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Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings
Icon/item
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC LAMP
COLOR BAR
VIDEO EDIT
EDIT SET
Mode
zMELODY
NORMAL
OFF
zON
OFF
zLCD
V-OUT/LCD
zON
OFF
zOFF
ON
Meaning
To chime a melody in normal operations,
and beep a warning sound for five seconds.
To beep in the following situations:
turning on the power, pressing the start/
stop button, and when a warning message
appears.
To cancel the melody, beep, and shutter
click sound.
To activate the Remote Commander
supplied with your camcorder.
To deactivate the Remote Commander to
avoid remote control misoperation caused
by an other VCR’s remote control.
To show the display on the LCD screen and
viewfinder screen.
To show the display on a TV screen, LCD
screen and viewfinder screen.
To light up the camera recording lamps at
the front and rear of your camcorder.
To turn the camera recording lamps off.
Does not display the color bar.
Displays the color bar.
To make programs and perform video
editing (p. 83).
To adjust and set the synchronization of
your camcorder and a VCR for dubbing in
video program editing mode (p. 76).
POWER
switch
VCR
CAMERA
MEMORY
VCR
CAMERA
MEMORY
VCR
CAMERA
MEMORY
CAMERA
MEMORY
CAMERA
VCR
VCR
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 (except using an i.LINK cable (DV
connecting cable)).
When recording a close subject
When REC LAMP is set to ON, the red camera recording lamps on the front and rear of
the camcorder may reflect on the subject if it is close. In this case, we recommend you
set REC LAMP to OFF.
After more than five minutes after removing the power source
The “PROG. SCAN,” “HiFi SOUND,” “AUDIO MIX,” “MIC LEVEL,” and
“COMMANDER” items are returned to their default settings.
The other menu items are held in memory even when the power source is removed.