Video Recording Basic Features, Date/Time

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VIDEORECORDINGBasicFeatures(cont.)

DATE/TIME

Display

Select Dial

Date display

Time display

Date/Time display

Auto Date Record mode

Date-off mode (No display)

Date display

Auto Date Record mode

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Auto date record mode

FEATURE:

PURPOSE:

OPERATION:

NOTES:

Date/Time Insert

To display the date and time on the LCD monitor, in the viewfinder, or on a connected color monitor, as well as to record them manually or automatically.

1)Turn the Select Dial to any position except AUTO LOCK.

2)Choose a display mode by pressing DATE/TIME repeatedly while in Record-Standby to cycle through the modes as shown in the illustration at left.

■You should have already

performed the Date/Time Setting procedure (☞ pg. 13). If you haven’t, do so first.

DISPLAY

●The selected display can be recorded.

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

●If you want to delete the display during shooting, press DATE/TIME.

●To recall the display, engage the Record-Standby mode and press DATE/TIME repeatedly until the desired display appears.

●Even if you shoot with the date/ time displayed during Digital Still Camera Shooting, they will not be recorded.

AUTO DATE RECORD

● Your camcorder automatically

records the date for about 5

Time display

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Date/Time display

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Auto date record executed

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 DATE/TIME.

In this mode, the date is replaced after 5 seconds with “AUTO DATE” but this is not recorded.

●Setting the Select Dial to AUTO LOCK always engages the Auto Date Record mode, and disables all other modes.

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