TIME ZONE SELECT
=AUTO MOUNTAIN
ATLANTIC PACIFIC
EASTERN ALASKA
CENTRAL HAWAII
PRESS (SET+/–) FOR CHOICE PRESS (MENU) TO END
HOST CHANNEL SELECT
(CATV)
CH AUTO
PRESS (SET+/–) TO SELECT PRESS (MENU) TO END

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INITIALSETTINGS(cont.)

MENU

SELECT

Semi-Auto

 

 

SELECT MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Override Auto

OVERRIDE AUTO CLOCK SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clock Set screen, place the

+

 

 

 

0

0

 

 

 

 

00

0

5 arrow next to “SEMI-

 

 

0

0

0

 

0

 

 

 

 

0

 

0000

00000

AUTO CLOCK SET

 

00

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

00

 

 

 

000

 

 

 

00

 

 

0

 

 

 

00

 

 

 

00

 

 

 

0

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO CLOCK SET” by

=SEMI-AUTO CLOCK SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressing SET +/–, then

MANUAL CLOCK SET

SET

 

 

 

 

 

press SELECT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS (SELECT, SET+/–)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS (MENU) TO END

 

 

 

ACCESS SELECT SCREENS

 

 

 

At the Semi-Auto Clock Set

SEMI-AUTO CLOCK SET

 

 

 

screen, place the

 

 

 

TIME ZONE SELECT

 

 

 

6 arrow next to the desired

 

 

 

 

=HOST CHANNEL SELECT

 

 

 

mode by pressing SET +/–,

D.S.T. SELECT

 

 

 

then press SELECT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To select the Host Channel

PRESS (SELECT, SET+/–)

1

2

3

— step 7

PRESS (MENU) TO END

To select the Time Zone

 

4

5

6

— step 8

 

To select the D.S.T. mode — step 9

DIGIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

78 0

9

SELECT

MENU

SET

7

SELECT HOST CHANNEL

You can either select “AUTO”, or enter a PBS channel number. For automatic channel selection, simply press MENU. To manually select the PBS channel, press the appropriate DIGIT key or SET +/– to cycle through

the channel numbers (hold button down to speed through numbers) and stop when the desired number appears. Press MENU and the Semi-Auto Clock Set screen reappears.

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NOTES:

For cable box users: Select "AUTO" or the channel on your VCR that receives the cable box channels, and set the cable box to the PBS channel.

There are some PBS channels that do not transmit clock setting data.

SELECT TIME ZONE

You can either select “AUTO”, or select the correct zone. If you selected "AUTO" in step 7 and if you live near the boundary of an adjacent time zone, or receive cable TV channels, a PBS channel from a different time zone may become

your host channel. Therefore, in this case make sure to manually select the correct time zone. Place the arrow next to your choice by pressing SET +/–, then press MENU to return to the Semi-Auto Clock Set screen.

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JVC HR-S5300U manual Access Select Screens, Select Host Channel, Select Time Zone, Semi-Auto

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