E-58
TIME CODE
Displaying the time code
This unit records or plays back the time code and user’s bit. Whether to record the user’s bit can be
selected with U-BIT in the TC/UB/CLOCK [2/2] Menu screen (only for E model). With the time code
function, accurate positions of the tape contents can be specified to enhance editing precision and
operation efficiency. During recording or playback, the time code and user’s bit are displayed on the
monitor or the Counter display.

To display the time code/ user’s bit, perform the fol-

lowing settings.

•Set DISPLAY in the DISPLAY Menu screen to ON or AUTO.
JThe status is displayed on the monitor.
•Set TIME CODE in the DISPLAY Menu screen to ON.
JThe time code, user’s bit or CTL counter is displayed at the
counter display section of the status display.
•Select the counter display mode with the COUNTER switch
on the front panel.
To display the time code, select TC.
To display the user’s bit, select UB.
Checking the data of time code generator
When it is in the STOP mode, press the REC button and the data
of the time code generator will be displayed while the button is
held down.
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TCG : Time code generator data
TCR: Time code reader data
DTCG: Input time code data from
the IEEE1394 terminal
UBG : User’s bit generator data
UBR:User ’s bit reader data
DUBG: User’s bit input data from
the IEEE1394 terminal
Framing mode
(for NTSC only)
:(colon) : Non-drop frame
. (dot) : Drop frame
Status display (Monitor)
Time code/User’s bit display
During recording and stop mode:Data of time code generator
During playback :Data recorded on the tape
During DV input :Data selected with TC DUPLI.:
DV in the TC/UB/CLOCK
Menu screen
–––DISPLAY–––
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DISPLAY ON
COUNTER POSI . LOWER-R
IME CODE ON
VTR MODE ON
TAPE REMAIN ON
TIME/DATE DATE+TM
A/V INFO. ON
DATE STYLE DD/MM/YY
TIMESTYLE 24HOUR
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DISPLAY Menu screen
The display position can be
selected.
COUNTER switch
E-59
TIME CODE
Presetting the time code
Variable values can be set for the time code and the user’s bit for efficient material management and
editing.

Set TCG SELECT to “PRESET”.

The time code advance mode is REC-RUN mode.
REC-RUN: The time code runs only during r ecording.

NDF/DF [60] (U model only)

NON-DROP:Enters non-drop frame mode. Use this setting
when emphasizing the frame count.
DROP :Enters drop-frame mode. Use this setting when
emphasizing the recording time.
This section describes the setting of the time code. The setting of
the user’s bit is the same. Values that can be used to configure the
user’s bit are hexadecimal numeral from 0 - F.
1.Set the COUNTER switch to TC.
(For user’s bit, set the switch to UB.)
2.In the STOP mode, press the HOLD button.
JThe hour digit of the counter starts blinking.
3.Press the Ror P button to change the value.
4.Press the Sor Qbutton to move blinking to the next
digit.
5.Press the Ror Pbutton to change the value of the blink-
ing digit.
6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 to perform the necessary settings.
7.Press the SET button to confirm the setting value and
blinking of the counter stops.
JThe setting is preset to the time code generator.
Setting ...TC/UB/CLOCK [1/2] Menu screen
Operation
...Perform setting while checking the Counter display.
SET button
DISP/Rbutton RESET button
Q button
HOLD button P button S button COUNTER switch
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TC/UB/CLOCK[1/2] Menu screen
Memo
zTo sto p the setting, press
the HOLD button to return to
the normal screen.
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To pre set all digits to 0, press
the RESET button when any
of the digits is blinking.
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When the hour digit is blink-
ing, the frame digit starts
blinking when the
Q
button
is pressed.
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If a user’s bit is input with its
all digits set as “F”, BR-HD50
converts FFFFFFFF to
FFFFFFF
E
before recording.