Advanced (Recording pictures)

Displaying the Time at

the Travel Destination

(World Time)

If you set your home area and the travel destination area when traveling abroad etc., the local time at the travel destination area can be displayed on the screen and recorded on the pictures taken.

Select [CLOCK SET] to set the current date and time in advance. (P15)

1 Press [MENU/SET] and then press 2.

2 Press 4 to select the [SETUP] menu icon [] and then press 1.

3 Press 3/4 to select

[WORLD TIME] and then press 1.

SETUP

 

1/4

CLOCK SET

 

 

WORLD TIME

 

 

MONITOR

 

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TRAVEL DATE

 

OFF

AUTO REVIEW

1SEC.

SELECT

EXIT MENU

If you are setting the world time for the first time, the message [PLEASE SET THE HOME AREA] appears. If this message appears, press [MENU/SET] and then set home area from the screen shown in step 2 in “Setting the home are [HOME]”.

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Setting the home area [HOME]

(Perform steps 1, 2 and 3.)

1Press 4 to select [HOME] and then press [MENU/SET] to set.

WORLD TIME

DESTINATION

HOME

10:00 1.DEC. 2007

 

 

MENU

CANCEL SELECT SET

MENU

SET

 

 

2Press 2/1 to select your home area and then press [MENU/SET] to set.

10:00

 

 

Toronto

 

 

New York

 

 

Miami

 

 

Lima

 

MENU

GMT -5:00

CANCEL

SET

SELECT

SET MENU

The current time is displayed on the top left of the screen and the time difference from GMT “Greenwich Mean Time” is displayed on the bottom left of the screen.

If daylight saving time [ ] is used at the home area, press 3. Press 3

again to return to the original time.

The daylight saving time setting for the home area does not advance the current time. Advance the clock setting by one hour. (P15)

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Panasonic DMC-FX12, DMC-FX10, DMCFX12S Displaying the Time at Travel Destination World Time, Setting the home area Home

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