Preparations
25
First Time Settings
Basic Setup
You can turn the camcorder on and off by opening and closing the LCD
panel. The first time you turn on the camcorder, you will be guided by
the camcorder’s easy-to-follow setup screens to configure the cam-
corder’s initial settings. For details on how to use the touch screen,
refer to
Using the Touch Screen
(
A
29).
1 Open the LCD panel.
• If this is the first time you turn on the camcorder, the language
selection screen of the initial setup screen will appear.
• You can also press
[
to turn on the camcorder.
2 Touch the language used for onscreen
displays and then touch [
æ
].
• You may need to scroll down to find your
language.
• After you select a language, the [Date
Format] screen will appear.
3 Touch [Y.M.D], [M.D,Y] or [D.M.Y] to select
the date format you prefer and then touch [
æ
].
After you select the date format, the [Date/Time] screen will appear
with the first field selected.
4 Touch a field you want to change (year, month, day, hours or
minutes).
5 Touch [
Í
] or [
Î
] to change the field as necessary.
6 Set the correct date and time by changing
all the fields in the same way.
• Touch [24H] to use 24-hour clock or leave it
unselected to use 12-hour clock (AM/PM).
7 Touch [OK] and then touch [
æ
].
• After you select the date and time, the [Movie Format] screen will
appear.
Touch [
æ
] after selecting
a language
COP
Y
