Fostex PD-6 Recording time code, Selecting the TC frame rate, TC OUT select switch

PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Chapter 5: Recording/playback)

“DIGI” icon CLK field = “DIG IN”

A time code is recorded according to the [TC GEN] select switch setting (see “Recording time code” in the following).

Recording time code

The PD-6 is equipped with the internal IEC time code generator/reader, which is used when recording internal time code together with audio. You can also record external time code, or the internal generator time code while jamming to external time code.

Before recording time code, the following three switch settings are needed.

[FRAME] select switch [TC GEN] select switch

[TC OUT] select switch

Selecting the TC frame rate

Using the [FRAME] switch, select a desired time code frame rate from among 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 29.97DF, 30DF and 30. The time code is recorded with the selected frame rate.

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When the frame rate is set to “30” or “29.97DF”, the time code does not agree with clock time and slips off at the rate of 3.6 seconds per hour.

Also note that, when selecting either of these frame rates, the time code continuity cannot be obtained when it passes through “24h00m00s00f”, according to the nature of the EIAJ format time code.

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