Canon VIXIA HFR600 Getting Started

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HD Camcorder

Getting Started

Package Contents

 HD Camcorder

VIXIA HF R60 / VIXIA HF R62 / VIXIA HF R600

 BP-718 Battery Pack or BP-727 Battery Pack* []

 CA-110 Compact Power Adapter []

(CA-110E, including power cord, in Asia)

 IFC-300PCU/S USB Cable []

 HTC-100/S High Speed HDMI Cable []

 Transfer Utility LE Startup Guide

* E only.

Basic Setup

The first time you turn on the camcorder, you will be guided by the camcorder's basic

setup screens to select the camcorder's initial settings, such as the language, date and

time, movie format, etc.

1. Turn on the camcorder.

• Open the LCD panel or press [.

2. Touch the desired language for onscreen displays and then touch [æ].

3. Touch the desired date/time format and then touch [æ].

4. Set the date and time.

• Touch a field you want to change and touch [Í] or [Î] to

change. Repeat as necessary.

• Touch [24H] to use 24-hour clock or leave untouched to use

AM/PM.

5. Touch [OK] and then touch [æ].

6. Touch [·] or [¸] to select the movie format and then

touch [æ].

• D After you select the movie format, you need to

select the memory to be used for recording movies (step 7)

and photos (step 8).

• G No further settings are necessary. Skip to step 9.

7. Touch [&] (built-in memory) or [8] (memory card) and then touch [æ].

8. Touch [&] (built-in memory) or [8] (memory card) and then touch [æ].

9. Touch [OK] to complete the basic setup and close the setup screen.

Installing the Camcorder's

Instruction Manual (PDF File)

This guide only introduces the most basic

functions of the camcorder to get you started.

To learn more about your camcorder, to read

important handling precautions and to consult

the troubleshooting section if an error message

is displayed, be sure to read the full-version

Instruction Manual (PDF file*). Access the

following Web site. Click on your country/region

and follow the onscreen instructions to download

the PDF file.

http://www.canon.com/icpd/

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Shooting Video and Taking Photos

1. Turn on the camcorder and open the lens cover.

• Open the LCD panel or press [ and then slide

down the lens cover switch.

2. Video: Press Y to start recording video.

Press again to stop recording.

Flashes while recording

Photos: Touch [PHOTO] to record a

photo.

3. When you finish recording, close the lens cover and

turn off the camcorder.

Charging the Battery Pack

Charge the supplied battery pack in advance. Fully charging the

supplied battery pack will take about 5 hours 35 minutes (7 hours

and 45 minutes for the BP-727 Battery Pack supplied with the

E only).

1. Plug the compact power adapter

into a power outlet and connect it

to the camcorder's DC IN terminal.

• For Asia only: Connect the power

cord to the compact power adapter

before plugging the power cord into

the power outlet.

2. Attach the battery pack to the

DC IN terminal

camcorder.

• Press the battery pack softly into

the battery attachment unit and

slide it up until it clicks in place.

3. Charging will start when the

POWER/CHG (charge) indicator

camcorder is turned off.

• The POWER/CHG indicator will turn on

in red (battery pack charging). When

the red POWER/CHG indicator goes

out, the battery pack is fully charged.

4. When the battery pack is fully

charged, disconnect the compact

power adapter from the camcorder

and then from the power outlet.

Playing Back Video and Viewing Photos

1. Press the ^ button.

• The [y] index screen will open. To play back different content, change the index screen.

[0] > [} Photo Playback] for the [}] (photos) index screen.

[0] > [9 Baby Album] for the [9] index screen (only scenes recorded in Baby mode).

[0] > [

Index screen button

2. Touch the thumbnail of the scene or photo you want to play back.

• During playback, touch the screen to display the playback controls.

To change the memory

From the index screen:

1. Touch the index screen button (next to

the 0 (Home) button).

2. Select the memory* (& or 8) and/

or movie format (· or ¸) of the

recordings you wish to play back and

then touch [OK].

*D only.

Inserting a Memory Card

You can use commercially available SD, SDHC and

SDXC cards with this camcorder. We recommend

using memory cards rated CLASS 4, 6 or 10. Initialize a

memory card before using it with the camcorder for the

first time

(; Initializing the

1. Open the LCD panel.

• The camcorder will turn on and the first screen of the

basic setup will appear.

2. Press [ to turn off the camcorder.

• Make sure the POWER/CHG indicator is off.

3. Open the memory card slot cover and insert the

memory card.

• Insert the memory card at a slight angle, with the label

facing toward the lens.

4. Close the memory card slot cover.

POWER/CHG

indicator is off

Video Snapshot] for the [¦] index screen (only AVCHD video snapshot scenes).

or movie format

To delete recordings

From the index screen:

1. Touch [Edit] > [Delete].

2. Select whether to delete scenes/photos

by date/folder, selected scenes/photos,

or all scenes/photos.

• To select individual recordings: touch all

the scenes/photos you wish to delete to

mark them with a ", then touch [OK].

3. Touch [Yes] > [OK].

Memory).

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Memory Card

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