SEL. button

SET button

MENU button

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Instant Titles

The camcorder has eight preset titles in memory. You can superimpose one of them above a previously stored title as shown in the illustration to the left.

FAR NEAR

LCD monitor or viewfinder

TITLE

PROGRAM AE select dial

Title indication

No indication HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR VACATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A SPECIAL DAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR NEW BABY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDDING DAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The characters you have

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set using Character

 

 

GAIN UP

 

 

 

 

S.LX

 

Generator

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELE MACRO

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERVAL TIMER

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC TIME

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JLIP ID NO.

 

 

07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET CHARACTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE/TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD monitor or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

END :MENU KEY

 

 

 

 

viewfinder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET : MENU KEY

 

 

 

 

 

SET : MENU KEY

 

 

 

A B C D E F G H I

 

 

A B C D E F G H I

J K L M N O P Q R S

 

J K L M N O P Q R S

T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö Ü

 

 

T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö Ü

 

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À È Ì Ò Ù Ñ Æ Ø Å &

 

: . , ’ – / ! ? ¿

 

: . , ’ – / ! ? ¿

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I

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YOU

 

 

 

END

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

 

END

 

 

 

 

 

CLEAR

NOTES:

DISPLAY

SELECT MODE

1 Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position except AUTO LOCK.

SELECT FUNCTION

2 Press SEL. repeatedly until “TITLE” appears.

SELECT PRESET TITLE

3 Engage the Record–Standby mode, then press SET to cycle through the preset titles until the desired title is displayed.

NOTES:

To delete the Instant Title during recording, press SET.

To recall a title, engage the Record–Standby mode and then press SET to select the desired title.

Character Generator

You can enter an original title of up to 18 characters.

ACCESS MENU SCREEN

1 Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position except AUTO LOCK, then press MENU.

ACCESS CHARACTER SET MENU

2 Press + or to move the highlight bar to “SET CHARACTER”, then press NEAR. The Character Set menu appears.

INPUT CHARACTERS

3 Press +, , FAR or NEAR to move the pointer to the desired character, then press MENU. The selected characters appear at the bottom of the screen. Repeat as many times as desired (max. 18).

•To select the location of the next character, press +, , FAR or NEAR to highlight the row of squares at the bottom of the screen, then press FAR or NEAR to make the desired location blink. Press + when you’re done, and the pointer returns to the character grid.

END CHARACTER SETTING

4 Press +, , FAR or NEAR to make “END” blink, then press MENU twice to return to the normal screen.

To erase a character you entered mistakenly, make “CLEAR” blink by pressing +, , FAR or NEAR, then press MENU. All characters are deleted at once. Or, to erase selected characters only, first move the pointer to the row of squares by pressing +, , FAR or NEAR to highlight them. Press FAR or NEAR to make the desired character blink, then press +, FAR or NEAR to move the pointer to “ ” in the top left corner. Press MENU.

To display the characters you have set — “Instant Title” or “Date/Time/Character Insert” (pg. 26).

Characters may be set only in the Record-Standby mode.

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JVC GR-AXM10, GR-AXM20 manual Instant Titles, Character Generator

GR-AXM10, GR-AXM20 specifications

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