Tiny problem Hi,just bought camera and I have a small problem not sure how to set time and date.althougt I now how to set it in the screen I have no idea why it doest display later when watching on tv? any idea why? thanks Edyta

Go into the camera menu, it should have a section called Initial setup or something like that.

After trying the remove-and-reattach-battery exercise, I would suggest you go to the menu and find the setting for initial setup. Select that - which may reset the system.
If not.. then try going to the clock and change the date/time settings, turn the camera off, remove-and-reattach the battery. Re-power the camera, go back and change date/time setting to what's current. And try to eject the tape.

On one of our analog video cameras it seems like there was a tiny little hole someplace on the side of the camera that you could use a tiny small thing like a toothpick to press in there to accomplish a Reset. (It will have tiny raised letters saying "Reset" right beside the little reset hole.)

Cathi - You didn't say which Nikon camera you have but in general the larger date (in white I believe) is only for the screen display. The smaller (orange) time-date on the bottom right is what will be saved on the Image and what will be seen when you look at the pictures in or out of the camera.

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Mikeywaf

Inside the battery compartment, right beside the AA batteries, there's a tiny little door labeled CR1220 (see this picture). Pry the door open with your fingernail, remove the little button battery located there, and take this battery down to your local drugstore to buy a replacement camera clock battery. Remember, it's a "CR1220" battery. It should cost only about $4.

Theres a small back-up battery located on the main
power board. It's not a DIY project to replace this battery.

Your camera needs a small CMOS battery replacement which saves date, time and maintains these settings even when your camera is off. Look on to the sides of the camera, there will be a small rubber flap which has this battery. You need to replace this small coin-like battery. This battery is not the same as you always use/charge. If you can't locate the small battery, you will find more information in the camera Manual in troubleshooting or camera diagram.

If you google the make and model of your equipment, followed by the word manual, you may be able to download a manual for it.

Hi,
To change / reset date and time touch on lcd screen, HOME > SETTINGS > CLOCK / LANG > CLOCK SET and set the date and time.
Above said is mentioned in user manual of DCR-SR42 and you can download it from Sony Support.

When you say it's displayed on the screen, do you mean while it's in playback mode, it's embedded there?

If not, you will have to put your resoltion in postcard mode and make sure in menu that your date or date/time stamp is turned on.

To get to your resolution settings, turn camera on to shooting mode, hit function/set button and arrow down to the bottom left corner where it will show your resolution (L,M,S, etc) and this is where you will find postcard mode.

This setting is the only one you can use date time stamp and will show up in prints, but only good for 4 x 6 prints, anything larger will not be good resolution, it will be pixelated because it's only enough quality for a small print.

Hope this helps!

Turning on the camera while the date and time are not set or after the date and time settings have been cleared due to a total cut off of power (which occurs when batteries are dead and the camera is not being supplied power via AC adaptor) causes the date and time setting screen to appear on the monitor screen. When this happens, be sure to set the correct date and time before doing anything else.