JVC videomovie GR-65 - CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS; Input;Output Ports and Jacks; Power, Recording, and Playback Controls; Camera Settings and Adjustment Controls

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CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS
@ External microphone jack (MIC)
@ Exclusive microphone
Omnidirectional condenser microphone for simul-
taneous sound recording.
© 8:1 zoom lens
F/1.4, f = 8.5 — 68 mm. Filter diameter: 52 mm.
© Auto-focus sensor window
Ailows light to enter for measuring the camera-to
subject distance.
© White balance sensor window
Allows light to enter for white balance adjustment.
@ Electronic viewfinder
For monitoring scenes being shot or the playback
picture after recording. Several indicators are in-
cluded, as well as the date/time or elapsed record-
ing time if selected.
@ FULL AUTO button
Pressing this button puts the focus and white
balance under automatic contro! and selects the
standard shutter speed. Auto-focus can be cancel-
led by pressing the FOCUS button; auto white
balance can be cancelled by pressing the W.BAL-
ANCE button; the high-speed shutter can be
selected by pressing the SHUTTER button. Press-
ing the FULL AUTO button in the full-auto mode
has no effect.
@ FOCUS select button
Switch to AUTO for automatic focus, and switch
to MANUAL to focus manually. Check on the
LCD. The focus mode is reversed each time this
button is pressed. The auto-focus mode can also be
selected (together with the auto-white mode) by
pressing the FULL AUTO button.
@ SHUTTER select button
Pressing this button switches the shutter between
1/1000 ("1000°’), 1/500 (’’500"’), 1/250 (’’250''}-
second high-speed shutter and 1/50-second (“STD”)
speeds, as displayed on the LCD. The standard
shutter speed can also be selected by pressing the
. FULL AUTO button.
@ W. BALANCE select button
The white balance is manually selectable us-
ing this button. Press once to display the current
white balance mode in the LCD. Continue pressing
to cycle through the available modes,
#® : Halogen or tungsten lighting.
#4 : Fluorescent lighting.
# =: Daylight.
AUTO: Automatic white balance adjustment.
@® Counter MEMORY button
Press this button after resetting the counter to
“O' at a point on the tape you want to locate
later, and the tape will stop automatically at the
counter reading of around “‘0’ during rewind or
fast forward.
White balance mode indicator
Focus mode indicator
Tape counter
Refer to the diagrams on the front
foldout page.
@ LCD (liquid crystal display)
SHUTTER
mode indicator
Rehearsal indicator
Symbolic mode
indicator
Memory mark
Condensation warning
Tape counter:
Battery warning:
Condensation
warning:
Memory mark:
Battery warning
Shows from ‘0’ to ““9999"".
Blinks when the battery power
becomes insufficient for normal
operation,
Appears when excessive condens-
ation occurs inside the unit.
Appears when the MEMORY
button is pressed.
Symbolic mode indicator
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® Counter RESET button
Press to reset the counter to ‘‘0°’.
© Cassette holder
Insert a VHS-C video cassette for recording or piay-
back.
@® POWER switch
Slide to turn the power on, The Stop indication
appears on the LCD. Slide again to switch off
power.
@ REC standby button
Press to engage the Recording standby mode. To
start recording, press either of the recording start/
stop buttons @, @.
@ INSERT/MONITOR button
Push this button when you wish to rehearse shots
before actually recording them. This function al-
lows you to view the scene on the viewfinder with-
out recording it. Push the STOP button to release
it. To enter the Insert Edit mode, press this
button while in the Recording Standby mode.
@ AUDIO DUB button
Press this button together with the PLAY button
for audio dubbing.
@ QUICK REVIEW/EDIT button
If you want to review the end of the recorded
segment for confirmation, press this button from
the Record-Pause mode; the tape will be rewound
for about two seconds of programme time and
played back automatically for this section, after
which it will stop in the Record-Pause mode in
standby for the next shot. When dubbing from the
GR-65E to a designated JVC VCR, it also func-
tions to begin VideoMovie playback in synchro
nization with video deck recording (see ‘’Master
Edit Control system”, page 24).
@ REW/SHUTTLE SEARCH button
Pressing this button in the Stop mode rewinds the
tape; pressing it in the Play mode allows fast play-
back in reverse.
@PLAY button
Press to start playback. When this button is pressed
when the unit is in the REC PAUSE mode, the
unit will enter the REC mode.
@FF/SHUTTLE SEARCH button
Pressing this button in the Stop mode fast-forwards
the tape; pressing it in the Play mode allows fast
playback.
@PAUSE/STILL button
Press to view a still picture during playback or
pause playback. When this button is pressed in the
REC mode, the unit will enter the REC PAUSE
mode.
@ STOP button
Press to engage the Stop mode.
@ EJECT switch
To open the cassette holder.
@ DUBBING ON/OFF switch
Normally, set to OFF. For best picture quality
when dubbing, set it to the ON position.
@® REMOTE control jack
For connection of the optional RM-P1U or RM-
V15U remote control unit.
@ Earphone jack (PHONE)
@ AV OUT connector
Both audio and video signals can be delivered
from this connector. For playback with a TV set
not equipped with A/V terminals, connect the RF-
V3E RF unit (optional) to this connector and to
the TV. To dub from this unit, connect the A/V
input connectors of a second recorder to this con-
nector, using the A/V output cable. To play
back from this unit to a TV set, make a connec-
tion between this connector andthe TV's A/V
input terminals using the A/V output cable.
@ ALARM ON/OFF switch
Switch to ON to engage the trigger alarm system.
Switch to OFF when you do not wish to use this
system.
@ Thumb rest
Place your thumb on this grooved area next to the
start/stop switch between switch operations.
@ Recording start/stop button (Trigger button}
Press this button in the Recording Standby mode
to start recording. Pressing it again re-engages the
Recording Standby mode.
@ Second recording start/stop (SUB TRIGGER)
button
Functions exactly as the other recording start/stop
button, for use when recording with the GR-65E
held low.
@® DATE/TIME ON/OFF button
Press this button when you do not wish to record
the date/time. This will remove date/time in-
dications from the viewfinder. Press again to
record date/time. Date/time will reappear in the
viewfinder.
@ REC TIME RESET button
Press this button to reset the elapsed recording
time to zero. Ejecting the cassette also does this.
@ DATE/TIME MODE button
Press this button to select the date/time display
and Recording mode. It cycles through the modes
in the following order:
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turning on the power and beginning recording. Be-
fore recording begins, this mode is indicated in the
viewfinder by auto date record reserve indication
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