Sony Handycam CCD-TR317 Operating Instructions Manual page 43

Changing the menu settings
Icon/item Mode
CLOCK SET
AUTO DATE z ON
LTR SIZE
z NORMAL
LANGUAGE
z ENGLISH
DEMO MODE
z ON
Notes on DEMO MODE
•You cannot select DEMO MODE when a cassette is inserted in your camcorder.
•DEMO MODE is set to STBY (Standby) at the factory and the demonstration starts
about 10 minutes after you have set the POWER switch to CAMERA without a
cassette inserted.
To cancel the demonstration, insert a cassette, set the POWER switch to other than
CAMERA, or set DEMO MODE to OFF.
•When NIGHTSHOT is set to ON, the NIGHTSHOT indicator appears in the
viewfinder and you cannot select DEMO MODE in the menu settings.
Icon/item Mode
WORLD TIME
BEEP z MELODY
REC LAMP z ON
Meaning
To reset the date or time (p. 44)
To record the date for 10 seconds after
recording has started
OFF To cancel the auto date function
To display selected menu items in normal size
2 To display selected menu items at twice the
normal size
To display the following information indicators
in English: REC, STBY, min
ESPAÑOL To display the information indicators in
Spanish
PORTUGUÊS To display the information indicators in
Portuguese
To display the information indicators in Chinese
To make the demonstration appear
OFF To cancel the demonstration mode
Meaning
To set the clock to the local time. Turn the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial to set a time difference. The
clock changes by the time difference you set
here. If you set the time difference to 0, the
clock returns to the originally set time.
To output the melody when you start/stop
recording or when an unusual condition occurs
on your camcorder
NORMAL To output the beep sound instead of the
melody
OFF To cancel the melody and beep sound
To light up the camera recording lamp at the
front of your camcorder
OFF To turn the camera recording lamp off so that
the subject is not aware of the recording
POWER
switch
CAMERA
CAMERA
PLAYER
CAMERA
PLAYER
CAMERA
CAMERA
POWER
switch
CAMERA
PLAYER
CAMERA
CAMERA
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