Sony KV-20VM42 User Manual

Getting Started

Setting the date and clock
manually

Setting the date and clock enables you to use the timer feature for
recording or automatically turning the Video/TV on or off.

1

Press MENU to display the main menu.

2

Move the cursor (z) to “TIMER” with + ◊ or – √ and press SELECT.
The TIMER menu appears.

3

Move the cursor (z) to “CURRENT TIME SET” with + ◊ or – √ and press
SELECT.
The CURRENT TIME SET menu appears.

4

Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL” with + ◊ or – √ and press SELECT.
The CURRENT TIME SET menu appears.

5

Press SELECT to start setting the clock.
The month section turns red.

6

Using + ◊ or – √, set the month and press SELECT.
The day section turns red.

7

Using + ◊ or – √ and SELECT, set the day, year, hour and minute in the
same way as in step 6.

8

After setting the minutes, press SELECT.
The clock starts working.

9

Press MENU to return to the original screen.

To display the time
Press DISPLAY.

If you have made a mistake
Press ? to return to the previous
position.

If the clock has stopped and
“--/--” is displayed
You have to re-set the clock.

EJECT

COUNTER/

REMAIN

COUNTER

RESET

SLEEP

MENU

CH

VOL

SELECT

RESET

INDEX

JUMP

ENTER

TAPE SPEED

X2

PAUSE

SEARCH

REC

SLOW

VCR Plus

MUTING

POWER

TV

&

7

STOP

PLAY

REW

FF

TIMER ON SCREEN

INPUT

SELECT

DISPLAY

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