Searching The Tape (Photo Search/Date Search/Index Search) - Canon XL 1s Instruction Manual

Searching the Tape (Photo Search/Date Search/Index Search)

This allows you to move quickly through still pictures recorded anywhere on a tape (photo search), between
different days or areas of recording (date search), or index signals recorded anywhere on a tape (index
search).
1. Press the SEARCH SELECT button to choose between photo/date/index search.
• PHOTO SEARCH, DATE SEARCH or INDEX SEARCH is shown in the display for 4 seconds.
2. Press the - and + buttons to move backwards or forwards through the still pictures,
between different days of recording or recorded index signal.
• Press once to move to the start of the previous/next still picture, day or index on the tape.
• You can press more than once to move to the corresponding still picture, day or index (up to a
maximum of 10 times), e.g. press the + button 5 times to move forward 5 still pictures, days or index
signals.
• PHOTO SEARCH/DATE SEARCH/INDEX SEARCH appears in the middle of the viewfinder
alongside the - or + mark and number to search through. You can change direction easily by
pressing the button for the opposite direction.
Notes:
• Press 3 (stop) to stop mid-search.
• If you begin a search very close to the start of a recorded still picture during photo search, the camera may
skip straight past it.
• When you have set the area for the World Clock, date search also looks for the change in date based on
the adjusted time.
• A date/area cannot be identified if the total recording time on that day/area was less than 1 minute.
• Date/index search playback may start just before or after the beginning of the located section.
• If the data code is not displayed correctly you will not be able to operate the date search correctly.
VCR POWER
OFF
A
Tv
Av
SEARCH SELECT
REW PLAY FF
STOP
PAUSE SLOW
2
E
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