Canon GL2 - Manual (Page 32)

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Preparations
The date and/ time display forms part of the data code. You can choose to display or hide it during
playback (
90).
Set the date and time display when you first start using your camcorder. Install the backup battery
before 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 dial
in.
• 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 U
next to the area.
5. Press the MENU button.
+
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+
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+
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+ PLAY
(VCR)
CARD CAMERA CARD
PLAY
(VCR)
TAPE CAMERA TAPE
Setting the Date and Time
Setting the Time Zone/Daylight Saving Time