Setting the calendar

Presented below is a sample setting where the calendar is set to December 25, 2002 and the time is set to 5:20 PM.

1 Set the camera recorder’s POWER switch to ON.

2 Select YES as the setting for the CLOCK SET item on the setting menu OTHER FUNCTIONS screen.

OFor details on the menu operations, refer to page 37.

CLOCK SET

YEAR 2000

MONTH APR

DAY 24

HOUR 13

MIN. 7

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

3 Tilt the OPERATION lever in the 3 or 4 direction and set YEAR to 2002.

(If the remote control unit is used, press the “M” button among the SET buttons.)

CLOCK SET

YEAR 2002

MONTH APR

DAY 24

HOUR 13

MIN. 7

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

The year can be set from 2000 to 2089.

4 Press “;” of the OPERATION lever, and move the setting item to MONTH.

(If the remote control unit is used, press the “B” button among the SET buttons.)

CLOCK SET

YEAR 2002

MONTH APR

DAY 24

HOUR 13

MIN. 7

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

5 Tilt the OPERATION lever in the 3 or 4 direction and set MONTH to DEC.

(If the remote control unit is used, press the “M” button among the SET buttons.)

CLOCK SET

YEAR 2002

MONTH DEC

DAY 24

HOUR 13

MIN. 7

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

6 In the same way, press “;” of the OPERATION lever, and move the setting item to DAY, HOUR and MIN.

(If the remote control unit is used, press the “B” button among the SET buttons.)

7 Similarly, tilt the OPERATION lever in the 3 or 4 direction and set 25 for DAY, 17 for HOUR and 20 for MIN.

(If the remote control unit is used, press the “M” button among the SET buttons.)

CLOCK SET

YEAR 2002

MONTH DEC

DAY 25

HOUR 17

MIN. 20

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

The 24-hour system is used to display the hours.

8 Press the MENU button three times to release the menu mode.

An error will develop in the time, so check whether the correct time is displayed before shooting.

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Panasonic AG-DVX100P manual Setting the calendar

AG-DVX100P specifications

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