Canon XF305 Manual

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Additional Information

8

Displaying the Status Screens

Displaying the Status Screens

You can use the status screens to check the camcorder’s various recording- and playback-related settings. You 
can also output the status screens on an external monitor.

1  Press the STATUS button.

• The status screen most recently displayed will appear unless you 

turned off the camcorder or changed the operating mode. In such 
case, the [Camera] status screen appears in 

 mode and the 

[Buttons / Remote] status screen appears in 

 mode.

2 Push the joystick up/down or use the SELECT dial to scroll through 

the status screens.

3 When you are finished, press the STATUS button again to exit the 

status screens.

• Alternatively, you can press the MENU or CUSTOM PICT. button. Doing 

so will exit the status screen and open the respective menu.

* Does not appear in the [Photos] index screen.
** This screen appears only when an optional GP-E2 GPS Receiver is attached to the camcorder.

Operating modes:

Status screen

Description

0

[Camera]

Displays settings related to recording, such as gain, focus and zoom.

N

–

[Buttons / Remote] 

Allows you to verify the current function of each assignable button 
and whether the wireless controller is on.

N

N

[Audio]*

Displays settings related to audio.

N

N

[Media]

Displays information about the recording media.

N

N

[Video]

Displays the settings for the video terminals and which special 
recording mode is in effect.

N

N

[User Memo]

Displays the user memo that will be recorded with clips.

N

–

[Battery / Hour Meter]

Allows you to check the remaining battery time, battery life and how 
long the camcorder has been in operation.

N

N

[

X Data 1/3]

Displays the settings for the custom picture file that will be 
embedded into clips. 

N

–

[

X Data 2/3]

[

X Data 3/3]

[GPS Information Display]**

Displays GPS information.

N

–