Canon ZR 800 - Camcorder - 680 KP User manual

Recycled & Recyclable CANONZR800/09.17.07/JW
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The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA 98505
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Digital Palmcorder
Prociency Required
Operating Guide for
Canon ZR800
Caring for Media Loan Equipment
Do not drop the palmcorder!
Do not leave the palmcorder in excessive heat, such as
a car!
Do not subject the palmcorder to moisture or water!
Do not use excessive physical force!
Do not store this palmcorder in excessive cold!
Never push objects of any kind into the palmcorder
through any opening!
Do not leave the viewnder exposed to direct sunlight as
it may melt!
Dirty Heads
The following symptoms may appear if the video heads
become even a little dirty.
Mosaic or other blocky video artifacts or banding appear
on the picture during playback.
Sound becomes distorted, or there is no sound during
playback.
The message “HEADS DIRTY, USE CLEANING
CASSETTE” appears.
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Charging the Battery
Turn off the palmcorder.
Attach the battery pack to the
palmcorder by lightly pressing the
battery pack and sliding it down until it
clicks
Plug the power adaptor into a power
outlet
Connect the power adaptor to the
palmcorder’s DC IN terminal. The
CHARGE indicator starts ashing.
The indicator will stay on when the
charging is completed.
Once the Battery is Fully Charged
Disconnect the power adapter from
the palmcorder.
Unplug the power adapter from the
power outlet.
Battery precautions
Treat the battery pack with care!
Keep it away from re (or it might
explode)
Do not expose the battery pack to
temperature higher than 140 deg F
Do not leave it near a heater or inside
a car in hot weather
Do not try to disassemble or modify it
Do not drop or knock it
Do not get it wet
Charged battery packs continue to
discharge naturally. Therefore, charge
them on the day of use, or the day
before to ensure a full charge
Attach the terminal cover whenever
a battery pack is not in use. Contact
with metallic objects may cause a
short circuit and damage the battery
pack.
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To Remove the Battery Pack
Press BATT. to release the battery
pack. Lift the battery pack and then
pull it out.
Battery Charging Times and Life
The standard life batteries take about
145 min. to charge with a typical
recording time of one hour. Extended
life batteries take about 285 min. to
charge with a typical recording time of
165 min.
Inserting and Removing a Tape
Slide the OPEN/EJECT button
fully in the direction of the arrow
and open the cassette in the
compartment cover. The cassette
compartment opens automatically.
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Insert the cassette
with the window
facing the grip belt. To
remove a cassette pull
it straight out.
Press the PUSH
mark on the cassette
compartment until it
clicks.
Wait for the cassette
compartment to
retract automatically
and close the cassette compartment cover. Do
not interfere with the cassette compartment
while it is opening or closing automatically, or
attempt to close the cover before the cassette
compartment has fully retracted.
Rotating the LCD Panel
You can rotate
the panel
180 degrees
toward the
lens, allowing
the subject to
monitor the
LCD screen
while you use
the viewnder. This is also useful if you plan on
recording yourself
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Selecting a FUNC.
Press FUNC.
Toggle the joystick
up or down to
change applications
Toggle the joystick
left or right to
choose desired
setting from the
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available options.
Press FUNC To save the settings and close the
menu.
Selecting an Option from the Setup Menus
Press FUNC.
Select the menu icon at the bottom of the
screen by pressing the joystick. You can also
hold FUNC Down for more than 2 seconds to
open directly the setup menus screen.
Select the desired menu from the left side of
the column by toggling the joystick up or down
and pressing it in when found.
Toggle the joystick up or down to select the
setting you want to change and press the
joystick.
Select the desired option by toggling the
joystick up or down and then press it in to save.
Press FUNC at any time to close the menu.
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Recording
Move the lens cover switch down to open
the lens cover.
Holding the lock button pressed down, set
the POWER switch to CAMERA.
Press Start/Stop to begin recording.
Using the Zoom
Move the zoom lever toward W to zoom out
(wide-angle). Move it toward T to zoom in
(telephoto). You can also change the zoom
speed by pressing gently for a slow zoom and
harder for faster zooms.
Reviewing the Last Scene Recorded
Set the mode switch to P.
If the joystick guide does not appear on
screen, press the joystick to display it.
Toggle the joystick left momentarily, you may
have to toggle it up or down to stop it.
