Canon XL1 - Saving menu

Hi guys, sorry about posting a camera question on these forums, but thought someone may be able to help me.
I am lending a Canon XL1 out to a friend for a few interviews he is doing. I want to make things as easy for him as possible, so I preset all the menu items. Every time a battery is removed, the menu resets however. Is there a way to save the menu settings to ROM?
Thanks in advance!

Hi All
I have been battling to get my XL1 and iMac talking to each other for awhile now. Camera was fine with previous computers but cannot even be recognized by the imac (10.5.8). DV in comes up in the camera viewfinder, tried an old dv - firewire cable, tried a new dv - firewire cable, tried an Elura 2 with computer and also not recognized.
Was there some update that came along that Canon was not aware of or what? called Canon and they said must be cable/computer port (of course that's what they said). Cannot find any answers to this but I do see plenty of similar situations on the net to make it seem like there's more to this lack of communication than meets the eye.
If anyone has a suggestion I would be glad to try it.
Thanks
loc8or

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