F1 button
SEL
Function SEL. button
Auto Date Record mode
Date display
Character Generator
Date-off mode
Date display
Auto Date Record mode
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AUTO DATE
Auto date
record mode
Date/Time display
Character Generator
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SET CHAR
No Characters
stored
NOTES:
In the On-Screen Display mode, the date is
displayed and recorded.
The on-screen display is not available during
recording.
Date/Time Character Insert
F2 button
This feature allows you to display date, time and characters
in your viewfinder and on a connected color monitor,
F1
record them manually or automatically, and even make
your own titles.
F2
NOTE:
You should already have performed the Date/Time Setting
procedure (
DISPLAY
1
2
TITLE
DISP.
F1
F2
NOTES:
The selected display can be recorded.
If you don't want to record the display, select Date-off mode
before shooting.
If you want to delete the display during shooting, press F2.
If you want to call back a deleted display, engage the Record–
Standby mode and then select the desired display mode using F2.
Date/Time display
AUTO DATE RECORD
Your camcorder automatically records the month, day
On-screen display
and year for about 5 seconds after recording is initiated
in the following situations:
•After changing the date.
•After loading a cassette.
•After Auto Date Record mode is selected by pressing
F2. In this mode, the month, day and year are replaced
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after 5 seconds with "AUTO DATE".
Auto date
record executed
NOTES:
Setting PROGRAM AE to LOCK always engages this mode, and
disables all other modes.
In the Auto Date Record mode, if the date changes while you're
shooting, the date indication is recorded for about 5 seconds
from that point. It is not recorded during any other recordings
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made on that day.
Example of
stored characters
ON-SCREEN DISPLAY
1
2
pg. 10). If you haven't, do so before continuing.
SELECT DISPLAY
Press Function SEL. repeatedly until "DISP." appears
to the right of F2.
CHOOSE DISPLAY MODE
Press F2 while in Record–Standby to cycle through
the modes as shown in the illustration at left.
CONNECT CAMCORDER TO
MONITOR
Connect the camcorder to a monitor as instructed in
"BASIC CONNECTIONS" (
DISPLAY VIEWFINDER
INDICATIONS
Press F2 until the indications appear on the
connected monitor.
23
pg. 29).