Date Search

You can locate the change of the date/time zone with the date search function.

This function is operated with the wireless controller.

1.Press the SEARCH SELECT button to display the icon.

2.Press the or button to begin searching.

Press more than once to search for further date changes (up to 10 times).

Press the STOP button to stop searching.

A recording of longer than a minute per date/time zone is required.

The date search may not function if the data code is not correctly displayed.

The date search function may not work correctly if you mix recordings in HDV and DV standards on the same tape.

Data Code

The camcorder maintains a data code containing the recording date and time and other camera data such as shutter speed, gain and exposure (f-stop).

Selecting the Data Code

MENU

DISPLAY SETUP/

DATA CODE••••DATE & TIME

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Open the menu and select [DISPLAY SETUP/ ]. Select [DATA CODE], select a setting option and close the menu.

Displaying the Data Code

Press the DATA CODE button on the wireless controller.

If you turn off the camcorder, the data code will not appear the next time you turn it on.

Playback

Six-Second Auto Date

The date and time appear for 6 seconds when you begin playback, or to indicate that the date or time zone in the recording has changed.

MENU

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DISPLAY SETUP/

6SEC.DATE••••OFF

Open the menu and select [DISPLAY SETUP/ ]. Select [6SEC.DATE], set it to [ON] and close the menu.

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Canon XL H1A, XL H1S Date Search, Selecting the Data Code, Displaying the Data Code, Six-Second Auto Date