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HORITA TVC-50 

 

SMPTE Time Code Video Clock 

 

 
 
 

USER MANUAL 

 

For Models TVC-50, RM-50/TVC, SR-50/TVC 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Doc.072150 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Rev. C 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(C) Copyright 2015 

 
 

HORITA Co., Inc 

 

P.O. Box 3993, Mission Viejo, CA 92690  (949) 489-0240  www.horita.com 

 

Summary of Contents for RM-50/TVC

Page 1: ...ORITA TVC 50 SMPTE Time Code Video Clock USER MANUAL For Models TVC 50 RM 50 TVC SR 50 TVC Doc 072150 Rev C C Copyright 2015 HORITA Co Inc P O Box 3993 Mission Viejo CA 92690 949 489 0240 www horita com ...

Page 2: ...n any form or by any means without prior written consent of HORITA CO P O Box 3993 Mission Viejo CA 92690 HORITA CO makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose HORITA its logo and TVC 50 are trademarks of HORITA CO ...

Page 3: ... V2 00 HELP Screen 7 4 6 The SYSTEM CHARACTER Menu 7 4 7 The TIME CODE CLOCK Menu 8 4 8 The TIME DATE DISPLAY Menu 9 4 9 Selecting Data Entry Edit Mode and Entering and Editing Data 12 4 10 Character Selection 12 4 11 Inserting Spaces and Deleting Characters 13 4 12 Centering a Line of Text 13 4 13 Turning the Display Off and ON 13 4 14 Operating in the Split Screen Mode 13 4 15 Making a Time Code...

Page 4: ... as well as source ID or other alpha numeric information The nine display lines can be automatically labeled and un labeled with line numbers from 1 9 to more easily identify where information is going to be placed on the screen Special split screen display mode insures maximum view of the video image by splitting the 9 display lines into two separate display areas of 5 lines and 4 lines These are...

Page 5: ...more than 9 volts at 500 milliamperes or damage to the TVC 50 may result 3 2 Operating From Battery Power You can operate your TVC 50 from battery power in order to use it in the field as a portable time and date or source ID inserter The TVC 50 can be operated from 9 to 14 volts DC obtained either from a conventional 12 volt video camera battery or from a pack of 8 1 1 2 volt batteries A common b...

Page 6: ...video 4 2 Entering and Exiting the Setup Mode and Selecting the Setup Menus The setup menus allow selection of various character attributes such as black or white characters time and date display format time code internal clock selection etc To display the setup menus actuate the MODE switch to SETUP and release There are four menus titled TVC V2 00 HELP SYSTEM CHARACTER TIME CODE CLOCK and TIME D...

Page 7: ...rop frame code Mostly used with time code systems in the US UB UB stands for the User Bits of the time code Used to carry the date information for the TVC 50 FPS TC FRMS PER SEC Frames Per Second The 24FPS 25FPS 29FPS or 30FPS frame rate of the incoming time code JAM PRESET CLK TO TC JAM is a term meaning to set preset the TVC 50 clock calendar chip time or date to the time or date from the time c...

Page 8: ...1 split 7H 1X 1S 2 times 2 split 14H 3X 3 times 21H 4X 4 times 28H H is vertical size expressed as number of horizontal lines 4 7 The TIME CODE CLOCK Menu This menu displays the raw time code time and user bit data from the TVC 50 longitudinal time code reader and provides for setting up the battery backed up real time clock calendar chip in the TVC 50 ITEM DESCRIPTION ____________________________...

Page 9: ...or Jam performed time value Invalid values of time code cannot jam the time When the time jam is first selected the selection momentarily changes from N to Y then back to N to indicate that the jam function has been performed This takes from one to two seconds If this sequence is not observed then the jam operation did not occur and should be attempted again JAM DATE Preset internal clock date to ...

Page 10: ...y FORMAT DISPLAY MEANING __ 01 13 02 24 hour H M 02 13 02 36 24 hour H M S 03 13 02 36 7 24 hour H M S 1S 04 1 02 PM 12 hour H M AM PM 05 1 02 36 PM 12 hour H M S AM PM 06 1 02 36 7 PM 12 hour H M S 1S AM PM 07 02 36 7 No hours M S 1S 08 27 24 1 2H S 1 2 hour downcounter 09 57 24 H S 1 hour downcounter 10 NTC 13 02 36 21 Non drop frame time code DTC 13 02 36 21 Drop frame time code 11 13 02 36 21 ...

Page 11: ...001 starts the date display in the upper left corner of the of formatted date display display screen A value of 180 starts the display at the lower right of the screen NOTE When the position of the date display is first changed via actuation of the CHAR switch the TVC 50 temporarily exits the SETUP menu and returns to display the text screen on which the date will be displayed Further actuation of...

Page 12: ...lect the desired characters for entry The following is a list of the characters and their progression in the forward NEXT direction A blank transparent character is available between each grouping and the numeric characters can be quickly accessed by scanning in the reverse PREV direction Alphabet A Z upper case only blank transparent Punctuation period comma apostrophe ampersand colon question ma...

Page 13: ...e The split screen mode is selected by choosing 1S or 2S for the VPOS when in the SYSTEM DSP setup menu The split screen mode splits the nine display lines into five 5 lines for the top of the screen and four 4 lines for the bottom When in the split display mode and the vertical position is increased the first five lines of the display move up from the center of the screen towards the top and the ...

Page 14: ... cover out towards the front If you have a Rackmount or Shortrack packaged TVC 50 remove the four screws from the top cover and remove the cover All adjustments are located on the circuit board as shown in Figure 5 1 LEVEL H SIZE Figure 5 1 Adjustment Locations 5 4 Horizontal Size Adjustment 1 Adjust H SIZE control for the desired horizontal size 5 5 Video Level Adjustment 1 Connect a 1 volt P P v...

Page 15: ...OSITION CHAR Momentary toggle switches Environment Operating 5C to 40C 41F to 104F Storage 10C to 60C 14F to 140F Dimensions 1 75 H 3 5 W 4 5 D Weight Approximately 13 Oz shipping weight approximately 29 Oz including power adapter Specifications subject to change without notice ...

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