Electronic Viewfinder, Tilt Adjustment

Date and Time Display (continued)

5.Then, press the ADJ. button. The flashing cursor will move to the next part of the display.

6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have entered the correct month, day, year, hour including AM or PM, and minute.

7.After setting the minutes, press the ADJ. button to start the seconds. The seconds counter will start with “00”.

Notes: To correct the date or time after the clock has been started, repeat steps 3-7.

If “88:88” appears instead of the date display, the lithium clock battery is expired. Replace the battery and reset the time and date.

Recording Date and TIme (or Date) on Your Tape

If you see the date and time (or date) display in the viewfinder while you are recording, it will be recorded on your tape. If you do not want it recorded, press the DATE/TIME button until the displays are removed from the viewfinder.

Press	To Display in Viewfinder
DATE/TIME	and Record on the Tape
Button
Press Once	Date Only

Press Again	Date and Time

Press Again	Neither Date nor Time

Electronic Viewfinder

The camcorder’s electronic viewfinder (EVF) is a miniature black-and-white monitor that displays the picture seen by the camcorder when recording. The viewfinder can also be used for viewing the tape

Tilt Adjustment

For convenient viewing, the viewfinder can be raised 90°.

during playback.

Electronic Viewfinder in Operating Position (PULL here to extend viewfinder.)

			PULL
	F.FWD.	BATTERY	Eyepiece Focus
ON	REW		Control
ON	STOP		Control
FOCUS
	PLAY
OFF
	SEL.
+	MODELOCK
+	AUTO
–
MANUAL	FOCUS
MANUAL

Caution: Do not force the viewfinder to rotate completely around. This will damage the viewfinder and/or the camcorder.

COUNTERMEM

RES.

ADJ.	DATE/TIME

PULL

Caution: When carrying the camcorder with the shoulder strap, rotate the EVF down. This helps prevent possible damage to the viewfinder from bumping against your body as you move.

Eyepiece Focus Control

The eyepiece focus control lets you set the focus of the viewfinder for your personal vision. If you wear eyeglasses, you can probably operate the camcorder without them.

It’s easiest to set the correct focus by focusing on one of the viewfinder’s on-screen displays (such as the date). Pull the viewfinder out into operating position. Look through the viewfinder and adjust the eyepiece focus control for your vision.

The eyepiece focus control does not affect the focus of the picture actually recorded by the camcorder.

Cleaning the Viewfinder

You may occasionally want to clean the viewfinder. Follow the steps below.

1.Fully extend the viewfinder, and then slightly push it back.

2.Rotate the viewfinder in the counter-clockwise direction to remove the eyecup piece.

3.Use an optional air blower available from most camera stores to clean the viewfinder.