Canon MV4i - Manual

Canon MV4i

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Introduction; Important Usage Instructions
  • Page 3 – Contents
  • Page 4 – Thank you for Choosing a Canon; Getting started
  • Page 5 – From wide-angle to 10
  • Page 6 – Finding Your Way Around the Camera
  • Page 9 – Powering Your Camcorder; Provide power from a mains outlet; or; Charge a battery pack; move the adapter away from the TV or the aerial cable.; Connecting the camera to a mains outlet; • Press the BATT. release button and remove the coupler.
  • Page 10 – Charging and attaching the battery packs
  • Page 11 – • When powering your camcorder from a mains outlet, you do not need to; CA-410 Compact Power Adapter
  • Page 12 – Loading a Cassette; Make sure that you have attached a power source.
  • Page 13 – Protecting tapes from accidental erasure; mark flashes in the display. (The MV4i and MV4i MC; Cassette memory; damage the camcorder.; Handling cassettes
  • Page 14 – Basic Recording; • Removed the lens cap (; Before you start recording
  • Page 15 – Slide the program selector to; point and shoot without making any manual adjustments (; Press and release the start/stop button once to begin recording.; • The camera returns to record pause mode and PAUSE reappears in the; When you have finished recording
  • Page 16 – SP or; About all 3 extended recording modes; Changing the recording mode; In
  • Page 17 – About SP and LP modes
  • Page 18 – Confirmation/Warning beeps
  • Page 19 – digital zoom; Zooming; optical zoom
  • Page 20 – Using the LCD Screen; Open the LCD screen; it flat against the side of the camera.
  • Page 21 – Adjusting the LCD screen; You can adjust the brightness of the LCD screen.; outdoors or in a window. Doing so could cause damage.; About the LCD Screen
  • Page 22 – • These and all other indicators appear normally in the viewfinder.; Allowing the subject to monitor recording
  • Page 23 – Playing Back a Cassette; Attach a power source and turn the POWER dial to PLAY (MV4i; • The power indicator lights up green.
  • Page 24 – Playback pause; Other playback modes
  • Page 25 – ae; Special playback
  • Page 27 – Connections for Playback on a TV Screen; Attaching the DU-300 Docking Unit; Attaching the Ferrite Core
  • Page 28 – ø 3.5 mm stereo minijack; in; Connect the red plug to the red audio terminal; VIDEO
  • Page 29 – • Attach the DU-300 Docking Unit in order to use the S-video terminal (
  • Page 30 – plug to the white audio terminal; television to VIDEO.
  • Page 31 – Tips for Making Better Videos; Composition; lens and the microphone.; Holding the camera
  • Page 32 – Picture angle
  • Page 33 – Turning the Image Stabilizer Off; • The
  • Page 34 – Using the Menus; There are 2 main menus:
  • Page 35 – Selecting from the Menus
  • Page 36 – Turn the SELECT dial and move the arrow to the desired
  • Page 37 – Digital effects submenu; List of Menus
  • Page 38 – VCR set up submenu
  • Page 41 – Display set up submenu
  • Page 42 – Return; Return; System submenu; Return
  • Page 43 – Using the Wireless Controller/Tally Lamp; Inserting batteries
  • Page 44 – When Operating 2 Canon DV Camcorders (Remote Sensor Mode); To turn the remote sensor off:; • The selected mode will appear on the display for 4 seconds.; Press and hold the REMOTE SET button on the wireless controller.
  • Page 45 – If your wireless controller isn’t working:; You may therefore decide to turn it off.
  • Page 46 – Setting the Date and Time; Setting the time zone/daylight saving time; • If you are now in daylight saving time, select the time zone with the
  • Page 48 – • The year display starts to flash.; Turn the SELECT dial up and down to change the year. Press the; and time again from the start.; Setting the clock; Date and time display
  • Page 49 – Recording in Progressive Scan Mode; Set the POWER dial lock lever to the; • When you finish recording, return the lock lever to the
  • Page 50 – Taking Still Pictures to a Cassette; tape for approximately 6 seconds (8 seconds in
  • Page 51 – Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it:
  • Page 52 – Searching and Reviewing While Recording; • Noise may appear on the screen when you play the tape backwards.; Record search; • The + button plays the recording forwards and the – button plays it
  • Page 53 – Using the Various Recording Programs; the program selector to the; Availability of functions in each recording program
  • Page 54 – Slide the program selector to; • The program will appear in the display.; Setting the program AE mode
  • Page 55 – Easy Recording
  • Page 56 – Spotlight
  • Page 57 – Using Digital Effects; POWER dial and the recording program.; Availability of digital effects by mode
  • Page 58 – • Digital effects operated during PLAY (MV4i and MV4i MC: VCR) mode are
  • Page 59 – Faders
  • Page 60 – Makes the image black and white.; Effects
  • Page 61 – buttons on the wireless controller; Operating faders; • The menu returns to the submenu.
  • Page 62 – Operating effects; If you’re in MOVIE or
  • Page 63 – Operating the multi-image screen; Select multi-image screen; Using the Multi-Image Screen
  • Page 64 – the last image is captured.
  • Page 65 – Audio Recording; • “16 bit” is shown in the display for approximately 4 seconds.; External microphone and headphones
  • Page 66 – Wind screen; Attach the microphone to the adapter bracket.
  • Page 67 – Setting the Self-Timer; self-timer button on the body of the camera; For movies
  • Page 68 – Press a PHOTO button on the camera body or the wireless; mark flashes white then turns green
  • Page 69 – Adjusting Exposure Manually; Exposure lock
  • Page 70 – Make sure the camera is set the; AUTO
  • Page 71 – Guidelines for shooting using high shutter speeds
  • Page 72 – Manual focus; Focus lock; Adjusting Focus Manually
  • Page 73 – Setting the White Balance; Make sure the camera is set to the; appears in the display when you set the white balance to; b) To set the white balance yourself, point the camera at a white; have finished setting the white balance.
  • Page 74 – Subjects with one dominant colour, such as sky, sea or forest
  • Page 75 – • Press it once to display, once more to hide it.
  • Page 76 – Setting the data code; Camera data; • The data code will read “– – –” in the following situations:; Possible data code combinations:
  • Page 77 – • When 6SEC.DATE is turned on but DISPLAYS (
  • Page 78 – Press the SEARCH SELECT button to choose between photo/date
  • Page 79 – Returning to a Pre-Marked Position; Press the ZERO SET MEMORY button on the wireless controller; RTN
  • Page 80 – Editing; Editing to a VCR; Preparations
  • Page 81 – Dubbing with Digital Video Equipment; • Connect the Canon CV-150F DV cable (optional) with the side of the; images on the tape that is being recorded to.; Dubbing
