Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GR-DF570 JVC
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ENGLISH GR-DF570 GR-DF470 L YT1393-001A 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. 48) 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 IMPORT ANT (for o wners in the U .K.) Connection to the mains supply in the United Kingdom. DO NO T cut off the mains plug from this equipment.
4 EN MasterP age: Left SOME DO’S AND DON’TS ON TH E SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT This equipment has been de signed and manufactured to meet in ternation al safety standar ds but, l ike an y electric al equipmen t, care must be taken if you are to obtai n the best results and safety is to be assured.
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 L K S X W V U PQ R a Z l k Y b c d e hi g f O T o n m MN j 1C 9 J G D E F B 8 GR-DF570_470PAL.book Page 6 Mond ay, January 17, 2005 8:27 PM.
EN 7 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED Controls a Menu Butto n [MENU] ( 墌 pg. 37) Data Battery Button [BA TT . DA T A] ( 墌 pg. 14) B E-Mail Clip Recording Button [E-MAIL] ( 墌 pg. 32) Inde x Button [INDEX] ( 墌 pg. 30) C D .
GETTING ST ARTED 8 EN MasterP age: Left LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications During Video Recordin g Only a Navi gation Indicat or ( 墌 pg. 49) B Selected Wipe/ F ad er Effect Indicator ( 墌 pg. 48) C T ape Running Indicator ( 墌 pg. 19) (Rotates while tape is running.
EN 9 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED During Both Video And D.S.C. Reco rding a Opera tion Mode ( 墌 pg. 15) B : Gain Up Mode ( 墌 pg . 38) C LED Light Indicat or ( 墌 pg. 43) D White Bala nce Indicator ( 墌 pg. 47) E : Spot Exposur e Control Ind icator ( 墌 pg.
GETTING ST ARTED 10 EN MasterP age: Left During D.S.C. Playback a Operation Mode I ndicator ( 墌 pg . 31) B Fo lder/File Number ( 墌 pg. 31) C Battery Remaining P ower In dicator ( 墌 pg. 59) D Brightness Control In dicator (LCD mo nitor/ Viewfinde r) ( 墌 pg.
EN 11 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED a AC Adapter AP-V 17E or AP-V14E b P ower Cord (o nly for AP-V14E) c Batter y Pac k BN- VF707U d AV C a b l e e Au dio Extensio n Cable (for optional microphone, 墌 pg. 12 for connection ) f USB Cable g Core Filter [large] (for USB cab le 墌 pg.
GETTING ST ARTED 12 EN MasterP age: Left How T o Attach The Shoulder Strap Fo llow the illu stration. 1 Thread the st rap through the eyelet. 2 Fold it back and thread it th rough the s trap guide and the buckle. ● T o adjust the length of the strap , loosen and then tighten the str ap in the buc kle.
EN 13 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED How T o Attach The Core Filter Attach the co re filte rs to the cables. The core filter redu ces interf erence. 1 Release the stoppers on bot h ends of th e core filter . 2 Run the cab le through the core filter , leavi ng approx.
GETTING ST ARTED 14 EN MasterP age: Left T o detach the battery pack Slide the b attery pack to th e left while pre ssing BA TT . RELEASE to detach it. * Provided NOTES: ● This product includes patent ed and other proprietary technology and will operate only with JVC Data Battery .
EN 15 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED Using AC Power P erfor m steps 4 – 5 in “Cha rging The Ba tter y Pa c k ” . NOTE: The provided A C Adapter features automat ic voltage select ion in the AC r ange from 110 V to 240 V .
GETTING ST ARTED 16 EN MasterP age: Left The language on the displa y can be changed. ( 墌 pg. 37, 40, 42) 1 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ M ” while pres sing down the Lock Button located on the switch. 2 Open the LCD moni tor fully . ( 墌 pg. 19) 3 Press MENU .
EN 17 GETTING ST ARTED MasterP age: Start_Right GETTING ST ARTED 1 Set the P ow er Switch to “ M ” or “P LA Y” while pressing down the L ock Button lo cated on th e sw itch.
GETTING ST ARTED 18 EN MasterP age: Left NOTES: ● If you wait a f ew seconds and the casset te holder does not open, close the cassette holder cov e r and try again.
