Using the Wireless Controller WL-D85 Optura S1

By pointing the wireless controller at the camcorder's remote sensor when you press the buttons, you can control many functions of the camcorder. For the wireless remote to be functional, make sure that the WL. REMOTE setting in the SYSTEM menu is set to ON.

Inserting the Battery

Zooming

Playing Back a Tape

Special Playback Modes

Returning to a Pre-marked Position

Date Search

Audio Dubbing

Hiding / Showing the Displays on the TV Screen

Other Precautions and Notes

1. Transmitter	10. ZERO SET MEMORY button
2. START/STOP button	11. PHOTO button
3. CARD -/+ buttons	12. Zoom buttons
4. DATE SEARCH / buttons	13. PLAY button
5. REW button	14. FF button
6. (Frame reverse) button	15. STOP button
7. PAUSE  button	16. (Frame advance) button
8. button	17. x2 button
9. AUDIO DUB. button	18. TV SCREEN button

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Inserting the Battery

The wireless controller operates with a lithium button battery CR2025.

Pull out the battery holder. Place the lithium button battery with the + side facing up. Insert the battery holder.

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Zooming

The Optura 600 is equipped with a 10x optical zoom. In addition to the 10x optical zoom you can also use the 200x digital zoom.

• Press <W> to zoom out (wideangle).
  
• Press <T> to zoom in (telephoto).

You cannot control the zoom speed with the wireless controller. Keep at least 1 m (3.3 ft.) to the subject. At wide-angle, you can focus on a subject as close as 1 cm (0.39 in.).

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Playing Back a Tape

If the playback picture is distorted, clean the video heads using a Canon Head Cleaning Cassette or a commercially available digital video head-cleaning cassette.

1. Set the camcorder to .
   
   
2. Press the button to rewind the tape.
   
   
3. Press the button to begin playback.
   
   
4. Press the button to stop playback.

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Special Playback Modes

(Playback Pause)
To pause playback, press the button during normal playback.

(Fast Forward Playback) / (Rewind Playback)
Plays back the tape at 8 times normal speed (forward or reverse). Press and hold the button during normal playback or fast forward.

(Reverse Playback)
Press the button on the wireless controller during normal playback. Press the (play) button to return to normal playback.

(Frame Advance) / (Frame Reverse)
Plays back frame-by-frame. Press the button on the wireless controller repeatedly during playback pause. Press and hold it to play back continuous frame advance/frame reverse.

  (Slow Forward)/(Slow Reverse)
Plays back at about 1/3 normal speed. Press the button on the wireless controller during normal or reverse playback. Press the  (play) button to return to normal playback.

x2 (Forward x2 Playback) / (Reverse x2 Playback)
Plays back at 2 times normal speed. Press the button on the wireless controller during normal or reverse playback. Press the (play) button to return to normal playback.

There is no sound during special playback. The picture may become distorted during some special playback modes. The camcorder stops the tape automatically after 4 minutes 30 seconds in playback pause mode to protect tape and video heads.

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Returning to a Pre-marked Position

If you wish to return to a particular scene later, mark the point with the zero set memory and the tape will stop at that point when you rewind/fast forward the tape. This function is operated with the wireless controller.

Set the camcorder to or mode. Press the <ZERO SET MEMORY> button at the point you wish to return to later during recording or playback. - "0:00:00 " appears. - To cancel, press the <ZERO SET MEMORY> button again. When you have finished recording, set the camcorder to and rewind the tape. When you have finished playback, rewind the tape. - appears. - The tape stops automatically at "0:00:00 ". - The tape counter changes to time code.

  If the time code has not been recorded consecutively, the tape may not stop correctly at the scene marked with the zero set memory.

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Date Search

You can locate the change of the date/time zone with the date search function. This function is operated with the wireless controller.

Set the camcorder to mode. In stop mode, press the or    button to begin searching. Press more than once to search for further date changes (up to 10 times). Press the <STOP > button to stop searching.

A recording of longer than a minute per date/area is required. Date search may not function if the data code is not correctly displayed.

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Audio Dubbing

You can add sound from audio devices (AUDIO IN) or with the built-in microphone (MIC.IN). This function is operated with the wireless controller.

Connecting an Audio Device:

Refer also to the instruction manual of the connected device.

When recording in silent places, the built-in microphone may pick up the motor noise of the camcorder.

Dubbing:

1. Set the camcorder to mode and load a recorded cassette.
   - Use a tape recorded in SP, 12-bit mode with this camcorder.
   
   

2. Press the <MENU> button and select [AUDIO SETUP]. Select [AUDIO DUB.], set it to [AUDIO IN] or [MIC. IN] and press the <MENU> button.
   
   
   
   

3. Play back the tape.
   
   

4. When the scene you wish to dub appears press the <PAUSE > button on the wireless controller.
   
   

5. Press the <AUDIO DUB.> button on the wireless controller.
   - "AUDIO DUB." and "" appear.
   
   

6. Press the <PAUSE > button on the wireless controller to begin dubbing.
   - Audio device: Begin playback.
   - Microphone: Speak into the microphone.
   
   

7. Press the <STOP > button on the wireless controller to stop dubbing.
   - Audio device: Stop playback.
   

Audio dubbing will stop if the tape has a blank section or a section recorded in LP mode or 16-bit mode. When using the built-in microphone, do not connect any devices to the MIC terminal. You cannot use the DV terminal for audio dubbing. If you add sound to a tape not recorded with this camcorder, sound quality may decrease. Sound quality may decrease when you add sound to the same scene more than 3 times.

You can check the picture on the LCD screen. If you use [AUDIO IN] for the dubbing, you can check the audio on the camcorder's speakers. Set the zero set memory at the end of the scene you wish to dub audio. The camcorder will automatically stop audio dubbing at that point.

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Hiding / Showing the Displays on the TV Screen

When you connect a TV for recording, you can select to hide the camcorder displays on the TV screen. For playback, you can show the camcorder displays on the TV screen.

• To cycle through the amount of information that is displayed on the TV screen, press the <TV Screen> button on the wireless controller.

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Other Precautions and Notes

The wireless controller may not work properly when the remote sensor is subjected to strong light sources or direct sunlight. If the wireless controller does not work, check to see if the remote sensor is set to [OFF]. When the camcorder cannot be operated with the wireless controller, or when it can only be operated in very close range, replace the battery. When using the self-timer function, the camcorder normally starts recording after a 10-second countdown, but only 2 seconds when using the wireless controller. The count down appears on the screen. The camcorder cannot be operated with the wireless controller while using DV Messenger.

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