D.S.T. SELECT
=AUTO
ON
OFF
PRESS (5,°) TO SELECT
PRESS (MENU) TO END
TIME ZONE SELECT =ATLANTIC
EASTERN
CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN PACIFIC ALASKA HAWAII
PRESS (5,°) TO SELECT
PRESS (MENU) TO END
TIME ZONE SELECT
=AUTO
MANUAL
PRESS (5,°) TO SELECT
PRESS (MENU) TO END

SELECT TIME ZONE

8 You can select the zone automatically or manually

by pressing CH▲▼ or SHUTTLE PLUS. If an

incorrect time is displayed you may be receiving the clock setting data of a PBS channel from an adjacent time zone or from an

incorrect PBS channel from a cable TV system. If you selected "AUTO" in step 7 select "MANUAL" and select the correct time zone manually.

If you selected "AUTO", press MENU to return to the Semi-Auto Clock Set screen.

If you selected "MANUAL", press OK and the screen to the right appears. Move the highlight bar (arrow) to your choice by pressing CH▲▼ or SHUTTLE PLUS, then press MENU twice to return to

the Semi-Auto Clock Set screen.

SELECT D.S.T. MODE

9 You have three choices: a–Select “AUTO” and the adjustment to your VCR’s

clock will be made according to the incoming

signal from the host channel.

b–Select “ON” and the adjustment will be made based on the clock itself.

c–Select “OFF” if Daylight Saving Time doesn’t apply to you.

Move the highlight bar (arrow) to your choice by pressing CHor SHUTTLE PLUS, then press MENU and the Semi-Auto Clock Set screen reappears.

IMPORTANT

Turn the VCR off after performing the Semi-Auto Clock Set procedure. "Auto" will appear on the front display panel when the clock is being set. The current time will appear automatically when the clock is set.

EN13

Manual

5

 

SELECT MODE

Þ

 

 

 

 

 

At the Override Auto Clock Set screen (pg. 12), move

 

 

the highlight bar (arrow) to “MANUAL CLOCK SET” by

 

 

pressing CH▲▼ or SHUTTLE PLUS% , then press OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET DATE, TIME AND D.S.T.

 

 

The Manual Clock Set

 

MANUAL CLOCK SET

 

 

screen is displayed and the

 

 

 

 

 

6 month digit begins

 

DATE

1/ 1/97 WED

 

 

TIME

–:– AM

 

 

 

blinking. Press the

 

D.S.T.

ON

 

 

appropriate NUMBER keys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to set the date and time (if

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS NUMBER KEY (O–9)

 

 

 

only 1 digit, press "0" first).

 

 

 

 

OR (5,°), THEN (OK)

 

 

 

Press CH▲▼ or SHUTTLE

PRESS (MENU) TO END

 

 

PLUSto set AM/PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and D.S.T. (Daylight Saving Time). Press OK after AM/

 

PM and D.S.T. settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set D.S.T. to "ON" to set the D.S.T. according to the

 

VCR's clock or to "OFF" if D.S.T. doesn't apply to you.

 

When you’re finished with this set-up procedure, press

 

MENU to start the clock.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

CH▲▼ and SHUTTLE PLUScan be used to perform all operations. (In this case, press OK after each setting.)

At the Manual Clock Set screen, the setting that can be set blinks. When setting of a highlighted item is completed, the highlight bar moves down by 1 line to the next item.

MAKE CORRECTIONS

7 To change any of the settings, press OK or SHUTTLE PLUS Þ%until the item you want to change blinks, then set as in step 6.

Auto

SELECT MODE

5 At the Override Auto Clock Set screen, move the highlight bar (arrow) to "AUTO CLOCK SET" by pressing CH▲▼ or SHUTTLE PLUS, then power off the VCR. Do not power it on again until the clock has been adjusted. After the clock is set it will be automati- cally adjusted on the hour except at 11:00 PM, midnight, 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM. (The clock will be adjusted on the hour based on the time displayed on the VCR, not on the actual real time.)

**AUTO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

This function enables automatic adjustment of the VCR’s clock at the start and end of Daylight Saving Time. With Auto DST activated, . . .

. . . on the first Sunday of April at 2:00 AM, the clock is adjusted to 3:00 AM.

. . . on the last Sunday of October at 2:00 AM, the clock is adjusted to 1:00 AM.

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JVC HR-S5400U manual Select Time Zone, Select D.S.T. Mode, Make Corrections, Manual, Auto

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