DISPLAY Menu Screen (cont’d)

Item

Set Value

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

TIME/DATE

DISP+REC

Selects whether the date and time should be shown on the LCD

 

● DISPLAY

screen or the viewfinder screen, and whether the indications

 

OFF

should be recorded on the tape.

When the mode switch is set

DISP+REC : Displayed on the LCD screen or the viewfinder

 

 

screen and recorded on the tape.

to VTR, DISP + REC changes

 

 

DISPLAY

: Only displayed on the LCD screen or the

into OFF (D+R).

 

 

 

 

viewfinder screen.

In this case, TIME/DATE is

 

 

OFF

: Neither displayed nor recorded.

neither displayed nor

The conditions for recording the date and time are selected with

recorded.

 

 

the DATE REC item on the SYSTEM [2/2] menu screen.

 

 

 

 

 

Memo:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When DISP+REC is set, the ASPECT item on the SYSTEM [2/

 

 

2] menu screen is fixed at 4:3.

 

 

 

DISP STYLE

● DATE+TIME

Selects the style of the date and time indication and whether this

 

TIME

should be shown on the LCD screen and the viewfinder screen.

 

DATE

DATE+TIME: Date and time are shown.

 

 

TIME

: Time is shown.

 

 

DATE

: Date is shown.

 

 

 

AUDIO LEVEL

● ON

Selects whether the audio level meters should be shown on the

 

OFF

LCD screen and the viewfinder screen.

 

 

ON

: Displayed

 

 

OFF : Not displayed

 

 

 

CENTER MARK

● OFF

Sets whether or not a centre mark is displayed.

 

ON

ON

: Displayed

 

 

OFF : Not displayed

 

 

 

Memo:

 

 

 

When the MODE switch is set to VTR (VTR playback /DV

 

 

mode), this item is not displayed.

 

 

 

OUTPUT CHAR.

OFF

Selects whether on-screen-indications are displayed on a

 

● MIX

monitor connected to the VIDEO OUT or Y/C OUT connector.

 

 

OFF : On-screen-indications are not displayed

 

 

MIX

: On-screen-indications are displayed

 

 

 

PAGE BACK

 

The DISPLAY [1/2] menu screen returns when the SELECT dial

 

 

is pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GY-DV301, GY-DV300 specifications

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