  • Page 82 – MV4i and MV4i MC; Connect the camera and the other digital device.; • Connect the Canon CV-150F DV cable (optional) with the sides of the; Turn the camera’s POWER dial to VCR and load a blank; • DV IN appears in the display.
  • Page 83 – Copyright signal; • The camera enters record pause mode.; Start playback on the other digital device while you monitor the
  • Page 84 – “Connections for Playback on a TV Screen” on p. 27.; Turn the camera’s POWER dial to VCR and load a blank cassette.; Example recording from a VCR
  • Page 85 – you want to copy and set it to playback pause mode.; • You can monitor the picture in the viewfinder or LCD.
  • Page 87 – Turn the MV4i/MV4i MC’s POWER dial to VCR and load a
  • Page 88 – appear in the display.
  • Page 89 – • To use your TV to monitor video, connect the S-video terminal (; Audio Dubbing; To connect an external microphone:; 5) in order to use an external microphone.
  • Page 90 – Locate the point where you want to start audio dubbing, then press; • The camera becomes set to playback pause mode.; When you get to the point where you want to stop dubbing, press; 9) at the place you want to stop
  • Page 91 – 5) when playing back a tape with
  • Page 92 – To connect other audio equipment:
  • Page 94 – Locate the point where you want to start audio dubbing, then press
  • Page 95 – Setting the Audio Mix; • To simply choose STEREO1, STEREO2 or MIX/FIXED, make sure your
  • Page 96 – Open the menu and select VCR SET UP. Then select OUTPUT CH,
  • Page 97 – household power socket using the power adapter.; Connecting to a PC
  • Page 98 – Using a Memory Card; Memory Card Introduction; Front; SD Memory Card SDC-8M; Back; Important
  • Page 99 – Inserting and removing the memory card; • When you set the POWER dial to CARD PLAY, the last image recorded; Selecting the recording image quality; Select the quality of a still image to be recorded.; Make sure the POWER dial lock lever is switched to the
  • Page 100 – • The number of images that can still be recorded on a memory card may
  • Page 101 – File numbers; CONTINUOUS
  • Page 102 – Turning the shutter sound off
  • Page 103 – Recording Still Images to a Memory Card
  • Page 105 – Recording an Image from a Cassette as a Still Image; Progressive Scan mode (; the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it.; still be recorded on the memory card appears in the display.; Press the PHOTO button fully down to record the image to the; image with only 1 full press of PHOTO button.
  • Page 106 – Recording from Another DV Device as a Still Image; Connect the camera to the other digital device.; marked with the arrows facing as shown above.; Load a memory card. Then push the button next to the POWER; appears in the display.; • The shutter sound does not sound in VCR mode.; Recording
  • Page 107 – Viewing Still Images; Still images whose image file names have been changed on a PC; There are 3 ways to view still images:; One after the other automatically in order of recording; Single Image; • The last image recorded appears in the display.; Search for the desired still image by pressing the CARD +/–; the first image will take you to the last image.
  • Page 108 – Card Jump Function; Slide Show
  • Page 109 – Settings of the Still Image recorded to memory card; Preventing accidental erasure (Protect; To mark an image for printing or erase print marks one at a time
  • Page 110 – button to; Erasing still images; To erase images one at a time
  • Page 112 – Protecting an image while viewing an index screen
  • Page 113 – Marking an image for printing while viewing an index screen; Marking a Still Image for Printing (Print Mark)
  • Page 114 – Erasing all print marks; • ERASE ALL PRINT MARKS; Select YES and press the SELECT dial in.
  • Page 115 – Erasing Still Images
  • Page 116 – purple and is unselectable.; Select YES and press the SELECT dial in.; To erase all images on the memory card at once
  • Page 117 – Combining Images and Recording Them to a Cassette (Card Mix); Select from 3 types of Card Mix effects:
  • Page 118 – Make sure the program selector is set to; Open the menu and select; Select; Mix level
  • Page 119 – Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it.
  • Page 120 – Copying Still Images from a Cassette; Locate the first still image on the cassette that you want to copy; Press the stop button when your desired images have finished
  • Page 121 – Copying Memory Card Still Images to a Cassette; Locate the point on the cassette where you want to start copying
  • Page 122 – Formatting a Memory Card; with the camcorder, not a PC or other device.
  • Page 123 – Other Information and Precautions; on most types of laptop PCs.; Memory card operating precautions
  • Page 124 – Sample images
  • Page 125 – Card luminance key; SD Memory Card standard
  • Page 126 – Preparing the Camera; Adjust the viewfinder
  • Page 127 – Notes on Using the Batteries; Charging and recording times; How much power is left?
  • Page 128 – Taking care of the battery pack; Always attach the terminal cover.; • Do not allow any metal objects to; Keep the terminals clean.; When to recharge
  • Page 129 – Treat the battery pack with care.; Installing the backup battery; mark flashes in the
  • Page 130 – Maintenance; form on the lens and internal parts (; Cautions
  • Page 131 – Viewfinder; • Clean the viewfinder screen using a; LCD; treated cloth or volatile solvents such as paint thinner.
  • Page 132 – Power sources; Using the camera abroad; Video heads; • When mosaic-like noise appears on the playback picture,
  • Page 133 – Condensation; Protecting the camera from condensation; When the camera is left in a humid room
  • Page 134 – Troubleshooting; Cause and/or what to do about it
  • Page 135 – Problem
  • Page 136 – Memory card operations MV4i MC only
  • Page 137 – Miscellaneous
  • Page 139 – Optional Accessories; BP-400 Series Battery Packs; Using LCD screen
  • Page 140 – Zoom Remote Controller ZR-1000; terminal of a Canon camcorder, it; CB-400 Car Battery Adapter; • Charge the BP-900 Series battery packs
  • Page 141 – CD-300 Digital Printer
  • Page 142 – Screen Displays; Turning off the LCD screen displays; the displays do not disappear when displaying an index screen.; For instructions on how to hook the camera up to your TV, see p. 27.
  • Page 145 – Standard
  • Page 146 – and 5 images; Recording reminder
  • Page 147 – Caution phrases
  • Page 148 – For MV4i MC only; flashes
  • Page 149 – Specifications; Maximum recording time (with an 80
  • Page 150 – Operating temperature range:; Rechargeable lithium ion; Operating temperature:
  • Page 151 – Index; Copying from Memory Card to
  • Page 152 – Optional Accessories, 139
  • Page 154 – Menu at a Glance; Function
  • Page 156 – DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER; Instruction Manual; PAL
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Mini

