Maintenance; Using The Camera Abroad - Canon XL 1s Instruction Manual

Maintenance

Viewfinder
• Clean the viewfinder screen. Slide and hold the release lever on the
underside of the viewfinder and then twist the eye cup counter-clockwise
(until the mark on the eye cup lines up with the mark on the viewfinder)
to allow you to remove it. Clean the surface with a cotton swab. When
finished, replace the eye cup (p. 16).
• The viewfinder screen scratches easily. Take care when cleaning.
Camera body and lens
• Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the camera body or lens. Never use
chemically treated cloth or volatile solvents such as paint thinner.
Video heads
• When mosaic-like noise appears on the playback picture, the video heads
may be dirty. When the video heads are badly contaminated, the camera
may show a blank blue screen.
• For the best picture possible, after using the camera for approximately
20 hours, clean the video heads using Canon's DVM-CL Digital Video
Head Cleaning Cassette. If the "noise" remains, repeat the cleaning (up
to maximum of 5 times).
• Do not use a wet-type cleaning cassette, as this can cause damage.

Using the camera abroad

Power sources
• You can use the compact power adapter to operate your camera and charge battery packs in any country
where the electricity supply is between 110 and 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Contact your Canon dealer for
information about plug adapters for overseas use.
TV playback
• Although you can always play back your recordings in the viewfinder, your camera can only be connected
to TVs which use its NTSC system. This TV system is used in the following countries:
American Samoa, Bahama, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, Greenland, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico,
Micronesia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Surinam, Taiwan,
Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.
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