Canon XF705, Instruction Manual

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Date, Time and Language S etting s
Date, Time and Language S etting s
S etting the Date and Time
You will need to set the date and time on the camcorder before you can start using it. When the internal clock is
not set, or if the settings were lost because the built-in backup battery is depleted, the [Date/Time] screen will
appear automatically with the time zone selected when you turn on the camcorder.
1 Pu s h the joy s tic k up/down to s elect the de s ired time zone and then pre ss S ET (pre ss the joy s tic k
it s elf) to move to the next field.
• To move between fields you can also push the joystick left/right.
• The default time zone is [UTC-05:00] (New York) or [UTC+01:00] (Central Europe), depending on the
country/region of purchase. Time zones are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
2 Change the re s t of the field s in the s ame way.
3 S elect [ S et] and then pre ss S ET to s tart the cloc k and clo s e the s creen.
NOTES
• You can display the date/time in mode with the
>
[
¢ %
Monitoring Setup]
>
[Custom
Display 2]
>
[Date/Time] setting.
• After the initial setup, you can change the time zone, date and time with the
>
[
B
!
System Setup]
>
[Time Zone] and [Date/Time] settings. You can also change the date format and clock format (12 or 24
hours) with the
>
[
B
!
System Setup]
>
[Date Format] setting.
• When the built-in backup battery is exhausted, the date and time setting may be lost. In such case, recharge
the built-in backup battery (
A
216) and set the time zone, date and time again.
• Using the optional GP-E2 GPS Receiver, you can have the camcorder adjust settings automatically according
to the UTC date/time information received from the GPS signal (
A
110).
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