Step 2 Setting The Date And Time - Sony DCR-TRV40 Operating Instructions Manual

Step 2 Setting the date and time

Set the date and time when you use your camcorder for the first time. "CLOCK SET"
will be displayed each time that you set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY/
NETWORK (DCR-TRV50 only) unless you set the date and time settings.
If you do not use your camcorder for about four months, the date and time may be
cleared from memory (bars may appear) because the built-in rechargeable battery
installed in your camcorder will have been discharged (p. 231).
Set the area, the daylight saving time, year, month, day, hour and then the minute, in
that order.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV50
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
(3) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select CLOCK SET, then press the dial.
(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired area (where you are), then
(5) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select whether or not the time is daylight
(6) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired year, then press the dial.
(7) Set the month, day and hour by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial and
(8) Set the minute by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial and pressing the dial by
(9) Press MENU to make the menu settings disappear.
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only), then press MENU to display the menu settings.
press the dial.
saving time, then press the dial.
Select OFF if the time is not daylight saving time. Select ON if it is.
The year changes as follows:
1995 T · · · · t 2002 T · · · · t 2079
pressing the dial.
the time signal. The clock starts to move.
, then press the dial.