JVC Hm 100 U Manual

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CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS
To p  S e c t i o n
1Viewfinder
Displays the camera image and the playback picture.
2Eyepiece
Ensures that ambient light does not reach the viewfinder
screen or falls into the eye of the cameraman.
3Eyepiece focus ring
You can adjust the focus by turning this ring.
4Eyepiece mounting ring
You can adjust the position of the eyepiece forward or
backward by loosening this ring.
5Slide mounting ring
You can adjust the position of the viewfinder left or right by
loosening this ring.
6Clamp
Attach the microphone cable here. 
7[FOCUS ASSIST] Focus assist button 
When you press this button during shooting, the area of
focus is displayed in blue, red or green, making it easy to
focus accurately.
XSee “LCD/VF [1/3] Menu Screen” on page 71.8[REC] REC trigger button (start/stop recording)
Start and stop recording using this button. 
(This works together with the REC trigger button on the
right panel and the lens VTR trigger button.)
9[REC LOCK] REC LOCK switch
Slide this switch in the direction of the arrow to lock the
[REC] trigger button 8. Use this to prevent unwanted
recording.
(The REC trigger button on the right panel and the lens
VTR trigger button are not locked.)
0SD memory card cover
When you open this cover, you can insert and remove the
SD memory card.
XSee “Inserting an SD Memory Card” on page 30.
When an SD memory card is loaded
• You can save, call up and reset the menu settings on
this camcorder. 
• You can initialize (format) an SD memory card. 
XSee “FILE MANAGE Menu Screen” on page 79.
a[EJECT] Eject switch and LED
Slide this switch to the side to insert or eject a videocas-
sette tape.
The LED lights while ejecting is in progress.
MEMO
• It takes a few seconds before the videocassette is
ejected. Do not close the cassette cover during the eject
operation.
• Do not touch the cassette insertion slot or cassette during
the eject operation. This could result in damage.
bOperation cover
Open this cover when operating in the playback mode.
Otherwise, keep this cover closed.
This cover can be opened by sliding it to the side.
MEMO
When the STOP button i is pressed in the Camera mode
to set the VTR operation mode indicator to indicate STOP,
playback operations become possible.
c[BATTERY RELEASE] Battery pack lock release lever
Slide this lever forward to remove the battery pack.
dBattery pack
Attach the provided battery pack (BN-V428).
XSee “Battery Operation” on page 32.
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CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS
Top Section (Cont’d)
e[MONITOR SELECT] Audio monitor selector switch
This switch is used to select the monitor sound output and
playback sound output from the monitoring speaker 1 on
page 14 or the PHONES jack 2 on page 12.
XSee “Outputting Audio” on page 53.
XSee “AUDIO/MIC Menu Screen” on page 70.
CAUTION
Make sure to move switches all the way. Do not leave a
switch stopped in a midway position. Noise will be gener-
ated and operation irregularities will occur.
f[DISPLAY] Display button
Each time you keep pressing the DISPLAY button about 2
seconds, switch LCD monitor display and viewfinder dis-
play.
g[VTR] VTR indicator
This indicator lights when the camera is in the VTR mode.
To perform VTR playback or to input the HDV/DV signal
from the IEEE1394 connector 4 on page 16, press the
CAM/VTR button 5 on page13 to turn on this indicator.
It flashes when the mode is being changed.
(HDV/DV signal input is possible with the GY-HD100U, GY-
HD101E.)
h[FULL AUTO] Full auto shooting (FAS) switch
This is the ON/OFF switch for FAS mode.
• During FAS mode, “FAS” is displayed on the LCD moni-
tor or the viewfinder.
• FAS mode works together with the auto iris and auto
level control (ALC) modes and automatically adjusts to
the optimal video signal level and white balance. 
• The audio recording level sets to automatic adjustment
