Panasonic DMC-FX38 operating instructions Setting the Menu, Changing the clock setting

Preparation

Changing the clock setting

Select [CLOCK SET] in the [REC] or [SETUP] menu, and press 1. (P18)

•It can be changed in steps 3 and 4 to set the clock.

•The clock setting is maintained for 3 months using the built-in clock battery even without the battery. (Leave the charged battery in the unit for 24 hours to charge the built-in battery.)

Note

•The clock is displayed when [DISPLAY] is pressed several times during recording.

•You can set the year from 2000 to 2099.

•If the clock is not set, the correct date cannot be printed when you stamp the date on the pictures with [TEXT STAMP] (P78) or order a photo studio to print the pictures.

•If the clock is set, the correct date can be printed even if the date is not displayed on the screen of the camera.

Setting the Menu

The camera comes with menus that allow you to set the settings for taking pictures and playing them back just as you like and menus that enable you to have more fun with the camera and use it more easily.

In particular, the [SETUP] menu contains some important settings relating to the camera’s clock and power. Check the settings of this menu before proceeding to use the camera.

[MODE] playback mode menu (P31, 71 to74)

• This menu lets you
select the setting of
the playback methods
such as playback or
slide show of only the
pictures set as	A [REC]/[PLAYBACK] selector switch
[FAVORITE].
( [PLAYBACK] mode menu (P76 to 88)	! [REC] mode menu (P58 to 67)
• This menu lets you	• This menu lets you
make the rotation,	set the colouring,
protection, trimming	sensitivity, aspect
or DPOF settings, etc.	ratio, number of pixels
of recorded pictures.	and other aspects of
	the pictures you are
	recording.

[SETUP] menu (P20 to 23)

•This menu lets you perform the clock settings, select the operating beep tone settings and set other settings which make it easier for you to operate the camera.

•The [SETUP] menu can be set from either the [REC MODE] or [PLAYBACK MODE].

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