Sony HDR-CX500V Quick Setup Guide

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Step 2: Turning the power on, and setting the 

date and time

1

   

Open the LCD screen of your camcorder.

The lens cover is opened and your camcorder is turned on.

To turn on your camcorder when the LCD screen is open, press POWER.

2

   

Select the desired geographical area with 

/

, then touch [NEXT].

To set the date and time again, touch 

 (MENU)  

  [CLOCK/ LANG] (under   

[GENERAL SET] category)  [CLOCK SET]. When an item is not on the screen, touch 

/

 

until the item appears.

3

   

Set [SUMMERTIME], date and time, then touch 

.

The clock starts.

If you set [SUMMERTIME] to [ON], the clock advances 1 hour.

The date and time does not appear during recording, but they are automatically recorded on the 

recording media, and can be displayed during playback. To display the date and time, touch 

 

(MENU)  

  [PLAYBACK SET] (under 

 [PLAYBACK] category)  [DATA CODE]  

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 (Movie): To record movies

 (Photo): To record photos

MODE button

POWER button

Touch the button on 

the LCD screen.