Canon ZR25MC - User Manual

Canon ZR25MC

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Introduction; Important Usage Instructions
  • Page 3 – IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
  • Page 5 – Contents
  • Page 6 – For quick reference; Using a Memory Card
  • Page 7 – Thank you for Choosing a Canon; Getting started
  • Page 8 – Introducing the ZR25 MC; From wide-angle to 10
  • Page 9 – Finding Your Way Around the ZR25 MC
  • Page 12 – Powering Your Camcorder; Provide power from an AC outlet; or; Charge a battery pack; move the adapter away from the TV or the antenna cable.; Connecting the camcorder to an AC outlet; Connect the power adapter to the camcorder’s DC IN terminal.
  • Page 13 – Attaching and charging the battery packs
  • Page 14 – When charging is complete, disconnect the power adapter from the; 17). These notes include charging and recording times and how; CA-560 Compact Power Adapter
  • Page 15 – Charge the BP-500 Series battery packs with power from your car; car’s cigarette; Time required for full charge
  • Page 16 – Charge the BP-500 Series battery packs from a household AC; Operate the camcorder with power from your car battery.; car’s
  • 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; • Removed the lens cap (; Before you start recording; • If you haven’t set the date and time display, SET THE TIME ZONE, DATE
  • 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 – during playback and the time code may not be written correctly.
  • Page 22 – Confirmation/Warning beeps; in the
  • Page 23 – digital zoom; Zooming; optical zoom
  • Page 24 – Using the LCD Screen; Opening and closing the LCD screen
  • Page 25 – it flat against the side of the camcorder.; Adjusting the LCD screen; You can adjust the brightness of the LCD screen.; About the LCD Screen
  • Page 26 – • These and all other indicators appear normally in the viewfinder.; Allowing the subject to monitor recording; • You can choose the display style,
  • Page 27 – Playing Back a Cassette; Attach a power source and turn the POWER switch to PLAY; • The power indicator lights up green.
  • Page 28 – ae; Special playback; Other playback modes
  • Page 30 – Using the headphones; of the AV/headphones terminal through the menu (
  • Page 31 – Connections for Playback on a TV Screen; Power off all devices before starting the connections.; Switching the AV/headphone terminal
  • Page 32 – AUDIO terminal
  • Page 33 – white plug to the white audio terminal; television to VIDEO.
  • Page 34 – Tips for Making Better Videos; Composition; • Make sure that the fastening screw of the tripod is no; Holding the camcorder
  • Page 35 – Picture angle
  • Page 36 – Turning the Image Stabilizer Off; • The
  • Page 37 – Using the Menus; Camera menu; VCR MENU
  • Page 38 – Selecting from the Menus
  • Page 39 – Card mix submenu; Camera set up submenu; List of Menus
  • Page 40 – Display set up submenu; VCR set up submenu
  • Page 41 – Card set up submenu; Return; Card operations submenu; Copy from cassette to card .; Return
  • Page 42 – System submenu
  • Page 44 – Copy from card to cassette .
  • Page 45 – Using the Wireless Controller; Inserting batteries
  • Page 46 – When Operating 2 Canon DV Camcorders (Remote Sensor Mode); To turn the remote sensor off:; Open the menu and select SYSTEM. Then select WL.REMOTE, set it to OFF; appears in the display.; Open the menu and select SYSTEM. Then select WL.REMOTE, set it to; • The selected mode will appear on the display for 4 seconds.; Press and hold the REMOTE SET button on the wireless controller.; OFF
  • Page 47 – If your wireless controller isn’t working:
  • Page 48 – 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 50 – • 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 51 – Taking Still Pictures to a Cassette; 08) for transfer to a PC for; Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it:; flashes white in the display as the camcorder adjusts the
  • Page 52 – Press the PHOTO button fully down to take the still picture.
  • Page 53 – Searching and Reviewing While Recording; to record pause mode.; Record search; • The + button plays the recording forwards and the – button plays it
  • Page 54 – Using the Various Recording Programs; the program selector to the; Availability of functions in each recording program
  • Page 55 – Setting the program AE mode; • The program will appear in the display.
  • Page 56 – Portrait; Easy Recording; Auto
  • Page 57 – Spotlight; Low Light
