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Displaying The Date And Time During Recording

When the Power Dial is set to “ M ”, “5S” or “”, you can choose whether to display the date and time during recording or not. You must first set the date and time (see “Date/Time Settings” pg. 13). Set “DISPLAY” to “ON” in the Date/Time Menu. The Date/Time is always displayed when the Power Dial is set to “ A ”.

Display

REC MODE

SP

WIDE MODE

OFF

ZOOM

20X

DIS

OFF

GAIN UP

AGC

FLASH

AUTO

4TO DATE / TIME MENU TO SYSTEM MENU

END

Recording Menu

ON SCREEN

OFF

DISPLAY

ON

DATE / TIME

DEC 25 ’ 97

 

PM 5 : 30

4RETURN

Date/Time Menu

MENU

Lock button

Power Dial

5S

 

M

OFFYA

 

A

P

 

 

 

L

Select Dial

MENU button/

IND. ON/OFF button

1 SELECT OPERATION MODE

First turn the Power Dial to “ M ” while pressing down the lock button located on the dial, make sure the LCD monitor is open fully or the viewfinder is pulled out.

2 ACCESS RECORDING MENU Press MENU. The Recording Menu appears.

3 ACCESS DATE/TIME MENU Move the pointer and highlight bar to “TO DATE/TIME MENU” by rotating the Select Dial. Press it and the Date/Time Menu appears.

4 SELECT FUNCTION

Move the pointer and highlight bar to “DISPLAY” by rotating the Select Dial, then press it. The pointer stops blinking, indicating that the function has been selected.

5 SET FUNCTION PARAMETERS Cycle through the available settings of the selected functions by rotating the Select Dial and stop when the one you want is displayed. Then press it and the pointer and highlight bar automatically move to “RETURN”.

6 CLOSE RECORDING MENU Press the Select Dial 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 .

The Indicator/Display function overrides these settings. Even if you have set “ON SCREEN” to “ON”, pressing the IND. ON/OFF button for longer than 1 second removes the indications from the screen. Pressing it for longer than 1 second again makes the indications re-appear.

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JVC GR-DVX manual Displaying The Date And Time During Recording

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