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Setting the Timecode
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3
Pre
para
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ns
The first digit of the time data display starts flashing.
3
Press the
T
or
t
function button (F1 or F2) to select
a digit to be set.
The selected digit starts flashing.
4
Turn the PUSH SET knob or press the – or + function
button (F3 or F4) to set the value for the selected digit.
To set the next-most significant digit (10s digit)
Turn the PUSH SET 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 P4 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 P4 TC to “FREE RUN” and
DF/NDF to “DF” (in 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode
only).
2
Perform steps
1
to
4
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 eight hexadecimal digits of
information (date, time, event number, etc.) on the
timecode track.
Select UB by pressing the CNTR SEL function button (F2)
in step
1
of
“Setting an initial timecode value” (page 34)
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 the timecode that follows
sequentially from the last recorded
timecode (Internal Regen)
You can record the timecode so that it is continuous from
one clip to the next on the disc.
Set TCG on page P4 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 the timecode that follows 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.
Use either of the following procedures according to the
type of external timecode.
Synchronizing with the 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 P4 TC of the
function menu.
• Set TCG to “EXT”.
• Set PRST/RGN to “TC”.
Synchronizing with the embedded LTC input to
the SD/HDSDI INPUT connector
1
Input an SDI signal containing embedded LTC to the
SD/HDSDI INPUT connector, and a reference video
signal to the REF. VIDEO INPUT connector.
