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1 Remove the lens cap by pressing
both tabs on the sides of the cap.
Pull the lens cap string down until
stopped by the grip belt (DCR-
SR40).
2 Turn on the power by sliding the
POWER switch in the direction of
the arrow while pressing the green
button in the center.
When you record or play back an image,
slide the POWER switch in the direction
of the arrow repeatedly until the
respective lamp lights up.
(Movie): To record movies
(Still): To record still images
(PLAY/EDIT): To play back images on
your camcorder, or to edit/delete them
3 Select the desired geographical
area with / , then touch .
4 Set [DST], [Y] (year), [M] (month),
[D] (day), hour and minute.
The clock starts.
• The recording date and time are not displayed
during recording but are automatically recorded
onto the hard disk and displayed during playback
(see “Handycam Handbook” (PDF)).
• Instead of [DST], [SUMMERTIME] is displayed
for some models.
When resetting the date and time
You can set the desired date and time by
touching t [SETUP] t
TIME/LANGU. t [CLOCK SET]
(p.24).
Step 3: Turning the power on and setting the date
and time
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CLOCK SET
AREA26
New york , Bogota
GMT -5.0
DATE
2006 Y JAN M 1 12 00D
DST
OFF
OK
AM
When using the camcorder for
the first time, the [CLOCK SET]
screen appears on the LCD
screen.
Touch the
button on the
LCD screen.