MasterP age: Video_Heading0_Right EN 19 VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK VIDEO RECORDING NOTE: Bef ore continuing, perf or m the procedures listed below: ● Pow er ( 墌 pg. 13) ● Loading A Cassette ( 墌 pg. 17) 1 Remov e the lens cap . ( 墌 pg. 11) 2 Open the LCD monitor fu lly .
VIDEO RECORDING 20 EN MasterP age: Left NOTES: ● The image will not appear simultan eously on the LCD monitor and the viewfi nder . When the viewfinder is pulled ou t while the LCD monitor is opened, y ou can select which one to use. Set “PRIORITY” to the desi red mode in SYSTEM Menu.
EN 21 VIDEO RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK Tim e Co d e During recording, a time code is r ecorded on t he tape. Th is code is to confirm the location of t he recorded sce ne on the tap e during playback. * Fra mes are not displa yed during recording.
22 EN MasterP age: Left VIDEO PLA YB A CK 1 Load a casset te. ( 墌 pg. 17) 2 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”. 3 Set the P ower Swit ch to “PLA Y” while pressing do wn the Loc k Button loca ted on the sw itch. 4 T o star t playback, press 4 / 9 .
EN 23 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK NOTES: ● Bef ore star ting Blank Search, if the curren t position is at a b lank por tion, the camcorder searches in the re verse direction. If the current position is at a recorded po r tion, the camcorder searches in the f orward direction.
VIDEO PLA YB A CK 24 EN MasterP age: Left NOTES: ● It is recommended to use the A C Adapter as the power supply instead of the battery pack. ( 墌 pg.
EN 25 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK The Full-Fun ction Remote Co ntrol Unit can operate this ca mcorder from a dis tance as well as the basic op erations (Playback, Stop, P ause, F as t-Forward and Rewind) of your VCR.
VIDEO PLA YB ACK 26 EN MasterP age: Left The following buttons are available when the camcorder’s P ower Switch is set to “ A ” or “ M ”. o Zoom (T/W) Bu ttons Zoom in/out ( 墌 pg.
EN 27 VIDEO PLA YB A CK MasterP age: Start_Right VIDEO RECORDING & PLAYBACK Playback Zoom Magnifies the recorded im age up to 47X at any time dur ing video playback and D .S.C. pla yback. 1) Press PLA Y ( U ) to s tar t video playback. Or perf orm nor ma l playback of images.
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 28 EN D.S.C. RECORDING Y ou can use your camcorder as a Di gital Still Camera for taking snapsho ts. Still images are stored in the memor y card. NOTE: Befor e continuing, perf or m the procedures listed below: ● Pow er ( 墌 pg.
MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK EN 29 Inter val Shooting During Interval S hooting mode , the camcorder continues to ta ke snapshots auto matically wit h an interval of y our desired setting.
D.S.C. PLA YB A CK 30 EN MasterP age: Left Y ou can run t hrough all the images s tored in memory card automatically . 1 P erfor m steps 1 – 3 in “Normal Pla yback Of Images”. 2 Press 4 / 9 to star t Auto Pla yback. ● If you pr ess < during Au to Pla yback, files are displa yed in d escending order .
EN 31 D.S.C. PLA YBA CK MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK 1 P erform steps 1 – 3 in “Normal Pla yback Of Images” ( 墌 pg. 2 9). 2 Press MENU . The Menu Screen appears. 3 Press or to select “DISPL A Y”, and press SET .
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 32 EN ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. Y ou can make video clips fro m real-ti me camera image or record ed video f ootage and store th em in a memor y card as files whic h can be conv eniently sent vi a E-Mail. T o make video clips from real-time camera image 1 Load a memor y card.
EN 33 ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK Still images ca n be dubbed from a tape to a memory card. 1 Load a casset te. ( 墌 pg. 17) 2 Load a memory card. ( 墌 pg. 18) 3 Set “SNAP/SLO W” to the desired mode.
ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. 34 EN MasterP age: Left To R e m o v e P r o t e c t i o n Before doing th e following, perform step s 1 – 3 in “Protecting Files”. T o remove protection from the currently displa yed file 4 Press or to select “CURREN T”, and pr ess SET .
