Canon MV550i - Manual

Canon MV550i

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Introduction; Important Usage Instructions
  • Page 3 – Operating Step and Reference Guide; Digital Video Solution Disk Instruction Manual
  • Page 4 – Contents
  • Page 5 – Using a Memory Card
  • Page 6 – Thank you for Choosing a Canon; Getting started; • When connecting the camcorder to
  • Page 8 – Finding Your Way Around the MV550i/MV530i
  • Page 11 – Attaching the Ferrite Core; • Pass the cable through the centre of the
  • Page 12 – 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 camcorder to a mains outlet; Connect the power adapter to the camcorder’s DC IN terminal.
  • Page 13 – Attaching and charging the battery packs; positions other than OFF. The CHARGE indicator may flash.; When charging is complete, disconnect the power adapter from the
  • Page 14 – 34). These notes include charging and recording times and how
  • Page 15 – Charge the BP-500 Series battery packs with power from your car; car’s cigarette; Charge Adapter
  • Page 16 – Operate the camcorder with power from your car battery.; car’s; Charge the BP-500 Series battery packs from a household mains
  • Page 17 – Loading a Cassette; Make sure that you have attached a power source.; Loading and unloading
  • Page 18 – Protecting tapes from accidental erasure; mark flashes in the display.; Cassette memory; damage the camcorder.; Handling cassettes
  • Page 19 – Basic Recording; Before you start recording
  • Page 20 – Slide the program selector to; simply point and shoot without making any manual adjustments (; Press and release the start/stop button once to begin recording.; the upper right corner until it clicks securely closed.; When you have finished recording
  • Page 21 – Changing the recording mode; About all 3 extended recording modes
  • Page 22 – About SP and LP modes
  • Page 23 – in the; Confirmation/Warning beeps; TAPE CAMERA menu or CARD CAMERA menu and close the menu.; Demonstration mode; power, load a cassette or insert a memory card.
  • Page 24 – digital zoom (card 88; Magnifies the camcorder’s zoom range by up to 20; Zooming; optical zoom
  • Page 25 – in) between you and your
  • Page 26 – Using the LCD Screen; Opening and closing the LCD screen
  • Page 27 – Adjusting the LCD screen; You can adjust the brightness of the LCD screen.; About the LCD Screen; it flat against the side of the camcorder.
  • Page 28 – • These and all other indicators appear normally in the viewfinder.; Allowing the subject to monitor recording; • You can choose the display style,
  • Page 29 – Playing Back a Cassette; Attach a power source and turn the POWER switch to PLAY; • The power indicator lights up.
  • Page 30 – Other playback modes; ae
  • Page 31 – Reverse Playback
  • Page 32 – Using the headphones; of the AV/headphones terminal through the menu (
  • Page 33 – Connections for Playback on a TV Screen; Power off all devices before starting the connections.; Switching the AV/headphone terminal
  • Page 34 – Connect the yellow plug to the yellow video terminal; VIDEO
  • Page 35 – AUDIO terminal
  • Page 36 – white plug to the white audio terminal; television to VIDEO.
  • Page 37 – Tips for Making Better Videos; Composition; • Make sure that the fastening screw of the tripod is no; Holding the camcorder
  • Page 38 – Picture angle
  • Page 39 – Searching and Reviewing While Recording; to record pause mode.; Record search; • The + button plays the recording forwards and the – button plays it
  • Page 40 – Using the Menus; There are 4 main menus:; VCR MENU
  • Page 41 – Selecting from the Menus
  • Page 42 – Card mix submenu; List of Menus
  • Page 43 – VCR set up submenu
  • Page 44 – Card set up submenu; Return; Card operations submenu; Copy from cassette to card .; Display set up submenu; Return
  • Page 45 – Camera set up submenu
  • Page 47 – -1 Card operations submenu (when playing back a single image)
  • Page 48 – System submenu
  • Page 49 – Using the Wireless Controller; Inserting batteries
  • Page 50 – 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.; When Operating 2 Canon DV Camcorders (Remote Sensor Mode)
  • Page 51 – If your wireless controller isn’t working:; Change the mode again if necessary.
  • Page 52 – Turning the buttons off; • You cannot change LIGHT COLOR when BUTTONLIGHT is set to OFF.; Adjusting the Selectable Colour Light-up Buttons
  • Page 53 – 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 55 – • The year display starts to flash.; Turn the selector dial up and down to change the year. Press the; and time again from the start.; Setting the clock; Date and time display
  • Page 56 – Taking Still Pictures to a Cassette; Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it:
  • Page 57 – Press the PHOTO button fully down to take the still picture.
  • Page 58 – Turning the Image Stabilizer Off; • The
  • Page 59 – Using the Various Recording Programs; the program selector to the; Availability of functions in each recording program
  • Page 60 – Slide the program selector to; • The program will appear in the display.; Setting the program AE mode
  • Page 61 – Auto; Portrait; Spotlight
  • Page 62 – Low Light; • Though subjects can be shot brightly, picture; Night
  • Page 63 – Using Digital Effects; Availability of digital effects by mode
