Setting, Displaying and Recording

PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION the Date and Time (cont’d)

CLOCK/TC menu screen

C LOCK / T C

 

T C P R E S E T . .

 

C L O C K AD J US T . .

DD / MM / Y Y

D A T E S T Y L E

T I M E S T Y L E

2 4 HOU R

S EC D I S P L AY

ON

P AG E B AC K

 

CLOCK/TC menu screen

C LOCK / T C

 

T C P R E S E T . .

 

C L O C K AD J US T . .

DD / MM / Y Y

D A T E S T Y L E

T I M E S T Y L E

2 4 HOU R

S EC D I S P L AY

ON

P AG E B AC K

 

Date (Month, day, year) CLOCK ADJUST menu screen

 

C L OC K

A D J U S T

D A T E ( D D / MM / Y Y ) 0 1 / 0 1 / 0 1

T I ME

 

0 0 : 0 0

P AG E

BA CK

 

Time (Hour, min, sec)

CLOCK ADJUST

 

C L OC K

A D J U S T

 

D A T E ( D D / MM / Y Y ) 1 2

/ 3 0 / 0 1

T I ME

 

1 0

: 3 0

P AG E

BA CK

 

 

Normal screen

1Rotate the SELECT dial to align the cursor (f) with the item to be set, and then press the SELECT dial.

●The setting area of the selected item starts blinking.

2Rotate the SELECT dial to change the setting, and then press the SELECT dial.

● The setting area stops blinking and the setting is entered.

5.Display the screen for setting the date and time.

Rotate the SELECT dial to align the cursor (f) with the CLOCK ADJUST item, and then press the SELECT dial.

● The CLOCK ADJUST screen appears.

6.Set the date and time.

The blinking digit is the one to be set.

1 When the SELECT dial is pressed, the blinking digit changes.

2When the SELECT dial is rotated, the value of the blinking digit changes.

When the SELECT dial is rotated upward, the value becomes

higher. When rotated downward, the value becomes smaller.

3Repeat the procedure described in 1 and 2 above to set the day, month, year, hours, minutes.

The digits indicating seconds cannot be set.

4Press the SELECT dial in sync with a time signal to enter the date and time precisely.

7.When all the settings are completed, rotate the SELECT dial to align the cursor with the PAGE BACK item, and then press the SELECT dial.

● The CLOCK/TC menu screen returns.

8.To return to the normal screen, use either of the following methods.

Press the MENU button or

Return to the TOP MENU screen and then select the EXIT item from the TOP MENU screen before pressing the SELECT dial.

A

Date time indication

(Selected on the

DISPLAY [2/2] menu screen)

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