Setup menus (continued)

USER menu <TIME CODE>

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

500

This selects whether to output the

 

VITC signal at the positions selected

VITC BLANK

by setup menu items No. 501 (VITC

 

POS-1) and No. 502 (VITC POS-2).

 

0000

BLANK :

 

 

 

VITC signals are not output.

 

0001

THRU :

 

 

 

VITC signals are output.

 

 

 

501

This sets the position where the VITC

 

signal is to be inserted.

 

VITC POS-1

[525i system]

[625i system]

 

 

0000

10L

0000

7L

 

:

:

:

:

 

0006

16L

0004

11L

 

:

:

:

:

 

0010

20L

0015

22L

 

Note:

 

 

 

 

The same line as the one used for the

 

setup menu items No. 502 (VITC POS-2)

 

and No. 662 (UMID POS) setting cannot

 

be set.

 

 

 

 

 

502

This sets the position where the VITC

 

signal is to be inserted.

 

VITC POS-2

[525i system]

[625i system]

 

 

0000

10L

0000

7L

 

:

:

:

:

 

0008

18L

0006

13L

 

:

:

:

:

 

0010

20L

0015

22L

 

Note:

 

 

 

 

The same line as the one used for the

 

setup menu items No. 501 (VITC POS-1)

 

and No. 662(UMID POS) setting cannot

 

be set.

 

 

 

 

 

503

This selects the signal to be

 

regenerated when the time code

TCG REGEN

generator (TCG) in the REGEN mode.

 

0000

TC&UB :

 

 

 

Both the time code and user bit are

 

regenerated.

 

 

 

0001

TC :

 

 

 

Only the time code is regenerated.

 

0002

UB :

 

 

 

Only the user bit is regenerated.

 

 

 

 

 

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

505

This selects the time code to be used

EXT TC SEL

when an external time code is to be

used.

 

 

0000

LTC :

 

The LTC of the TIME CODE IN

 

connector is used.

 

0001

VITC :

 

The VITC of the input video signal is used.

 

Note:

 

 

During recording, there is a discrepancy

 

in the picture and superimposed TC

 

value displayed, but the actual recording

 

is not adversely affected in any way.

 

 

506

This sets the usage status of the user

 

bit of the time code generated by the

BINARY GP

TCG.

 

 

0000

000 :

 

NOT SPECIFIED (character set not

 

specified)

 

0001

001 :

 

ISO CHARACTER (8 bits character

 

set based on ISO646, ISO2022)

 

0002

010 : UNASSIGNED 1 (undefined)

 

0003

011 : UNASSIGNED 2 (undefined)

 

0004

100 : UNASSIGNED 3 (undefined)

 

0005

101 : PAGE/LINE

 

0006

110 : UNASSIGNED 4 (undefined)

 

0007

111 : UNASSIGNED 5 (undefined)

 

 

507

This selects whether to control the

phase correction of the LTC which is

 

PHASE CORR

output from the TIME CODE OUT

connector.

 

 

0000

OFF :

 

Phase correction control is not

 

performed.

 

0001

ON :

 

Phase correction control is performed.

 

 

508

This selects whether the CF flag of

 

the TCG is to ON.

TCG CF FLAG

 

 

 

0000

OFF : CF flag is OFF.

 

0001

ON : CF flag is ON.

 

 

509

This selects the DF or NDF mode for

 

CTL and TCG.

DF MODE

 

 

 

0000

DF :

 

The drop frame mode is used.

 

0001

NDF :

 

The non-drop frame mode is used.

 

Notes:

 

• Drop frame mode is valid only when the

 

REMOTE button is lit or the setup menu

 

No. 001 (LOCAL ENA) is set to ENA.

 

• This menu option is not displayed in the

 

625i system.

 

 

 

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