Canon GL2 Instruction Manual

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You can also choose to display the camcorder data (shutter speed and exposure settings) in the
data code.
Open the menu and select DISP.SET UP. Then select DATA CODE, set it to
DATE/TIME, CAMERA DATA or CAM. & D/T and close the menu.
DATA CODE••• DATE/TIMEDISP.SET UP
(20)
JAN. 1,2002
12:00:00 AM
12:00 AM
JAN. 1,200212dB
F11
1/25012dB
F11
1/250
JAN. 1,2002
12dB
F11
1/250
12:00:00 AM
12dB
F11
1/250
12:00 AM
JAN. 1,2002 12dB
F11
1/250
12dB
F11
1/250
Date/Time Camera dataDate/Time & 
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The date can be displayed for 6 seconds when you start playback, or to indicate that the date or
time zone of the recording has changed. The 6-second auto date automatically adjusts to the time
zone you have selected.
To turn the 6-second auto date on, open the menu and select DISP.SET UP. Select
6SEC. DATE, set it to ON and close the menu.
Note:
•The 6-second auto date appears even if DISPLAYS is set to OFF in the menu and the data code is
turned off.
Six-second Auto Date
+PLAY
(VCR)TAPE...

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This allows you to move quickly through still images (photo search), between different days or areas
of recording (date search), or index signals ( 59) recorded anywhere on a tape (index search).
1. Press the SEARCH SELECT button to select between photo/date/index search.
•PHOTO SEARCH, DATE SEARCH or INDEX SEARCH appears for 4 seconds.
2. Press the -and+buttons to move backwards or forwards through the still
images, between different days of recording or recorded index signals.
•Press once...

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Use the wireless controller to mark a point on a tape to which you wish to return following the
playback.
1. Press the ZERO SET MEMORY button on the wireless controller during playback
at a point you wish to return to later.
•The time code is replaced by a tape counter that is set to zero with the Âindication.
•Press the ZERO SET MEMORY button once more to cancel the zero set memory.
2. When you have finished playback, rewind or fast forward the tape. The tape
stops automatically when it...

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Connections for Playback on a TV Screen
For higher picture quality, we recommend playing back recordings on a TV with an S (S1) terminal.
If you connect the camcorder to a TV with an S1 terminal or the Video ID-1 system, recordings
made in the 16:9 mode for wide screen TVs will be automatically played back in wide screen mode
on the TV screen.
See your TV or VCR instruction manual for further details.
•Use the S-150 S-video Cable to connect the S-video terminals. Use the STV-250N Stereo...

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If Your TV (or VCR) Has Audio/Video Input Terminals
R L
AUDIO
VIDEO
•Connect the camcorder using the STV-250N Stereo Video Cable. Connect the white plug to the
white audio terminal L(left). Connect the red plug to the red audio terminal R(right). Connect
the yellow plug to the yellow video terminal VIDEO.
•Set the TV/VIDEO selector on the television to VIDEO. 
•If you are connecting the camcorder to a VCR, set the input selector on the VCR to LINE. 
Note:
•If you are going to use the TV as...

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S-VIDEOVIDEO
R L
AUDIO
Editing to a VCR
1. Find a point on your recorded cassette slightly before the section you wish 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 wish to copy appears on
the screen.
4. Pause the VCR at the end of the section you wish to copy, then stop playback
on the camcorder.
5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 until your edited recording is complete.
Note:
•The quality of the edited tape will be...

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Themterminal allows you to connect compatible
devices such as remote controllers that are mLANC
compatible. Some buttons on editing equipment may
operate differently from those on the camcorder.
m
(LANC) terminal
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 m
symbol. 

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REWPLAYFF
REC
PAUSESEARCH
SELECT
ZERO SET
MEMORY
AUDIO
DUB.STOPAV
INSERTPAUSESLOW
+/ –/
×2
/
1. Connect the camcorder and the other digital device.
•Connect the Canon CV-150F DV cable (optional).
2. Prepare the other device.
•Turn on the power and load a recorded cassette.
3. Slide the camcorder’s POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and the TAPE/CARD switch
to TAPE.
•DV IN appears in the display.
4. Load a blank cassette.
Digital video equipment fitted with the DV terminal allows you to edit, copy...

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1. Find a point on your recorded cassette slightly before the section you wish to
copy and set it to playback pause mode.
2. Press the camcorder’s REC PAUSE button.
•The camcorder enters record pause mode.
3. Start playback on the other digital device while you monitor the picture.
4. Press the e/a(play/pause) button on the camcoder or the PAUSE abutton on
the wireless controller.
•Recording starts.
5. When you get to the point where you wish to stop recording, press the stop
button or the...