Recording movies on a tape Elura 40MC and Elura 50

1. Press and hold the small button on the POWER switch and turn the POWER switch to CAMERA.

2. Make sure the TAPE/CARD switch is set to TAPE ().

• The camcorder automatically sets to record pause mode. PAUSE appears in the display.
• If you haven't set the date and time display, SET THE TIME ZONE, DATE AND TIME appears in the display. You should set this at this time.
• The camcorder power indicator lights up.
• The confirmation beep sounds.
• The camcorder will turn itself off if you leave it in record pause mode for more than about 5 minutes. To return to record pause mode, turn the POWER switch to OFF and then back to CAMERA.

3. Load a cassette.

4. Slide the program selector to .

• This selects the camcorder's Easy Recording program. It allows you to simply point and shoot without making any manual adjustments.

5. Press and release the <start/stop> button once to begin recording.

6. Press and release the <start/stop> button again to pause recording.

• The camcorder returns to record pause mode and PAUSE reappears in the display.
• You can stop and restart recording as often as you like by pressing the start/stop button.

After loading a cassette, start recording when the tape counter has stopped.

When you have finished recording:

• Replace the lens cap.
• Return the LCD screen flush to the camcorder body.
• Unload the cassette.
• Turn the POWER switch to OFF.
• Disconnect the power source.

To check that the camcorder is recording correctly, make a test recording first. Before making important recordings, clean the video heads using a Canon DVM-CL Digital Video Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head cleaning cassette. To close the LCD panel, rotate it vertically until the screen faces you, then press it until it clicks securely closed. You cannot monitor the sound from the speaker when recording. For extra recording time, set REC MODE to LP mode.