How to Use the On Screen Menu (continued)

TIME CODE display (TC)

( : ) NDF ( . ) DF

Use the menu to display and set the time code for HD-SDI signal input. It also allows you to switch display mode (VITC, LTC, VUB, LUB).

In VITC and LTC display mode:

Displays the time code in hours: minutes: seconds: or frames.

In drop-frame mode, a different delimiter between seconds and frames is used.

Note:

Read errors are displayed as “--:--:--:--”

In VUB and LUB display modes:

BG8, BG7, BG6, BG5, BG4, BG3, BG2, BG1 appear in the stated order. BG: binary group

The (:) delimiter does not appear.

Note:

Read errors are displayed as “--:--:--:--”

Display position and character size can be modified

( page 39, “POSITION” and “FONT SIZE” in the “DISPLAY SETUP” menu).

CLOSED CAPTION (CC) display

Use the menu to display and set closed caption display for VIDEO (NTSC) signals. It also allows you to select display mode (CC1 to CC4) ( page 39, “CLOSED CAPTION” and “MODE SELECT” in the “DISPLAY SETUP” menu.).

Note:

Closed captions are not available during HV DELAY.

In split-screen display, closed captions appear only when a VIDEO input line is displayed in the main window.

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Panasonic BT-LH2550 manual Time Code display TC, Closed Caption CC display

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