Changing the menu settings

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

CLOCK SET

 

To reset the date or time (p. 75)

CAMERA

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO DATE

z ON

To record the date for 10 seconds after recording

CAMERA

 

 

 

has started

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the auto date function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LTR SIZE

z NORMAL

To display selected menu items in normal size

PLAYER

 

 

×

To display selected menu items at twice the normal

CAMERA

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEMO MODE

z ON

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

z MELODY

To output the melody when you start/stop

PLAYER

 

 

 

recording or when an unusual condition occurs on

CAMERA

 

 

 

your camcorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMAL

To output the beep sound instead of the melody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the melody and beep sound

 

 

COMMANDER

z ON

To activate the Remote Commander supplied with

PLAYER

(CCD-TR427E/

 

your camcorder

CAMERA

TR617E/

OFF

To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid

 

TR717E/

 

remote control misoperation caused by other VCR’s

 

TR918E only)

 

remote control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC LAMP

z ON

To light up the camera recording lamp at the front

CAMERA

 

 

 

of your camcorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

To turn the camera recording lamp off so that the

 

 

 

 

subject is not aware of the recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDICATOR

z BL OFF

To turn off the backlight on display window

PLAYER

 

(CCD-TR918E

 

 

CAMERA

 

BL ON

To turn on the backlight

 

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes on INDICATOR (CCD-TR918E only)

•When you select “BL ON”, battery life is reduced by about 10 percent during recording. •When you use power sources other than the battery pack, “BL ON” is automatically selected.

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