World time setting (Displaying the time of the travel destination)

It is possible to display and record the time at the travel destination by selecting your home region and the travel destination.

1 Select the menu. (l 21)

[BASIC] # [SET WORLD TIME] # [YES]

If the clock is not set, adjust the clock to the current time. (l 24)

When the [HOME] (your home region) is not set, such as the time for the initial settings, the message appears. Press the joystick to move to Step 3.

2 (Only when setting your home region)

Select [HOME] and press the joystick.

3 (Only when setting your home region)

Select your home region and enter the selection with the joystick.

When the home is in summer time period,

move the joystick up. [ ] appears and the summer time setting is turned on; the clock is set forward by one hour. Move the joystick up again to return to the normal time setting.

The current time appears on the left top of the screen. The time difference from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) appears on the left bottom of the screen.

4 (Only when setting the region of your travel destination)

destination appears after setting the home region successively. If the home region has already been set once, execute the menu operation for Step 1.

5 (Only when setting the region of your travel destination)

Select your travel destination and enter the selection with the joystick.

When the destination is in summer time

period, move the joystick up. [ ] appears and the summer time setting is turned on; the clock is set forward by one hour. Move the joystick up again to return to the normal time setting.

The local time at the selected travel destination appears on the right top of the screen. The time difference between the travel destination and the home region appears on the left bottom of the screen.

Close the setting by pressing the MENU

button. [ ] appears and the time of the travel destination is indicated.

To return the display to the home setting Set the home region using Step 1 to 3, and close the setting by pressing the MENU button.

If you cannot find your travel destination in the area shown on the screen, set it by using the time difference from your home region.

Select [DESTINATION] and press the joystick.

When the home region is set for the first time, the screen for selecting home/travel

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Panasonic SDR-H80 operating instructions Select Home and press the joystick, Select Destination and press the joystick

SDR-H80 specifications

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