Panasonic AJ-HPX3700G Setting the Internal Clock’s Date and Time

Setting the Internal Clock’s Date and Time

1 Position the DISPLAY switch at [UB].
	Time		Area	Time		Area
2 Press the HOLD button to display DATE in the display	difference			difference
	00:00	Greenwich		–12:00	Kwajalein
window.
	+00:30			–11:30
3 Position the TCG switch at [SET].
	+01:00	Central Europe		–11:00	Midway Island
	+01:30			–10:30
4 Use the cursor and SET buttons to set the year, month
	+02:00	Eastern Europe		–10:00	Hawaii
and day (Y/M/D).	+02:30			–09:30	Marquesas Islands
Note that any later than 2030 cannot be set.
	+03:00	Moscow		–09:00	Alaska
Z button:	+03:30	Tehran		–08:30	Denver		Adjustments
U button:	+05:00	Islamabad		–07:00
Shifts the target (blinking) digit to the right.	+04:00	Abu Dhabi		–08:00	Los Angeles
Y button:	+04:30	Kabul		–07:30
Shifts the target (blinking) digit to the left.
							and
Advances the blinking number by one digit.
	+05:30	Bombay		–06:30
V button:							forSettings
	+07:00	Bangkok		–05:00	New York
5 Press the HOLD button to display TIME in the display
Winds back the blinking number by one digit.	+06:00	Dacca		–06:00	Chicago
	+06:30	Yangon		–05:30
window.							Recording
	+07:30			–04:30
6 Use the cursor buttons to set the hour, minute and
	+08:30	Beijing		–03:30	Newfoundland Island
	+08:00			–04:00	Halifax
second (h/min/s).
	+09:00	Tokyo		–03:00	Buenos Aires
7 Position the TCG switch at [F-RUN] or [R-RUN]. The
	+09:30	Darwin		–02:30
internal clock starts at the moment the switch position is	+10:00	Guam		–02:00	Mid-Atlantic
changed.
	+10:30	Lord Howe Island		–01:30
8 Press the HOLD button to display a time zone (time
	+11:00	Solomon Islands		–01:00	Azores Islands
	+11:30	Norfolk Island		–00:30
difference between local time and Greenwich Mean
Time) in the display window.	+12:00	New Zealand
9 Position the TCG switch at [SET].	+12:45	Chatham Islands
	+13:00
10Use the U and V buttons to set the desired hours and
	Notes
minutes ahead of (no sign) or behind (– sign) the	In step 4, if the TCG switch is positioned at [F-RUN] or [R-
Greenwich Mean Time.
	RUN], this also activate the internal clock.
Example: If the local time is 5 hours behind Greenwich	To cancel date, time and time zone settings in process,
Mean Time, set the time zone to “5:00 –”.	hold down the SET button and position the TCG switch at
The time zone is always recorded, together with the	[F-RUN] or [R-RUN].
	Clock accuracy fluctuates between about ±30 seconds per
date and time, as metadata.
	month when the power is turned off. If more accurate
See the table at right to set the time zone according to
	timekeeping is required, check the time when the power is
your local time.
	turned on and, if necessary, reset the clock.
11 Position the TCG switch at [F-RUN] or [R-RUN] to
	When the GPS unit AJ-GPS910G is installed, and if it
	successfully receives time information, the internal clock
accept the time zone.	keeps accurate (local) time based on the received time
	(Greenwich Mean Time) and the time zone. If the date and
Notes
	time differ from the actual local time, the time zone may
When using the unit for the first time, be sure to perform	not be set correctly. Check again, to see if the time zone is
this setting beforehand. Do not change the setting during	set correctly. (The date and time need not be set again.)
use of the unit.	The built-in clock operates for several years on a lithium
When the TCG switch is positioned at [SET], thumbnails	battery built into the unit. When the lithium battery is
cannot be manipulated.	exhausted, the viewfinder indicates the message
	“BACKUP BATT EMPTY” when the power is turned on.
	For more information, see [Maintenance] (page 155).

Adjustments and Settings for Recording: Setting Time Data 67