  • Page 58 – Using Digital Effects; Availability of digital effects by mode
  • Page 59 – Horizontal Wipe (WIPE; Faders; When you end
  • Page 60 – Effects; Black and White
  • Page 61 – buttons on the wireless controller; Operating faders; settings appear. M.FADE also appears in TAPE; Press the DIGITAL EFFECTS button to close the menu.; • The name of your selected fader flashes in the display.
  • Page 62 – Press the DIGITAL EFFECTS button to open the digital effects; • You return to the digital effects menu.; Select effect; Operating effects; If you’re in TAPE CAMERA mode:
  • Page 63 – Audio Recording; To switch to the 16; • “16 bit” is shown in the display for approximately 4 seconds.; Selecting the audio mode; External microphone
  • Page 64 – • WS; Wind screen; terminal to headphones (
  • Page 65 – self-timer button on the body of the camcorder; the SELF TIMER button on the wireless controller.; Setting the Self-Timer
  • Page 66 – • To cancel the self-timer before the countdown has begun, press the
  • Page 67 – Using AE Shift; than Spotlight or Sand & Snow from the program menu.
  • Page 68 – Make sure the camcorder is set to the; Concerning shooting in fluorescent lighting; When the camcorder is set to; TAPE; slower; Setting the Shutter Speed
  • Page 69 – Guidelines for shooting using high shutter speeds
  • Page 70 – Adjusting Focus Manually; Manual focus; Focus lock
  • Page 71 – Setting the White Balance; 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.
  • Page 72 – Subjects with one dominant color, such as sky, sea or forest
  • Page 73 – • Press it once to display, once more to hide it.
  • Page 74 – Setting the data code; Camera data; • The data code will read “– – –” in the following situations:; Possible data code combinations for cassettes:
  • Page 75 – • When 6SEC.DATE is turned on but DISPLAYS (
  • Page 76 – Press the SEARCH SELECT button to choose between photo/date
  • Page 77 – Returning to a Pre-Marked Position; Press the ZERO SET MEMORY button on the wireless controller; RTN
  • Page 78 – Editing; Editing to a VCR; Preparations
  • Page 79 – Dubbing to/from a Cassette with Digital Video Equipment; 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.
  • Page 80 – Copyright signal; • The camcorder enters record pause mode.; Start playback on the other digital device while you monitor the; images on the tape that is being recorded to.; Dubbing
  • Page 81 – “Connections for Playback on a TV Screen” on p. 31.
  • Page 82 – you want to copy and set it to playback pause mode.; • You can monitor the picture in the viewfinder or LCD.
  • Page 83 – Recording Over Existing Scenes (AV Insert Editing); Make sure the AV/headphone terminal is set to AV through the menu (
  • Page 84 – The tape in the camcorder:; Turn the camcorder’s POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and load a; Example recording from a VCR
  • Page 86 – Audio Dubbing; To connect other audio equipment:; • Make sure the AV/headphone terminal is set to AV through the menu (; To connect an external microphone:
  • Page 87 – any cables to the MIC terminal.
  • Page 88 – Locate the point where you want to start audio dubbing, then press
  • Page 89 – Setting the Audio Mix; • To simply choose STEREO1, STEREO2 or MIX/FIXED, make sure your
  • Page 90 – Open the menu and select VCR SET UP. Then select OUTPUT CH,; Selecting audio output channels
  • Page 91 – household power socket using the power adapter.; Connecting to a PC
  • Page 92 – Memory Card Introduction; Front; MultiMediaCard MMC-8M; Back; Important
  • Page 93 – Selecting the recording image quality; Select the quality of a still image to be recorded.; To change the image quality to standard, open; the menu and select; Inserting and removing the memory card; Open the memory card compartment cover in the direction of the; • When you set the camcorder to CARD PLAY (VCR) mode, the last image
  • Page 94 – • The number of images that can still be recorded on a memory card may
  • Page 95 – File numbers; CONTINUOUS
  • Page 96 – 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; Press the PHOTO button fully down to record the still picture.; disappears from the display.
  • Page 97 – button before step 3, and then press
  • Page 98 – Recording an Image from a Cassette as a Still Image; When the image you want to record appears in the display, press; 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 the PHOTO button.
  • Page 99 – 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
