Chapter 2 Parts and their Functions (continued)

2-6 Time Code Section

GENLOCK IN connector (BNC)

This connector is used to input a reference signal before the camera unit is gen-locked, or before the time code is externally locked.

TC IN connector (BNC)

This connector is used to input a reference time code when you externally lock the time code.

TC OUT connector (BNC)

When you inter-lock the time code of the AJ-SPC700P with that of an external device this must be connected with the time code input (TC IN) connector of the external device.

HOLD button

Pressing this button freezes the time data indication on the counter. Note that time code generation continues. Pressing the button again reactivates the counter.

This function is used to ascertain the time code or CTL count of a particular recorded scene.

RESET button

This button resets the time data (CTL) on the counter to “00:00:00:00”.

If this button is pressed when with the TCG switch positioned at [SET], time code and user’s bit data are reset to 0, and real-time data is reset to the initial value.

DISPLAY (counter display selector) switch

Indications of the time code, CTL and user bits on the counter of the display window depend on the positions

of this switch and the TCG switch.

Pressing the HOLD button also displays Date/Time/ Time Zone.

UB: User bits indicated.

TC: Time code indicated.

CTL: CTL indicated.

TCG (time code selector) switch

This switch is used to specify the stepping mode for the built-in time code generator.

F-RUN:Select this position to continuously advance the time code independently of the P2 card recording status.

Use this mode to synchronise the time code with the time of day, or to externally lock the time code.

SET: Select this position to set the time code and/or user bits.

R-RUN:Select this position to advance the time code only during recording.

For spliced scenes recorded on P2 cards, the sequence of time codes is unbroken.

CURSOR and SET buttons

Use these buttons to set the time code and user bits. The four triangular buttons are the CURSOR buttons, and the center rectangular one is the SET button.

For guidance in setting the time code and user’s bit, see [4-5 Setting Time Data].

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