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Setting Date and Time

Set the current date and time so that the date and time you make a recording can be recorded correctly.

The following procedure can also be used to correct the date and time you have already set.

Use 2/ 1/ 0/ /buttons to select, and then press to designate.

1Press the MENU button, use the 2/1/ 0//buttons to choose “Date Setup” and then “Date Set”.

2 Press the /button.

Da t e Se t u p

 

 

Da t e Se t

1 / 1 / 2 0 0 7

The figure for the day

Da t e Mode

0: 0 0

 

 

Press the 2or 1button to select the number for current date/time, and then repeat step 3 to set the current date and time.

Note:

To stop date/time setting midway, press the  button.

will be selected.

ENTER RETURN

[The digit that is

highlighted first depends on the date display

format (set up in Date Mode): The digit on the

left end of the date display will be first

highlighted.]

4 After setting the current date and time, press the

button.

The screen for verifying the set date will appear.

Da t e

Se t

 

 

 

 

1 0 /

2 / 2007

8 : 0 0

 

Da t e

s e t

u p?

 

YES

 

NO

ENTER

 

 

 

Note:

After setting the figure for the day, press the / button to select the digit to be set. If you press the

button after selecting the figure for the day, the screen for verifying the set date will appear instead of screen for setting month, year or time.

3 Press the 0or /

Da t e Se t u p

8 : 00

button to select the digit

Da t e Mode

 

Da t e Se t

1 0 / 2 / 2 0 0 7

you want to set in

 

 

 

sequence.

ENTER

RETURN

 

 

 

5 If the displayed date and time are correct, press the 0button to choose “YES”, and then press the button.

The date and time will be set, and the DVD video camera/recorder will enter the recording pause status.

Choosing “NO” will restore the menu screen.

CHANGING DISPLAY FORMAT OF DATE AND TIME

You can select one of three date display formats: day/month/year, month/day/year or year/ month/day. Choose “Date Mode” on the “Date Setup” menu screen in procedure 1, and then set to the desired date display mode.

Note:

This DVD video camera/recorder incorporates a rechargeable battery to store the date and time in memory. If this built-in battery is exhausted, the date and time will be reset. To prevent this, connect the AC adapter/charger to DVD video camera/recorder every 6 months, and leave them for at least 24 hours with the DVD video camera/recorder turned off: The built-in battery will be charged.

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Hitachi DZ-GX5100SW, DZ-GX5060SW instruction manual Setting Date and Time, Changing Display Format of Date and Time

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