Shooting59Recharging the built-in batteryThe camera’s internal battery saves the date andtime. “ ” appears on the screen of the viewfinderor LCD when the internal battery is running low oncharge.Do the following to recharge it.Reset the date and time when fully recharged.1 Connect the AC adapter. (Page 16)• Leave the POWER switch at OFF.2 Leave the camera-recorder like this forabout 4 hours.• The internal battery charges during this time.• Recharge the battery regularly to ensurecorrect TC and menu operations.If “ ” appears even after charging, it means thatthe internal battery must be replaced. Ask yourdealer to do this.Setting the time codeIn the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP screen,set the following time code related items. (Page107)• TCG• FIRST REC TC (Tape only)• TC PRESET• 1394 TC REGEN (appears when in MCR/VCRmode)In MCR/VCR mode and 1394 TC REGEN is ON,you cannot change the items shown above.Charging the built-in battery/Setting the time dataSpecifying the time code(TC PRESET)Set TC PRESET so you can record a value of yourchoice as the initial setting for the time code to beused at the start of recording.1 Set the POWER switch to ON.2 (Tape only) In the setup menus,RECORDING SETUP screen FIRST REC TC,select PRESET.• For menu operation (Page 96)• You can also use the menu buttons on theremote control. (Page 14)3 Press the and buttons to select TCPRESET, and press the button.4 Press the button to select YES, and pressthe button.(Continued on the next page)
