Canon HF10 instruction manual First Time Settings, Setting the Date and Time, Press Func

6 Press FUNC. .

You can press FUNC. to close the menu at any time.

Abbreviation of Menu Selections in this Manual

In this manual, the arrow is used to abbreviate menu selections. Below is an example of changing a setting using the setup menus.

FUNC.

[ MENU]

[ DISPLAY SETUP] [LANGUAGE ] Desired language

FUNC.

For selections in the FUNC. menu, the abbreviated form will always show the initial default value. In recording mode, its icon will appear on the left side column when you first open the menu. If the setting was changed, the icon of the currently selected option will appear instead.

FUNC.

[ IMAGE EFFECT OFF] Desired image effect

FUNC.

First Time Settings

Setting the Date and Time

You will need to set the date and time of the camcorder before you can start using it. The [DATE/TIME] screen will appear automatically when the camcorder’s clock is not set.

When the [DATE/TIME] screen appears, the year will be displayed in orange and indicated with up/down arrows.

1Change ( ) the year and move ( ) to the month.

2Change the rest of the fields (month, day, hour and minutes) in the same way.

3Select ( ) [OK] and press to start the clock and close the setup screen.

IMPORTANT

•When you do not use the camcorder for about 3 months, the built-in rechargeable lithium battery may discharge completely and the date and time setting may be lost. In such case, recharge the built-in lithium battery

( 113) and set the time zone, date and time again.

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