basic operation of the camcorder
SETTING THE TIME ZONE AND DATE/TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME
Set the date and time of your local area when turning on this camcorder for the fi rst time.
1.Open the LCD screen and press the Power (
•The Time Zone (“Home”) screen appears based on London, Lisbon (Greenwich Mean Time).
•You can also set the “Time Zone: Home” from the Settings (
2.Select your geographical area with Control joystick (/), then press the OK button.
•The Date/Time Set screen appears.
3.Select the date and time information, and change the setting values by using the Control joystick (///).
•To set the daylight saving, move the Control joystick (/) to select the
(
- Activating Daylight Saving forwards the time by 1 hour.
4.Make sure the clock is correctly set, and then press the OK button.
London, Lisbon
[GMT 00:00]
01/JAN/2010 00:00
Day Month Year Hour Min
01 / JAN / | 2010 00 : 00 | OFF |
Visit : | 01/JAN/2010 00:00 |
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Back | Move | OK |
•The year can be set up to 2037.
•Set “Date/Time Display” to “On.” page 85
•After setting, the date and time are automatically recorded on a special data area of the storage media.
•Your camcorder includes a
•Once the battery is depleted, the previous date/time values are all reset to defaults, and you need to recharge the
Charging the
•The
Turning the date and time display on/off
• To switch the date and time display on or off, access the menu and change the Date/Time Display mode. page 85 Simple setting of the clock by time difference
• You can easily set the clock to the local time by setting a time difference when using your camcorder abroad.
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Select "Time Zone" on the menu, then set the time difference. page 82