mode. 
• Even if there are color bars, this automatically sets to
camera video. 
• SMOOTH TRANS mode does not run. XSee page 64.
• Auto iris mode operates even if the lens iris mode switch
is set to the manual position. 
• The gain changes continuously until it reaches the maxi-
mum ALC MAX setting, and the shutter speed also
changes continuously. 
• When you release FAS mode, all of the settings return to
their previous modes.
CAUTION
When the power is turned on while the camera is in the FAS
mode, it takes about 10 seconds before the automatic
adjustment of FAS is completed.
All of the previous setting contents are recalled when the
FAS mode is cancelled.
i[STOP] Stop button
Press to enter the stop mode.
j[REW] Rewind button
Press this button to rewind the tape.
• Pressing this button in the stop or fast forward mode ini-
tiates the rewind mode. (Only for VTR mode)
• Pressing this button during playback, still picture play-
back or forward search initiates reverse search.
k[PLAY/STILL] Play/still button
Press to start playback. Press to enter the still picture
mode during playback, in the stop mode or in the search
mode.
Depending on the ambient temperature, if still image play-
back mode continues for between 30 seconds and 3 min-
utes, it stops automatically. (Tape protect mode)
During still picture playback and search mode, press this
button to return to the normal playback mode.
* If the auto tracking is active at the moment the play
mode is entered, the playback video will be interfered
with digital noise.
l[FF] Fast forward button
Press this button to fast forward the tape.
• Pressing this button in the stop or rewind mode initiates
the fast forward mode. (Only for VTR mode)
• Pressing this button during playback, still picture play-
back or reverse search initiates forward search. CH-1 : The CH-1 channel audio is output.
BOTH : CH-1 and CH-2 channel audio are output mixed.
When this setting is selected, the menu screen
can be used to select whether the mixed sound or
stereo sound should be output via the PHONES
jack. (AUDIO MONITOR item on the AUDIO/MIC
menu screen)
When AUDIO MONITOR item on the AUDIO/MIC
menu screen is set to “STEREO”, only the audio
of CH-1 is output from the monitoring speaker.
CH-2 : The CH-2 channel audio is output.
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CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS
Indications on the LCD Monitor and in the Viewfinder
• CAMERA MODE (display example)In addition to showing the EE image and the playback picture,
the LCD monitor and viewfinder are also used for the follow-
ing character displays.
To show characters on the LCD monitor, press the DISPLAY
button briefly.
„Status screens (screens for checking the current cam-
era settings)
„Auto white display (only displayed in the Camera
mode)
„Menu setting screens
„Alarm message display
„Safety zone display (only displayed in the Camera
mode)
MEMO
When the OUTPUT CHAR. item on the OTHERS [1/2] menu
screen is ON, the menu setting screen is also displayed in
the video from the video signal output connector. 
„Status Screens
Press the STATUS button while normal screen is displayed to
show one of the status screens.
The contents of the status display are divided into those for
the Camera mode and those for the VTR mode.
• Each time the STATUS button is pressed in the Camera
mode, one of 5 status screens is displayed. (STATUS 0, 1,
2, 3, 4)
• One type of screen is displayed in the VTR mode.
MEMO
• When the STATUS button is pressed for 1 second or
longer, the menu setting screen is displayed.
To display the Status screen while the menu setting
screen is displayed, press the STATUS button to return to
the normal screen.
• You can switch between the LCD monitor and the view-
finder by holding down the DISPLAY button for about 2
seconds.
USER 3 USER 2 USER 1
STATUS MENUSHUTTER
2
1
OFF ND FILTER
WHT.BALAUTO AUTO
DISPLAY button
STATUS button
 
