Date/Time Character Insert, Select Display

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SELECT

RECORDING AdvancedFeatures(cont.)

Date/Time Character Insert

SET

PROGRAM AE

This feature allows you to display date, time and characters in your viewfinder and on a connected color monitor, record them manually or automatically, and even make your own titles.

NOTE:

You should already have performed the Date/Time Setting procedure (☞ pg. 11). If you haven’t, do so before continuing.

DISPLAY

SELECT MODE

1 Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position

select dial

DISP.

except AUTO LOCK.

SELECT DISPLAY

2 Press SELECT repeatedly until “DISP.” appears.

Auto Date Record mode Date display

Date-off mode

Character Generator Date/Time display

Auto Date Record mode

AUTO DATE		DEC 25.97

Auto date record		Auto date record
mode		executed

Date display	Date/Time display

DEC 25.97		DEC 25.97 PM 10:50

Character Generator


	SET CHAR			IN PARIS, FRANCE

	No Characters			Example of stored
	stored			characters

CHOOSE DISPLAY MODE

3 Press SET while in Record–Standby to cycle through the modes as shown in the illustration at left.

NOTES:

●The selected display can be recorded.

●If you don’t want to record the display, select Date-off mode before shooting.

●If you want to delete the display during shooting, press SET.

●If you want to call back a deleted display, engage the Record–Standby mode and then select the desired display mode using SET.

AUTO DATE RECORD

Your camcorder automatically records the date for about 5 seconds after recording is initiated in the following situations:

•After changing the date. •After loading a cassette.

•After Auto Date Record mode is selected by pressing SE T.

In this mode, the date is replaced after 5 seconds with “AUTO DATE”.

NOTES:

●Setting PROGRAM AE to LOCK always engages the auto date record mode, and disables all other modes.

●In the Auto Date Record mode, if the date changes while you’re shooting, the date indication is recorded for about 5 seconds from that point. It is not recorded during any other recordings made on that day.

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