Chapter 7 Menu description tables

7-8-7 TC/UB

Item/

Variable

 

Remarks

Data storage

range

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC MODE

DF

For selecting the TC mode.

 

NDF

DF:

Drop frame

C U F

 

NDF: Non-drop frame

 

 

 

UB MODE

USER

For selecting the UB mode.

 

TIME

USER:

 

 

DATE

Selects the UB value set in the LCD

 

EXT

section.

 

TCG

TIME:

 

 

FRM RATE

Selects the local time (hour, minute,

 

REGEN

second).

 

 

DATE:

 

 

 

Selects the local date and time (last 2 digits

 

 

of year, month, date, hour)

 

 

EXT:

 

 

 

Sets the UB from the TC-IN as the slave.

 

 

The user value is retained if no value can

 

 

be read.)

 

 

TCG:

 

 

 

Inputs the TCG value unchanged.

 

 

FRM RATE:

 

 

Selects the same camera shooting data

 

 

(frame rate, etc.) as the VAUX UB (VITC

 

 

UB).

 

 

 

REGEN:

 

 

Reads the value recorded on the tape and

C U F

 

then continues to record from that value.

 

 

 

VITC UB MODE

USER/EXT

For selecting the VAUX TC (VITC) UB mode.

 

TIME

USER/EXT:

 

DATE

When EXT is selected as the UB MODE

 

TCG

setting, the value concerned applies; with

 

FRM RATE

any other setting, the USER value set by

 

REGEN

UB is recorded.

 

 

TIME: The local time (in hours, minutes and

 

 

 

seconds) is selected.

 

 

DATE: The local date (last 2 digits of AD

 

 

 

year, month, day and hours) is

 

 

 

selected.

 

 

TCG:

The TCG value is used as is for UB.

 

 

FRM RATE:

 

 

The same shooting information (frame

 

 

rate, etc.) of the camera as for VAUX UB

 

 

(VITC UB) is selected.

 

 

REGEN: The value recorded on the tape is

C U F

 

 

read and recorded continuously.

 

 

 

TCG SET HOLD

ON

For selecting ON or OFF for the function that

 

OFF

without fail uses what was previously set as

 

 

the TCG value for recording when the TCG

 

 

value had been set before the power was

 

 

turned off and recording was then performed

C U F

 

after the power was turned back on again.

 

 

 

FIRST REC TC

REGEN

For selecting whether or not to regenerate the

 

PRESET

time code as the value on the tape during the

 

 

first recording after the power was turned on,

 

 

the cassette was inserted or a playback or

C U F

 

search operation was performed.

 

 

 

 

Item/

Variable

Remarks

Data storage

range

 

 

 

 

P.OFF LCD

ON

For selecting whether or not to set the LCD’s

DISPLAY

OFF

time code and display its count while the

 

 

power is off.

 

 

ON: The time code can be set and

 

 

displayed even while the power is off.

 

 

OFF: While the power is off, the power to the

 

 

LCD section is turned off, and the time

C U F

 

code can be neither set nor displayed.

 

 

 

TC OUT

TCG

For selecting the TC OUT output.

 

TCG/TCR

TCG: The time code generator value is

 

 

always output.

 

 

TCG/TCR: The time code generator value is

 

 

output with the E-E setting and the

 

 

time code reader value is output with

C U F

 

the playback mode.

 

 

 

7-8-8 UMID SET/INFO

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item/

Variable

Remarks

 

 

 

Data storage

range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COUNTRY

NO-INFO

For inputting the name of the user’s country.

 

 

C U F

 

“NO-INFO” is displayed until this is input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZATION

NO-INFO

For inputting the name of the user’s

 

 

 

 

organization or company. “NO-INFO” is

 

C U F

 

displayed until this is input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USER

NO-INFO

For inputting the user’s name. “NO-INFO”

is

 

 

C U F

 

displayed until this is input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEVICE NODE

 

For displaying the ID number of the product.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The underlining in the variable range column indicates the setting in the preset mode.

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Panasonic AJ-HDX400P operating instructions 7 TC/UB, Umid SET/INFO

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