Sony UVW-1800 Operating Instructions Manual page 27

Selecting the information displayed and the character type and position of the
indications
When the subsidiary control panel CHARACTER switch is in the ON position, the
video signal output from the VIDEO 2 (SUPER) OUTPUT connector includes
superimposed indications of time data and the operating state of this unit.
The information displayed and the character type and position of the indications
can be selected by using the menu item "DISPLAY CONTROL." The factory
default settings are as follows.
Information displayed : Time data selected by the time counter display selectic
Character type : White characters on a black background
Character position : Bottom center of the screen
For details of the setting method, see under "DISPLAY CONTROL" (page 7-4(E)).
1Type of time data
This indicates the type of time data as follows.
switch, and the operating status of the unit
Displayed information (factory default)
Chapter 4 Recording and Playback | 4-7 (E)