Digital
Video
Cassette

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER

Instruction Manual

E

PAL

This instruction book explains the use of the MV4, MV4i and MV4i MC
camcorders. There are two main differences between them. The MV4i MC
includes a Memory Card function. The models with an 'i' include a DV
Recording and Analog Line-in function. Please note that most illustrations
and explanations in this instruction book refer to the MV4 model.

Introduction

Mastering

the Basics

Using the Full

Range of Features

Editing

Using a Memory Card

(MV4i MC only)

Additional

Information

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Page 2 - Introduction; Important Usage Instructions

2 E Introduction Important Usage Instructions CAUTION:CUSTOMERS IN THE U.K. SHOULD READ THIS BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT. CHANGING THE FUSE THE MAINS LEAD ON THIS PRODUCT IS FITTED WITH A NON-REWIREABLE(MOULDED) PLUG, INCORPORATING A 3 AMP FUSE. SHOULD THE FUSE NEED TOBE REPLACED AN ASTA OR BSI APPROV...

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Important Usage Instructions ....................2Thank you for Choosing a Canon ..............4Introducing the MV4/MV4i/MV4i MC ....5 Finding Your Way Around the Camera ......6 ~ Preparations ~ Powering Your Camcorder ........................9Loading a Cassette ..................................12 ...

Page 4 - Thank you for Choosing a Canon; Getting started

4 E Introduction Thank you for Choosing a Canon Your camcorder is supplied with thefollowing accessories: Wireless ControllerMV4/MV4i:WL-D76MV4i MC:WL-D75 Two AA batteries Lens cap and lens capcord BP-406 Battery Pack S-150 S-video Cable STV-250N StereoVideo Cable Lithium button battery DC-400 DC Co...

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