Changing the menu settings

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOCK SET

 

To reset the date or time (p. 43)

CAMERA

 

AUTO DATE

zON

To record the date for 10 seconds after

CAMERA

 

 

 

recording has started

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the auto date function

 

 

LTR SIZE

zNORMAL

To display selected menu items in normal size

PLAYER

 

 

To display selected menu items at twice the

CAMERA

 

 

 

normal size

 

 

DEMO MODE

zON

To make the demonstration appear

CAMERA

 

 

OFF

To cancel the demonstration mode

 

Notes on DEMO MODE

•You cannot select DEMO MODE when a cassette is inserted in your camcorder. •DEMO MODE is set to STBY (Standby) at the factory and the demonstration starts

about 10 minutes after you have set the POWER switch to CAMERA without a cassette inserted.

To cancel the demonstration, insert a cassette, set the POWER switch to other than CAMERA, or set DEMO MODE to OFF.

•When NIGHTSHOT is set to ON, the NIGHTSHOT indicator appears in the viewfinder and you cannot select DEMO MODE in the menu settings.

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD TIME

 

To set the clock to the local time. Turn the SEL/

CAMERA

 

 

 

PUSH EXEC dial to set a time difference. The

 

 

 

 

clock changes by the time difference you set

 

 

 

 

here. If you set the time difference to 0, the

 

 

 

 

clock returns to the originally set time.

 

 

BEEP

zMELODY

To output the melody when you start/stop

PLAYER

 

 

 

recording or when an unusual condition occurs

CAMERA

 

 

 

on your camcorder

 

 

 

NORMAL

To output the beep sound instead of the

 

 

 

 

melody

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the melody and beep sound

 

 

REC LAMP

zON

To light up the camera recording lamp at the

CAMERA

 

 

 

front of your camcorder

 

 

 

OFF

To turn the camera recording lamp off so that

 

 

 

 

the subject is not aware of the recording

 

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