When you Have Finished Recording
Close the lens cover and the LCD
panel.
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Playing Back Movies
Holding down the lock button set the POWER
switch to PLAY.
If the joystick guide does not appear on screen,
press the joystick to display it.
Use the joystick to locate the point where you
want to begin playback by toggling it left or right.
Push the joystick up to begin playback.
Push the joystick up to pause the playback or
down to stop it.
FUNC Menu
The following can be adjusted or set using the
FUNC menu; Recording Program, White Balance,
Digital effects, and Speaker volume.
Recording Program
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Turn off the palmcorder.
Remove the Tape.
Disconnect the power source and
remove the battery pack.
Note: To protect the tape and video
heads, the cam will enter stop mode if left
in record pause mode for 4½ minutes. To
resume recording press Start/Stop.
Magnifying the Playback Image
To enlarge the playback image move the
zoom lever toward T. To reduce or return
to normal move the zoom lever toward W.
Locating the End of the Last Scene
Press FUNC.
Toggle the joystick up or down until
you nd the END SEARCH option and
press the joystick.
Toggle the joystick left or right until you
get to EXECUTE and press the joystick.
Note: End search cannot be used once
you remove the cassette.
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White Balance
The white balance function helps you accurately
reproduce colors under different lighting
conditions so that white objects will always look
truly white in your recordings. There are 4 options
for the white balance setting.
Auto - Settings are automatically set by the
camcorder. Use this setting for outdoor
scenes.
Daylight - For recording outdoors on a bright day.
Tungsten - For recording under tungsten and
tungsten type (3-wavelength) uorescent
lighting.
Set - Use the custom white balance for special
situations not covered by the other options.
The custom white balance will ensure that
white subjects appear white under various
lighting conditions.
With the mode switch on P, press FUNC button
then scroll to the currently selected white balance.
When you select [SET] do not press FUNC and
continue instead with the procedure below.
Point the camera at a white object, zoom in until
it lls the whole screen and press the joystick.
When the adjustment is completed, the WB icon
will stop ashing and stays on. The camcorder
retains the custom setting even if you turn off the
camcorder. Press FUNC to save the setting and
close the menu.
Adjusting the Volume
Press FUNC.
Toggle the joystick up or down to nd the
SPEAKER and toggle the joystick left or right to
adjust the volume.
Press FUNC to close the menu.
Setup Menu
In the SETUP menu the following can be
adjusted; Shutter speed, Auto slow shutter
(automatically uses slow shutter speeds to obtain
brighter recordings in places with insufcient
lighting), Zoom speed, Image stabilization
(compensates for camcorder shake even at full
telephoto), wide-screen (16:9 is standard for this
camera, if you desire 4:3 recording you must set
this) and Self timer.
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Manual Exposure Adjustment
Backlit subjects may be underexposed or
subjects under strong lights may be overexposed.
To correct this, you can manually adjust the
exposure. With the Mode switch set to P (except
for reworks settings), if the joystick does not
appear on screen, press the joystick to display
it. Push the joystick UP towards [EXP]. [EXP]
on the joystick guide changes to light blue and
the exposure adjustment indicator and the
neutral value "+/- 0" appear on the screen. If
you operate the zoom during exposure lock, the
brightness of the image may change. Pushing up
on the joystick will return the camcorder to auto
exposure.
Changing the Shutter speed
Use the automatic exposure (AE) program to set
the shutter speed or select one of the special
scene recording programs.
Make sure the mode switch is set to P
To set the Shutter speed in P;
press the FUNC button, and choose Menu, then
camera setup, then shutter and select the speed
you wish to use. Suggestions are listed below.
The screen will display only the denominator ( P
250 for 1/250).
1/60 - For general recordings
1/100 - For recording indoor sports scenes
1/250, 1/500, 1//1000 - For recording from within
a car or train, or for recording moving subjects
such as roller coasters
1/2000 - For recording outdoor sports such as
Tennis or Baseball on sunny days
Do not move the mode switch while recording as
the brightness of the image may change abruptly.
If the speed selected ashs it is inappropriate for
lighting conditions.
Recording movies under uorescent lights
If the screen starts to icker, set the shutter speed
to 1/100.
Self Timer
Set the camcorder in record pause mode, press
FUNC then choose MENU and select Camera
setup then self timer. Select ON and press
FUNC. Press START/STOP and the camera will
begin recording after a 10 second delay.

