Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GR-D270U JVC
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ENGLISH GR-D290 GR-D270 L YT1354-001B EN TERMS Dear Customer , Thank you for purchasing this digital video camera. Before use, please read the safety inf ormation and precautions contained in the pages 3 – 4 and 10 to ensure safe use of this product.
2 EN MasterP age: Left Wipe/Fader Effects Y ou can use the Wipe /F ader Effects to make pro-style scene transitions. ( 墌 pg. 41) Program AE with Special Effect s For e xample, “SPOR T S” mode allows f ast- moving images to be captured one frame at a time, f or vivid, stable slo w-motion.
EN 3 MasterP age: Start_Right SAFETY PRECAUTIONS W ARNING: TO PREVE NT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTUR E. CAUTIONS: ● This camcorder is designed to be used with NTSC-type color tele vision signals. It cannot be used for pl ayback with a tele vision of a diff erent standard.
4 EN MasterP age: Left IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read th ese instr uctions. 2. K eep these instructions. 3. Heed all wa rnings. 4. F ollow all instr uctions. 5. Do not use this ap paratus near w ater . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not b lock an y ventilation openings .
MasterP age: TOC_Heading0 _Right EN 5 CONTENTS GETTING STARTED 6 Index ................. ............................... ................. 6 Provided Accesso ries ............... ...................... 11 Power............ .................. .........
6 EN MasterP age: Left GETTING ST ARTED Index 1 W B C G Y D E 9J L KM N T X 8 P Q R S F a Zb c d e h f i j O g UV GR-D290_270US.book Page 6 Tues day, November 30, 2004 9:53 AM.
EN 7 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED Controls A Stop Button [ 8 ] ( 墌 pg. 20) Inde x Button [INDEX] ( 墌 pg. 27) Backligh t Compensation Bu tton [BA CK LIGHT] ( 墌 pg. 40) B Pla y/P ause Button [ 4 / 9 ] ( 墌 pg. 20) Manual F ocus Button [FOCUS] ( 墌 pg.
GETTING ST ARTED 8 EN MasterP age: Left LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Recordin g Only a Selected Wipe/ F ader Effect Indicator ( 墌 pg. 41) B T ape Running Indicator ( 墌 pg. 18) (Rotates while tape is running.) C Selected Wi de Mode Indica tor ( 墌 pg.
EN 9 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED H Appro ximate Zoom Ratio ( 墌 pg. 19) I Zoom Indica tor ( 墌 pg. 19) J O : (Appea rs when taki ng Snapshot. ) ( 墌 pg. 25, 38) SLO W : (Appears whe n using Live Slow .) ( 墌 pg. 37) K Bright ness Control In dicator (LCD moni tor/ View finder) ( 墌 pg.
GETTING ST ARTED 10 EN MasterP age: Left Before Using This Camcorder Make sure you onl y use cassettes with the Mini D V mark . Make sure you onl y use memory cards with the mark or . This camcorder is designed e xclusivel y for the digital video cassette , SD Memory Card and MultiMediaCard.
EN 11 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED a AC Adapter AP-V 16U or AP-V14U b Batter y P ack BN-VF707U c Audio/Video Cable (ø3.5 mini-plu g to RCA plug) d USB Cable e Core Filter (f or USB cable, 墌 pg.
GETTING ST ARTED 12 EN MasterP age: Left How T o Attach The Core Filter Attach the core filters to the cab les. The core filter reduc es interf erence. 1 Release the st oppers on bot h ends of the core filter . 2 Run the cable thro ugh the core fi lter , leaving appro x.
EN 13 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED This camco rder’ s 2-wa y power s upply syst em lets you choose the mo st appropr iate source of power . Do not us e provided power supply unit s with other eq uipment. Charging The Battery Pack 1 Set the P ower Switch to “OFF”.
GETTING ST ARTED 14 EN MasterP age: Left NOTES: ● Recording time is reduced signif icantly under the fol lowing conditions: • Zoom or Record-Standb y mode is engaged repeatedly . • The LCD monitor i s used repeatedly . • The pla yback mode is en gaged repeatedly .
EN 15 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED Power-Linked Operation When the P owe r Switch is set to “ A ” or “ M ”, you can also tur n on/o ff the camcord er by opening/ closing the LCD monitor or pulling out/push ing in the vie w finder .
GETTING ST ARTED 16 EN MasterP age: Left 1 Set the P owe r Switch to “ A ” or “ M ” wh ile pressing do wn the Loc k Button loca ted on the sw itch. 2 Make sure the LCD monitor is c losed and lock ed. Pull out the vi ewfinder fully and adjust it manually f or best vie wability .
EN 17 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED ● When the battery pack’ s charge is low , you ma y not be able to close the ca ssette holde r cov er . Do not apply f orce. Replace the battery pac k with a fully charged one or use A C power bef ore continuin g.
