Canon DM-GL1 Setting the display style, Date and time display, Six-second auto date

Setting the display style

Select whether you want the date, the time, or both to show up on your data code display (p. 66).

D/TIME SEL.¥DATE & TIME

(see p. 34)

1.Turn the POWER switch to VCR.

2.Open the menu and select D/TIME SEL.

3.Choose between DATE, TIME and DATE & TIME.

4.Press the MENU button to close the menu.

Date and time display

You can choose to display or hide the date and time display during recording. When the date and time display is set to ON, the date and time show in the display but the time zone disappears in about four seconds. It is not recorded onto your tape.

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D/T DISPLAY¥OFF

(see p. 34)

1.Put the camera in record pause mode.

2.Open the menu and select D/T DISPLAY.

3.Select ON and close the menu.

Six-second auto date

The six-second auto date appears for six seconds to mark the changeover of a day if the tape was being recorded at 12:00 midnight. It also appears for six seconds when you start playback and have the data code turned off. The six-second auto date will adjust for any time zone changes you have indicated.

6SEC.DATE¥¥¥OFF

(see p. 34)

You can turn the six-second auto date on:

1.Turn the POWER switch to VCR.

2.Open the menu and select 6SEC.DATE.

3.Select ON and close the menu.

Note:

•When 6SEC.DATE is turned on and DISPLAYS (p. 95) is turned off, the six-second auto date appears for six seconds.

Using the Full Range of Features

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