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7. Menu Display and Settings
Basic Setup Menu Operations
Displaying the Setup Menu
Set the MENU ON/OFF switch to ON, or press
the MENU button.
The camcorder enters menu mode and the
menu list appears on the screen.
The following example shows the cursor
positioned at the Operation menu
Menu list
Menu item selection area
[Note]
The setup menu cannot be used when the camcorder
is in focus magnification mode. Exit focus magnification
mode by pressing the assignable switch to which the
Focus Mag function has been assigned.
Making Menu Settings
1
Turn the MENU knob, or press the or
button, to move the cursor to the desired
menu.
A list of selectable menu items appears in
the menu item selection area to the right
of the menu list.
2
Press the MENU knob or the SET button.
The menu item selection screen appears.
You can also display the menu item
selection screen by pressing the
button.
ˎ The menu item selection area displays
ˎ
a maximum of seven lines. You can
scroll through menus with more than
seven lines by moving the cursor up
and down.
Displayed when there are
further menu items below.
Menu item selection area
ˎ If the selected item has sub-
ˎ
items, they appear on the right.
ˎ If there are no sub-items, the
ˎ
current setting appears on the
right.
ˎ Select [Back] to return to the
ˎ
previous level.
3
Turn the MENU knob, or press the or
button, to move the cursor to the menu
item that you want to set, and then
confirm by pressing the MENU knob or the
SET button.
The sub-items area appears to the right of
the menu item selection area, and the
cursor moves to the first sub-item.
Settings area
ˎ Displays sub-items and their current
ˎ
settings
ˎ To return to the previous level, select
ˎ
[Back], press the button, or push
the MENU CANCEL/PRST/ESCAPE
switch down to the ESCAPE position.
4
Turn the MENU knob, or press the or
button, to move the cursor to the sub-
item that you want to set, and then
confirm by pressing the MENU knob or the
SET button.
The settings of the selected sub-item
appear, and the cursor moves to the
currently selected value.
Settings area
ˎ The settings area displays a maximum
ˎ
of nine lines. You can scroll through
menus with more than nine sub-items
by moving the cursor up and down.
ˎ For sub-items with a large settings
ˎ
range (for example, –99 to +99), the
settings area is not displayed. The
current setting is highlighted to indicate
that the value can be changed.
5
Turn the MENU knob, or press the or
button, to select the value to set, and
then confirm by pressing the MENU knob
or the SET button.
The setting is changed, and the display is
updated to show the new setting.
If you select [Execute] for an executable
item, the corresponding function is
executed.
If an item requires confirmation before
3
execution, selecting the item in step
hides
the menu and a confirmation message
appears. Follow the instructions in the
message to execute or cancel the operation.
Entering Text
When you select an item, such as a file name,
which requires character entry, the character
entry screen appears.
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2
3
1
Press the MENU knob to select the type of
character to enter, then press the MENU
knob or SET button.
ABC: Uppercase alphabetic characters
abc: Lowercase alphabetic characters
123: Numeric characters
!#$: Special characters
2
Select a character from the selected
character type, then press the knob.
The cursor moves to the next field.
Space: Enters a space character at the
cursor position.
/: Moves the position of the cursor.
BS: Deletes the character on the left of
the cursor (backspace).
3
When finished, select [Done] and press
the dial.
The character string is confirmed and the
character entry screen disappears.
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