Chapter 4 Adjustments and settings for recording (continued)

5 O To record the user bits of LTC, open the <TC/UB> screen from the VTR MENU page by performing menu operations and select “USER” in the UB MODE item.

(When the recording format is 720-50P or 720- 59.94P, set the OUTPUT/AUTO KNEE switch to the “BARS” position in order to record the user bits of LTC in a mode for recording built-in color bar signals.)

O To record the user bits of VITC, select “USER/EXT” in the VITC UB MODE item.

<Notes>

O When the recording format is 720-50P or 720-59.94P, operations where FRM RATE or REGEN is selected in the UB MODE item will be the same when USER is selected. Furthermore, operations where TIME is selected in the VITC UB MODE item will be the same when FRM RATE or REGEN is selected.

O When only the upper 6 digits of the user bits can be recorded, the remaining lower 2 digits are not recorded. In this case, the user setting value and the lower 2 digits of the time code generator that are selected in the UB MODE item and VITC UB MODE item cannot be 4 recorded.

O The time code/user bits are also recorded in the VIDEO AUX area of the unit’s memory.

The time code (VITC) is the same value as the sub code area’s time code (LTC). The user bits (VITC user bits) can be selected by menu operations using the VITC UB MODE item on the <TC/UB> screen which is accessed from the VTR MENU page, and it can be used for different applications from the LTC.

O The number of digits that can record user bits may vary with the recording format.

When the recording format is 1080-50i or 1080-59.94i

CAMERA

 

User bits

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All 8 digits can be recorded

 

LTC UB

(In accordance with the settings in the UB

24P

 

MODE item)

 

 

24PA

VITC UB

Camera shooting information is recorded

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

 

All 8 digits can be recorded

60i

LTC UB

(In accordance with the settings in the UB

 

MODE item)

50i

 

 

 

30P

 

 

 

All 8 digits can be recorded

25P

 

VITC UB

(In accordance with the settings in the

 

 

 

VITC UB MODE item)

 

 

 

When the recording format is 720-50P or 720-59.94P

 

 

 

OUTPUT/AUTO

 

CAMERA MODE:

KNEE switch

 

60P/50P/30P/25P/24P

 

 

 

 

 

Upper 6 digits can be recorded.

BARS

LTC UB

(In accordance with the settings in the UB

 

MODE item)

(Built-in color

 

 

 

Upper 6 digits can be recorded.

bar signals)

 

 

VITC UB

(In accordance with the settings in the

 

 

VITC UB MODE item)

 

 

 

 

LTC UB

User bits information is recorded

CAM

automatically.

 

 

 

(Camera video

 

 

 

Upper 6 digits can be recorded.

image signals)

 

 

VITC UB

(In accordance with the settings in the

 

 

VITC UB MODE item)

 

 

 

User bit memory function

The user bit settings (except for the actual time) are automatically saved in the memory and retained even after the power is turned off.

Tape continuity with the user bits

(Only when the recording format is 1080-50i or 1080-59.94i)

Selecting REGEN for the UB MODE item on the <TC/UB> screen by performing menu operations will call up the user bits recorded on the tape, making it possible to continue recording from that value. However, it is not possible to record the contents that were set.

Camera shooting information

In the unit, the frame rate information (camera shooting mode) indicating the shooting rate and the active frame information (update frame information) indicating the first frame of which frame images are switched are automatically stored as the camera’s shooting information into the user bits of LTC (when the recording format is 720-50P or 720- 59.94P) or the user bits of VITC (when the recording format is 1080-59.94i and the video method is 24P or 24PA).

These kinds of information will be output from the TC OUT connector rather than recorded on tape. It will also be overlaid with the HD SDI signals output from the MON OUT connector and VIDEO OUT connector.

The active frame information (update frame information) is stored in the lowest digit of the user bits, while the frame rate information (camera shooting mode) is stored in the lower 3rd and 4th digits. To store the camera shooting information into the user bits of LTC and the user bits of VITC in other shooting modes, open the <TC/UB> screen from the VTR MENU page by performing menu operations and select “FRM RATE” in the UB MODE item and the VITC UB MODE item.

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