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Setting the User Bit
The user bit display can be selected from the date or the time of recording, or an identification code
consisting of 8 characters in the hexadecimal system that is useful for labeling tapes. There are sixteen
possible characters: the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F.
If user bit information is being received along with an external time code, you can also record
the external user bit on the tape.
1. Open the menu and select [RECORDING SETUP]. Select [UB SELECT], select a
setting option and press the SET button.
If you selected [00 00 00 00], the user bit set/reset options appear; continue with the procedure below.
Otherwise, close the menu.
If you selected [00 00 00 00]:
2. Select [SET].
The first character of the user bit flashes.
3. Turn the SELECT dial to select a number or letter and press the SET button.
The next character of the user bit starts flashing. Set the rest of the user bit in the same way.
4. Close the menu.
To reset the user bit to [00 00 00 00], select [CLEAR] in step 2.
The user bit can be recorded when recording with the camcorder or from analog devices. The user
bit set in the camcorder cannot be recorded when recording from digital devices (HDV or DV).
Displaying the User Bit
Open the menu and select [DISPLAY SETUP/
]. Select [UB DISPLAY], set it to [ON] and
close the menu.
Recording an External User Bit
Open the menu and select [RECORDING SETUP]. Select [UB REC], select [EXT.USR-BIT]
and close the menu.
MENU
RECORDING SETUP
UB SELECT•••00 00 00 00
MENU
DISPLAY SETUP/
UB DISPLAY•OFF
MENU
RECORDING SETUP
UB REC•••INT.USR-BIT
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