Canon XL1 Instruction Manual

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Playing back a Cassette
You can use the viewfinder for instant, on-the-spot playback.
To play back your recordings on a TV, see p. 56. 
To use the wireless controller, see p. 20. 
Note:
¥ To avoid accidental recording, make sure that you slide the tab on the cassette so that it exposes the hole
(the switch position is usually labelled SAVE or ERASE OFF).
1. Attach a power source and turn the POWER dial to VCR.
2. Load the cassette.
3. Press the PLAY
ebutton to start playback.
¥ To end...

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Playback Pause 
To view the video as a still picture press the PAUSE a button. To resume normal playback, press it again,
or press the PLAY
e button. The camera automatically goes into stop mode after about five minutesÕ
playback pause.
Edit Search
When the camera is in playback pause, you can use edit search to play the tape forwards or backwards to
find the point where you want to start or restart editing.
Press and hold the edit search + and Ð buttons (the REC SEARCH buttons) during...

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Note:
¥ Mosaic-like noise appears on the screen during some of the VCR modes. These can only be operated from the wireless controller (p. 20)
Frame Advance
To play back frame by frame, press the +/aebutton repeatedly during playback pause.
Press and hold to play back continuous frame advance.
Frame Reverse
To play back on reverse frame by frame, press the Ð/4abutton repeatedly during playback pause.
Press and hold to play back continuous frame reverse.
Slow Forward Playback 
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A data code, containing the date and time the recording was made and other camera data (shutter speed and
exposure settings) is automatically recorded on a special data section of the tape. 
During playback, the data code can be displayed or hidden while the camera is in play, reverse playback,
slow forward/reverse playback or frame advance/reverse.
Press the wireless controllerÕs DATA CODE button.
¥ Press it once to display, once more to hide it.
The camera playback condition displays are...

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Searching Through Your  Recorded ÒPhotosÓ(Photo Search)
Move quickly through still pictures recorded anywhere on a tape.  
¥ You can only use this function from the Wireless Controller.
1. Turn the POWER dial to VCR.
2. Press the  and  buttons to move backwards or forwards through the still pictures.
¥ Press once to move to the start of the previous/next still pictures on the tape.
¥ Press more than once to move to the corresponding still picture (up to a maximum of 10 times), e.g.
press...

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Connections for Playback on a TV Screen
You can connect the camera to a TV or VCR in order to play back your recordings. You will need to attach
a power source to the camera (see p. 13).
See your TV or VCR instruction manual for further details.
¥ Use the S-150 S-video Cable to connect the S-video terminal 
d. Use the STV-150 Stereo Video Cable, to
connect the AUDIO terminals. Connect the white plug to the white AUDIO terminal 
7 (left). Connect the
red plug to the red AUDIO terminal 
9...

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AUDIO 1
S-VIDEOAUDIO VIDEO
STV-150 Stereo Video Cable
S-150 S-video Cable
Editing to a VCR
1. Find a point on your recorded cassette slightly ahead of 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...

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REC
Digital video equipment fitted with this terminal lets you edit, copy and transfer data digitally, with
imperceptible 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.
Use a Canon CV-150F DV cable to connect two digital devices together. When you are recording, make
sure you connect the cable to the XL1 before connecting the other end of the cable to the recording device.
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REMOTE   
The REMOTE m terminal allows you to connect
the camera to editing equipment. Some buttons on
editing equipment may operate differently from
those on the camera.
¥
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. 
REMOTE mterminal
Copyright signal
Certain pre-recorded software tapes are copyright protected. If you try to play back such a cassette,
ÒCOPYRIGHT...

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a) Press the AUDIO MONITOR button to display
ÒSTEREO1Ó, ÒSTEREO2Ó, and ÒMIXÓ, each in
turn.
¥ Your choice is selected a few seconds after you
last pressed the button. 
If you choose ÒMIXÓ you can go on to mix the balance.
¥ Use the 
r / tcursor keys to choose the mix balance.
(or the ST-1/ST-2 MIX BALANCE buttons on the remote control). Set the audio output in two main stages: (i) Selecting the audio mix
(ii) Choosing the output channel
(i) Selecting the audio mix
When you play back a tape...