The date and/ time display forms part of the data code. You can choose to display or hide it during playback. Set the date and time display when you first start using your camcorder. Install the backup battery before you begin. Before you start setting the date and time, select your home time zone from the menu.

1. Press the MENU button.

• The main menu appears.

2. Pull the SELECT dial up or down, select SYSTEM and press the SELECT dial in.

• The SYSTEM submenu appears.

3. Pull the SELECT dial up or down, select T.ZONE/DST and press the SELECT dial in.

• The time zone settings appear.

• Your camcorder?s time zone is factory-preset to New York. If you are at another time zone, select your time zone first and daylight saving time (DST) setting if necessary.

4. Move up or down the list of time zones by pulling the SELECT dial up or down. Press the SELECT dial in to set the time zone that represents your time zone.

• If you are in daylight saving time, select the time zone with the daylight saving time mark next to the area.

5. Press the MENU button.

Notes:

• After you have selected your time zone and set the date and time, when you travel to another time zone, there is no need to reset the date and time. Just set the time zone to your destination and the camcorder?s clock will automatically change to display the correct time for your destination.

• The camcorder automatically accounts for the number of days in a month and leap year.

Setting the Clock

1. Press the MENU button.

• The main menu appears.

2. Pull the SELECT dial up or down, select SYSTEM and press the SELECT dial in.

• The SYSTEM submenu menu appears.

3. Pull the SELECT dial up or down, select D/TIME SET and press the SELECT dial in.

• The year display starts to flash.

4. Pull the SELECT dial up or down to change the year. Press the SELECT dial in to move to another part of the display.

• Once you move from the year, the next part of the display starts flashing.

5. Set the month, day, hours, and minutes in the same way.

6. Press the MENU button when finished to start the clock.

• The date can be set to any year between 2002 and 2030.

• When you press the MENU button during the setting, the seconds become set to zero, the menu closes and the clock starts.

• If you press the SELECT dial in after having set the minutes, you can set date and time again from the start.