Advanced (Recording pictures)

Finishing setting the home area

If you are setting the home area for the first time, the screen returns to the screen shown in step 1 of “Setting the home area [HOME]”after you press [MENU/ SET] to set your home area. Press 2 to return to the screen shown in step 3 and then press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

If you are setting the home area for the

second time etc., the screen returns to the screen shown in step 3 after you press

[MENU/SET] to set your home area. Press [MENU/SET] again to close the menu.

Setting the travel destination area

(Perform steps 1, 2 and 3.)

1Press 3 to select [DESTINATION] and then press [MENU/SET] to set.

WORLD TIME

DESTINATION

HOME

--:-- --. --.----

 

 

MENU

CANCEL SELECT SET

MENU

SET

 

 

A: Depending on the setting, the time at

the travel destination area or the home area is displayed.

If you are setting the travel destination area for the first time, the date and time are displayed as shown in the screen

above.

2Press 2/1 to select the area the travel destination is in and then press [MENU/ SET] to set.

10:00

0:00

 

Seoul

 

 

Tokyo

 

MENU

+14:00

CANCEL

SET

SELECT

SET MENU

The current time at the selected travel destination area is displayed on the top right of the screen and the time

difference from the home area is displayed at the bottom left of the screen.

• If daylight saving time [ ] is used at the travel destination, press 3. (The time advances by one hour.) Press 3 again to return to the original time.

3Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

SETUP

 

1/4

 

CLOCK SET

 

 

 

WORLD TIME

 

 

MENU

MONITOR

 

n0

 

SET

TRAVEL DATE

 

OFF

 

 

AUTO REVIEW

1SEC.

 

SELECT

EXIT MENU

 

The icon changes from [ ] to [ ] after setting the travel destination.

Return the setting to [HOME] when the

vacation is finished by performing steps 1, 2, 3 and then steps 1 and 2 of

“Setting the home area [HOME]”. (P56)

If you cannot find the travel destination in the areas displayed on the screen, set by the time difference from the home area.

The [WORLD TIME] setting also affects simple mode [ ].

The travel destination icon [ ] appears when playing back pictures taken at the

travel destination.

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Panasonic DMC-FX10, DMC-FX12 Finishing setting the home area, Setting the travel destination area, Travel destination

DMCFX12S, DMC-FX10, DMCFX12K, DMC-FX12 specifications

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