Setting the external time code

 

 

3 Set the TCG switch to [EXT].

2

1

(External time code selection)

 

 

4 Make the following settings in setup menu No. 507

 

 

(EXT TC SEL).

 

 

EXT_L:

The LTC signal input to the TIME CODE IN

 

 

 

connector (BNC) on the rear panel is

 

 

 

recorded as TC.

 

 

SVITC:

The VITC signal attached to the serial signal

 

 

 

input to the SDI IN (HD) connector is

 

 

 

recorded as a time code.

3

 

SLTC:

The LTC signal attached to the serial signal

 

 

input to the SDI IN (HD) connector is

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorded as a time code.

1 Engage the stop mode.

 

◆ NOTE:

 

 

 

• When SLTC and SVITC is set and an analog composite or SD

2 Use the COUNTER button to select [TC].

SDI input signal is selected, the VITC on the input video signal

is recorded. When 1394 is selected as the input signal, the IEEE

 

 

1394 digital input signal time code is recorded.

Reproducing the time code and user bit

2 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ ” : Field 1, field 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the time code

 

 

 

 

“*” : Field 2, field 4

signal cannot be

 

The colon between the seconds and the frames

read, an asterisk (*)

 

 

changes to a period (.) in drop frame mode.

is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup

3

1 Engage the stop mode.

2 Use the COUNTER button to select [TC] or [UB].

3 Press the PLAY button.

Playback starts and the time code appears on the display. When the SUPER switch is set to [ON], the time code is superimposed on the monitor.

■Time code when no power is supplied

Also when no power is supplied, the backup function works enabling the time code generator to provide long-term (about one year) operation. Accuracy when no power is supplied is about ±30 s per month.

◆NOTE:

•Under the conditions listed below when the time code generator advances regardless of operation mode, the backup function is enabled

-When the TCG switch on the front panel is set to “PRESET” and menu No. 504 RUN MODE is set to “FREE.”

-When the TCG switch on the front panel is set to “EXT” and the external time code set in menu No. 507 EXT TC SEL is disconnected from connector on the rear panel.

•When settings in menu No. 25 SYSTEM FREQ are revised, advance data is cleared.

Setup: Time Code, User Bit and CTL 131