Applications 9 Useful features for travel

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WORLD TIME

(Registering local time at your overseas destination)

Set-up:• Clock must be set in advance (P.19).

Press ‘MENU/SET’ → ‘SETUP MENU’ → Select ‘WORLD TIME’ (P.20)

‘PLEASE SET THE HOME AREA’ will be displayed when setting for the first time. In this case, press ‘MENU/SET’ and skip to step 2.

Set home area

Select ‘HOME’

1

WORLD TIME

 

 

DESTINATION

 

 

HOME

 

 

10:00 MAR.15.2008

2

CANCEL

SELECT

SET

Set your home area

Current time

 

10:00

 

To cancel

 

 

 

 

Toronto

 

Press .

 

New York

 

 

 

Miami

 

 

 

Lima

 

 

 

GMT-5:00

 

 

 

CANCEL

SELECT

SET

Difference with GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

City/area name

Screen from step 1 will then be displayed only when camera is used for the first time (or has been reset).

To close menu, press ‘MENU/SET’ 3 times.

3 Finish

Set destination area

Select ‘DESTINATION’

1

WORLD TIME

 

DESTINATION

 

 

HOME

2

CANCEL

SELECT SET

Set destination area

Current time at selected

destination

 

10:00

0:30 To cancel

 

 

 

 

Press .

Adelaide

+ 14:30

CANCEL SELECT SET

Difference with home time

City/area name

If actual destination is unavailable, select based on ‘difference with home time’.

3 Finish

Upon your return Go through steps 1, 2 and 3 on the upper left, and return to the original time.

To set/release summer time

Press ▲ in step 2. (Press again to release)

Clock settings will not be changed even if home summer time is set. Advance the clock setting by one hour.

Pictures recorded when set to destination will be displayed with in playback mode.

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Panasonic DMC-TZ5, DMC-TZ4 World Time, Registering local time at your overseas destination, Set your home area

DMC-TZ5, DMC-TZ4 specifications

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