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

To record:

• Remove lens cap

• Open LCD monitor on the side

• Slide the power switch forward to “Camera” (see #1 below)

• Make sure camera is in “Standby” mode and not “Lock” mode, on the back of the camera (see #2 below)

• Check and make sure the camera is in easy mode, the knob on the LCD side near the back on the

cameras should be on the empty rectangle (see #3 below)

• Press the big red record button on the back of the camera to start recording (see #4 below)

• The counter and the time remaining on tape, on the top left of the LCD will start

• You can use the zoom button (has a T and W on it) on the top of the camera near the back to zoom in

and out during recording

• When you are done recording press the big red record button again

• Move the power switch back to “Off” and replace the lens cap

To eject the 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

• Remove the tape

• 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