JVC GY-DV550 Setting And Adjustments Before Shooting, Setting the Date and Time, Camera Settings

5. PREPARATIONS

5-3 Setting the Date and Time

6. SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING

6-1 Camera Settings

The date and time of the built-in clock should be set. Powered by the backup lithium battery, the set date and time data continue to count even when the power is switched off. Whether to display the set date and time data on the viewfinder and whether to record the data on the sub-time code area of the tape during recording can be set in DISPLAY item of the Camera TIME DATE menu screen.

3.

1. POWER ON

1First place a charged battery pack in the battery case on the rear section of the unit. If battery pack is not used, connect DC power to the DC INPUT connector on the rear section of the unit using the AC power adapter (AA-

P250) to supply DC 12 V current.

OPERATE/WARNING

LIGHT

RESET

32k	48k		2.
MONITOR	SP	COUNTER
SELECT	WIDE

COUNTER

switch

AUDIO SELECT AUDIO INPUT

CH-1 AUDIO CH-2

LEVEL

CH-1

SEE

INSTR-

UCTION

MANUAL

Lithium

AUDIO	CH-2
LEVEL	CH-1	CH-2		CH-1	CH-2
		AUTO		FRONT
		MANUAL		REAR
	AUDIO SELECT			AUDIO INPUT
	VTR SELECT TC GENE.			CONTINUE	MENU
	INT
		PRST	REC
	PARA		FREE
	EXT	REGEN
LITHIUM BATT.		GROUP	ITEM	SELECT	DATA SET
	CAM AUX	HOLD	SHIFT	ADVANCE	PRESET
	VTR INPUT
	3. HOLD			5. PRESET button
	button
	4. SHIFT button
				4. ADVANCE button
battery compartment

		NG OPERATE
2.		1.
		1.
AUTO IRIS	FULL AUTO BLACK	LOLUX
		CALL
	BACK L	STRETCH
	NORMAL	NORMAL
	SPOT L	RM OFF DC IN
		/BATT.
		POWER

2Set the OPERATE switch on the unit to ON.

2. SWITCH positions

A.Set the VTR switch to STBY.

B.AUTO IRIS switch; set to NORMAL.

C.GAIN switch; set to L. The L position is 0 dB.

D.OUTPUT switch; set to CAM\AUTO KNEE OFF.

E.WHT. BAL (Auto White Balance) switch; set to A or B.

3. Set the lens' iris mode switch to "A" (AUTO IRIS side)

4. Choose the proper color temperature conversion filter.

Time display (COUNTER switch: TC)
Hour	Min.	Sec.
		HOLD
H	M	S
		HOLD

	 Check that the lithium battery has been inserted.
1.	Turn ON the power and set the counter display to the date/
	time mode.
	• Set the VCR Setup Menu item No. 516 DISPLAY SELECT
	to “CLOCK” and then press the DATA SET button.
	☞ See “Displaying and Setting VCR Setup Menus” on
	page 73.
	☞ See “VCR Setup Menu Contents” on page 75.
2.	Set the COUNTER switch to TC or UB.
	 To set the time: Set the switch to TC.
	The time (Hour, Min., Sec.) is indicated on the counter
	display. (24-hour clock system)
	 To set the date: Set the switch to UB.
	The date (Month, Day, Year) (U MODEL)/(Day, Month,
	Year) (E MODEL) is indicated on the counter display.

B A C D E

VF	4.
	5.

	FILTER	Suitable Location
1	3200K	Indoors, dark outdoors
2	5600K+1/8ND	Outdoors
3	5600K+1/64ND	Outdoors under clear sky
5. Using the SHUTTER dial, set the shutter speed to OFF.

H	M	S
H	M	S
(U MODEL)		(E MODEL)
Date display (COUNTER switch: UB)		Date display (COUNTER switch: UB)
Month Day	Year	Day Month	Year

3.	Press the HOLD button to enter the setting mode.
	The “HOLD” indicator lights up on the display to indicate
	that the unit is in the setting mode.
	The leftmost digit on the counter blinks.
4.	Set the date and time.
	•	Each time the ADVANCE button is pressed, the value of
	•	the blinking digit increases.
		Each time the SHIFT button is pressed, the digit to the
		right of the currently blinking one starts blinking. When
		pressed while the rightmost digit is blinking, the leftmost
		digit starts blinking again.
		Repeat the above procedure to set the value of all the

PUSH	ZEBRA	AUTO
		WHITE
	VTR	TAKE

6-2 Screen Size (4:3/16:9 aspect ratio) Mode Selection

HOLD	HOLD
HOLD	HOLD

	digits.
5.	To decide the set date and time data, press the PRESET
	button.
	The “HOLD” indicator on the display turns off and the date/
	time display stops blinking.
	The time starts counting.
	 When setting DISPLAY item of the Camera TIME DATE
	menu screen to ON, the date and time data are displayed
	on the viewfinder. In addition, the time and date data are
	recorded on the tape during recording. The viewfinder
	display format can be selected in the Camera TIME DATE
	menu screen.
	☞ See “Time/Date Display” on page 30.
	☞ See “TIME DATE screen” on page 84.
	Memo:
To display and set the time code or user’s bit, set the VCR
Setup Menu item No. 516 DISPLAY SELECT to “TC”.

The screen size of recorded images can be selected in ASPECT RATIO item of the Camera OPERATION menu screen. ☞ See page 79

●To record using the standard screen, set ASPECT RATIO to 4:3.

●When setting ASPECT RATIO to LETTER, images are recorded on a screen of 16:9 aspect ratio split horizontally. In this case, the viewfinder screen will show a 16:9 screen that is horizontally split.

Memo:

•The safety zone of the standard screen or 16:9 screen can be displayed on the viewfinder by setting SAFETY ZONE item of the Camera VF DISPLAY menu screen. ☞ See page 78.

•When setting ASPECT RATIO to LETTER, 16:9 screen detection ID signal will not be outputted from the Y/C OUT connector.

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