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RQT6986
Advanced operation
Preparation
If you connect the unit through a cable TV box or DSS receiver
(➜page 58), tune to your local PBS station before starting auto
clock setting. Use manual clock setting if auto clock setting does not
work or if there is no local PBS channel in your area.
1 Press [SETUP] to show the menus.
2 Press [3, 4] to select “Set Up” and
press [1].
3 Press [3, 4] to select “Auto Clock
Setting” and press [ENTER].
If you have not yet set channels, the “Auto Channel/Clock
Setting” screen appears.
4 Press [ENTER].
Auto setting starts. This can take some time, up to a few
hours in some cases. (To stop auto clock setting, press
[RETURN].) The following screen appears when setting is
complete. Press [ENTER].
[Note]
≥If the time was not set correctly, use manual clock setting or time
zone adjust.
≥DST, Daylight Saving Time, shows the summertime setting.
≥TIME ZONE shows the time difference from Greenwich meantime
(GMT).
EST (Eastern Standard Time) = GMTj5
CST (Central Standard Time) = GMTj6
MST (Mountain Standard Time) = GMTj7
PST (Pacific Standard Time) = GMTj8
AST (Alaska Standard Time) = GMTj9
HST (Hawaii Standard Time) = GMTj10
For other areas: xx hr
3 Press [3, 4] to select “Manual Clock
Setting” and press [ENTER].
4 Press [2, 1] to select the item you
want to change and press [3, 4] to
change the setting.
MONTH(--)DAY(----)YEAR(--)HOUR (12-hour display)
^>TIME ZONE()DST()MINUTE(J
DST (Daylight Saving Time): ON or OFF
If you select “ON”, the clock is advanced one hour starting
at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in April and ending at 2 a.m. on
the last Sunday in October.
TIME ZONE (➜ left):
EST()CST()MST()PST()AST()HST
(s5) (s6) (s7) (s8) (s9) (s10)
^---------------------------------------------------------------------------------J
5 Press [ENTER].
The clock starts.
[Note]
When you change the time zone, the recording times for programs
recorded before the time zone was changed also change to corre-
spond to the new time zone.
Adjust the time zone (s1 or r1) if it was not set correctly with auto
clock setting.
You cannot change this setting if you set the clock manually.
3 Press [3, 4] to select “Time Zone
Adjust” and press [ENTER].
4 Press [3, 4] to select “s1”, “0”, or
“r1” and press [ENTER].
The “Set Up” screen (➜ step 2, left) reappears.
Clock settings
Auto Clock Setting
SELECT
TAB
Off Timer
Remote Control Code
Clock Settings
Auto Clock Setting
Manual Clock Setting
Re-initialize Setting
6 hr
Set Code 1
SETUP
RETURN
Set Up
Disc
Video
Audio
Display
TV Screen
Channel
ENTER
Time Zone Adjust
0
Proceed with the
steps described
below.
SETUP
Set Up
Disc
Video
Audio
Display
TV Screen
ENTER
Auto Clock Setting
RETURN
Connect antenna cable and if you use a
cable box, tune it to your local PBS CH
then...
Channel
Please push the ENTER key.
SETUP
Set Up
Disc
Video
Audio
Display
Auto Clock Setting
Auto Clock Setting is complete.
4/4/2002 12:15 AM
DST............. ON
TIME ZONE.... CST
Channel
Manual Clock Setting
Time Zone Adjust
SETUP
Disc
Video
Audio
Display
TV Screen
Set Up
ENTER
Manual Clock Setting
RETURN
CHANGE
SELECT
/ :
/
SAT PM
MONTH DAY YEAR
HOUR MINUTE
1
1
12 00
2000
DST TIME ZONE
OFF
EST
Channel
SETUP
Disc
Video
Set Up
Time Zone Adjust
j1
0
i1
Channel