Canon HF S21 - Manual (Page 34)

First Time Settings
Date Format
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Setting the Date and Time
You will need to set the date and time of
the camcorder before you can start
using it. The [Date/Time] screen will
appear automatically when the cam­
corder’s clock is not set.
When the [Date/Time] screen appears,
the year will be selected.
1 Touch a field you want to change (year, month, day, hours or
minutes).
2 Touch [ A ] or [ T ] to change the field as necessary.
3 Set the correct date and time by changing all the fields in the
same way.
4 Touch [Y.M.D], [M.D,Y] or [D.M.Y] to select the date format you
prefer.
5 Touch [24H] to use 24-hour clock or leave this control unchecked
to use 12-hour clock (AM/PM).
6 Touch [OK] to start the clock and close the setup screen.
When you do not use the oamoorder for about 3 months, the built-in
reohargeable lithium battery may disoharge oompletely and the date
and time setting may be lost. In suoh oase, reoharge the built-in lithium
battery (iXi 197) and set the time zone, date and time again.
To ohange the date and time later on (not during the initial setup), open
the [Date/Time] soreen from the setup menus:
[FUNG.]* d [MENU] ® m ® [Date/Time]
Only when performing the procedure in a recording mode.
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