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Getting started
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/
MEMORY unless you set the date and time settings.
If you do not use your camcorder for about four months, the date and time settings may
be released (bars may appear) because the built-in rechargeable battery installed in your
camcorder will have been discharged (p. 172).
First, set the year, then the month, the day, the hour and then the minute.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY, 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.
The year changes as follows:
If you do not set the date and time
“– –:– –:– –” is recorded on the data code of 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.
•12:00 PM stands for noon.
Step 2 Setting the date and time
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3
6
MENU
MANUAL SET
CLOCK SET
A
UTO Z TVL O N
TVTINPUT
[
MENU
]
:
END
SETUP MENU
CLOCK SET
AUTO TV ON
––
:
–
–:––
TV INPUT
LTR SIZE
DEMO MODE
RETURN
[
MENU
]
:
END
SETUP MENU
CLOCK SET
AUTO TV ON
JAN
12001
TV INPUT
LTR SIZE
DEMO MODE
12 00
AM
RETURN
[
MENU
]
:
END
SETUP MENU
CLOCK SET
AUTO TV ON
JUL
42001
TV INPUT
LTR SIZE
DEMO MODE
530
PM
RETURN
[
MENU
]
:
END
SETUP MENU
CLOCK SET
AUTO TV ON
JUL
42001
5:30:00
PM
TV INPUT
LTR SIZE
DEMO MODE
RETURN
[
MENU
]
:
END
JAN
12001
12 00
AM
L TROSIZ E
D
EMO Z MO D O N
JAN
12001
12 00
AM
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