JVC GY-DV5000 Time Code Operation, Displaying Time Code, Presetting and Recording of Time Code

10. TIME CODE OPERATION

The GY-DV5000 records EBU-standard time codes and user’s bits. In the play mode or the record mode, the reproduced time codes or user’s bits are shown on the LCD monitor or in the viewfinder.

●Time code data cannot be output through the unit’s connectors.

10-1 Displaying Time Code

COUNTER switch

OPEN

		LCD BRIGHT		DISPLAY				LCD	BRIGHT	DISPLAY
	AUDIO			PULL
	LEVEL						MONITOR
		FRONT		OPEN
		REAR
CH-1	CH-2	CH-1	CH-2				SELECT			COUNTER
		AUDIO INPUT					MIX	FRONT
		CH-1	CH-2							TC
		AUDIO SELECT					CH-1
		AUTO					CH-2	REAR		UB
		MANUAL
				CH-1	AUDIO	CH-2		CH-1	CH-2
					LEVEL			AUDIO INPUT
						AUDIO INPUT		AUDIO SELECT		TC GENE.
						FRONT	REAR	CH-1	CH-2
							LINE	AUTO		REC
								MANUAL		REGEN FREE
							MIC			PRST
							+48V

The time codes or user’s bits can be shown on the LCD monitor or in the viewfinder during playback and recording as follows. (Status screen)

Setting

1. Set the TC/UB item on the LCD/VF (2/2) menu screen to ON.

● Time codes or user’s bit data are displayed on the Status

screen.

2.

Time code indication

00:00:00:00

Example

Time code indication 00:00:00:00

User’s bits indication FF EE DD 20

Whether time codes or user’s bit data should be displayed

is selected with the COUNTER switch inside the cover on

the side.

TC : Time codes are displayed.

UB : User’s bit data is displayed.

STBY 01/02/03 01:23:45

Status 1 screen

10-2 Presetting and Recording of Time Code

The time codes from the internal time code generator can be recorded at the time of recording scenes.

Whether or not user’s bit data should be recorded can be selected with the UB REC item on the TC/UB/CLOCK menu screen.

								LCD	BRIGHT	DISPLAY
				OPEN
							MONITOR
							SELECT			COUNTER
							CH-1	FRONT
							MIX			TC
							CH-2	REAR		UB
				CH-1	AUDIO	CH-2		CH-1	CH-2
					LEVEL			AUDIO INPUT
		LCD BRIGHT		DISPLAY		AUDIO INPUT		AUDIO SELECT		TC GENE.
						FRONT	REAR	CH-1	CH-2
	AUDIO						LINE		AUTO	REGEN FREE
				PULL			MIC	MANUAL		REC
	LEVEL						+48V			PRST
		FRONT		OPEN
CH-1	CH-2	REAR
		CH-1	CH-2
		AUDIO INPUT
		AUDIO SELECT
		CH-1	CH-2
		AUTO
		MANUAL

TC GENE. switch

TC/UB/CLOCK menu screen

––– TC/UB/CLOCK –––

TC PRESET	00:00:00:00
	EXECUTE
TC CLEAR	CANCEL
UB PRESET	00 00 00 00
	EXECUTE
UB CLEAR	CANCEL
UB REC	ON
HEADER REC..
TIME/DATE..
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To preset the Time Code, make the following settings.

■TC GENE. switch

Set to PRST REC or PRST FREE.

PRST REC : The data preset in the time code generator

runs only during recording.

Use this setting if it is necessary to record continual time codes across different scenes.

*However, approximately ±1-frame variations may occur in scene accuracy.

PRST FREE : The time code starts to run from the time it is preset in the time code generator.

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