  • Page 64 – When you end a; Faders; When you end; Horizontal Wipe (WIPE
  • Page 65 – Effects; Black and White
  • Page 66 – buttons on the wireless controller; Operating faders; • You return to the digital effects menu.; Press the DIGITAL EFFECTS button to close the menu.; • The name of your selected fader flashes in the display.
  • Page 67 – Operating effects; Select effect; If you’re in TAPE CAMERA mode:
  • Page 68 – images; Using the Multi-Image Screen; Operating the multi-image screen; and set to any program other; Press the DIGITAL EFFECTS button to open the digital effects
  • Page 69 – Press the DIGITAL EFFECTS button to close the menu.; the last image is captured.; If you’re in TAPE CAMERA mode, push the start/stop button to; • The multi-image screen is recorded to the tape.
  • Page 70 – Audio Recording; External microphone
  • Page 71 – • WS; Wind screen; meters to avoid electromagnetic inerference.
  • Page 72 – Setting the Self-Timer; self-timer button on the body of the camcorder; • SELF-T disappears from the display when recording begins.; Press a PHOTO button on the camcorder body or the wireless; countdown is complete. The
  • Page 74 – clicks securely into place.; Set the camcorder to TAPE CAMERA mode or CARD CAMERA; brightness of the shooting conditions.
  • Page 75 – Refer to the DM-50’s instructions for further details.; Set the camcorder to TAPE CAMERA mode.; camcorder’s microphone terminal.
  • Page 76 – Ajusting AE Shift; Turn the selector dial to choose your desired level.
  • Page 77 – Make sure the camcorder is set to the; TAPE; slower; Setting the Shutter Speed
  • Page 78 – Guidelines for shooting using high shutter speeds
  • Page 79 – Manual focus; Focus lock; Adjusting Focus Manually
  • Page 80 – appears in the display when you set the white balance to; b) To set the white balance yourself, point the camcorder at a white; you have finished setting the white balance.; Setting the White Balance
  • Page 81 – Subjects with one dominant colour, such as sky, sea or forest
  • Page 82 – • Press it once to display, once more to hide it.
  • Page 83 – Setting the data code; Camera data; • The data code will read “– – –” in the following situations:; Possible data code combinations for cassettes:
  • Page 84 – • When 6SEC.DATE is turned on but DISPLAYS (
  • Page 85 – Press the SEARCH SELECT button to choose between photo/date
  • Page 86 – Returning to a Pre-Marked Position; Press the ZERO SET MEMORY button on the wireless controller; RTN
  • Page 87 – Editing; Editing to a VCR; Preparations
  • Page 88 – Connect the camcorder and the other digital device.; marked with the arrows facing as shown above.; the camcorder’s TAPE/CARD switch to TAPE.; • DV IN appears in the display.; Dubbing to/from a cassette with Digital Video Equipment
  • Page 89 – you want to copy and set it to playback pause mode.
  • Page 90 – Concerning copyrighting
  • Page 91 – “Connections for Playback on a TV Screen” on p. 33.; Example recording from a VCR; cable when doing analog line-in recording.
  • Page 92 – • You can monitor the picture in the viewfinder or LCD.; Dubbing
  • Page 94 – Turning the analog-digital converter on; DV OUT, set it to ON and close the; • For normal use, set AV
  • Page 95 – Recording Over Existing Scenes (AV Insert Editing); Make sure the AV/headphone terminal is set to AV through the menu (
  • Page 96 – Turn the camcorder’s POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and load a
  • Page 98 – To connect other audio equipment:; Audio Dubbing
  • Page 99 – When using an external microphone; When you add sound using the built-in microphone make sure not to
  • Page 100 – Locate the point where you want to start audio dubbing, then press
  • Page 101 – Setting the Audio Mix; • To simply choose STEREO1, STEREO2 or MIX/FIXED, make sure your
  • Page 102 – Open the menu and select VCR SET UP. Then select OUTPUT CH,
  • Page 103 – household power socket using the power adapter.; Connecting to a PC Using a DV Cable
  • Page 104 – Memory Card Introduction; Front; MultiMediaCard MMC-8M; Back; Important
  • Page 105 – Inserting and removing the memory card; Open the memory card compartment cover in the direction of the; • When inserting the memory card, do not attempt to close the cover; Selecting the recording image quality; Select the quality of a still image to be recorded.
  • Page 106 – Card access display
  • Page 107 – File numbers; CONTINUOUS
  • Page 108 – Recording Still Images to a Memory Card; Press the small green button on the POWER switch and hold, turn; other information appear in the display.; Press the PHOTO button halfway and hold it.; flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjust the; SD Memory Card
  • Page 109 – Press the PHOTO button fully down to record the still picture.; button before step 3, and then press
  • Page 110 – Recording an Image from a Cassette as a Still Image; 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; • The card access indicator flashes.
  • Page 111 – Recording from Another DV Device as a Still Image; Connect the camcorder to the other digital device.; Load a memory card. Turn the camcorder’s POWER switch to; appears in the display.; Recording
  • Page 112 – Viewing Still Images; Do not change the data recorded on a memory card.; 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.
