Sorry, not possible with either camera.

Please search for earlier discussions of this topic.

How do you check hours on head?
 

Hello,

I just got a hold of an XL1S and I want to see how many hours are on the heads. This camera has had two owners before me. It's in great conditon I just want see how much use I will have with it. So if there is a way to check the hours on the heads I'd love to know.

Thanks

Ken Stevenson

There is no function available to the owner of an Xl1 ot XL1s to determine the number of hours of use.

I believe that that Canon Service can retrieve this information, but I have no personal knowledge.

I thought as much, thanks for the response. I had planned on sending it in anyway to be checked.

Thanks again

Ken

If you lick the heads...oh wait, that's a 9 volt battery, never mind.

There is no documented (in the service manual) way to read head hours on the XL1, and I suspect on the XL1s.

Head hours would include time spent in record pause, play pause, playback and record mode with tape in the camcorder. Running a cleaning tape adds hours as well, but I do not know at what rate.

In any case, given the differences among tapes, a better indication of head condition might be the output levels read from a standard test tape.

I believe you're right, but I can say with certainty that they will not share this information with a customer.

How to you check camera for hours
 

I have an XL-1 is there a way to check the camera for hour use. If so please explain

I believe the answer is "no". The DVinfo search function can often answer questions like this for you:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showpost....39&postcount=2
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=59957
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=29078
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=85744

count your tapes ... that's as best as i could come up with

Have merged several separate discussions into one big 'ol thread about checking hours on these cameras.

Check Hours of use on Canon XL1
 

Is there anyway to check the hours of use on the Canon XL1?

No.
 

Simply can't be done, there is no hours meter.


CS