MENU Button

Select Dial

Display

4NEXT

M. W. B. AUTO

D . ZOOM ON TELE MACRO OFF DATETIME TAPE LENGTH T30

4RETURN

DATETIME

YEAR

 

 

1999

MONTH

 

 

JAN

DAY

1

TIME

PM 12 : 00

EXIT

4NEXT

M. W. B. AUTO

D . ZOOM ON TELE MACRO OFF DATETIME TAPE LENGTH T30

4RETURN

Power lamp

Power Switch

Menu Screen

DATE/TIME Menu

12-hour indication with AM or PM

 

 

EN

 

11

 

 

 

 

Date/Time Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STARTED

 

•The power lamp comes on.

 

 

 

ACCESS MENU SCREEN

 

 

 

 

1 Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”, then press MENU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GETTING

 

SELECT FUNCTION

 

 

 

2 Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to

 

 

 

“DATE/TIME”, then press it. The DATE/TIME Menu appears.

•If you decide you want to return the date and time to the previous settings, rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to “EXIT” and press it, then go to step 6.

•If you want to set only the time without changing the date, go to step 4.

3 SET DATE

Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to the item you want to set and then press it. When the setting begins blinking, rotate the Select Dial until the correct setting appears and then press it. The setting stops blinking.

•Repeat this procedure until you’re satisfied with the Date settings (“YEAR”, “MONTH” and “DAY”).

4 SET TIME

Rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to “TIME” and then press it. When the hour setting begins blinking, rotate the Select Dial until the correct setting appears and then press it. When the hour setting stops blinking and the minute setting begins blinking, rotate the Select Dial until the correct setting appears and then press it. The minute setting stops blinking.

5 START CLOCK OPERATION

When none of these settings (“YEAR”, “MONTH”, “DAY”, “TIME”) blinks, rotate the Select Dial to move the highlight bar to “EXIT”, and press it. The Menu Screen reappears with the highlight bar on “RETURN”.

6 CLOSE MENU SCREEN

Press the Select Dial.

NOTE:

To display the date and time in the camcorder’s display and on a connected TV, see “Date/Time Insert”

(☞ pg. 26).

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GR-AX657UM, GR-AX857UM, GR-AX957UM specifications

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