Sony CCD-TR500 - Manual (Page 7)

Setting the Date and Time Adjusting the Viewfinder Lens
To Correct the Date and Time Setting
Repeat steps 3 to 6.
To Check the Preset Date and Time
Press DATE (+-) to display the date indicator in the viewfinder and the display window. Press TIME (NEXT) to
display the time indicator. When you press the same button again, the indicator goes out.
TO Reset to Standard Time
Change D.S.T. mode setting in the menu system (p 33).
The year indicator changes as follows;
1993^1994 --♦2022
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Note on the time Indicator
The internal clock of the camcorder operates on a 12-hour cycle.
12:00 00 AM stands lor midnight. 12:00:00 PM stands for noon.
Before you use the camcorder for the first time or after someone else has used it, focus the viewfinder lens.
Make sure that the power source is connected to the camcorder.
^^) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA. (2) Open the STANDBY cover. (3) Turn the viewfinder up. (4) Move
the viewfinder lens adjustment lever so that the indicators in the viewfinder come into sharp focus.
Inserting a Cassette
Make sure that a power source is installed.
(1) Open the lid of the cassette compartment. (2) Press EJECT. The cassette compartment automatically lifts
up and opens. (3) Insert a cassette (not supplied) with the window facing out. (4) Press the PUSH mark on the
cassette compartment cover to dose it, (5) Close the lid.
To the cassette, press EJECT.
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To adjust the picture quality
If you want to change hue. color and brightness of the picture displayed on the viewfinder screen, turn the
screws on the viewfinder slowly using a screwdriver (not supplied). You do not need lo adjust them In
everyday operation.
Turn clockwise Turn counterclockwise
HUE Greenish skin tones Redish skin tones
COLOR More color intensity Less color inlencity
BRIGHT More brightness Less brightness
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