First Time Settings

Basic Setup

You can turn the camcorder on and off by opening and closing the LCD panel. The first time you turn on the camcorder, you will be guided by the camcorder’s easy-to-follow setup screens to configure the cam- corder’s initial settings. For details on how to use the touch screen, refer to Using the Touch Screen (A31).

1Open the LCD panel.

•If this is the first time you turn on the camcorder, the language selection screen of the initial setup screen will appear.

•You can also press [to turn on the camcorder.
2Touch the language used for onscreen displays and then touch [æ].•You may need to scroll down to find your language.•After you select a language, the [Date Format] screen will appear.

Touch [æ] after selecting a language

3Touch [Y.M.D], [M.D,Y] or [D.M.Y] to selectthe date format you prefer and then touch [æ].

After you select the date format, the [Date/Time] screen will appear with the first field selected.

4Touch a field you want to change (year, month, day, hours or minutes).5 Touch [Í] or [Î] to change the field as necessary.6Set the correct date and time by changing all the fields in the same way.

•Touch [24H] to use 24-hour clock or leave it unselected to use 12-hour clock (AM/PM).

7Touch [OK] and then touch [æ].•After you select the date and time, the [Movie Format] screen will appear.
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