VCR

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

Actually, I own a panasonic VCR so I happen to know how it works. It
actually has a calendar set-up in the chip where it knows which dates to
reset the clock. That also goes for leap years. I remember during the Y2K
scare, how people thought that their VCRs wouldn't work after the first. The
solution given was to reset the year on your VCR clock to 1972 ( or
something like that) because that year had all the days of the week and leap
year etc. info in common with 2000.
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Baum <patbaum@rice.edu>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:35 AM
Subject: VCR


>>Can anyone tell me how my VCR knew it was Daylight Saving Time?<
>
>The VCR probably received a signal (usually from the PBS station's
>transmission) that automatically sets (re-sets) the clock.  This is a
>common feature nowadays on VCRs and is usually the default setting so that
>you don't have to manually set the clock.
>
>Patrick Baum, RPT
>Houston, TX
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