preparation

Setting the date and time

Set the date and time when using this DVD camcorder for the first time. The recording date/time is recorded on the movie/photo images.

1.Touch the Menu () tab.

•The menu will appear.

2.Touch the Settings () tab.

•The settings menu will appear.

3.Touch the up () / down () tab until “Date/Time Set” is displayed.

4.Touch “Date/Time Set.”

•The day will be selected.

5.Touch the desired item (day, month, year, hour, minute) and then set values by touching the up ( ▲ ) / down ( ▼ ) tab.

6.Touch the OK ( OK ) tab to save the date and time.

•If you touch the Exit () or Return () tab to exit without touching the OK ( OK ) tab, the date and time are not changed.

•This DVD camcorder incorporates a built-in rechargeable battery to store the date and time in memory. If this built-in lithium battery is exhausted, the date and time will be reset as “01/JAN/2007 00:00.” To prevent this, connect the AC power adaptor to DVD camcorder every 6 months and leave it to charge for at least 24 hours with the DVD camcorder turned off: The built-in lithium battery will be charged.

•You can set the year up to 2040.

•The date and time do not appear during recording, but they are automatically recorded on the storage media, and can be displayed when you turn the date and time display on.

Turning the date and time display on/off

STBY 00:00:00 [95Min]

60

Min

1

Date/Time Set

1

Date/Time

1 / 4

1 File No.

 

LCD Control

 

Date/Time Set

 

 

 

Day

 

Month

Year

▲

01

/

JAN

/ 2007

▼ 00 : 00

OK

To switch the date and time display on or off, access the menu and change the date/time mode. page 69

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