Changing the menu settings

 

 

 

 

POWER

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

switch

 

 

 

 

 

OTHERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATA CODE

zDATE/CAM

To press DATA CODE on the Remote

VCR

 

 

 

Commander to display date, time and various

MEMORY

 

 

 

settings during playback (p. 39)

 

 

 

DATE

To press DATA CODE on the Remote

 

 

 

 

Commander to display date and time during

 

 

 

 

playback

 

 

WORLD TIME

—

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

CAMERA

 

 

 

PUSH EXEC dial to set a time difference. The

MEMORY

 

 

 

clock changes by the time difference you set

 

 

 

 

here. If you set the time difference to 0, the clock

 

 

 

 

returns to the originally set time.

 

 

BEEP

zMELODY

To output the melody when you start/stop

VCR

 

 

 

recording or when an unusual condition occurs

CAMERA

 

 

 

on your camcorder

MEMORY

 

 

NORMAL

To output the beep instead of the melody

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel the melody and beep sound

 

 

COMMANDER zON

To activate the Remote Commander supplied

VCR

 

 

 

with your camcorder

CAMERA

 

 

OFF

To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid

MEMORY

 

 

 

erroneous remote control operation caused by other VCR’s remote control.

DISPLAY

zLCD

To show the display on the LCD screen and in

 

 

the viewfinder

 

V-OUT/LCD

To show the display on the TV screen, LCD

 

 

screen and in the viewfinder

VCR CAMERA MEMORY

 

REC LAMP

zON

To light up the camera recording lamp at the

CAMERA

 

 

 

front of your camcorder

MEMORY

 

 

OFF

To turn the camera recording lamp off so that

 

 

 

 

the person is not aware of the recording

 

 

VIDEO EDIT

zRETURN*

To cancel video editing

VCR

 

 

TAPE*

To make program and perform video editing

 

 

 

 

(p. 78)

 

 

 

MEMORY*

To make program and perform MPEG editing

 

 

 

 

(p. 132)

 

* Except DCR-TRV16

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.

In more than five minutes after removing the power source

The “PROGRAM AE”, “AUDIO MIX”, “COMMANDER”, “HiFi SOUND”, and “WHT BAL” settings are returned to their factory settings.

Other menu settings are held in memory even when the battery is removed.When recording a close subjectWhen REC LAMP is set to ON, the red camera recording lamp on the front of the

184 camcorder may reflect on the subject if it is close. In this case, we recommend that you set REC LAMP to OFF.