Sony HANDYCAM DCR-TRV330 Operating Instructions Manual page 17

Step 2 Setting the date and time
Set the date and time settings when you use your camcorder for the first time.
"CLOCK SET" will be displayed each time that you set the POWER switch to
CAMERA/MEMORY (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) unless vou set the date and time
settings.
If you do not use your camcorder for about half a year, the date and time settings may
be released (bars may appear) because the manganese-lithium battery installed in your
camcorder will have been discharged (p. 141).
First, set the year, then the month, the day, the hour and then the minute.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or MEMORY (DCR-TRV330/TRV530
only), and then press MENU to display the menu settings.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select _, then press the dial.
(9) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select CLOCK SET, then press the dial.
(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to adjust the desired year, then press the dial.
(5) Set the month, day and hour by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial and
pressing the dial.
(6) Set the minute by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial and pressing the dial by
the time signal. The clock starts to move.
(l) Press MENU to make the menu settings disappear.
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The year changes as follows:
1995 *-- .... --* 2001 *--..
If you do not set the date and time
-" "--:--: " is recorded on the tape and the "Memorv Stick". (DCR-TRV330/
TRV530 only)
Note on the time indicator
Tlr_ internal clock of your camcor&,r opt, rates on a 12-hour cvcle.
• 12:00 AM stands for midnight.
• 12:00 PM stands for noon.
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