Using The Custom Keys; Changing The Custom Keys Setting - Canon XL 1s Instruction Manual

Using the Custom Keys

You can assign frequently used functions to the custom keys (for camera mode and VCR mode
independently). This allows you to customize the camera to your recording situations.
Default settings:
Camera mode
CSTM KEYS1 INDEX WRITE
CSTM KEYS2 ZEBRA
To view the current custom key setting in the viewfinder, select CUSTOM KEYS from DISP. SET UP in the
camera menu or VCR menu.
Functions listed below can be assigned to custom keys.
* Functions with an asterisk can be operated only by the custom key.
* The assignable functions are the same for custom keys 1 and 2.
Camera mode
Index write*
Zebra pattern
VCR stop*
TV screen
Audio 1 in
Audio 2 in
Grip zoom speed
Handle zoom speed
No function assigned

Changing the custom keys setting

CUSTOM KEYS
(see p. 27)
1. Open either the camera menu or the VCR menu and select CUSTOM KEYS.
2. Select KEY 1 or KEY2, then select the function.
3. Close the menu.
VCR mode
TV SCREEN
DATA CODE
VCR mode
TV screen
Data code
Audio 1 in
Audio 2 in
No function assigned
KEY 1••••• INDEX WRITE
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