When the camera is shipped, the region of use is not set. Before you use the camera for the first time, follow the steps below to change the setting to

the frame frequency of the region of use.

When the region of use is not set, connect the camera's power and set the <POWER> switch to <ON>.

The [AREA SELECT] screen for setting the region of use is displayed.

Use the jog button (or cursor buttons `/{) to select the region of use from [NTSC]/[NTSC (J)] (Japan)/[PAL] and press the jog

dial button (or <SET> button).

Select [YES] in the confirmation message, and press the jog dial button (or <SET> button).

The camera will be initialized according to the region of use selected and automatically restart.

After setting up the region of use once, this screen will not be displayed when subsequently turning the power on. To change the region of use,

perform [OPTION MENU] → [AREA SETTING].

NOTE

t When making this setting to use the camera for the first time, only the following items are changed on the camera. Menu setting values other than the

following items stay at their factory settings.

[LINE&FREQ]

[REC FORMAT]

[CAMERA MODE]

[SETUP]

[HEADROOM]

[REC META DATA] →

[LANGUAGE]*

M/D/Y indication*

[TIME ZONE]

For details, refer to "Setting metadata display language" (page 120).

Does not included in the menu item. Each character indicates the following: M: Month, D: Day, Y: Year