Sony CCD-FX425 Primary User Manual - Page 12

Storing a Birth Date in Your Camcorder When you preset your child's birth date in your camcorder, you can put your child's age in years and months on your tape. You can also preset the date of an event. Once you enter the birth date of your child, the clock inside your camcorder will automatically update age of your child. You can superimpose the age anytime on your recording.You can preset up to three birth dates or events. Before you begin Before you store a birth date in your camcorder, make sure that power source is connected, that the lithium battery is installed and that the date is correctly set. How to store birth date To store a birth date in your camcorder, see the following example and procedure. Example: Store "Aug. 3, 198T in memory 2. o ez a, 0 0 OATES TIMENEXI) AGE EVENT 1 Press the small green button on the POWER switch and slide the POWER switch to CAMERA. 2 Set the STANDBY switch up. 3 Press TIME (NEXT) and AGE/EVENT simultaneously for a few seconds until the "ID BIRTHDAY-- --1900" indicator appears in the viewfinder. 4 Press DATE (+) to select El. Each time you press DATE (+), the display in the viewfinder changes as follows: ID BIRTHDAY -4 El BIRTHDAY t- El EVENT* I * Although "EVENT" is displayed onEl you can use it for age as well. 0 and El can also be used to record event dates in memory. 5 Press TIME (NEXT). The "1900" indicator blinks. IIII::6711131 - L1111 F • OWE 44k . • • 0 t ...0 STMT, STOP * fix* *I • t0T•,•1 , 0IN •• tee0 OATS,. , .i, -eilr.";:te TIME NEST x stoma)1 12 Getting Started (continued)