3 Press the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ITEM switch repeatedly toward

 

the ITEM position, until the ID (one of ID-1 to ID-4) you wish to set

 

has the cursor to the left of it (or use the rotary encoder).

 

When you press the rotary encoder once more, a question mark

 

appears by the selected ID, and a character position selection cursor

 

() also appears (the character setting mode).

 

4 Press the rotary encoder repeatedly until the character position

4

cursor indicates the character you wish to set.

 

 

Each time you press the rotary encoder, the cursor moves one position to the right. If you press it when the cursor is at the right end, the cursor disappears, the camcorder exits from the character setting mode.

5 Turn the rotary encoder until the character you wish to set appears.

Turn the rotary encoder clockwise as seen from the front of the camera to cycle the character from the alphabet, through space (π), the symbols, and the digits, in that order. Turn the rotary encoder counterclockwise to cycle through the characters in the reverse direction.

It is also possible to enter a space when the character position cursor () is in the required character position, by pressing the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ITEM switch toward the CANCEL/PRST position.

To set more characters, go to step 6, and to end character setting go to step 7.

6 Press the rotary encoder to advance the character position cursor to the next position, then return to step 5 to set a character.

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