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Brand SettingsCanon 1-A to 1-C
Aiwa 2-A to 2-C
Akai 3-A to 3-C
Fujitsu 4-A
Funai 5-A
Hitachi 6-A to 6-B
JVC 7-A to 7-C
Mitsubishi 8-A to 8-D
NEC 9-A to 9-D
Panasonic 10-A to 10-G
Blaupunkt
QuasarBrand SettingsPioneer 11-A
Sanyo 12-A to 12-C
Fisher
Sharp 13-A to 13-C
Sony 14-A to 14-F
Toshiba 15-A to 15-B
GE 16-A to 16-B
RCA
Magnavox 17-A to 17-B
Philips 18-A to 18-C
Seleco
RexBrand SettingsThomson 18-A to 18-C
Saba
Nordmende
Ferguson 19-A to 19-C
Grundig 20-A to 20-C
Nokia 21-A to 21-C
Telefunken 22-A to 22-B
Zenith 23-A
Samsung 24-A to 24-B
GoldStar 25-A
RECORDER
The cameraÕs Dubbing Function can remotely control almost all brands and models of VCR. VCR
remote control signals vary depending on model and brand. First, choose the right RECORDER
setting for your VCR. The number indicates the VCR brand. The letter indicates the set of signals.
Notes:
¥ Once you find the correct setting, remember this and do not change it unless you change VCRs.
¥ See p. 73 for details of the Òcut-inÓ and Òcut-outÓ adjustments.
¥ If you try all the numbers and letters, but the VCR has still not started to record:
Ð Check the VCR is ready to record, and on pause.
Ð Check the VCR can receive signals from where the camera is, and that nothing is blocking the signals.
Ð Go back and try to set it again.
as of March 1999
¥ If your brand of VCR is not on the chart, or you cannot find the correct setting, try all the numbers
with the menu dial until the VCR starts to record.
¥ It is unlikely, but you may have a VCR the Dubbing Function cannot control. If so use the Simple
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1. Make sure you are in DUB MODE (see p. 69).
¥ WIND THE TAPES AND PAUSE \SET appears in the display.
2. Set the tape in the VCR to the point where you want to start recording, set it to record
pause mode.
Set the tape in the camera to the point where you want to start dubbing, set the camera
to playback pause mode.
¥ You can use the `, 1, e, aand 3buttons or special playback functions in the same way as in
playback mode.
3. Press the menu dial in.
¥START.......
PRESS eTO START DUB appears in the DUB MODE screen.
¥ Now you are unable to use the wireless controller.
4. Press eon the body of the camera.
¥ Recording starts.
¥ NOW DUBBING CUT-OUT PUSH 
aappears in the display.
5. When you reach the end of the scene you want to record, press aon the body of the
camera.
¥ The camera returns to playback pause mode and the VCR automatically switches to record pause
mode.
¥ When you finish dubbing, press the MENU button. The camera returns to VCR mode.
¥ If you set the zero set memory at the position on the tape where you want to stop dubbing, every
time you return to that point, the camera will cancel its dubbing and enter playback pause mode, and
the VCR will enter record pause mode.
Note:
¥ To cancel during dubbing, push 3on the body of the camera.
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How to calculate the best adjustment for the Òcut-inÓ and Òcut-outÓ points
Use the tape on which you recorded the digital timer in ÒSetting RECORDERÓ to calculate the cut-in and
cut-out adjustment values.
1. Rewind the tape in the VCR and start playback to play back the recorded digital timer.
¥ Look at the time the CUT-OUT timer stops and CUT-IN timer starts. These times are what the CUT-
OUT ADJ. and CUT-IN ADJ. settings should be. 
¥ For maximum accuracy, take an average of at least three readings.
¥ If your VCR has a frame advance function or a jog dial, you can use it to find the precise starting
times more conveniently.
2. Set the CUT-OUT ADJ. and CUT-IN ADJ. settings to the center of the three readings.
Note: 
¥ The camcorder will remember the cut-in and cut-out adjustment settings until you change them.
Cut-In and Cut-Out Adjustments
Setting the Cut-In and Cut-Out Adjustments
The point where a scene starts is called the Òcut-inÓ point, and the point where it ends is called the Òcut-
outÓ point.
Some VCR models take a second or more to actually start recording after they receive the command
signal. If this happens you could lose the beginning of the scene. CUT-IN ADJ. prevents this by sending
the command a little early.
Similarly, some models take some time to react to the command to stop recording. Some models also
rewind slightly after they stop. You could therefore record more than you wanted, or lose the end of the
scene. CUT-OUT ADJ. prevents this, by sending the command a little early or late.
If you have these problems with your VCR, reset these adjustments.
Use the REC.SET UP menu to set the Òcut-inÓ and Òcut-outÓ adjustments.
1. Open the REC.SET UP menu and point the arrow at CUT-IN ADJ.
¥ Point it at ÒCUT-OUT ADJ.Ó to set the cut out adjustment.
2. Adjust the setting.
¥ CUT-IN ADJ. can be set up to five seconds early. (Ð5:00 to 0:00)
¥ CUT-OUT ADJ. can be set from one second early to five seconds late. (Ð1:00 to +5:00)
¥ This can be set to an accuracy of one frame.