  • Page 100 – 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.; Search for the desired still image by pressing the CARD +/–; the first image will take you to the last image.
  • Page 101 – Slide Show; With an image in the display, press the SLIDE SHOW button.; • The images play back one after the other for 5 seconds each.; To stop the slide show, press the SLIDE SHOW button.; Index Screen; Up to 6 images appear at once so you can search quickly for an image.; With an image in the display, press the INDEX SCREEN button.; • Up to 6 images appear in the display.; mark to the image you want to view.; to go to the next image.
  • Page 102 – mark to the image you want to protect.
  • Page 103 – Erasing Still Images
  • Page 104 – IMAGES] NO YES appears in
  • Page 105 – Combining Images and Recording Them to a Cassette (Card Mix); Select from 3 types of Card Mix effects:
  • Page 106 – Make sure the program selector is set to; Open the menu and select; Select; Mix level
  • Page 107 – Press the PHOTO button halfway down and hold it.
  • Page 108 – 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 109 – Copying Memory Card Still Images to a Cassette; Locate the point on the cassette where you want to start copying; copied onto the cassette.; Press the stop button when your desired images have finished
  • Page 110 – Marking a Still Image for Printing (Print Mark); Select PRINT MARK
  • Page 111 – Formatting a Memory Card; a PC or other device.
  • Page 112 – Other Information and Precautions; on most types of laptop PCs.; Memory card operating precautions
  • Page 113 – Sample images; Card chroma key
  • Page 114 – MultiMediaCard standard
  • Page 115 – Preparing the Camcorder; Adjust the viewfinder
  • Page 116 – • For extra security and portability, attach; Attach the shoulder strap
  • Page 117 – Notes on Using the Batteries; Charging and recording times
  • Page 118 – 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; • “CHANGE THE BATTERY PACK”; How much power is left?
  • Page 119 – Treat the battery pack with care.; Installing the backup battery; mark flashes in the
  • Page 120 – Maintenance; form on the lens and internal parts (; Cautions
  • Page 121 – Viewfinder
  • Page 122 – Power sources; Using the camcorder abroad; Video heads; • When mosaic-like noise appears on the playback picture,
  • Page 123 – Condensation; Protecting the camcorder from condensation; When a cold room is heated rapidly
  • Page 124 – Troubleshooting; Cause and/or what to do about it
  • Page 126 – Memory card operations
  • Page 127 – Miscellaneous; Problem
  • Page 128 – The ZR25 MC System Diagram
  • Page 129 – Optional Accessories; BP-500 Series Battery Packs; Extra batteries for use with the ZR25 MC.
  • Page 130 – VL-10Li Battery Video Light; • Charge the BP-900 Series battery packs; Zoom Remote Controller ZR-1000; terminal of a Canon camcorder, it
  • Page 131 – SC-A50 Soft Carrying Case
  • Page 132 – Screen Displays; For instructions on how to hook the camcorder up to your TV, see p. 31.; Turning off the LCD screen displays; indicates a flashing display.
  • Page 135 – Microphone input; Memory Card Displays
  • Page 136 – Recording reminder; and 5 images
  • Page 137 – Caution phrases
  • Page 138 – Memory card caution phrases
  • Page 139 – Specifications
  • Page 140 – Index; Audio Recording and Playback,
  • Page 141 – Optional Accessories, 129
  • Page 143 – Menu at a Glance; Function
  • Page 145 – CANON
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Page 2 - Introduction; Important Usage Instructions

Introduction 2 E WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Important Usage Instructions Digital Video Camcorder, ZR25 MC and Compact Power Adapter, CA-560 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the foll...

Page 3 - IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Introduction 3 E IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS In these safety instructions the word“product” refers to the Canon Digital VideoCamcorder ZR25 MC and all its accessories. 1. Read Instructions — All the safety andoperating instructions should be readbefore the product is operated. 2. Retain Instructio...

Page 5 - Contents

Important Usage Instructions ....................2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..................................3 Thank you for Choosing a Canon ..............7 Introducing the ZR25 MC ..........................8 Finding Your Way Around the ZR25 MC ..9 ~ Preparations ... ~ Powering Your Camcorder...

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