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F
ront P
a
nel Quick Ref
e
renc
e
Co
nnec
t an Alesis LRC
or LRC-c
ompa
tible
remot
e c
on
tr
ol her
e.
The output sta
tus ligh
ts
sho
w
when da
ta is being
sen
t t
o each output
destina
tion.
W
hen
the
Digital
Ti
mepiec
e is idle
(not gener
at
ing or
co
nv
er
ting time c
ode),
the output ligh
ts will
flick
er about onc
e per
sec
ond as the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e c
on
tinuously
checks f
or devic
es
co
nnec
ted t
o it.
If a
devic
e is pr
esen
t, the
Digital T
imepiec
e
co
nt
in-
ually checks f
or its
curr
en
t fr
ame loca
tion t
o
mak
e sur
e it is in sync
with the Digital Ti
mepiec
e.
W
hen
the
Digital T
imepiec
e
is
gener
at
ing or c
on
ver
ting
time c
ode
, the LEDs will
glo
w
c
on
tinuously
.
The C
O
MMUNICA
TION
ST
ATUS ligh
ts blink when
da
ta is sen
t t
o and fr
om
the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e.
Ti
me c
ode appears as a
st
eady glo
w
. P
olling and
“handshak
ing
” messages
appear as flick
ering
.
If the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e is
curr
en
tly set t
o
Int
ernal
mode (as sho
wn b
y the
TIME BASE LED t
o the
righ
t) — which mak
es it
the addr
ess (time c
ode)
mast
er
, pr
essing the
STRIPE butt
on mak
es it
begin gener
at
ing time
co
de (as w
ell as all other
sync forma
ts) a
t
0:00:00:00,
unless y
ou
ha
ve
used the C
lockW
orks
console soft
w
ar
e t
o set
an
y SMPTE star
t time y
ou
wish.
If an e
xt
ernal sour
ce
is curr
en
tly chosen as the
addr
ess mast
er
, pr
essing
this butt
on w
on
’t do
an
ything
.
The
TA
CH ligh
t blinks onc
e
per sec
ond when the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e is either gener
at
-
ing or c
on
ver
ting time c
ode
.
The L
O
CK ligh
t glo
w
s when
the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e has
succ
essfully achie
ved and is
main
taining lock
up t
o
ex
ternal time c
ode
.
Fo
r time base modes
tha
t r
equir
e y
ou t
o
manually choose the SMPTE time co
de fr
ame r
at
e,
pr
ess the FORMA
T
butt
on r
epea
tedly t
o
choose the desir
ed
ra
te
. Ho
w
ev
er
, for
time base modes tha
t mak
e the
Digital T
imepiec
e
follo
w e
xt
ernal time
co
de
, this setting is
made aut
oma
tically
by
the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e,
which
senses the fr
ame
ra
te
of the inc
oming
time c
ode
.
The
TIME BASE sec
tion of the fr
on
t
panel is wher
e y
ou choose which
co
mponen
ts of y
our sy
st
em ar
e the
time base mast
er and the time c
ode
(addr
ess) mast
er
. F
or e
xample
, if y
ou
choose video+SMPTE mode
, video
blackburst (house sync) c
ould be the
time base mast
er
, while SMPTE time
co
de (L
TC) fr
om a
VTR c
ould be the
addr
ess mast
er
.
Pr
ess the RA
TE butt
on
repea
tedly t
o choose one
of six w
or
d clock r
at
es as
sho
wn b
y these four LEDs
.
The six possible r
at
es ar
e:
■
48 kHz
■
48 pull-up (+1%)
■
48 pull-do
wn (-1%)
■
44.1 kHz
■
44.1 pull-up
■
44.1 pull-do
wn
Th
is w
or
d clock r
at
e
setting only needs t
o be
set manually her
e when
yo
u ha
ve
selec
ted the
Digital T
imepiec
e,
time
co
de or video as the time
base mast
er (with the
TIME BASE c
on
tr
ols on the
righ
t).
O
ther time base
modes deriv
e the w
or
d
clock r
at
e fr
om their
re
spec
tiv
e e
xt
ernal time
base sour
ce
.
