32EPreparationsThe date and/ time display forms part of the data code. You can choose to display or hide it duringplayback ( 90).Set the date and time display when you first start using your camcorder. Install the backup batterybefore you begin ( 138).• Before you start setting the date and time, select your home time zone from the menu.T.ZONE/DST•• N.Y.SYSTEM( 20)1. Press the MENU button.• The main menu appears.2. Pull the SELECT dial up or down, select SYSTEM and press the SELECT dial in.• The SYSTEM submenu appears.3. Pull the SELECT dial up or down, select T.ZONE/DST and press the SELECT dialin.• The time zone settings appear.• Your camcorder’s time zone is factory-preset to New York. If you are at another time zone,select your time zone first and daylight saving time (DST) setting if necessary.4. Move up or down the list of time zones by pulling the SELECT dial up or down.Press the SELECT dial in to set the time zone that represents your time zone.• If you are in daylight saving time, select the time zone with the daylight saving time mark Unext to the area.5. Press the MENU button.+ , + , + , + PLAY(VCR)CARDCAMERACARDPLAY(VCR)TAPECAMERATAPESetting the Date and TimeSetting the Time Zone/Daylight Saving Time