  • Page 113 – Card Jump Function; number is assigned, appears in the display.; Slide Show; • The images are played back one after another.; To stop the slide show, press the SLIDE SHOW button.; • Up to 6 images appear in the display.; mark to the image you want to view.; to go to the next image.
  • Page 114 – Preventing accidental erasure (Protect; To mark an image for printing or erase print marks one at a time; Settings of the Still Image recorded to a memory card
  • Page 115 – button to; Erasing still images; To erase images one at a time
  • Page 117 – Protecting an image while viewing an index screen
  • Page 118 – Marking a Still Image for Printing (Print Mark); Marking an image for printing while viewing an index screen
  • Page 119 – Erasing all print marks; • ERASE ALL PRINT MARKS
  • Page 120 – Erasing Still Images
  • Page 121 – purple and is unselectable.
  • Page 122 – Combining Images and Recording Them to a Cassette (Card Mix); Select from 3 types of Card Mix effects:
  • Page 123 – • You cannot use Card Mix in the Night recording program.; Open the menu and select; Select; Mix level
  • Page 124 – Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it.
  • Page 125 – Copying Still Images from a Cassette; Locate the first still image on the cassette that you want to copy; • CANCEL and EXECUTE settings appear.; Press the stop button when your desired images have finished
  • Page 126 – Copying Memory Card Still Images to a Cassette; Locate the point on the cassette where you want to start copying
  • Page 127 – Formatting a Memory Card; with the camcorder, not a PC or other device.
  • Page 128 – Utilizing memory card still images on a PC; • Refer also to your PC manual.; Connect the camcorder and the PC with an USB cable.; • “PC CONNECT [USB]” appears in the display to indicate that USB; Start the software and download still images from the memory; settings of the software and PC.
  • Page 129 – Other Information and Precautions; on most types of laptop PCs.; Memory card operating precautions
  • Page 130 – Sample images
  • Page 131 – Card luminance key; MultiMediaCard standard; Camera chroma key
  • Page 132 – Preparing the Camcorder; Adjust the viewfinder
  • Page 133 – • For extra security and portability, attach; Attach the shoulder strap
  • Page 134 – Notes on Using the Batteries; Charging and recording times
  • Page 135 – When to recharge; • When the power is completely exhausted,; How much power is left?
  • Page 136 – Installing the backup battery; Taking care of the battery pack; Always attach the terminal cover.; • Do not allow any metal objects to; Keep the terminals clean.
  • Page 137 – Treat the battery pack with care.
  • Page 138 – Maintenance; form on the lens and internal parts (; Cautions
  • Page 139 – Viewfinder
  • Page 140 – Power sources; Using the camcorder abroad; Video heads; • When mosaic-like noise appears on the playback picture,
  • Page 141 – Condensation; Protecting the camcorder from condensation; When a cold room is heated rapidly
  • Page 142 – Troubleshooting; Cause and/or what to do about it
  • Page 143 – Problem
  • Page 144 – Memory card operations
  • Page 145 – Miscellaneous
  • Page 147 – Optional Accessories; BP-500 Series Battery Packs; usual when the tele-converter is attached.
  • Page 148 – DM-50 Directional Stereo; • Charge the BP-900 Series battery packs
  • Page 149 – Zoom Remote Controller ZR-1000; terminal of a Canon camcorder, it
  • Page 150 – Screen Displays; the displays do not disappear when displaying an index screen.; For instructions on how to hook the camcorder up to your TV, see p. 33.; Turning off the LCD screen displays
  • Page 153 – Memory Card Displays
  • Page 154 – Yellow: Between 1 and; Recording reminder; • The camcorder will turn itself off if; Time Code
  • Page 155 – Caution phrases
  • Page 156 – flashes red, turn the camcorder’s; Memory card caution phrases
  • Page 157 – Specifications; rotary heads, helical scanning; MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card; Number of recording pixels:; Fine 43 images/ Standard 78 images
  • Page 158 – LANC; minijack; Operating temperature range:; Rechargeable lithium ion battery; Operating temperature:
  • Page 159 – Index; Copying from Memory Card to
  • Page 160 – Optional Accessories, 147
  • Page 162 – Menu at a Glance; Function
  • Page 164 – DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER; Instruction Manual; PAL
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Mini

Digital
Video
Cassette

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER

Instruction Manual

PAL

This instruction book explains the use of the MV550i and MV530i camcorders.
Please note that illustrations and explanations in this instruction book refer
mainly to the MV550i model.

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Introduction

Mastering

the Basics

Using the Full

Range of Features

Editing

Using a Memory Card

Additional

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4 E Introduction Important Usage Instructions ....................2 Operating Step and Reference Guide ........3 Thank you for Choosing a Canon ..............6 Introducing the MV550i/MV530i ..............7 Finding Your Way Around the MV550i/MV530i ............................8 ~ Preparations ~ Attac...

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