Step 2: Turning The Power On, And Setting The Date And Time; Changing The Language Setting - Sony DCR-SR85 Handycam&reg Operating Manual

Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the date and
time
(HOME) (p. 22)
Touch the button on
the LCD screen.
1
While pressing the green button,
turn the POWER switch repeatedly
in the direction of the arrow until
the respective lamp lights up.
(Movie): To record movies
(Still): To record still images
Go to step 3 when you turn on your
camcorder for the first time.
When you turn on the

the screen aspect ratio is changed to 4:3
automatically.
2
(HOME) 
Touch
 [CLOCK/
SET].
The [CLOCK SET] screen appears.
3
Select the desired geographical
area with
4
Set [DST SET] or [SUMMERTIME], [Y]
(year), [M] (month), [D] (day), hour
and minute, then touch
US
1
(Still) lamp,
(SETTINGS)
LANG]  [CLOCK
/ , then touch [NEXT].
.
The clock starts.
Tips

The date and time do not appear during

recording, but they are automatically recorded
on the media, and can be displayed during
playback.
You can turn off the operation beeps by

(HOME) 
touching
[SOUND/DISP SET] [BEEP]  [OFF].

Changing the language setting

You can change the on-screen displays to
show messages in a specified language.
(HOME) 
Touch
LANG]  [
[CLOCK/
SET], then select the desired language.
POWER switch
When using the
camcorder for the first
time, the [CLOCK SET]
screen appears on the
LCD screen.
(SETTINGS) 
(SETTINGS) 
LANGUAGE