Canon GL1 manual

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    How to use the Canon GL1 Digital Video Camera Connecting Power: • Pull the eye piece out, then tilt it up • Lineup power plug and slide it down until it clicks • To remove the plug, press the release button just under the eye piece, slid the plug u p and out Inserting a blank tape (power must be present but camera can be “Off”): • Push [...]

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    To record: • Remove lens cap • Open LCD monitor on the side • Slide the power switch forward to “Camera” (see #1 below) • Make sure camera is in “Standby” mode and not “Lock” mode, on the back of the camera (see #2 below) • Check and make sure the camera is in easy m ode, the knob on the LCD side near the back on the cameras s[...]

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    Hooking the camera up to a VCR for coping: • Connect power to the camera (see above) • Insert the tape you want to copy (see above) • Connect the video out cable to the camera, under the flap on the back of the camera near the big red record button • Connect the other end of the video out cable to the input on the VCR • Slide the power sw[...]