 
                       
 
 
 
                            
 
STATUS 1 STATUS 0
STATUS 2
STATUS 4
STATUS STATUS 3
•VTR MODE 
(display example)
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Indications on the LCD Monitor and in the Viewfinder (Cont’d)
„Status Screens in the Camera Mode
•STATUS 0
1Event Indication
When the Gain or Shutter Speed is changed manually, the setting condition is displayed for about 3 seconds at the time the
change is made.
*1 The range for the shutter speed differs depending on the video format setting. XSeepage69.
*2 Displayed if functions were assigned to the USER1 - 3 buttons. XSee page 69.
*3 Displayed when the [WHT.BAL] white balance selector switch c on page 15 is set to PRST (PRESET).
*4 “ ** ” depends on the video format.
                                    
STATUS 0 Screen 1
2
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8
7
6
5
4
Setting Status Contents of Indications
Gain value was changed GAIN 0 dB, 3 dB, 6 dB, 9 dB, 12 dB, 15 dB, 18 dB
Gain value reached the ALC GAIN ALC
FULL AUTO was turned ON/OFF FULL AUTO ON, FULL AUTO OFF
ZEBRA was turned ON/OFF ZEBRA ON, ZEBRA OFF
Shutter speed value was changed *1 SHUTTER 1/6, 1/6.25, 1/7.5, 1/12, 1/12.5, 1/15, 1/24, 1/25, 1/30, 1/48, 1/50, 1/60, 1/100, 1/120,
1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000,1/4000, 1/10000
Variable shutter speed value was changed *1 V. SHUTTER 1/24.01 to 1/1998.0
Shutter was turned OFF SHUTTER OFF [1/**] *4
White balance value was changed (Example) 
WHITE BAL A 
Numeric value: Any of 2300, 2500, 2800, 3000, 3200, 3400, 3700, 4300, 5200, 5600, 6500,
8000
FILTER value was changed FILTER OFF, FILTER ND 1 [1/4ND], FILTER ND 2 [1/16ND]
AE LEVEL value was changed *2 AE LEVEL –3, –2, –1, NORMAL, +1, +2, +3
BLACK gain value was changed *2 BLACK NORMAL
BLACK STRETCH 1, 2, 3
BLACK COMPRESS 1, 2, 3
PRESET TEMP. value was changed *2 *3 WHITE BAL PRST , WHITE BAL PRST 
HEADER REC is running HEADER REC
FOCUS ASSIST was turned ON/OFF FOCUS ASSIST ON, FOCUS ASSIST OFF
Timecode was set to zero reset TC ZERO PRESET XSeepage40.
REC LOCK switch was turned ON/OFF REC SWITCH LOCKED, REC SWITCH UNLOCKED XSee page 17, 9 REC LOCK switch.
A REC command was sent from the IEEE1394
connectorTRIGGER TO HDV, TRIGGER TO DV
Other DisplaysXSee “FILE MANAGE Menu Screen” on page 79-81.
XSee “Warnings and Responses” on page 85.
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No. Item Contents
2VTR mode indication STBY : In record standby mode (record-pause mode)
REC : During recording
PLAY : During playback
FF : During fast forward
REW : During rewind
STL : During still picture playback mode
FWD : During playback in forward direction (FWD1: About ×2 speed, FWD2: About ×5 speed, FWD3:
About ×10 speed)
REV : During playback in reverse direction (REV1: About ×2 speed, REV2: About ×5 speed, REV3:
About ×10 speed)
STOP : Stop mode (Tape protect mode)
EJECT : Cassette being ejected
- - -  : No tape loaded
3Indication of date and time Indicates the date and time.
Whether or not the date and time should be displayed as well as the display style are set on the TIME/
DATE menu.
LCD BRIGHT indication When the brightness of the monitor screen is adjusted with the LCD BRIGHT button, the date and time
indications and the VTR mode indication 2 are turned off and the LCD BRIGHT indicator is displayed.
(Example)
BRIGHT +5 •••••+•••••O
Numeric value: Any of –5, –4, –3, –2, –1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5.
4Indication of Black operation  B : Displayed when the black stretch or black compress settings are other than NORMAL. 
5Indication of skin tone detail
color operationSD : Indicated when skin tone detail is ON.
6Indication of Iris level opera-
tionI : Displayed when the AE LEVEL setting is other than NORMAL
7Indication of FAW operation FAW : Indicated when Full Auto White Balance is ON.
8Gain operation indication * dB : Indicates gain value when gain is other modes than 0 dB and ALC.
9Indication of various function
operationsFOCUS : Displayed when the Focus Assist function is ON.
SKIN AREA : Blinks while the skin detail color area is displayed.
ALC : Displayed when ALC function alone is ON.
FAS : Displayed when the Full Auto Shooting function is ON.
S : Displayed when the SHUTTER function is ON.
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Indications on the LCD Monitor and in the Viewfinder (Cont’d)
•STATUS 1
In addition to the information on the STATUS 0 screen, this screen displays the following items.
  
