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Time Code Settings
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Time Code Settings
Selecting the Time Data
The display shows the following types of time data.
1)
User bits
These represent supplementary information as part of the recorded time
code, and consist of eight hexadecimal digits (0-9 and A-F).
Selecting the time data
Press the
[F5]
(TM SEL) button in the TC menu repeatedly
to select the time data display.
TC:
Displays the value read by the time code reader or the
value generated by the time code generator. To switch
between VITC and LTC, press the
[F10]
(TCR SEL)
button in the TC menu.
UB:
Displays the user bits inserted in the playback time
code or the user bits inserted in the time code being
recorded. To switch between VITC and LTC, press
the
[F10]
(TCR SEL) button in the TC menu.
TM1:
Displays the time counters that can be preset or
reset.
TM2:
Displays the time counters for which the beginning
of the file will be 0. They cannot be preset or reset.
Setting the Time Code Generator
The output of the unit’s internal time code generator is
used to record time codes.
The output from the internal time code generator can either
be set to any initial value, or synchronized with an external
time code generator.
Set the internal time code generator with
[F1]
(TCG SRC)
in the TC menu.
preset:
Generates time codes with the internal time code
generator. Any initial value can be set for the time
codes.
ext-LTC:
Synchronizes to the time data of the TIME
CODE IN connector, and regenerates the time codes.
SDI-LTC:
Synchronizes to the LTC time data of the video
signal of the HD SDI INPUT A connector, and
regenerates the time codes.
SDI-VITC:
Synchronizes to the VITC time data of the
video signal of the HD SDI INPUT A connector, and
regenerates the time codes.
Selecting the signal to regenerate
Select the signal to regenerate with the
[F2]
(REGENE)
button in the TC menu.
TC & UB:
Regenerates both the time code signal and user
bit signal.
TC:
Regenerates only the time code signal.
UB:
Regenerates only the user bit signal.
For a signal that is not regenerated, the mode always
becomes preset mode regardless of the
[F1]
(TCG SRC)
button setting.
Setting the Time Data
To set the time codes
Use the
[F3]
(RUN) button in the TC menu to select “Rec”
before setting the time code for recording. In rec mode,
time code recording begins from the set value. In “Free”
mode, the time code advances in real time after the setting
has been made.
Control
panel
indication
Superimposed
display
Time data type
TCR LTC
TCR
The LTC value read by the
time code reader during
playback.
TCR VITC
TCR.
The VITC value read by the
time code reader during
playback.
TCG
TCG
The value generated by the
time code generator during
recording.
UBR LTC
UBR
The user bit
1)
value read by
the time code reader (LTC)
during playback.
UBR VITC
UBR.
The user bit value read by
the time code reader (VITC)
during playback.
UBG
UBG
The user bit value generated
by the time code generator
during recording.
TM1
TM1
Time counter value that can
be preset.
TM2
TM2
Time counter value for which
the beginning of the file is 0.
ORG LTC
ORG
The value read by the LTC
before time code conversion.
ORG VITC ORG.
The value read by the VITC
before time code conversion.
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