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Time Data Handled by This Unit
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Time Data Handled by
This Unit
Using time data allows you to easily check time
information, ensure high precision editing, and
synchronize multiple devices.
With this unit, you can use the following time data.
Display of count value of the counter (CNT):
Relative
position on the tape in frame units. Can be reset.
REC DATE/TIME display:
recording date and recording
time (except when recording format is DVCPRO)
Timecode setting, display, recording, and playback:
• LTC and user bit data
• VITC (recording on the tape and tape playback are
in DVCAM format only)
• SD/HD SDI embedded timecode (SD-SDI signal:
RP188. HD-SDI signal: ARIB STD-B4.2.0, and
RP188.)
The relation between recording/playback format and
handled time data is as follows.
1) For cassettes recorded on consumer equipment, the recording is always in
DF mode. User bit data cannot be hadled.
2) You can synchronize this unit’s internal timecode generator to the VITC
in an analog video signal. However, this can only be recorded as VITC
data when the recording format of this unit is DVCAM.
3) If REC DATE/TIME is recorded in place of VITC, then REC DATE/
TIME is displayed.
4) When REC DATE/TIME is recorded, by setting the VITC menu item to
ON, you can view the REC DATE/TIME value in place of VITC.
You can also output a timecode read from the tape, or input
an external timecode signal.
• REC DATE/TIME recording is not supported.
• When this unit is in a mode other than normal speed
playback, there is no output from the TC OUT
connector. The output when the unit is in E-E mode can
be changed using the EE OUT PHASE menu item
.
• During variable-speed playback, the timecode output
follows the setting of the MUTING IN SRCH menu item
YES: handling possible / NO: handling impossible
Recording/
playback
format
Time data
Counter
value
LTC (and
user bit
data)
VITC
2)
REC DATE/
TIME
HDV 1080i
YES
YES
NO
Display only
DVCAM
YES
YES
YES
3)
Display only
DV (SP)
YES
YES
1)
NO
4)
Display only
DVCPRO
(25 Mbps)
YES
YES
NO
NO
Notes
