Model 8084, 8084AD and 8085 Closed Caption Encoders
Manual Change Sheet 1.3-1
Date of Issue: July 26, 2002
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Copyright Evertz Microsystems Ltd. All rights reserved
This manual addendum provides supplementary information to the 8084/8084AD/8085 manual revision
1.3, published in March 2002. It describes new features applicable to the Evertz 8084, 8084AD and
8085 Closed Caption Encoders with firmware revision R020527 or later.
1. OVERVIEW
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Ability to set the clock time, date, time zone and DST observance from the front panel
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Ability for the encoder to automatically perform Daylight Saving Time changes in April and October
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Improved Time of Day/Time Zone Packet encoding to ensure interoperability with consumer VCRs
•
Improved Content Advisory Packet encoding to ensure packets are inserted when upstream
bandwidth is all used up.
•
Fixed bug with encoding and detection of Time Zone Packet for time zone 6
•
Fixed bug with synchronizing the clock to MetaCast for the month of July
•
Added Auto padding of Network Name Packet to 4 characters to aid in Auto Clock function on
Panasonic VCRs.
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"0-based" indexing for 8085 EIA-708 caption translator (8085 firmware version R020618)
2.
SETTING THE ENCODER CLOCK
A new menu item
SET UTC CLOCK
appears in the Engineering Menu of the encoders. This menu item
allows the user to set the internal real time clock directly from the front panel. Note that the time and
date entered are the UTC time. Setting of the clock is done in four stages.
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Setting the UTC time
•
Setting the UTC date
•
Setting the local time zone offset from UTC
•
Setting whether Daylight Saving time is observed in the local region.
When you press the
!
key you will be prompted to set the time.
Press the
SELECT
key to move from one
stage to the next, or press the
SETUP
key at any time during the process to exit the clock setting
function and return to the original clock settings.
2.1. Setting the Time
When you enter the time setting stage, the front panel display shows the current UTC time of the
internal clock with the Hours digits blinking, indicating that they can be changed. E.g.
Time = 04:06:53.
Press the
"
or
#
keys to change the hours digits or press the
!
key move to the minutes or the
$
key
to move to the seconds. Set the minutes and seconds the same way. When you have entered the
correct UTC time press the
SELECT
key to move to the date setting stage.
2.2. Setting the Date
When you enter the date setting stage, the front panel display shows the current UTC date of the
internal clock with the Month blinking, indicating that it can be changed. E.g.
June 04, 2002 Tue.
Press
the
"
or
#
keys to change the month or press the
!
key to move to the day of the month or the
$
key
to move to the year. Set the day and year the same way. As you change the month, day or year, the
day of the week will automatically change. When you have entered the correct UTC date press the
SELECT
key to move to the time zone setting stage.
