Step 2 Setting the date and time

Set the date and time settings when you use your camcorder for the first time. “CLOCK SET” will be displayed each time that you set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY unless you set the date and time settings.

If you do not use your camcorder for about half a year, the date and time settings may be released (bars may appear) because the built-in rechargeable battery will have been discharged (p. 154).

First, set the year, then the month, the day, the hour and then the minute.

(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY, and then press MENU to display the menu settings.

(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select , then press the dial.

(3) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select CLOCK SET, then press the dial.

(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to adjust the desired year, then press the dial.

(5) Set the month, day and hour by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial and pressing the dial.

(6) Set the minute by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial and pressing the dial by the time signal. The clock starts to move.

(7) Press MENU to make the menu settings disappear.

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2

3

started Getting

MENU

MENU

S E T UP

MENU

 

S E T UP

MENU

 

S E T UP

–:–: – –

 

C L OCK

S E T

C L OC K

S E T

C L OCK

S E T

 

AU TO

T V ON

AU TO

T V ON

 

AU TO

T V

ON

 

T V I NPU T

T V I NPU T

 

T V I NPU T

2001 J AN

1

L T R S I Z E

L T R S I Z E

 

L T R S I Z E

 

 

L ANGUAGE

L ANGUAGE

 

L ANGUAGE

 

 

DEMO MODE

DEMO MODE

 

DEMO MODE

 

 

 

RE T URN

 

RE T URN

12 00

AM

[ ME NU ] : END

[ MENU ] : END

 

[ MENU ] : END

 

6

4

2 0 0 1

J A N 1

2 0 0 1

J A N

1

1 2 0 0 AM

1 2 0 0

S E T UP

MENU

 

C L OCK

S E T

 

 

AU TO

T V

ON

2001 J U L

4

T V

I NPU T

 

L T R

S I Z E

 

 

 

L ANGUAGE

 

 

 

DEMO MODE

 

RE T URN

5 30

PM

[ MENU ] : END

S E T UP

MENU

J U L 4 2001

C L OCK

S E T

AU TO

T V ON

5 :30:00 PM

T V

I NPU T

 

L T R

S I Z E

 

L ANGUAGE

DEMO MODE

RE T URN

[ MENU ] : END

The year changes as follows:

1995

T · · · · t 2001 T · · · · t 2079

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you do not set the date and time

“--- -- ----

“--:--:--” is recorded on the tape and the “Memory Stick.”

Note on the time indicator

 

The internal clock of your camcorder operates on a 12-hour cycle.

 

•12:00 AM stands for midnight.

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•12:00 PM stands for noon.