Changing the menu settings

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Mode

Meaning

POWER switch

 

qREMAIN

z AUTO

To display the remaining tape indication:

VCR

 

 

 

• for about eight seconds after your camcorder is

CAMERA

 

 

 

turned on and calculates the remaining amount

 

 

 

 

of tape

 

 

 

 

• for about eight seconds after a cassette is inserted

 

 

 

 

and your camcorder calculates the remaining

 

 

 

 

amount of tape

 

 

 

 

• for about eight seconds after Nis pressed in

 

 

 

 

VCR mode

 

 

 

 

• for about eight seconds after DISPLAY is pressed

 

 

 

 

to display the screen indicators

 

 

 

 

• for the period of tape rewinding, forwarding or

 

 

 

 

picture search in the VCR mode

 

 

 

ON

To always display the remaining tape indicator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATA CODE

z DATE/CAM

To display date, time and various settings during

VCR

 

 

 

playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE

To display date and time during playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIC LEVEL

z AUTO

Adjusts audio recording level automatically.

VCR

 

 

 

 

CAMERA

 

 

MANUAL

Adjusts audio recording level manually (p. 73).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOCK SET

—

To reset the date or time (p. 168).

CAMERA

 

 

 

 

MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

LTR SIZE

z NORMAL

To display selected menu items in normal size.

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2⋅

To display selected menu items at twice the normal

CAMERA

 

 

 

size.

MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEMO MODE

z ON

To make the demonstration appear.

CAMERA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the demonstration mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD TIME

 

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

CAMERA

 

 

 

PUSH EXEC dial to set a time difference. The clock

MEMORY

 

 

 

changes by the time difference you set here. If you

 

 

 

 

set the time difference to 0, the clock returns to the

 

 

 

 

originally set time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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