W
hen one of these first
four LEDs is illumina
te
d,
the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e
co
nt
rols the global w
or
d
clock r
at
e as det
ermined
by
the w
or
d r
at
e settings
on its fr
on
t panel (a
t left).
All other time base modes deriv
e the w
or
d clock r
at
e
fr
om their r
espec
tiv
e
ex
ternal time base sour
ce
.
The L
O
CK indica
to
rs (A
ddr
ess and
W
or
d) glo
w
st
eadily when the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e has
succ
essfully achie
ved and is main
taining
lock
up t
o the curr
en
t addr
ess and time base
sour
ces.
T
he
Addr
ess
LED glo
w
s when the
Digital
Ti
mepiec
e is succ
essfully r
eading and/
or gener
at
ing time c
ode
. T
he
Wo
rd
LED glo
w
s
when the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e’
s digital audio
phase loop engine has stabiliz
ed and is
curr
en
tly gener
at
ing or lock
ing t
o a time base
.
Pr
ess the SOURCE butt
on r
epea
tedly t
o choose the o
ver
all time base and time c
ode
(addr
ess) sour
ce
. T
her
e ar
e 28 possible settings but only 11 LEDs
, so man
y time
base modes ar
e indica
ted b
y a c
ombina
tion of 2 or 3 illumina
ted LEDs (indica
ted
with a / sign belo
w
). B
elo
w is a brief summar
y of each mode:
Time base mode
Explanation
Int
ernal
MT
C
SMPTE (L
TC
)
The selec
ted item is both time base and addr
ess (time
code) master
.
Video / Int
ernal
Video / MT
C
Video / SMPTE (L
TC
)
Video (
VIT
C)
Video ser
ves as the time base mast
er and the other
chosen sour
ce (Int
ernal,
MT
C,
LT
C,
or
VIT
C) is the address
(time code) master
.
Video SONY 9-pin
This mode is indic
at
ed by a blinking
Video LED
. Video
(fr
om the 9-pin deck or from house sync) is the time
base master and the 9-pin deck is addr
ess master (via
its 9-pin connec
tion).
W
or
d 1x / Int
ernal*
W
or
d 1x / MT
C*
W
or
d 1x / SMPTE (L
TC)*
W
or
d 1x / contr
ol track 1 and 2
W
or
d 1x / ADA
T
W
or
d 1x / DA-
88
An ex
ternal w
or
d clock device ser
ves as the time base
master and the other chosen sour
ce (Int
ernal,
MT
C,
LT
C,
contr
ol track,
ADA
T or DA-
88) is the address (time code)
master
.
W
or
d 1x / video / Int
ernal
W
or
d 1x / video / L
TC
W
or
d 1x / video / MT
C
W
or
d 1x / video /
VIT
C
W
or
d 1x / video / S
on
y
An ex
ternal w
or
d clock device ser
ves as the time base
master
. T
he ex
ternal w
or
d clock master device and the
Digital
Ti
mepiece ar
e both r
esolv
ed t
o video
, so that
both devices can achiev
e accura
te video frame lock.
The
addr
ess master can be Int
ernal,
LT
C,
MT
C,
VIT
C or 9-pin.
S/PDIF / Int
ernal
An ex
ternal S/PDIF de
vice ser
ves as the time base
master and the D
igital
Ti
mepiece is the address (time
code) master
.
Co
ntr
ol track 1 or 2
ADA
T
DA-88
The selec
ted item is both time base mast
er and addr
ess
(time code) master
.
W
hen the S/PDIF
THRU butt
on is pushed in,
the LED
illumina
te
s and the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e passes digital
audio signal fr
om its S/PDIF IN t
o its S/PDIF OUT jack.
The Digital
Ti
mepiec
e cannot sla
ve
to
an inc
oming
S/PDIF signal when the
THRU butt
on is engaged
.
W
hen the
THRU butt
on is r
eleased (turned off
), the
Digital
Ti
mepiec
e can sla
ve
to
an inc
oming S/PDIF
signal.
In addition,
it c
on
tinuously gener
at
es its o
wn
S/PDIF signal on its S/PDIF output jack,
to
which a
co
nnec
ted devic
e can sla
ve
.
* Also a
vailable in
W
or
d 256x format
for Pr
o
Tools syst
ems.