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Question

Why wont the manual settings work on my Canon HV20

Jan 2, 2014 11:25PM PST

Hello there, I wonder if anyone can help, I have just bought a secondhand Canon HV20 on ebay and have realised that there is a problem when I try to adjust the exposure and shutter speed settings manually. I followed the instructions in the manual but it just will not let me adjust them. Does anyone know a solution to this? Now I know why he was selling it.

cheers

Dave

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we can't see what you see,
Jan 4, 2014 6:35AM PST

so please bear with the silly questions and repeats of things you may have already said/done...

Link to the manual:
http://downloads.canon.com/cpr/software/video/HV20_manual.pdf

Please confirm that the HV20 is in Camera - video capture - mode. That means Camera mode and the little video tape is selected. Page 26.

The Mode switch (page 12, item 11) is in "P"rogrammable mode and not in "AUTO" mode.

Press the FUNC. button (page 13, item 9; page 23). The Function menu should appear on the camcorder's screen. Use the arrow "joystick" and the SET button to select and set various options/functions.

This may be premature, but just to confirm you know that the HV20:
* records video only to the (miniDV) digital tape - not the memory card;
* has a DV/firewire/IEEE1394 port that connects to the computer's firewire port using a firewire cable (there is no USB in any of this and USB-to-firewire cable/converter/adapter things won't work).

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Give me some credit fella : )
Jan 4, 2014 9:23AM PST

Thanks for the reply but yep had done all those things, Have since been on to Canon and they believe there is something wrong with it. I checked the firmware version which is 1.0.0. I don't suppose there is a firmware update that might solve the problem? Damn nuisance, I would never sell something as working which I know to be faulty ...probably why I'll always be skint ; )