Step 2 Setting The Date And Time; Step 3 Inserting A Cassette - Sony DCR-TRV30E Service Manual

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 unless you set
the date and time settings.
If you do not use your camcorder for about four
months, the date and time settings may be
released (bars may appear) because the built-in
rechargeable battery installed in your camcorder
will have been discharged (p. 230).
First, set the year, then the month, the day, the
hour and then the minute.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or
MEMORY, then press MENU to display the
menu settings.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
then press the dial.
(3) 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.
(7) Press MENU to make the menu settings
disappear.
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MENU
MA NU A L S E T
C L OC K S E T
A U T O Z T V
T V T I N P U T
L T R S Z I
D E M O M O
[ ME NU ] : E ND
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2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
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Step 3 Inserting a
cassette
(1) Install the power source.
(2) Slide OPEN/ EJECT in the direction of the
arrow and open the lid.
The cassette compartment automatically lifts
up and opens.
(3) Push the middle portion of the back of the
cassette to insert.
Insert the cassette in a straight line deeply into
the cassette compartment with the window
facing out.
(4) Close the cassette compartment by pressing
the mark on the cassette compartment.
The cassette compartment automatically goes
down.
(5) After the cassette compartment goes down
completely, close the lid until it clicks.
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OPEN/ EJECT
To eject a cassette
Follow the procedure above, and take out the
cassette in step 3.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
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S E T U P ME NU S E T U P ME NU
C L OC K S E T – – : – –:– – C L OC K S E T
L O N A U T O T V ON A U T O T V ON
T V I N P U T T V I N P U T 2 0 0 1
L T R S I Z E
E L T R S I Z E
D E D EMO MOD E D EMO MOD E
R E T URN R E T URN
0 0 0
[ ME NU ] : E ND [ ME NU ] : E ND
S E T U P ME NU S E T U P ME NU
C L OC K S E T C L OC K S E T 4 7 2 0 0 1
A U T O T V ON A U T O T V ON 1 7:3 0:0 0
T V I N P U T 2 0 0 1 7 4 T V I N P U T
L T R S I Z E L T R S I Z E
D EMO MOD E D EMO MOD E
R E T URN R E T URN
1 7 3 0
[ ME NU ] : E ND [ ME NU ] : E ND
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(4)
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Step 2 Resetting the date and
time
The year changes as follows:
1995 T · · · · t 2001 T · · · · t 2079
If you do not set the date and time
"– –:– –:– –" is recorded on the data code of the
tape and the "Memory Stick."
Note on the time indicator
The internal clock of your camcorder operates on
a 24-hour cycle.
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Step 3 Inserting a cassette

Note
Do not press the cassette compartment down
forcibly. Doing so may cause a malfunction. The
cassette compartment may not be closed when
you press any part of the lid other than the
mark.
When you use cassette with cassette memory
Read the instruction about cassette memory to
use this function properly (p. 221).
To prevent accidental erasure
Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to
expose the red mark.
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