STATUS 1 Screen 12
3
4
5 6 8 9 0 7
No. Item Contents
1VIDEO FORMAT display Displays the currently selected video format. 
Allows you to select the REC item on the VIDEO FORMAT menu screen. XSee page 62.
You can switch this display ON/OFF using the FORMAT item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen.
XSee page 72.
2Time Code (TC)/User’s Bits
(UB) indicationIndicates the time code (h:m:s:frame) or user’s bits data.
Whether or not to display this item is set with the TC/UB item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen. 
XSee page 72.
Whether the time code or user’s bits should be shown is selected with the TC DISPLAY switch inside the
LCD door.
3Remaining tape indication Remaining tape indication (displayed in 1-minute steps)
This indicator blinks when remaining tape time is equivalent to less than 3 minutes.
Whether or not to display this item is set with the TAPE REMAIN item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen.
XSee page 72.
* When inserting a brand-new tape, the remaining tape time is not indicated.
When the tape has been run, the indication will appear.
* The remaining tape indication is to be regarded only as a guide.
* When the unit is used at low temperatures, it may take a while before the indication of the remaining tape
time appears.
4Voltage indication (Example) 7.0V: Indicates remaining battery level in 0.1V steps.
(Example) Time code TC 00 : 00 : 00 : 00
User’s bits UB FF EE DD 20Colon (:) when non-drop frame mode
Dot (.) when drop frame mode
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5Audio sampling frequency in-
dication32 K : Indicated when the AUDIO MODE item on the AUDIO/MIC menu screen is set to 32 K. (Audio is
recorded with 12-bit, 32 kHz sampling.)
48 K : Indicated when the AUDIO MODE item on the AUDIO/MIC menu screen is set to 48 K. (Audio is
recorded with 16-bit, 48 kHz sampling.)
XSee page 70.
6Audio level meter indication Displays the CH-1, CH-2 audio level meters.
Whether or not to display this item is set with the AUDIO item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu.
XSee page 72.
7Standard audio level indication The level at which audio is recorded on the tape is indicated by “O”.
–20 dB, –12 dB
XSee “AUDIO REF.LEVEL” on page 70.
8Iris indicator displayM: Iris set higher than normal
b: Iris set to normal
N: Iris set lower than normal
9Iris F-value indication Indicates the F-number of the connected lens.
OPEN, F2, F2.8, F4, F5.6, F8, F11, F16, CLOSE
It is not displayed when the lens is removed. For some lenses, no display appears.
The indication can be switched ON/OFF with the F.NO/IRIS IND. item on the LCD/VF [1/3] menu screen.
XSee page 71.
0Filter position indication Indicates the current filter position.
No display: FILTER OFF
ND1: FILTER ND1 (1/4ND)
ND2: FILTER ND2 (1/16ND)
The indication can be switched ON/OFF with the FILTER item on the LCD/VF [1/3] menu screen.
XSee page 71.
No. Item Contents
–20 dB –12 dB
OO
CH-1OOOOO•••+
CH-2OOOOO•••+
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Indications on the LCD Monitor and in the Viewfinder (Cont’d)
•STATUS 2
This screen displays the camera setup statuses.
Event display is not available while this screen is displayed.
•STATUS 3
Displays a list of setting statuses for USER1, 2, and 3 as well as LENS RET item on the SWITCH MODE menu screen.
XSee page 69.
Events are not displayed while these statuses are being displayed.
•STATUS 4
This screen only displays VTR mode indication, date and time, event display and alarm indications.
* Whether or not date and time should be displayed and the display style are set on the TIME/DATE menu screen.
XSee “Displaying the Time and Date on the Screen” on page 37.
   
 
STATUS 2 Screen STATUS 3 Screen
Indication Indication Contents
FILE FILE  F CAM1 [********], CAM2 [********], and EXT1 - 4 [********] * indicates SUB NAME XSee page 79–81.
A F symbol is displayed when a menu setting read from LOAD FILE was changed. 
The display disappears when the setting is saved using STORE FILE.
FULL AUTO ON, OFF
GAIN 0dB, 3dB, 6dB, 9dB, 12dB, 15dB, 18dB, ALC
SHUTTER (When STEP is selected)
OFF, 1/6, 1/6.25, 1/7.5, 1/12, 1/12.5, 1/15, 1/24, 1/25, 1/30, 1/48, 1/50, 1/60, 1/100, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000,
1/4000, 1/10000
(When VARIABLE is selected)
1/24.01 - 1/1998.0
(Displayed when FAS or ALC mode is selected)
EEI
*The range for the shutter speed differs depending on the video format. XSee page 69.
WHITE BAL A, B, PRESET, FAW
For A and B, ## represents 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 43, 52, 65, or 80. For PRESET, 32 or 56.
AE LEVEL –3, –2, –1, NORMAL, +1, +2, +3
FILTER OFF, ND1 (1/4ND), ND2 (1/16ND)
ZEBRA 60-70%, 70-80%, 85-95%, OVER 95%, OVER 100%
REMAIN Displays the remaining tape (minutes)
AUDIO Displays the audio sampling frequency and the audio level adjustment mode (Ex: 32K (CH1 Z CH2 a) Z (for AUTO
mode) a (for MANUAL mode)
Indication Indication Contents
USER1
USER2NONE, BARS, PRESET TEMP., B.STRETCH1, B.STRETCH2, B.STRETCH3, B.COMPRESS1, B.COMPRESS2,
B.COMPRESS3, AE LEVEL+, AE LEVEL–
USER3 NONE, BARS, PRESET TEMP., B.STRETCH1, B.STRETCH2, B.STRETCH3, B.COMPRESS1, B.COMPRESS2,
B.COMPRESS3
LENS RET RET, FOCUS ASSIST
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„Status Screen in VTR MODE
 