CUTÐIN ADJ.¥¥  0:00
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Simple Editing to a VCR
1. Find a point on your recorded cassette slightly before the section you want to copy.
2. Start to play it back while you monitor the picture on the TV.
3. Start recording on the VCR as soon as the section you want to copy appears on the
screen.
4. Pause the VCR at the end of the section you want to copy, then stop playback on the
camera.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 until your edited recording is complete.
Note:
¥ The quality of the edited tape will be slightly lower than that of the original. If you cannot find the appropriate remote control setting for the camcorder to control your VCR, you still
can edit a tape to the VCR as follows.
1. Connect the camera to the VCR.
¥ See ÒConnections for Playback on a TV ScreenÓ on p. 30.
2. Prepare the TV and VCR.
¥ Turn on the TV and set it to the video channel, or set the TV/VIDEO selector to VIDEO.
¥ Turn on the VCR, and set its input selector to LINE. Load a blank cassette, and put the VCR in
record pause mode.
¥ See your TV and VCR instruction manuals for details.
3. Turn the cameraÕs POWER switch to VCR, and load your recorded cassette.
The mREMOTE terminal allows you to connect the camera to
equipment. Some buttons on editing equipment may operate
differently from those on the camera.
Preparations
Basic editing
mREMOTE terminal
DVIN/OUT
A/VIN/
OUT
Notes:
¥m(LANC) is a trademark. It stands for Local Application Control Bus System.
¥ We cannot guarantee the results when connecting to equipment not bearing the LANC 
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Certain pre-recorded software tapes are copyright protected. If you try to play back such a cassette,
ÒCOPYRIGHT PROTECTED PLAYBACK IS RESTRICTEDÓ appears in the display for a few seconds
and then the camera displays a blank blue screen; you cannot view the contents of the cassette.
If you try to record from such a tape via the digital cable ÒCOPYRIGHT PROTECTED DUBBING
RESTRICTEDÓ appears in the display; you cannot record the contents of the tape. Digital video equipment fitted with this terminal lets you edit, copy and transfer data digitally, with
virtually no generation loss in image and sound quality. The DV terminal is for both line-in and line-out,
since a single DV cable can handle data in both directions.
¥ If another Canon digital video camcorder is connected, the Dubbing Function can be used for digital-to-
digital dubbing (i.e. with virtually no generation loss in image quality).
¥ If a VCR is connected and an anomalous signal is sent from the VCR, the images recorded on the tape
may also be anomalous (although it may not appear so on the TV image), or not recorded at all. 
¥ You may not be able to dub tapes recorded with the copyright protective signal.
Use a Canon CV-150F DV cable (optional) to connect two digital devices together. When you are
recording from the GL1, make sure you connect the cable to the GL1 before connecting the other end of
the cable to the recording device. When you are recording to the GL1, slide the POWER switch to VCR
and press its 
2(record) and a(pause) buttons down simultaneously, or press the REC PAUSE button on
the wireless controller (ÒDV INÓ appears in the display when you press ÒplayÓ on the playback device).
Then press its pause button to start/pause recording.
¥ The image displayed by the camcorder that is being recorded to (for example on its LCD screen, an
attached TV, or in its viewfinder) may become distorted during digital dubbing. The actual recording on
the tape, however, is not affected.
¥ Blanks between recordings on the playback tape are recorded as anomalous images on the tape that is
being recorded to.
¥ Do not turn the power off when operating either camcorder with the DV cable connected.
DV terminal/connections
Dubbing with Digital Video Equipment
REWPLAYFF
REC
PAUSESEARCH
SELECT
ZERO SET
MEMORY
AUDIO
DUB.STOP
A/V
INSERTPAUSESLOW
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A/V
VIDEO  S-VIDEO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
L
R
S-150 S-video Cable
STV-250N Stereo Video Cable
DVIN/OUT
IN/
OUT
Recording from a VCR, TV or Other Camcorder (Analog Line-in)
You can record a TV program or a video played on your VCR or analog camcorder (digital camcorders,
see p. 75) onto a tape in the GL1, if the TV or other device has audio/video outputs.
¥ If an anomalous signal is sent from the TV or VCR, the images recorded on the tape may also be
anomalous (although it may not appear so on the TV image), or not recorded at all. 
¥ You may not be able to dub tapes recorded with the copyright protective signal.
¥ The GL1 cannot record or play back tapes with closed captioning.
1. Connect the camera to the VCR, TV or other camcorder.
¥ See ÒConnections for Playback on a TV ScreenÓ on p. 30.
2. Prepare the TV and VCR.
¥ Turn on the TV and set it to the video channel, or set the TV/VIDEO selector to VIDEO.
¥ Turn on the VCR. Load your recorded cassette, and put the VCR in playback  pause mode.
¥ See your TV and VCR instruction manuals for details.
3. Slide the cameraÕs POWER switch to VCR, and load a blank cassette.
Preparations
A/V
VIDEO OUTPUT
AUDIO
L
R
STV-250N Stereo 
Video Cable
DVIN/OUT
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1. Find a point on your recorded cassette slightly before the section you want to copy.
