Canon Vixia HF21 Operations Instructions download pdf (Page 36)

36  Preparations

Joystick and Joystick Guide

Use the joystick to operate the camcorder's menus.

If the joystick guide does not appear on the screen, press or push

the joystick ( , ) to display it. The functions that appear depend

on the operating mode.

• , or mode: Select ( ) a function and press to

change the setting. With some functions, you will need to make

further adjustments ( ).

• mode: First, select ( ) a “row” of functions; then, press to

operate the function in the middle or push the joystick ( or ) to

operate the function on the left or right, respectively.

The joystick guide will minimize after 2 seconds. When the joystick

guide is minimized, you can still adjust or turn on/off the selected func-

tion; you can also maximize ( ) the joystick guide to select another

function or hide ( ) it altogether.

Using the Menus

Many of the camcorder’s functions can

be adjusted from the menus that open

after pressing . In mode,

menus cannot be accessed and, except

in a few cases, most menu settings will

return to their default values.

For details about the available menu

options and settings, refer to the appen-

dix Menu Options Lists ( 137).

Press the joystick itself ( ) to save

the settings or confirm an action. On

menu screens, this is indicated by the

icon .

Push the joystick up, down, left or right

( , ) to select an item or

change settings.

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Canon Vixia HF21 Operations Instructions Page 36