Preparations 5 Using SETUP menu

‘CLOCK SET’, ‘AUTO REVIEW’ and ‘ECONOMY’ are important for clock setting and battery life. Be sure to check these before use. (Setting method : P.20)

Default setting :

Item

 

 

 

 

Settings, notes

CLOCK SET

Set time, date, and display format.

 

 

 

 

 

Set the date and time.

 

 

 

 

 

(P.19)

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD TIME

 

 

DESTINATION: Set the local time at overseas

Set the local time at an

 

 

 

 

destination (P.54).

overseas destination.

 

 

HOME: Set date and time at home area.

(P.54)

 

 

 

 

 

MONITOR

+1 - +3:

Brighter

 

±0 :

Standard

 

Adjust the brightness of

 

the LCD monitor

−1 - −3: Darker

 

(7 levels).

 

 

 

 

 

LCD MODE

 

OFF

 

: Normal (cancel setting)

Make LCD monitor easier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to see.

 

 

AUTO POWER LCD: The Power LCD is automatically

 

 

 

 

 

activated in bright places such

 

 

 

 

 

as outdoors etc.

 

 

 

POWER LCD

: Makes screen brighter than normal

 

 

 

 

 

(for outdoor use).

 

 

 

HIGH ANGLE

: Makes screen easier to see when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

taking pictures from high positions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(becomes harder to see from the front)

‘HIGH ANGLE’ will be canceled when power is turned off (including POWER SAVE).

Block out sunlight (with hand, etc.) if reflection makes screen difficult to see.

‘AUTO POWER LCD’ or ‘HIGH ANGLE’ cannot be used in the following cases.

During playback mode or menu screen display, or when connected to computer/printer.

‘POWER LCD’ will be deactivated if no operations are performed for 30 seconds while recording. (Brightness can be restored by pressing any button)

Brightness/color of screen in ‘LCD MODE’ has no effect on pictures recorded.

Make general camera settings such as adjusting the clock, extending the battery life, and changing the beep sounds.

Item

 

Settings, notes

BEEP

BEEP LEVEL

Change or mute the

/

/ : Mute/Low/High

beep/shutter sounds.

BEEP TONE

 

// : Change beep tone.

 

SHUTTER VOL.

 

/

/

: Mute/Low/High

 

 

 

SHUTTER TONE

 

/

/

: Change shutter tone.

 

 

 

VOLUME

0 • •

LEVEL3 • • LEVEL6

• Cannot be used to adjust TV speaker volume when

Adjust volume of sound

connected to TV. (We recommend setting camera volume

from speakers (7 levels).

to 0)

 

 

 

 

 

GUIDE LINE

REC. INFO.

Select recording

OFF /ON (Display recording information with guide lines.)

information display and

 

 

 

PATTERN

 

types of guidelines.

 

 

/ : Change the patterns of guide lines.

(P.37)

 

Only may be used in INTELLIGENT AUTO mode and CLIPBOARD mode.

HISTOGRAM

OFF /ON

Check subject brightness

 

on graph. (P.37)

 

TRAVEL DATE

TRAVEL SETUP

Record the number of

OFF /SET (Register departure and return dates)

days elapsed in your

 

LOCATION

travels. (P.53)

OFF /SET (Input name of destination.) (P. 72)

 

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Panasonic DMC-TZ50 operating instructions Preparations 5 Using Setup menu