Canon Hf M52 Owners Manual

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-/,  Memory Save: Saving an Entire Memory onto an 
External Hard Drive
You can easily save all the movies and photos you recorded onto a 
commercially available external hard drive connected directly to the 
camcorder*. You can also use the camcorder to play back your record-
ings directly from the hard drive. Initialize the hard drive ( A154) when 
you use it with this camcorder for the first time.
* If the USB cable supplied with the external hard drive has a standard-A...

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Before disconnecting the external hard drive
Before turning off or physically disconnecting the external hard drive, 
be sure to safely end the connection to the camcorder to avoid dam-
age to your files. From the [External Hard Drive] screen:
IMPORTANT
• Make sure you power the camcorder with the compact power adapter  before you save a memory to the external hard drive. If the compact 
power adapter becomes disconnected, the connection between the 
camcorder and the hard...

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4 Touch [Play Back from Hard Drive] and select the memory save folder you wish to play back.
• If you performed multiple memory save operations on the same day (for example, if you saved the built-in memory and then a memory 
card), the folder name of memory save folders following the first one 
will end in a numerical suffix.
• The [  Movies] index screen will appear.
5 Play back the movies, stories and photos as you would do any  other memory.
To switch to another memory save...

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Initializing the External Hard Drive
1 Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.Do not disconnect the power source or turn off the camcorder until the 
initialization is completed.
2Press  T to set the camcorder to playback mode.
3 Connect the camcorder to the external hard drive using the  optional UA-100 USB Adapter.
Connection  #-2 . Refer to  Connection Diagrams  (A 140).
4Press .
5 Initialize the external hard drive.
 1Touch this option if you want to physically...

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Copying Recordings to an External Video Recorder
Operating modes:
In High Definition
Connect the camcorder to Blu-ray Disc recorders and other AVCHD-
compatible digital video recorders using the supplied USB cable to 
make perfect copies of your movies in high definition. If the external 
digital video recorder has an SD memory card slot*, you can use the 
memory card to copy your movies without connecting the camcorder.
* Make sure the external device is compatible with the...

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Connecting
Connect the camcorder to the VCR using Connection . Refer to 
Connection Diagrams  (A 140). 
Recording
1 External recorder: Load a blank cassette or disc and set the 
recorder to record pause mode.
2 Turn on the camcorder and set it to   mode. • We recommend powering the camcorder using the compact power adapter.
• Verify that  q
 > [AV/Headphones] is set to [ Ò AV ] . 
3 Camcorder: Locate the scene or story you wish to copy and  pause the playback shortly just...

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Installation
Install the software before you connect the camcorder to the computer 
for the first time. Refer to the Startup Guide (supplied leaflet) and follow 
the instructions in the Software Guide (PDF file) to install the supplied 
PIXELA’s software.
Converting Scenes into Standard Definition from the [  Movies] Index 
Screen
Operating modes:
1 Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.
2 Make sure there is a memory card in the memory card slot with  sufficient...

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7Touch [OK].Connect the camcorder to the computer at this point ( A159) to 
continue uploading the converted videos to the Web.
To select individual scenes (step 4)
1 Touch on the individual scenes you want to convert. • A checkmark  ! will appear on the scenes you touch. The total 
number of selected scenes will appear next to the   icon.
• Touch a selected scene to remove the checkmark. To remove all 
checkmarks at once, touch [Remove All]  > [Yes].
2 After selecting all the...

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2 Select the rating of the stories you want to convert.
3Touch [Edit Story] > [Convert HD SD ( % )] and continue the 
conversion to standard definition from step 5 in the previous 
procedure ( A157).
NOTES
•  When converting scenes from a story: - All the scenes are merged into one converted SD movie.
- If the converted SD movie is too large, it will be split into smaller 
10-minute long movies.
- The maximum total playback time of the scenes to be converted is  12 hours....

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IMPORTANT
• While the camcorder is connected to the computer, do not open the  memory card slot cover and do not remove the memory cards. 
• Observe the following precautions while the ACCESS indicator is on or  flashing. Failing to do so may result in permanent data loss.
- Do not open the memory card slot cover.
- Do not disconnect the USB cable.
- Do not disconnect the compact power adapter or turn off the 
camcorder or the computer.
NOTES
• The time required to convert...