Daylight Saving Time

User’s Manual

Date Display Mode

This function allows user to set the OSD display type of the date / time. There are three options to select from: <Y/M/D>, <M/D/Y> or <D/M/Y>. “Y” represents “Year”, “M” represents “Month” and “D” represents “Day”.

Move to the item and press ENTER, the option starts blinking. Use UP / DOWN keys to change the setting. The default setting is <Y/M/D> in both NTSC / PAL formats.

Time Display Mode

User can choose to set the time format to <12 hour> or <24 hour>. Use the UP / DOWN keys to change the format. The default setting is <24 hour>.

Date / Time Order

The item is used to set the order of date / time display to <Date First> or <Time First>. Use UP / DOWN keys to change the setting.

3.4.2Daylight Saving Time

The item is for those people who live in certain regions to observe Daylight Saving Time. Select <ON> to enable, or <OFF> to disable the function.

If the function is disabled, the DST Start / End time and DST Bias will be grayed out and cannot be accessed.

NOTE: If this function is enabled, the date/time information will be shown on the screen with a DST icon when playing back recorded video or searching video in the event list. “S” indicates summer time and “W” indicates wintertime.

DST Start / End

The items are used to program the daylight saving duration. Use Direction keys to move the cursor to the next or previous field, UP / DOWN to change the settings in the selected field.

DST Bias

The item allows user to set the amount of time to move forward from the standard time for daylight saving time. The available options are <30>, <60>, <90> and <120> minutes.