Using the (OTHERS)

menu – CLOCK SET/WORLD TIME, etc.

You can select the items listed below on the OTHERS menu. For details on how to select these items, see “Selecting menu items” (p. 58). The default settings are marked with G. The indicators in parentheses appear when the

setting is selected. The settings you can adjust vary depending on the power mode of your camcorder. The screen shows the items you can operate at the moment. Unavailable items will be grayed out.

OTHERSSTBY

RETURN

ASS I GN BTN

CLOCK SET

WORLD T I ME

LANGUAGE

QU I CK REC

BEEP

REC LAMP

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ASSIGN BTN

You can assign functions to the ASSIGN buttons (p. 87).

CLOCK SET

You can set the date and time (p. 17).

WORLD TIME

You can adjust the time difference when using your camcorder abroad. Set the time difference by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial, the clock will be adjusted in accordance with the time difference. If you set the time difference to 0, the clock returns to the originally set time.

LANGUAGE

You can select or change the language used for the on-screen display (p. 19). For HVR-Z1E:

You can select from German, Greek, English, Simplified English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russia, Arabic, or Persian.

For HVR-Z1P:

You can select from English, Simplified English, Simplified-Chinese, or

Traditional-Chinese.

QUICK REC

When the camcorder is left in recording standby for more than about 3 minutes, your camcorder exits the recording standby mode (the drum stops rotating) to prevent tape wear and battery loss. Since the power does not turn off, you can restart recording by pressing REC START/STOP again.

Menu the Using

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