18 EN MasterP age: Left VIDEO RECORDING NOTE: Befor e continuing, perf or m the procedures listed below: ● Pow e r ( 墌 pg. 13) ● Loading A Cassette ( 墌 pg. 16) 1 Remove the lens cap. ( 墌 pg. 11) 2 Open the LC D monitor full y . 3 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.
EN 19 VIDEO RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK Zooming Produces the zoom in/out effect, or an instantaneo us change i n image ma gnification . Zoom In Slide the P ower Zoom Le ver tow ards “T”. Zoom Out Slide the P ow er Zoom Le ver tow ards “W”.
MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right 20 EN NOTES: ● The time code cannot be reset . ● During fast -forw arding and rewinding, t he time code indication does not mov e smoothly . ● The time code is displa yed only when “TIME CODE” is set to “ON”.
EN 21 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK Shuttle Search Allows high-s peed search in eith er directio n during video playback. 1) During pl aybac k, press 5 fo r for w ar d search, or 3 for rev erse sear ch. 2) T o resume nor mal pl a yback, press 4 / 9 .
VIDEO PLA YB ACK 22 EN MasterP age: Left A Y ellow to VIDEO IN (Connect when your TV/ VCR has only A/V input connector s.) B Red to A UDIO R IN* C White to A UDIO L IN* * Not required f or watching still i mages only . 1 Make sure all uni ts are turned off .
EN 23 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK The Full-Fun ction Remote Contro l Unit can operate this ca mcorder from a dis tance as well as the basic op erations (Playback, Stop, P ause, F ast -Forward and Rewind) of your VCR.
VIDEO PLA YB ACK 24 EN MasterP age: Left . Slow-Motion Playback During normal video pla yback, pres s SLO W ( Y I or I U ) more than approx. 2 seconds. ● After appro x. 10 minutes , normal playbac k resumes. ● T o pause Slow-Motion pla yback, press PAU S E ( 9 ).
EN 25 MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLAYBACK D.S.C. RECORDING Y ou can use your camco rder as a Digital St ill Camera for taking snapshots. Still ima ges are stored in t he memory card. NOTE: Bef ore continuing, perf or m the procedures listed below: ● Pow e r ( 墌 pg.
MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right 26 EN T o cancel Interval Shooting mode Set “INT .SHO T” to “OFF” in step 1 . NOTES: ● It is recommended to use the A C Adapter as the power supply instead of the battery pack.
EN 27 D.S.C. PLA YBA CK MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLAYBACK Y ou can r un thro ugh all the images stored in memory card automatically . 1 P erform steps 1 – 3 in “Normal Pla yback Of Images” ( 墌 pg.
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 28 EN ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. Still images c an be dub bed from a tap e to a memor y card. 1 Load a casset te. ( 墌 pg. 16) 2 Load a memor y card. ( 墌 p g. 17) 3 Set “SNAP/SL O W” to the de sired mode. (except “SLOW”, 墌 pg.
EN 29 ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLAYBACK To R e m o v e P r o t e c t i o n Bef ore doing th e f ollowin g, perf or m steps 1 – 3 in “Protec ting Files”.
ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. 30 EN MasterP age: Left 5 Press + or – to select “EXECUTE”, an d press MENU . The normal playback screen appears.
EN 31 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT This camcorde r is equipped wit h an easy-to-use, on-screen menu system that simplifies many of the more detailed ca mcorder settings. ( 墌 p g .3 2–3 6 ) 1 For Video and D.
MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 32 EN MasterP age: Left CAMERA The “ m CAMERA” settings are e ff ective when the P ower Switc h is set to bo th “ A ” and “ M ”. How ev er , the menu settings can be cha nged only when the P ow er Switch is set to “ M ”.
EN 33 MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [OFF] : Disables 5 -Second Reco rding. 5S : Enab les 5-Second Recording. ( 墌 p g. 37) Anim. : Allows you to record a f ew frames only . By using an ina nimate objec t and changing its position be tween shots, you can record th e subject a s though it is moving.
MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 34 EN MasterP age: Left [LCD] : The i mage is disp lay ed on the LCD monitor when the viewfin der is pulled out while the LCD mo nitor is open ed. FINDER : The image is displa yed in the viewf inder when th e vie wfinder is pu lled out while the LCD monitor is op ened.
EN 35 MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [ (T APE)] : When Snap shot recordin g is performed wit h the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch set to “VIDEO”, still images are recorded onl y onto the tape .
MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 36 EN MasterP age: Left 墌 pg. 21, “B lank Search” SYSTEM Each setting is link ed with “ s SYSTEM”, which appears wh en the P ow er Switch is set to “ M ”. ( 墌 pg. 31) ● The parameters are the sa me as in the description on page 33.
