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About the battery terminal cover

The battery terminal cover has a [

]-shaped hole. This is useful when you wish to differentiate between 

charged and uncharged battery packs. For example, with charged battery packs, attach the terminal cover 
so that the [

]-shaped hole shows the blue label.

Cassette Handling Precautions

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Rewind tapes after use. If the tape is loose or damaged, it may cause picture and sound distortion.

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Return cassettes to their case and store them upright. Rewind tapes from time to time if they are 

stored for a long time.

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Do not leave the cassette in the camcorder after use.

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Do not use spliced tapes or nonstandard cassettes as they may damage the camcorder.

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Do not use tapes that have been jammed as video heads may become dirty.

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Do not insert anything into the small holes of the cassette, or cover them with cellophane tape.

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Handle cassettes with care. Do not drop or subject them to severe impact as this may damage the 

cassettes.

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With cassettes equipped with a memory function, metal plated terminals may become dirty with use. 

Clean the terminals with a cotton swab after about 10 times of loading/unloading. The memory 
function is not supported by the camcorder.

Protecting Tapes from Accidental Erasure

To protect your recordings from accidental erasure, slide 
the tab on the cassette to the left. (This switch position is 
usually labeled SAVE or ERASE OFF.)
If you load a protected cassette in recording mode, the 
message “THE TAPE IS SET FOR ERASURE 
PREVENTION” appears for approx. 4 seconds and 

starts flashing. If you wish to record on that cassette, 
slide the tab back to the right.

Memory Card

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To transfer the still images recorded on the memory card to a computer, use a commercially available 

card reader or PC/PCMCIA memory card adapter. 

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Initialize new memory cards with the camcorder. Memory cards initialized with other devices such as 

a computer may not operate correctly.

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We recommend backing up memory card images to your computer’s hard drive or other external 

memory device. Image data may be corrupted or lost due to memory card defects or exposure to 
static electricity. Canon makes no warranties for corrupted or lost data.

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Do not use memory cards in places subject to strong magnetic fields.

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Do not leave memory cards in places subject to high humidity or high temperature.

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Do not disassemble memory cards.

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Do not bend, drop, or subject memory cards to shocks and do not expose them to water.

Back side of the 
battery pack

Charged

Uncharged

Terminal cover attached