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Audio Menu
Under AUDIO menu you can adjust Output
channel, Wind screen, Mix balance, and Audio
mode.
Audio Recording Mode
You can change the quality of the audio recording
between 16 and 12bit (16bit is recommended).
Press the FUNC button, then MENU. Select
Audio setup, then Audio mode, select your
desired option then FUNC again to conrm.
Selecting the Audio Channel
You can select the audio channel to play back
when playing back a tape with audio recorded
on two channels (either stereo sound or bilingual
audio signals). There are 3 options for this setting.
L/R - Left and right channels (stereo) / Main +sub
signals (bilingual)
L/L - Left channel only (stereo) / Main signal only
(bilingual)
R/R - Right channel only (stereo) / Sub signal only
(bilingual)
Press the FUNC button and select MENU. Select
Audio setup then Output Ch and select desire
option and nalize with the FUNC button.
Windscreen
When using the built-in microphone, the
camcorder automatically reduces the background
sound of wind, but you can turn the windscreen
off when you want the microphone to be as
sensitive as possible.
Using an External Microphone
Connect the external microphone to the MIC
terminal, using a condenser microphone with a
3.5 mm stereo plug and no more than 3 meters of
cable. Audio recording levels will vary.
Manual Focus Adjustment
Auto-focus may not work well on some subjects
or conditions. In such cases, focus manually.
With the mode switch in P, adjust the zoom. Push
the joystick down towards [FOCUS] to activate
manual focus. Adjust the focus with the left and
right arrows (right for farther focal distance, left
for closer focus. Press down to return to auto-
focus or up to save focus adjustment.
Innity Focus
For focusing on faraway objects, adjust the zoom,
then keep the joystick pushed down towards
[FOCUS] for more than 2 seconds until an innite
sign appears. Push the joystick down towards
[FOCUS] again will return the camcorder to
auto-focus and left or right will return the camera
to manual focus.
Recording to a VCR or Digital Video
Recorder
Connect the camera to the recording device using
either the RCA cables or the appropriate DV cable
depending on the device. Load the recorded
casette into the camcorder and a blank casette or
disk into the recording device. Locate the scene
you wish to copy and pause slightly before it.
Begin playback and press record on the device at
the desired time. Stop recording when playback
is complete and stop playback on the camera.
Digital Video Dubbing
You can input video from other video devices and
record on the tape in the camcorder. Connect the
camcorder to a digital video source. Load a blank
cassette in camera and load desired casette or
disk into connected device. Press FUNC button
select REC PAUSE and press the joystick. Then
select [EXECUTE] and press the joystick again.
Start the playback on the connected device.
Press the joystick up to start recording and again
to pause recording, and down to stop recording.

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Playback on a TV screen
Turn off all devices when
making connections!
Before making the
connections, select the [TV
TYPE] setting according to
the TV set to which you will
connect the camcorder.
Connect the camcorder to the
TV. Turn on the camcorder
and the connected TV or
VCR.
Transferring Video
Recordings
Turn off all devices when
making connections! Start
the computer and set the
camcorder to PLAY mode.
Connect the camcorder to
the computer using a dv
cable. Make sure you have
the correct cable for the port
on the computer (see chart).
If the computer freezes while
the camcorder is connected
to it, disconnect the DV cable
and turn off the camcorder
and the computer. After a
short while, turn them on
again, set the camcorder to
PLAY mode and restore the
connection.
Cassettes
Rewind tapes after use. A slack or
damaged tape may cause video
problems and/or audio distortions
during playback.
Return cassettes to the case and store
them upright. Rewind tapes from time
to time if they are store for a long time.
Do not leave the cassette in the
camcorder after use.
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Condensation
Moving the camcorder rapidly between hot and cold
temperatures may cause condensation (water droplets) to
form on its internal surfaces. Stop using the camcorder if
condensation is detected. Continued use may damage the
camcorder.
Remove the casette, place the camcorder in an airtight
plastic bag and let it adjust to temperature changes
slowly before removing it from the bag
When condensation is detected the camcorder
automatically shuts of, the warning message
"CONDENSATION HAS BEEN DETECTED" appears for
approx. 4 seconds and a water drop icon starts ashing
A cassette can not be loaded when condensation is
detected
After the condensation warning stops ashing, wait for 1
more hour before resuming use.
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