Setting the User Bit
The user bit display can be selected from the date or the time of recording, or an identification code consisting of 8 characters in the hexadecimal system. There are sixteen possible characters: the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F.
bIf user bit information is being received along with an external time code, you can also record the external user bit on the recording media.
Operating modes: 
1 Open the user bit [Setting] submenu.
[LTC/UB Setup] 
[User Bit] 
[Type] 
[Setting]
Setting the User Bit
[LTC/UB Setup]
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[User Bit]
[Type]
[Setting]
•To set the time for the user bit select [Time] instead; to set the date for the user bit, select [Date]. In such case, the rest of the procedure is not necessary.
2 Select [Set] and then press SET.
•The user bit setting screen appears with an orange selection frame on the leftmost digit.
•To reset the user bit to [00 00 00 00], select [Reset] instead.
3 Select an alphanumeric character (hexadecimal) then move (A) to the next digit. 4 Change the rest of the digits in the same way.
• Press the CANCEL button to close the screen without setting the user bit.
5 Select [Set] to close the screen.