EN 37 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES FEA TURES FOR RECORDING LED Light can be used to bright en the subject in the dar k place dur ing video reco rding or D .S.C . shooting. 1 Press LI GHT repeatedly to change the setting. OFF : T urns off the light.
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 38 EN MasterP age: Left Makes dark subj ects or areas even brighter than they would be under go od natural ligh ting. Although the recorde d image is no t grainy , it ma y look as if it is strobing due to the s low shutt er speed.
EN 39 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES Manual exposure control is r ecommended in th e fo llowing situatio ns: ● When shooting using re verse lighting or when the background is too bright. ● When shooting on a reflectiv e natural ba ckgrou nd such as at t he beach or when skiing.
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 40 EN MasterP age: Left Backlight comp ensation b rightens the subj ect quick ly . With simple op eration, backlig ht compensatio n feature brigh tens the dar k subject por tion by increasi ng the exposure. 1 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ M ”.
EN 41 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES Adjust the wh ite balance manually when shootin g under various t ypes of lighting. 1 Set the P ow er Switch to “ M ”. 2 Hold a sheet o f plain white paper i n front of the su bject.
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 42 EN MasterP age: Left 1 Set the P owe r Switch to “ M ”. 2 Set “ r ” to the de sired mode. ( 墌 pg. 31) ● The PROGRAM AE men u disappears and the selected eff ect is activated. ● The selected eff e ct indicator appears .
EN 43 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES EDITING A Y ello w to VIDEO IN B Red to A UDIO R IN C White to AUDIO L IN T o use thi s camcorder as a p layer 1 Fo llowing the illustr ations, connect the camcorder and the VCR’ s input conne ctors.
EDITING 44 EN MasterP age: Left It is also possib le to copy recor ded scenes from the camcor der onto an other video u nit equipped with a D V connec tor . Since a digital sign al is sent, there i s little if any imag e or sound deterioration . T o use this camcorder as a player 1 Make sure all units a re turned off.
EN 45 EDITING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [A] Using USB cable It is possib le to do the f ollowing th ing: ● T ransf er still images stored on a memory card to a PC.
EDITING 46 EN MasterP age: Left The audio track can be cu stomized only when recorded in th e 12-BIT and SP modes . ( 墌 pg. 32) ● Use the provided remo te control. 1 Play bac k the tape to locate the po int where editing will st ar t, then press PAU S E ( 9 ).
EN 47 MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES TROUBLESHOOTING If, after follo wing the steps in t he chart below , the prob lem still e xists, pl ease consult y our nearest JVC dealer. Power ● The power is not connect ed properly . H Connect the A C Adapter securely .
TROUBLESHOOTING 48 EN MasterP age: Left ● The light source o r the subject does not include white. Or th ere are various diff erent light sources behind the subje ct. H Find a white subject and compose you r shot so that it also appear s in the frame.
EN 49 TROUBLESHOOTING MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES H Push in the memory card a f ew more times . ( 墌 pg. 17) ● The viewfinder is pul led out and “PRIORITY” is set to “FINDER”. H Push the viewfinder back in or set “PRIORI TY” to “LCD”.
TROUBLESHOOTING 50 EN MasterP age: Left Appears for 5 secon ds after power is tu rned on if the lens cap is attach ed or when it is da rk. Appears if A udio Dubbing is at tempted on a blan k portion of a tape . ( 墌 p g. 46) ● Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a tape recorded in the LP mode .
MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right REFERENCES EN 51 The error ind ications (0 1, 02 or 06) show what type of malfunc tion has occure d. When an error indication a ppears, the camcor der tur ns off automatically . Remov e the power supply (batter y , etc.
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 52 EN CA UTIONS AC Adapter When using the AC Adapter in areas othe r than the USA The pro vided A C Adapter f eatures automatic volta ge selection in the A C range from 110 V to 240 V .
EN 53 CA UTIONS MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES Memory Cards T o properly use an d store y our memory cards, be sure to read the following cautions: ● During use ... make sure the memory card bears the SD or MultiMediaCard mark. ... make sure the memory card is positioned properly when inserting.
CA UTIONS 54 EN MasterP age: Left How T o Handle A CD-ROM ● T ake care not to soil or scratch the mirror surface (opposite to the printed surf ace). Do not write anything or put a sti cker on either the front or back surfa ce. If the CD-RO M gets dir ty , gently wipe it with a soft cloth outward from the centre hole.
EN 55 MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES SPECIFICA TIONS Camcorder Pow e r s u p p ly DC 11 V (Using AC Ad apter) DC 7.2 V (Using ba ttery pack) P ower cons umption Appro x. 3.2 W (3.5 W*) (LCD monitor off, vie wfinder on) Appro x. 4.2 W (4.5 W*) (LCD monitor on, viewfi nder off) Appro x.
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