 LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Both Video And D.S.C. Recording + 1* 23 4 6 8 0 9 5 7 ! LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Playback 1 2 + 79 Warning Indications MEMORY CARD! TAPE END USER MAINTENANCE Cleaning The Camcorder 1 Avoid using strong cleaning agents such as benzine or alcohol. Mould may form if the lens is left dirty. CAUTIONS General Battery Precautions Battery Packs It is normal for the battery pack to be warm after charging, or after use. Recharging time is based on room temperature of 20C. CAUTIONS Cassettes MultiMediaCards LCD Monitor Main Unit How To Handle A CD-ROM TERMS F G H I P R S T U SPECIFICATIONS Camcorder For General For Digital Video Camera For Digital Still Camera AC Power Adapter/Charger AA-V67EG or AA-V67EK EN