Sony DSR-DR1000A - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter
24
Setting the Date and Time / Setting the Time Data
Preparations
Setting the Date and Time
When you start this unit for the first time, you should set
the data and time. To set the date and time, use the DATE/
TIME PRESET menu.
See page 72 for more information about basic menu
operations.
To select the digit to set
Press the
K(IN) or k(OUT) button until the digit you
want to change starts flashing. (In the date display, the
digit in the second place from the left does not flash).
To move from the date display to the time display, press
the
k(OUT) button while the rightmost digit is flashing
(the leftmost digit of the time display begins to flash), or
press the
K(IN) button while the third place from the left
(the + position) is flashing (the rightmost digit of the time
display begins to flash).
To move from the time display to the date display, press
the
k(OUT) button while the rightmost digit is flashing
(the third place of the date display begins to flash), or press
the
K(IN) button while the leftmost digit is flashing (the
rightmost digit of the date display begins to flash).
To change a numeric value
Press the
J(CUE) button to increase a value. Press the j
button to decrease a value.
To return a value to the factory default setting (2002/01/01
00: 00: 00) press the RESET button.
To confirm a value
Press the SET button.
To exit the date and time setting menu without changing
any values, press the MENU button.
To display the material’s recording date
and time on the monitor
This unit records time code and the recording date and time
together with video data. To the material's recording date
and time on the monitor, set the DISPLAY INFO menu
item (see page 63) to REC DATE&TIME.
Setting the Time Data
This unit is provided with the following functions related
to time data.
• Display and reset CNT value
• Set, display, record, and play back SMPTE/EBU time
code and user bit data
• Set, display, record, and play back VITC
The unit can output the time code read from the disk as an
analog (LTC) signal, and receive an external analog time
code (LTC) signal.
Note
The unit outputs no signal from the TIME CODE OUT
connector unless it is in normal-speed playback mode.
The following explains how to use these functions.
DATE/TIME PRESET
DATE 2002/07/10
TIME 18:29:10
INC/DEC : ( )( )KEY
SHIFT : ( )( )KEY
CLEAR : RESET KEY
DATA SAVE : SET KEY
TO MENU : MENU KEY