Recharging the built-in battery

The camera’s internal battery saves the date and

time. “ ” appears on the screen of the viewfinder or LCD when the internal battery is running low on charge.

Do the following to recharge it.

Reset the date and time when fully recharged.

1 Connect the AC adapter. (Page 10)

2 Leave the POWER switch at OFF.

3 Leave the camera-recorder like this for about 4 hours.

•The internal battery charges during this time.

•Recharge the battery regularly to ensure correct TC and menu operations.

Setting user information

Setting user information allows you to store 8-digit information (such as the date and time) in the hexadecimal format on the tape’s sub code track. User information is automatically saved in the memory and retained after you turn off the power.

1 Set the POWER switch to ON.

2 In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen UB MODE, select USER.

•For menu operation (Page 66)

•You can also use the menu buttons on the

remote control. (Page 19)

RECORDING SETUP

TC PRESET

- - - -

UB MODE

 

UB PRESET

- - - -

ONE-SHOT REC

OFF

REC TIME

0.5S

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

3 Move the OPERATION lever r to select UB PRESET.

RECORDING SETUP

TC PRESET

- - - -

UB MODE

USER

UB PRESET

 

 

ONE-SHOT REC

OFF

REC TIME

0.5S

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

4 Press the OPERATION lever [h] (or move it y), move it r to select YES and press [h] again.

 

RECORDING SETUP

 

TC PRESET

- - - -

 

UB MODE

USER

 

UB PRESET

 

YES

 

ONE-SHOT REC

 

REC TIME

0.5S

 

OPERATION lever to set the user information.

Preparations

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

 

 

 

 

5 The following screen appears, so use the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UB PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

0

 

+/- : PUSH PLAY/STOP

SEL : PUSH REW/FF

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

Move the OPERATION lever e or r to select the characters for the user information.

•You can use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F.

UB PRESET

F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

+/- : PUSH PLAY/STOP

SEL : PUSH REW/FF

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

Move the OPERATION lever t or y to move to the next digit.

UB PRESET

F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

+/- : PUSH PLAY/STOP

SEL : PUSH REW/FF

PUSH MENU TO RETURN

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