Preparations
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Changing the Time Zone
Change the time zone to match your location. The default setting is
New York. In addition, the camcorder is able to retain the date and time
of another location. This is convenient when you travel so that you can
set the camcorder to match the time of your home location or that of
your destination.
Operating modes:
1 Open the [Time Zone/DST] screen.
2 Touch [
"
] to set the home time zone, or [
#
] to set the time zone
of your destination when you are traveling.
3 Touch [
Í
] or [
Î
] to set the desired time zone. If necessary, touch
[
$
] to adjust for daylight saving time.
4 Touch [
X
] to close the menu.
Initializing the Memory
Initialize memory cards when you use them with this camcorder for the
first time. You can also initialize a memory card or the built-in memory
(
6
/
4
only) to permanently delete all the recordings it contains.
6
/
4
At the time of purchase, the built-in memory comes pre-
initialized and contains music files for use as background music and
images for use with the image mix function (image mix frames).
Operating modes:
1 Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.
Do not disconnect the power source or turn off the camcorder until the
initialization is completed.
2 Initialize the memory.
SCN
>
[
Other Settings]
>
q
>
[Time Zone/DST]
SCN
COP
Y
