JVC Compact VHS Camcorder User Manual


 
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FEATURE: Date/Time/Character Insert
PURPOSE: To display the date and time in the
viewfinder or on a connected colour
monitor, as well as to record them
manually or automatically.
OPERATION: 1)Turn the Select Dial to any
position except AUTO LOCK.
2)Choose a display mode by
pressing DATE/TIME repeatedly
while in Record-Standby to cycle
through the modes as shown in the
illustration to the left.
You should have already
performed the Date/Time Setting
procedure (pg. 7). If you
haven’t, do so first.
NOTES:
DISPLAY
The selected display can be
recorded.
If you don’t want to record the
display, select the Date-off mode
before shooting.
If you want to delete the display
during shooting, press DATE/TIME.
To recall the display, engage the
Record-Standby mode and press
DATE/TIME repeatedly until the
desired display appears.
AUTO DATE RECORD
Your camcorder automatically
records the date for about 5
seconds after recording is initiated
in the following situations:
After changing the date.
After loading a cassette.
After Auto Date Record mode is
selected by pressing DATE/TIME.
In this mode, the date is replaced
after 5 seconds with “AUTO DATE”
but this is not recorded.
Setting the Select Dial to AUTO
LOCK always engages the Auto
Date Record mode, and disables
all other modes.
Auto Date
Record mode
Date-off mode
(No display)
Date display
Time display
Date/Time display
The characters you have set using
Character Generator (
pg. 22)
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Date display
Time display
Date/Time display
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Auto Date Record mode
DATE/TIME
Select Dial
Display