EN 35 ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. MasterP age: Start_Right DIGIT AL STILL CAMERA (D.S.C.) RECORDING & PLA YBACK This camcorder is compatib le with the DPOF (Digital Pr int Ord er Format) st andard in orde r to suppor t f uture syste ms such as au tomatic print ing.
ADDITIONAL FEA TURES FOR D.S.C. 36 EN MasterP age: Left T o Reset The Number Of Prints 1 P erfor m steps 1 – 3 in “T o Print All Still Images (One Print F or Each)”. 2 Press or to select “RESET ”, and press SET . The DPOF screen appea rs. 3 Press or to select “EXECUT E”, and press SET .
EN 37 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT This camcorde r is equipped with an easy-t o-use, on-screen menu system that simplifies many of the more detailed ca mcorder settings . ( 墌 p g .3 8–4 2 ) 1 For Video and D.
MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 38 EN MasterP age: Left CAMERA The “ m CAMERA” settings are e ffectiv e when the P ower Switch is set to both “ 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 39 MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES MANU A L The “ q MANUAL ” setti ngs are effective only when the P owe r Switch is set to “ M ”. [ ] = F actory-preset OFF : Disables the funct ion. [ON ] : T o c ompensate for unst able images caused b y camera-shak e, particularly at high magnificatio n.
MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 40 EN MasterP age: Left OFF : Disables the remote contr ol operations. [ON] : Enables the remo te control operations. OFF : A utomatic demonstra tion will no t take place. [ON] : Demonstrate s cer tain function s such as Progr am AE with specia l effe cts, etc.
EN 41 MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES DSC [ ] = F actory-preset [FINE] / ST ANDARD The Picture Qu ality mode can be selected to best match your needs. T wo Pict ure Quality modes are a vailab le: FINE ( ) and ST ANDA RD ( ) (in order of quality).
MENUS FOR DET AILED ADJUSTMENT 42 EN MasterP age: Left Allows you t o set the v ideo recordin g mode (SP or LP) depend ing on your preference. It is recommended you use “REC MODE” in VIDEO Menu when using th is camcorde r as a record er duri ng dubbing.
EN 43 MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES FEA TURES FOR RECORDING LED Light can be used to bright en the subj ect in the dar k place dur ing video re cording o r D .S.C . shooting. 1 Press LI GHT repeatedly to change the setting. OFF : T urns off the light.
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 44 EN MasterP age: Left Makes dark subj ects or areas ev en b righter t han they would be under go od natural ligh ting. Although the recor ded image is not grainy , it may look as if it is strobing due to the sl ow shutt er speed.
EN 45 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES The camcorder ’ s F ull Range AF system offers continuous sho oting abili ty from cl ose-up (as close as appr ox. 5 cm to the subject) to infinit y . Howe ver , correct focus may not be obtained dependin g on the shooti ng condit ion.
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 46 EN MasterP age: Left Li ke t he pu p il of th e hu ma n eye, t he ir i s contract s in wel l-lit en vironments to keep too much light from entering, and d ilates in dim enviro nments to a llow in mor e light. Use this functio n in the foll owing si tuations: ● When shooting a mo ving subject.
EN 47 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES The white balan ce ref ers to the correctnes s of colour repr oduction un der various ligh ting. If the white balance is correct, all othe r colours will be accurately r eproduce d.
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 48 EN MasterP age: Left These effects let you make pro-style scen e transitions . Use them to spice up the transiti on from one scen e to the next. Wipe or F ader wor ks when vide o recordin g is star te d or stopped. 1 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.
EN 49 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES PROGRAM AE OFF : Disables the fu nction. (Factory -preset) NIGHTSCOPE : ( 墌 pg. 44) S HUTTER 1/50 : The sh utter speed i s fixed at 1/50th of a se cond. Black bands tha t usually appear w hen shooti ng a TV screen b ecome narrower .
FEA TURES FOR RECORDING 50 EN MasterP age: Left T o make thumbnai l images after video recor ding manuall y 1 Set “NA VIGA TION” to “MANU AL ”. ( 墌 pg. 37, 38) 2 Set the P ower Swit ch to “ A ” or “ M ”. 3 After the reco rding, press ST ORE .
