Changing the menu settings

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

DATA CODE

zDATE/CAM

To display date, time and various settings

VCR

 

 

 

during playback. (p. 42, 168)

MEMORY

 

 

DATE

To display date and time during playback.

 

 

 

 

(p. 42, 168, 172)

 

 

WORLD TIME

—

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

CAMERA

 

 

 

PUSH EXEC dial to set a time difference. The

MEMORY

 

 

 

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

VCR

 

 

 

recording or when an unusual condition occurs

CAMERA

 

 

 

on your camcorder.

MEMORY

 

 

NORMAL

To output the beep instead of the melody.

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the melody and beep sound.

 

COMMANDER zON

To activate the Remote Commander supplied

 

 

with your camcorder.

 

OFF

To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid

 

 

remote control misoperation caused by other

 

 

VCR’s remote control.

VCR CAMERA MEMORY

DISPLAY

zLCD

To show the display on the LCD screen and in

 

 

the viewfinder.

 

V-OUT/LCD

To show the display on the TV screen, LCD

 

 

screen and in the viewfinder.

VCR CAMERA MEMORY

REC LAMP

zON

To light up the camera recording lamp at the

 

 

front of your camcorder.

 

OFF

To turn the camera recording lamp off so that

 

 

the person is not aware of the recording.

CAMERA MEMORY

 

VIDEO EDIT

—

To make program and perform video editing

VCR

 

 

 

(p. 98).

 

 

EDIT SET

—

To adjust and set the synchronicity of your

VCR

 

 

 

camcorder and a VCR for dubbing in edit set

 

 

 

 

mode (p. 95).

 

Note

If you press DISPLAY with DISPLAY set to V-OUT/LCD in the menu settings, the picture from a TV or VCR will not appear on the LCD screen even when your camcorder is connected to outputs on the TV or VCR.

When recording a close subject

When REC LAMP is set to ON, the red camera recording lamp on the front of the camcorder may reflect on the subject if it is close. In this case, we recommend you set REC LAMP to OFF.

In more than five minutes after removing the power source

The “AUDIO MIX”, “COMMANDER”, “HiFi SOUND”, and “WHT BAL” items are returned to their factory settings.

The other menu items are held in memory even when the battery is removed.

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