[BRIGHTNESS]: Adjust ( ) the brightness of the LCD display with the joystick.

•Changing the brightness of the LCD display does not affect that of the viewfinder or the recordings.

[TV SCREEN]: When set to [ ON], the camcorder’s on-screen displays will appear also on the screen of a connected TV or monitor.

When the date and time are displayed on the camcorder’s screen they will also appear on a connected TV regardless of the [TV SCREEN] setting. Turn off the date/time display with the [DATA CODE] setting ( 34).

[MARKERS]: You can display a grid or a horizontal line at the center of the screen. Use the markers as a reference to make sure your subject is framed correctly (vertically and/or horizontally).

• Using the markers will not affect the recordings on the tape.

[DISPLAYS]: You can hide the on-screen displays to show only the playback picture on the full screen.

•Tape operation displays appear for 2 seconds.

•Warning messages and the data code (if activated) will appear, even when set to

[ OFF<PLAYBK>].

•All on-screen displays will appear while the playback image is magnified or a digital effect is activated.

[6SEC.DATE]: When you start playing back a tape or when the date of the recording changes, the date and time will be displayed for 6 seconds.

[DEMO MODE]: The demonstration mode displays the camcorder’s main features. It starts automatically when the camcorder is powered with the power adapter if you leave it turned on without loading a recording media for more than 5 minutes.

•To cancel the demo mode once it started, press any button, turn off the camcorder or insert a videocassette.

SYSTEM SETUP

Menu item

 

 

Setting options

CAMERA

PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WL.REMOTE]

[

ON], [

OFF

]

 

z

 

z

–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BEEP]

[

HIGH VOLUME],

 

 

z

 

z

–

 

[

LOW VOLUME], [

OFF]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[POWER SAVE]

[

ON], [

OFF]

 

 

z

 

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WL. REMOTE]: Allows the camcorder to be operated with the wireless controller.

[BEEP]: A beep will accompany some operations like turning on the camcorder, the self- timer countdown, etc. It also serves as a warning beep under unusual conditions.

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