2. Start to play it back while you monitor the picture on the TV.
3. Press the 
2and abuttons on the body of the GL1 simultaneously or REC PAUSE on
the wireless controller.
¥ S-video and A/V IN/OUT terminals automatically work as input terminals.
4. Press the pause button.
¥ Recording starts.
5. When you get to the point where you want to stop recording, press the stop button or
the pause button.
¥ Recording stops.
6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 until your edited recording is complete.
Notes:
¥ You can monitor the picture in the viewfinder or LCD.
¥ If your VCR or TV is a monaural type, connect only the white plug for audio on both the camcorder and
the VCR or TV.
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You can insert new scenes from your VCR or other camcorder onto your pre-recorded tape using the
GL1Õs analog line-in or DV in terminals. Original video and audio will be replaced with the new video
and audio.
Recording Over Existing Scenes (A/V Insert Editing)
The tape in the camera:
When using the GL1Õs A/V insert function, only record to tapes recorded in SP mode with continuously
recorded time codes. 
If there are non-recorded portions or portions recorded in LP mode on the tape, recording may be
interrupted or you may not be able to insert A/V correctly.
The playback tape:
Use only tapes without non-recorded portions.
If there are non-recorded portions or changes in the recording mode, you may not be able to insert A/V
correctly.
You cannot insert A/V in the following cases:
¥ The playback tape has been poorly recorded.
¥ During special playback: fast forward playback, rewind playback or slow playback etc.
TV:
You cannot insert A/V from a TV program with anomalous synchronized signals, such as when the
program itself received poor signals.
A/V
VIDEO  S-VIDEO
OUTPUT
AUDIO
L
R
S-150 S-video Cable
STV-250N 
Stereo Video Cable
A/V
INSERT
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1. Connect the camera to the VCR (p. 30), load recorded tapes into both the camcorder
and VCR.
¥ Make sure the REC/SAVE tab on the tape has been slid to REC (closed position).
2.
Slide the POWER switch to VCR.
3. On the VCR, locate a point three seconds before the scene to be inserted (to ensure a
stable picture). Set the VCR to playback pause mode.
4. On the camera, locate the recording start point. Set the camera to playback pause
mode.
¥ You can use the cameraÕs `, 1, e, aand 3buttons or special playback functions just as when
in playback mode.
5. Press the A/V INSERT button on the wireless controller.
¥ A/V INSERT and 2aappear in the display.
6. On the VCR, play back the tape.
7. When you get to the starting point of the scene to be inserted, push the pause button on
the camera.
¥ A/V insert starts.
¥
2achanges to 2.
8. When you get to the point where you want to stop inserting, press the stop button of the
camera.
¥ Inserting stops and A/V INSERT disappears from the display. The camera returns to stop mode.
¥ If instead of pressing 
3(STOP) you press a(PAUSE), the camera returns to the A/V insert pause
mode. 
¥ If you set the zero set memory at the position on the tape where you want to stop inserting, every
time you return to that point, the camera will cancel its A/V inserting and enter stop mode.
9. Press the stop button of the VCR.
Scene to be inserted
Insert start point Insert end point
The playback tape
Before inserting
The tape in the camera
The video and audio of the new scene replace that of the old.
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Notes:
¥ Use the audio or the microphone attenuator during audio dubbing if you need to lower the volume level
or correct audio distortion of the input audio. Monitor the level of the input sound with headphones and
if necessary, turn the attenuator on through the menu by selecting LINE ATT or MIC ATT and setting it
to ON.
¥ When you add sound using the built-in microphone, make sure not to connect any cables to the MIC
terminal.
¥ To use your TV to monitor video, connect the S-video terminal and the A/V terminal to your TV. You
can monitor the sound with headphones.
Audio Dubbing
A/V
OUTPUTAUDIO
L
RSTV-250N Stereo 
Video CableAn audio device
(i.e. CD player)
DVIN/OUT
IN/
OUT
To connect other audio equipment:
Notes:
¥ Do not use the yellow video terminal.
¥ The A/V terminal doesnÕt put out any video, so connect the S-video terminals and check your TV, or
check the LCD or the viewfinder as you add new sound. Always check the new sound with the speaker,
or the headphones if you have the docking unit attached.
To connect the external microphone:
You can add sound to the original sound on a prerecorded tape from audio products (AUDIO IN) or with
the internal or an external microphone (MIC IN). Audio added through audio dubbing is dubbed onto
Stereo 2. The original sound will not be erased. For best results, add sound to tapes that have been
recorded with this camera in SP mode with 12-bit sound. If there are non-recorded portions on the tape, or
portions recorded in LP mode, or with 16-bit or 12-bit, 4-channel sound, dubbing may be interrupted or
you may not be able to dub audio correctly. You cannot dub audio onto a tape recorded with 12-bit and
16-bit sound intermingled. If your tape hasnÕt been recorded with 12-bit sound, we recommend dubbing
your original tape onto a blank tape using the GL1Õs analog line-in function, then dubbing audio onto the
new tape. Make absolutely sure to set the audio mode of the new tape to 12-bit and the recording mode to
SP.