4—Setting Up and Basic Operations

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Setting the VS-2480’s Clock

The VS-2480 time-stamps your recordings to make it easier for you to keep track of your
work. In order to allow the VS-2480 to do this, you’ll need to set its system clock.
1. Press UTILITY.
2. Press PAGE repeatedly—if necessary—until “DATE” appears above F5.
3. Press F5 (DATE). The DATE/TIME screen appears.
4. If the DATE parameter isn’t selected, use the

,

,

and

buttons to select it.
5. If the month isn’t already selected, press

to select it.
6. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial until the current month is displayed.
7. Press

and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to choose today’s date.
8. Press

and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to choose the current year.
9. Press

and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to choose the desired DATE FORMAT
setting. Dates can be shown on the display in any of the following styles:
10. Press

to select the TIME parameter.
11. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the current hour.
12. Press

and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the minute, and then second.
13. Press F5 (SET) to confirm your changes.
14. Press F6 (EXIT) to leave the DATE/TIME screen and finish the procedure.

A Few Fundamental Concepts

Selection

Before you can change something in the VS-2480, you must first select it. In the case of
physical controls, it’s obvious: before you can move a fader, you’ve got to grab it with
your fingers. This rule also applies to items shown on the VS-2480’s display. When you
select something on the display, you’re telling the VS-2480 you want to do something to
the thing you’ve selected. The two most common ways to make a selection are to use
the cursor buttons or to click the desired item with your mouse. Once you’ve made a
selection, you can make the desired change using the appropriate tool.
When you select one displayed item and then another, you’re
moving the “selection cursor.”
The VS-2480 shows you what’s currently selected. Often, the
selected item becomes “highlighted” —its colors are inverted. Text,
for example, becomes white with a black background.
When you select a box in which you can enter data or choose a
different value, the box’s outline becomes darkened.

This value: Displays dates as:

mm/dd/yyyy 07/12/2001
dd/mm/yyyy 12/07/2001
yyyy/mm/dd 2001/07/12
MMM.dd ‘YY Jul. 12, ‘01
dd MMM ‘YY 12 Jul ‘01
The VS-2480 uses 24-hour time: Midnight is Hour 00, 1 am is 01, and 1 pm is Hour 13.
Selected
Not selected
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