Canon GL1 User Manual

How to use the Canon GL1 Digital Video Camera

Connecting Power:

• Pull the eye piece out, then tilt it up

• Lineup power plug and slide it down until it clicks

• To remove the plug, press the release button just under the eye piece, slid the plug up and out

Inserting a blank tape (power must be present but camera can be “Off”):

• Push the open lever up toward the front of the camera and at the same time pull the cover out from the

camera

• Push the green “Eject” button, the tape holder will come up and open

• Insert tape with the label facing away from the camera

• Push the tape holder in toward the camera but NOT DOWN

• The tape holder will go down on its own

• After the tape holder is down, close the cover

Hooking the camera up to a VCR for coping:

• Connect power to the camera (see above)

• Insert the tape you want to copy (see above)

• Connect the video out cable to the camera, under the flap on the back of the camera near the big red

record button

• Connect the other end of the video out cable to the input on the VCR

• Slide the power switch on the top of the camera back to “VCR”

• Turn on the VCR, insert blank VHS tape and set it to the input you plugged the camera into

• Open the flap on the top of the handle on the camera

• Press the “play” button on the camera and the “Record” button on the VCR

• When you are done press stop on both the camera and VCR, rewind the tapes

• Turn off the camera by moving the power switch to “Off”

• Eject the tape from the VCR and camera (see above)

• Turn off the VCR

• Disconnect the video out cable