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plus Version 2.20 - September 1998
NOTE 1: It must be said that some of the latter options are for use in very specialised applica-
tions. You will know if they are useful for you. The normal selection made is 24, 25, 29.97 or
30fps. Those working in film or cartoons may like to use other display styles.
Pressing Sub-F (F2) moves the cursor to the Sub-Frames field. This selects how many sub-
frames will be displayed per frame. Available selections are :
OFF
The sub-frame display is switched off
10th Frames
Normal display with 10 sub-frames per frame
Film Perfs
This counts film perforations at 4 perforations per frame.
Video Fields
This counts video fields at 2 fields per frame.
Pressing Meters (F3) moves the cursor to the Meter Mode field. This controls the meter’s peak
hold function. Available selections are :
NORMAL
Peak level is displayed momentarily
HOLD
Peak level is displayed indefinitely on the meters
Pressing LCD (F4) moves the cursor to the LCD Contrast field. This allows the contrast of the
LCD display to be changed for better visibility by using the DATA +/- keys.
DISPLAY OFFSET
Pressing OFFSET (F5) takes you to the DISPLAY OFFSET page:
When the OFFSET field is OFF, the timecode displays will show either absolute or relative time
as selected. When the OFFSET field is ON, the timecode displays will show be adjusted accord-
ing to the offset shown on this page.
To enter a new offset value press the ENTRY key (F5):
Soft keys F1 and F2 can be used to move the cursor to the sub-frame field, or any of the other
fields. The offset time is then entered using the track keys as a numeric keypad or the current
digit can be nudged using the DATA +/- keys.
The offset sign (plus or minus) can be toggled by pressing the +/- key (F4).
FOOTAGE DISPLAY
When footage (Feet/Frames) display styles are selected on the SYSTEM ‘DISPLAY’ page, the
current position is calculated using the MARK time as zero footage. Other timecode offsets are
ignored. This allows a project to be setup with a TIMECODE RCV OFFSET for use when the
project is loaded into a machine chasing LTC as well as a separate and unrelated footage zero.
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