Changing the menu settings

Icon/item

Mode

Meaning

POWER

switch

 

OTHERS

 

 

 

 

DATA CODE

zDATE/CAM

To display date, time and various settings during

 

 

(On the Remote

 

playback when you press DATA CODE on the

 

 

Commander)

 

Remote Commander (p. 40)

 

 

 

DATE

To display date and time during playback when

 

 

 

 

you press DATA CODE on the Remote

 

 

 

 

Commander

 

 

AREA SET

——

Temporarily change the area where you are using

 

 

 

 

your camcorder

 

 

DST SET*

zOFF

Not during daylight saving time

 

 

 

ON

During daylight saving time

 

 

BEEP

zMELODY

To output the melody when you start/stop

 

 

 

 

recording or when an unusual condition occurs

 

 

 

 

on your camcorder

 

 

 

NORMAL

To output the beep instead of the melody

 

 

 

OFF

To cancel melody, the beep sound and shutter

 

 

 

 

sound

 

 

COMMANDER

zON

To activate the Remote Commander supplied

 

 

 

 

with your camcorder

 

 

 

OFF

To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid

 

 

 

 

remote control misoperation 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

 

* Instead of DST, SUMMERTIME appears on the screen for some models.

Note

If you press DISPLAY/BATT INFO 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 the output jacks on the TV or VCR.

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