Changing the menu settings

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS

 

 

 

 

DATA CODE

zDATE/CAM

To press DATA CODE on the Remote Commander to

PLAYER/VCR

 

 

 

display date, time and various settings during

MEMORY

 

 

 

playback (p. 52)

 

 

 

DATE

To press DATA CODE on the Remote Commander to

 

 

 

 

display date and time during playback

 

 

WORLD TIME

—

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

CAMERA

 

 

 

EXEC dial to set a time difference. The clock changes

MEMORY

 

 

 

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 recording

PLAYER/VCR

 

 

 

or when an unusual condition occurs on your

CAMERA

 

 

 

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

PLAYER/VCR

 

 

 

your camcorder

CAMERA

 

 

OFF

To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid

MEMORY

 

 

 

erroneous remote control operation caused by other VCR’s remote control

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

PLAYER/VCR CAMERA MEMORY

 

REC LAMP

zON

To light up the camera recording lamp at the front of

CAMERA

 

 

 

your camcorder

MEMORY

 

 

OFF

To turn the camera recording lamp off so that the

 

 

 

 

person is not aware of the recording

 

 

VIDEO EDIT

zRETURN*

To cancel video editing

PLAYER/VCR

 

 

TAPE*

To make programme and perform video editing

 

 

 

 

(p. 104)

 

 

 

MEMORY*

To make programme and perform MPEG editing

 

 

 

 

(p. 175)

 

* Except DCR-TRV16E/TRV116E

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.

In more than five minutes after removing the power supply

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

Other menu settings are held in memory even when the battery is removed.

When recording a close subject

When REC LAMP is set to ON, the red camera recording lamp on the front of the camcorder may

242reflect on the subject if it is close. In this case, we recommend that you set REC LAMP to OFF.