Panasonic AJ-HDC27A Hold button, Reset button, Display switch, User’s bit is displayed

Parts and their functions

Time code related section (2)

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4HOLD button

The time data display of the counter display section which was on the screen at the moment when this button is pressed is held. (However, the time code generator keeps running.) When the button is pressed again, the hold status is released.

It is used, for instance, to find out the time at which a particular scene was shot.

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If the HOLD button is pressed and held down while the DISPLAY switch 6 has been set to UB, “HOLD” on the counter display flashes, and the button functions to display the VITC user’s bit information recorded in the video AUX area on the counter display section.

5RESET button

This is used to reset the time data on the counter display section to “00:00:00:00.” If it is pressed while the TCG switch 9 is at the SET position, the time code data and user’s bit data are respectively reset to “00:00:00:00.”

6DISPLAY switch

This is used to display the time code, CTL or user’s bit on the counter display section depending on the setting positions of this switch and the TCG switch

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UB	: The user’s bit is displayed.
TC	: The time code is displayed.

CTL : CTL is displayed.

7“+” button, “–” button

These are used to increment or decrement by 1 the figure in the digit which was made to flash by the SHIFT button 8 when the time code or user’s bit is to be set.

8SHIFT button

This causes the digit to be set to flash when the time code or user’s bit is to be set.

9TCG (time code selector) switch

This is used to set the running mode of the built-in time code generator.

F-RUN :Set here to have the time code run all the time regardless of the VTR’s operation. This position is used to align the time code with the time or externally lock the time

code.

SET : Set here when the time code or user’s bit is to be set.

R-RUN :Set here to have the time code run only during recording.

The time code on the tape with scene-to- scene continuity is recorded continuously.

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