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Setting Timecode
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2
Press the TCG SET function button (F5).
The first digit of the time data display starts flashing.
3
Press the
T
or
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function button (F1 or F2) to select
a digit to be set.
The selected digit starts flashing.
4
Use the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob or – or + function
button (F3 or F4) to set the value for the selected digit.
To set the next-most significant digit (10s place)
Turn the PUSH SET(S.SEL) knob while holding down
the SHIFT button.
Repeat steps
3
and
4
to set all digits that should be set.
To set to 00:00:00:00
Press the RESET/RETURN button.
5
Press the SET function button (F5) .
If RUN MODE on page P5 TC is set to FREE RUN,
the timecode starts running.
To cancel a setting
Press the EXIT function button (F6). Any new settings to
that point are canceled, and the setting operation is
terminated.
Setting the timecode to the current time
1
Set RUN MODE on page P5 TC to FREE RUN and
DF/NDF to DF (in 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode only).
2
Perform steps
1
to
4
of “Setting an initial timecode
value” to set the timecode to a time slightly ahead of
the current time.
3
Press the SET function button (F5) at the instant when
the current time matches the displayed timecode.
Setting user bits
You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information
(date, time, event number, etc.) on the timecode track.
Select UB by pressing the CNTR SEL function button (F4)
in step
1
of “Setting an initial timecode value” and carry
out steps
2
to
5
. Settings are made in hexadecimal (0-9,
A-F).
You can record ID codes in user bits.
To record timecode that follows
sequentially upon the last recorded
timecode (Internal Regen)
You can record timecode so that it is continuous from one
clip to the next on the disc.
Set TCG on page P5 TC of the function menu to INT, and
PRST/RGN to TC or VITC. When this setting is in force,
the unit reads the timecode of the last frame of the last
recorded clip on the disc before starting to record, and
internally generates timecode that follows upon the
recorded timecode.
The frame count mode (for system frequency 59.94i/
59.94P/29.97P only) is set to the same mode as the last
recorded timecode on the disc (drop-frame or non-drop-
frame).
To record with the internal timecode
generator synchronized to external
timecode (External Regen)
Use this method to synchronize the timecode generators of
a number of recorders, to record the playback timecode of
external VTRs, or to record while maintaining
synchronization between the source video and timecode.
When the Live Logging function is set to Live View mode,
the run mode is always Free Run, regardless of the setting
of RUN MODE on page P5 TC of the function menu. It is
not possible to preset the timecode to be recorded.
Use either of the following procedures according to the
type of external timecode.
Synchronizing with timecode input to the TIME
CODE IN connector
1
Connect the timecode output of an external device to
the TIME CODE IN connector, and input a reference
video signal to the REF. VIDEO INPUT connector.
2
Make the following settings on page P5 TC of the
function menu.
• Set TCG to “EXT”.
• Set PRST/RGN to “TC”.
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