Setting the Clock

When you turn the camcorder on for the first time after purchasing or replacing the backup battery (page 149), the Initial Setting display appears in the viewfinder.

Set the date and time of the built-in clock, using this display.

INITIAL SETTING

Time Zone: UTC +09:00 TOKYO

Date / Time: 2008/01/01 00:00:00

Fi nish

Time Zone

The value shows the time difference from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

Change the setting if needed.

Setting the time and date

Use the joystick on the handle or the jog dial on the side operation panel for setting.

Joystick

Jog dial

STATUS MENU

SEL/SET CANCEL

MONITOR VOL

 

THUMBNAIL SEL/SET CANCEL

 

16:9 WIDE SCREEN

 

 

IRIS

 

 

 

MANU

AUTO

 

 

10

MACRO

ND

 

 

 

FILTER

 

8.5

 

 

 

2

 

FOCUS

 

 

 

 

1

-

 

 

 

 

FULL AUTO

 

 

 

OFF

+ FRAME

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

W-EX

 

 

 

 

PM

 

 

 

STATUS

MENU

 

 

 

 

1 Tilt the joystick or turn the jog dial to set the cursor to “Date/Time” then press the joystick or dial.

The cursor moves to the year-setting column.

INITIAL SETTING

Time Zone: UTC +09:00 TOKYO

Date / Time: 2008/01/01 00:00:00 SET

F i n i sh

2 Tilt the joystick or turn the jog dial to set the year then press the joystick or dial.

The cursor moves to the month-setting column.

3 Set the month, day, hour, minute, and second in sequence in the same manner.

When you press the joystick or the jog dial at “SET,” the cursor moves back to “Date/ Time.”

4 Move the cursor to “Finish” then press the joystick or dial.

The Initial Setting display disappears, and the clock setting is completed.

The camcorder enters the operation mode (Camera mode or Media mode) you selected with the power switch.

Once after the Initial Setting display disappears, the time zone and date/time settings can be changed using “Time Zone” (page 127) and “Clock Set” (page 127) of the OTHERS menu.

Notes

If the clock setting is cleared because of exhaustion of the backup battery while no operation power was being supplied (no battery pack and no DC IN connection), the Initial Setting display will be displayed when you turn the camcorder on at the next opportunity.

While the Initial Setting display is shown, no other operation except turning the power off is permitted until you finish the setting for this display.

Preparations

Setting the Clock 31