EN 51 FEA TURES FOR RECORDING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES CAUTION: Do not remov e the memor y card or perform any other opera tion (such as turning off the camcorder) during deletion. Also , be sure to use the provided AC A dapter , as the memory card ma y be corrupted if the battery becomes exhausted during deletio n.
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 52 EN EDITING A T o S-VIDEO IN or OUT** B Y ellow to VIDEO IN or OUT C Red to A UDIO R IN o r OUT D White to A UDIO L IN or OUT * If your VCR has a SCAR T connector , use the provided cab le adapter . (The provided cab le adapter accepts only outp ut signals from this camcorder .
EN 53 EDITING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES T o use this camco rder as a recorder 1 Fo llowing t he illustr ations, c onnect the camcorder and the VCR’s output connectors. 2 Set “REC MODE” to “SP” or “LP”. ( 墌 pg. 38) 3 Set the camc order’ s P ower Switch to “PLA Y”.
EDITING 54 EN MasterP age: Left T o use this camcorder as a player 1 Make sure all units a re turned off. 2 Connect t his camcord er to a video unit equipped wi th a D V input co nnector us ing a D V cable as sho wn in the illu stration . 3 Start playbac k on the camcorder .
EN 55 EDITING MasterP age: Start_Right ADV ANCED FEA TURES [A] Using USB cable It is possi ble to do the f ollowing things : ● T ransf er still images stor ed on a memory card to a PC . ● T ransfer still/moving ima ges record ed on a tape to a PC .
EDITING 56 EN MasterP age: Left T o hear the dubbed so und during p layback Set “NARRA TION” to “ON” or “MIX”. ( 墌 pg. 37, 41) NOTES: ● Sound is not he ard from the speak er during Audio Dubbing. ● When editing onto a tape tha t was recorded at 12-BIT , the old and new sou ndtracks are recorded separately .
EN 57 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 58 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 59 TROUBLESHOOTING MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES H Push in the memory card a f ew more times . ( 墌 pg. 18) ● The viewfinder is pul led out and “PRIORITY” is set to “FINDER”. H Push the viewfinder back in or set “PRIORITY” to “LCD”.
TROUBLESHOOTING 60 EN MasterP age: Left Appears for 5 secon ds after p ower is tur ned on i f the lens c ap is atta ched or when i t is dark . Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a blank portion of a tape . ( 墌 pg. 55) ● Appears if Audio Dubbing is attempted on a tape recorded in the LP mode .
MasterP age: Advan_Hea ding0_Right REFERENCES EN 61 ● Appears when you atte mpt to shoot d igital still images when the write prot ection tab on the SD Memory Card is set to the “LOCK” position. ● Appears when you attempt MEMOR Y SELECT menu operatio n with a wri te- protected SD Memo r y Card loaded .
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 62 EN CA UTIONS Battery Packs The supplied battery pack is a lith ium-ion battery . Bef ore using the supplied batte ry pack or an optional batte ry pack, be sure to read the foll owing cautions: ● T o av oid ha zards ... do not bu r n.
EN 63 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 sur e the memory card bears the SD or MultiMediaCard mark. ... make sure the memory card is positioned properly when inserting.
CA UTIONS 64 EN MasterP age: Left ● Dirt y heads can cause t he following prob lems: ... No picture during play back. ... Blocks of noise appear during pla yback. ... During recording or play back, the Head Clog Wa rning indicator “ ” appears. .
EN 65 MasterP age: Start_Right REFERENCES SPECIFICA TIONS Camcorder Pow e r s u p pl y DC 11 V (Using AC Adapter) DC 7.2 V (Using ba ttery pack) P ower cons umption Fo r GR-DF570: Appro x. 3.7 W (4 W*) (LCD monitor off , viewfinder on) Appro x. 4.7 W (5 W*) (LCD monitor on, viewfinder off) Fo r GR-DF470: Appro x.
MasterP age: Heading0_Left 66 EN A AC Adapter ........................ ................. ........... 15 Animation ...... ................. .................. .............. 39 Audio Dubbin g ..... .............. ................. ........... 55 B Backlight Compe nsation .
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