Using the Menus22degrees is also useful if you wish toinclude yourself when recording with theself timer.LCD BacklightYou can set the brightness of the LCDscreen at normal or bright.Press .Repeatedly pressing togglesbetween the normal and bright settings.NOTES This setting does not affect the brightness ofthe recording or the viewfinder screen. Using the bright setting will shorten theeffective usage time of the battery pack. The LCD brightness can also be changedfrom the menu ( 36).Using the MenusMany of the camcorder’s functions can beadjusted from the menus that open afterpressing the MENU button ( ) andthe FUNC. button ( ).For details about the available menuoptions and settings, refer to MenuOptions Lists - MENU/FUNC. ( 31).Selecting a MENU Option1 Press .2 Select ( ) the desired menu fromthe left side column and press.The title of the selected menu appearson top of the screen and under it thelist of settings.3 Select ( ) the setting you want tochange and press .• An orange frame will indicate themenu item currently selected. Menuitems not available will appear grayedout.• To return to the menu selectionscreen, select ( ) [ RETURN] andpress .Subject can monitorthe LCD screenBACKLIGHTBACKLIGHTUsing the MenusMENUFUNC.MENUSETSETSET