Canon XA50 Instruction Manual

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29Using the MenusUsing the MenusThe camcorder's functions can be adjusted from the setup menus, accessed by pressing the MENU button, orfrom the FUNC menu, accessed by touching or selecting the onscreen [FUNC] button. For details about theavailable menu options and settings, refer to Menu Options (A 115).Setup MenusFollowing is a step-by-step explanation of how to select atypical option from the setup menus. Some menu items mayrequire additional steps. Such operations will be explained inthe respective section of the manual.For brevity's sake, references to menu settings throughout themanual may be abbreviated as follows:> [B ! System Setup] > [Language H] >Desired optionTo use the touch panel1 Press the MENU button.2 Touch the icon of the desired setup menu from the top row.• In the example, the B icon, corresponding to the [System Setup] menu.3 Touch the desired menu item ([Language H], in the example).• If the desired menu item does not appear in the menu page displayed, drag your finger left/right to scrollthrough other menu pages.• For main procedures, the page number may be given in the manual (!, in the example). If you know thepage number, you can touch the number icon at the top left of the screen to open directly the desired menupage.• The page number may differ depending on the camcorder’s operating mode. Throughout the manual,procedures for functions that can be used in both modes give the page number in mode.4 Touch the desired setting option and then touch [X] to close the menu.• You can touch [L] to return to the previous menu page.Operating modes:Joystick/SET buttonWhen making a menu selection, push the joystick tomove the orange selection frame in the menu. Then,press the joystick itself (in the manual, "press SET") toselect the menu item indicated by the orange selectionframe.MENU buttonPress the button to open the setup menus and thenpress again to close the menu after adjusting desiredsettings.