 
                       
                        
                        
                          
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3
9 4
5
6
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No. Item Contents
1VIDEO FORMAT display Displays the video format recorded on the tape when in VTR mode. 
You can switch this display ON/OFF using the VIDEO FORMAT item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen.
XSee page 72.
MEMO
This camcorder cannot play back or output tape recorded in HDV 1080i format. “INVALID TAPE!” is dis-
played in the event display area 4.
2Time code (TC) and user’s bits
(UB) displayDisplays the time code data being recorded (hour, minute, second, frame) when in VTR mode. 
You can switch this display ON/OFF using the TC/UB item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen. 
XSee page 72.
You can select to display either the time code or the user’s bits using the TC DISPLAY switch in the LCD
door.
3Remaining tape time Remaining tape indication (displayed in 1-minute steps)
This indicator blinks when remaining tape time is equivalent to less than 3 minutes.
Whether or not to display this item is set with the TAPE REMAIN item on the LCD/VF [1/2] menu screen.
XSee page 72.
* When inserting a brand-new tape, the remaining tape time is not indicated.
When the tape has been run, the indication will appear.
* The remaining tape indication is to be used only as a guide.
* When the unit is used at low temperatures, it may take a while before the indication of the remaining tape
time appears.
4Event display Displays messages related to VTR operations. XSee page 85-86.
5Audio sampling frequency in-
dicationThe audio sampling frequency used for the recording is displayed during playback.
(32 K, 48 K, 44.1 K)
6Audio level meter indication Displays the audio level meters during playback.
Whether or not to display this item is set with the AUDIO item on the LCD/VF [2/3] menu screen.
XSee page 72.
7VTR mode indication Indicates the VTR operation status
STBY, STOP, PLAY, REC, FF, REW, FWD, REV, STL, - - - (No tape loaded), SLOW: During variable play-
back in forward direction (Displayed when using non-linear editing software.)
(SLOW+1: About ×0.1 speed, SLOW+2: About ×0.2 speed, SLOW+3: About ×0.5 speed)
During variable playback in reverse direction (Displayed when using non-linear editing software.)
(SLOW–1: About ×–0.1 speed, SLOW–2: About ×–0.2 speed, SLOW–3: About ×–0.5 speed)
8Time/Date indication Recorded data are displayed during playback, fast forward, and rewind.
During recording, the data from the IEEE1394 connector is displayed.
(GY-HD100U/GY-HD101E only)
Whether or not the date and time should be displayed and the display style are set on the TIME/DATE
menu screen. XSee page 76.
When the date and time have not been set, the following indication appears.
- -/- -/- -  - -: - -: - -
9Voltage indication (Example) 7.0V : Indicates remaining battery level in 0.1V steps.
0Audio Lock indication Displayed when the audio signal from DV recording or playback is locked to the video signal.
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CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTORS
Indications on the LCD Monitor and in the Viewfinder (Cont’d)
„Auto White Balance Indication (Camera
mode only)
The AUTO WHITE indication and the result of the operation
are displayed during the auto white balance adjustment oper-
ation.
XSee “White Balance Adjustment” on page 43.
„Menu Setting Screen
Screen used for making various settings.
The Menu Setting Screen appears when the STATUS button
is pressed for 1 second or more.
XSee “Setting Menu Screens” on page 60.
„Alarm Message Display
• The following alarm messages are displayed while the
STATUS (0, 1, 4) screen is shown in the Camera mode, or
a STATUS screen is shown in the VTR mode.
If an alarm is generated while the STATUS 2, 3 screen is
shown, the STATUS 0 screen returns to display the alarm.
XSee page 85.
• When an abnormality occurs in the VTR, a warning mes-
sage with an error code is displayed.
XSee page 85-86.
„Safety Zone Indication (Camera mode only)
The indication of the following safety zone and center mark indications can be turned ON/OFF with the SAFETY ZONE item and
CENTER MARK item on the LCD/VF [1/3] menu screen. XSee page 71.
In addition, the safety zone display is on or off depending on the REC item setting and the ASPECT item setting in the VIDEO
FORMAT menu screen, as shown below. 
 
 
 
 
TOP MENU screen (Camera mode)
Alarm display area
SAFETY ZONE OFF 4:3 14:9 16:9 16:9+4:3
CENTER MARK - OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON
REC ASPECT
Cannot be selected DV-60I
DV-24P
DV-24PA
DV-50I
DV-25P4:3
16:9
HDV-SD60P
HDV-SD50P
HDV-HD30P
HDV-HD25P
HDV-HD24P[16:9]
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