Setting User Bits

Use the setting menu UB MODE on the RECORDING SETUP screen to select the user bits to record in the LCT area.

• USER:

Records internal user values.

To set user values, set the TCG switch to SET to open the setting menu UB PRESET screen.

Set values are retained after the power is turned off. See also [Entering the User Bits] (this page).

• TIME:

Records the time calculated by the internal clock.

• DATE:

Records the year, month and day time digits from the internal clock.

• EXT:

Records the user bits input to the TC IN connector.

• TCG:

Records the time code value.

• FRM. RATE:

Records the frame rate information of camera capture. A native recorded clip is played back at the same frame rate as the VITC UB regardless of recorded values. Use this setting when a PC or other editing device is to use the user bit frame rate.

For details, see [Frame rate information recorded in user bits] (page 62).

•To slave lock to the user bits input to the TC IN connector, set to EXT.

•In slave mode, the UB indicator is highlighted.

•A slave relationship, once started, continues even after input from the TC IN connector ends. Note that the following events release user bit slave status.

•When a UB MODE option is set to something other than EXT.

•When UB PRESET is performed

•Turning the power off.

The internal user value retains the slave values even after slave release.

Entering the User Bits

The user bits allow information, including memos that use up to eight-digit hexadecimal numbers (date and time), to be recorded in the Subcode area.

a b

d c

aCOUNTER button

bRESET button

cTCG switch

dCursor and SET buttons

1

Set the COUNTER button to UB.

 

 

2

Position the TCG switch at SET.

 

 

3

Use the cursor buttons to set the user bits.

 

 

UB PRESET

 

 

 

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0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

+/- : PUSH /

 

 

 

SEL : PUSH

 

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PRESET : PUSH SET

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Q button: Shifts the target (highlighted) digit to the right.

W button: Shifts the target (highlighted) digit to the left.

E button: Increases the highlighted number by one.

R button: Decreases the highlighted number by one.

•Pressing the RESET button while setting the user bits will reset any user bit setting to 0.

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