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Displaying The Date And Time During Recording

You must first set the date and time (see “Date/Time Settings” pg. 12). Set “DISPLAY” to “ON” in the Date/Time Menu. The Date/Time appears in the LCD monitor if the Shooting mode selector is set to “MANUAL”. The Date/Time is always displayed in the LCD monitor when the Shooting mode selector is set to “AUTO”.

LCD monitor

WIDE MODE

O FF

ZOOM

2 0X

D I S

OFF

GA I N UP

AGC

TO

FADER / W IPE

MENU

TO

P. AE / EFFECT

MENU

TO

DATE / TIME MENU

TO SYSTEM MENU

 

W.BALANCE

AUTO

 

END

I TEM

–/+ BUTTON

SET

MENU BUTTON

 

Recording Menu

 

 

 

ON SCREEN

OFF

 

D I SPLAY

OFF

 

DATE/T I ME

DEC

25 ’ 97

 

 

PM

5 : 30

END

I TEM

–/+ BUTTON

SET

MENU BUTTON

Date/Time Menu

Power Dial

AUTO

MENU

MANUAL

 

Shooting mode selector

1 SELECT OPERATION MODE

First make sure the LCD monitor is open fully. Turn the Power Dial to "REC" while pressing down the lock button located on the dial, and set the shooting mode selector to "MANUAL".

2 ACCESS RECORDING MENU

Press MENU. The Recording Menu appears in the LCD monitor.

3 ACCESS DATE/TIME MENU Place the pointer next to "TO DATE/TIME MENU" by pressing the /+button. Press toward "+" to move up and toward "" to move down. Press MENU and the Date/Time Menu appears in the LCD monitor.

4 INPUT DATE AND TIME

Place the pointer next to "DISPLAY" by pressing the /+button, then press MENU. The cursor stops blinking, indicating that the function has been selected.

5 SET FUNCTION PARAMETERS Cycle through the available settings of the selected functions by pressing the /+button and stop when the one you want is displayed. Then press MENU and the pointer automati- cally moves to “END”.

6 CLOSE RECORDING MENU

Press MENU twice. Selection is complete and the menu disappears.

NOTES:

Connect the camcorder to a TV and set “ON SCREEN” to “ON” in the Date/Time Menu. The display appears on the connected TV when the camcorder is in Record/Standby mode.

The Indicator/Display function overrides these settings. If you have set the ON SCREEN or DISPLAY function and the indication does not

appear on the display then press the IND/ DISPLAY button (pg. 23).

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JVC GR-DVM1 manual Displaying The Date And Time During Recording, Select Operation Mode

GR-DVM1 specifications

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