REGEN Mode - After a disk is mounted (at startup, upon manual connect) and after the track list has been constructed, FS-3 looks at the last track and looks at the timecode number of the last frame in that track. FS-3 stores that number for use as the TC value (+ 1) for the first frame of the next recording.
If the drive is empty, FS-3 uses the value (+ 1) stored in memory.
FREE RUN Mode - When the user enables FREE RUN mode, FS-3 begins counting from the value stored. If the user uses the TC PRESET function, when the number is entered and the TC PRESET menu is exited, FS-3 begins counting.
NOTE: When the FS-3 timecode
mode is set to EXT TC and the camcorder time code mode is set to PRST/REC or REGEN, it is not possible to record timecode continuously when recording to disk only. Set the FS-3 timecode mode to REGEN, REC RUN or FREE RUN (not EXT TC) when recording to disk only.
Timecode, UserBit and Drop/Non-Drop Preset
This menu allows the user to set timecode and user bit values for various modes. It
also allows selection of drop or non-drop frame (NTSC only) settings. User simply selects the Menu Item. Pressing SEL will open the sub menu. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen.
Once a timecode value is set and FS-3 is set to REC RUN or FREE RUN timecode settings, the preset value will be the starting point for timecode. Use the forward and back index buttons to move from value selection to value selection. Press the up and down arrows to set values.
Allows the user to set a user bit value. Use the forward and back index buttons to move from value selection to value selection. Press the up and down arrows to set values.
For DROP and NON-DROP, user simply selects the mode. Highlighted mode is current mode after exit. Pressing EXIT will exit back to the menu screen. This item not applicable for PAL use. On the FS-3 display, DROP will be identified by a (:) symbol and NON-DROP by a
(;) symbol.
