Setting The Camera To Menu Mode; Selecting Menus; Making A Setting On The Menu - Sony HDC-X300 Operation Manual

FILE menu
This menu permits you to access several types of files for
storing/retrieving the various setting data of the camera.
DIAGNOSIS menu
This menu enables you to confirm the camera's status or
identify a failed circuit board.

Setting the Camera to Menu Mode

Press the MENU button.
The camera enters Menu mode, and the indicator to the left
of the button lights.
When you do this for the first time after the power is turned
on, the TOP menu is displayed.
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The second or any subsequent time, the menu page that
was selected when you last quit Menu mode is displayed.
To quit Menu mode
Press the MENU button again.
Menu mode is released, and the camera returns to the
normal shooting mode.

Selecting Menus

When selecting a menu from the TOP
menu
Press the UP/WHITE or DOWN/BLACK button to move
the arrow to the desired menu, then press the ENTER
button.
The page previously selected with that menu is displayed,
and a question mark flashes at the left of the page number.
While the question mark is flashing, pressing the UP/
WHITE or DOWN/BLACK button changes the page.
If you press the ENTER button, the question mark
disappears, and the displayed page enters Setting mode.
To move to another menu page
1
Press the UP/WHITE button to move the arrow to the
page number at the upper left corner of the screen then
press the ENTER button.
The arrow changes to a flashing question mark.
2
Press the UP/WHITE or DOWN/BLACK button until
the desired page is displayed.
3
Press the ENTER button
The question mark disappears, and the displayed page
enters Setting mode.
To return to the TOP menu
Move the arrow to the page number at the top of the screen,
press the UP/WHITE button again to move the arrow to
"TOP," and press the ENTER button.

Making a Setting on the Menu

Display the menu page on which you wish to make
settings, then follow the procedure below:
1
Press the UP/WHITE or DOWN/BLACK button to
move the arrow to the item to be set.
2
Press the ENTER button.
A question mark flashes at the selected item.
3
Press the UP/WHITE or DOWN/BLACK button to
change the setting.
4
Press the ENTER button.
The question mark disappears, and your selection is
registered.
Repeat steps 1 through 4 as required.
To specify a character string
When you press the ENTER button with the arrow
pointing to an item for which a character string, such as the
camera ID or a file ID, is to be specified, a cursor and the
list of selectable characters are displayed.
The displayed cursor can be moved using the UP/WHITE
or DOWN/BLACK button.
1
Set the cursor to the position where you wish enter a
character, then press the ENTER button.
Another cursor appears on the character list.
2
Set the cursor to the character to be entered and press
the ENTER button.
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