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Set daylight savings time ([DST]) to [ON] with v/V if necessary.

Select the desired year with v/V, and press ENTER.

Set the month, day, hour and minute with the same procedure as in step 5.

Set the minute using a time signal, etc., with v/V, and press ENTER.
The clock starts to move.
The internal clock of your camcorder operates on a 12-hour cycle.
•12:00 AM stands for midnight.
•12:00 PM stands for noon.

Tips
•If the CLOCK SET display does not appear in step 2, press SETUP, then select

 (SETUP MENU), then [CLOCK SET] with v/V.

•If the SETUP display appears after step 6, press SETUP.

The SETUP display disappears.

DST

OFF

DATE

Y

M

D

2003

JAN

1

12 : 00

AM

[ ENTER ] : NEXT ITEM

AREA 26

-5.0

GMT

N ew   Yo r k , B o g o t a

CLOCK SET

DST

OFF

DATE

Y

M

D

2003

JAN

1

12 : 00

AM

[ ENTER ] : NEXT ITEM

AREA 26

-5.0

GMT

N ew   Yo r k , B o g o t a

CLOCK SET

You can easily set the clock to the local time by setting a time difference. In the SETUP
display, select 

 (OTHERS) then [AREA SET] with v/V/ENTER.

Lisbon, London
Berlin, Paris
Helsinki, Cairo
Moscow, Nairobi
Tehran
Abu Dhabi, Baku
Kabul
Karachi, Islamabad
Calcutta, New Delhi
Almaty, Dhaka
Rangoon
Bangkok, Jakarta
HongKong, Singapore
Seoul, Tokyo
Adelaide, Darwin
Melbourne, Sydney

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2
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GMT
+01:00
+02:00
+03:00
+03:30
+04:00
+04:30
+05:00
+05:30
+06:00
+06:30
+07:00
+08:00
+09:00
+09:30
+10:00

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+11:00
+12:00
–12:00
–11:00
–10:00
–09:00
–08:00
–07:00
–06:00
–05:00
–04:00
–03:30
–03:00
–02:00
–01:00

Solomon Is.
Fiji, Wellington
Eniwetok, Kwajalein
Midway Is., Samoa
Hawaii
Alaska
LosAngeles, Tijuana
Denver, Arizona
Chicago, MexicoCity
New York, Bogota
Santiago
St. John’s
Brasilia, Montevideo
Fernando de Noronha
Azores

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Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen properly in your sight.

Open the LCD screen while pressing OPEN.

Turn the power on by sliding the POWER switch upward while pressing the
green button.

Press SETUP.
The SETUP display appears.

Select 

 (LCD/VF SET) with v/V, and press ENTER.

Select [LCD BRIGHT] with v/V, and press ENTER.

Adjust the brightness of the LCD screen with b/B, and press ENTER.
b

: Get darker

B

: Get brighter

The LCD screen brightness is adjusted.

Press SETUP.
The SETUP display disappears from the LCD display.

•You can change the brightness of the backlight. Select 

 (LCD/VF SET) then [LCD

B.L.] in the SETUP display when using the battery pack (page 111).

•The [LCD BRIGHT] and [LCD B.L.] settings do not affect the brightness of the image

when you are recording.

[ SETUP ] : END

PROGRAM AE
P EFFECT
D EFFECT

AUTO SHTR

WHT BAL

MANUAL SET

[ SETUP ] : END

LCD BRIGHT
LCD B. L.
LCD COLOR

RETURN

VF B. L.

LCD / VF SET

[ SETUP ] : END

LCD BRIGHT

LCD / VF SET

When recording pictures with the LCD screen closed, check the picture with the
viewfinder. Adjust the viewfinder lens to accommodate your eyesight so that the image
in the viewfinder comes into sharp focus.

Lift up the viewfinder.

Move the viewfinder lens adjustment lever as you can see the characters in the
viewfinder clearly.

Tips
•If you install an NP-FM70/QM71/QM71D/FM91/QM91/QM91D battery pack in

your camcorder, extend and lift up the viewfinder and adjust the angle of it.

•You can change the brightness of the viewfinder backlight. Select [VF B.L.] in the

SETUP display when using the battery pack (page 111).

•The [VF B.L.] setting does not affect the brightness of the image when you are

recording.

•Recording pictures with the viewfinder is recommended in the following cases:

– When the picture seen on the LCD display is poor.
– When you want to save on battery consumption.

Viewfinder lens
adjustment lever