Sony Setting time code, To cancel entered value

Settings Menu 4 Chapter

4-3 TC Menu

Setting time code

Before starting the procedure below for setting time data, set the [F6] (TCG SOURCE) button to int, the [F7] (TCG MODE) button to prst, and the [F10] (VITC) button to on. When not recording VITC, set the [F10] (VITC) button to off.

Note

Set the [F8] (RUN MODE) button to rec before setting the time data for recording. When you select rec, time data advances from a set value only during recording.

When you select free, time code advances in real time after the initial value has been set.

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Setting time code

1 Press the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button to select the TC (time code) to be set.

2 Enter the new setting in the data entry window with the numeric buttons.

For example, to enter 01H00M30S00F, press 1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0. (The leading 0 is not required. When the entered value is less than eight digits, the leading digit(s) is (are) set to 0 when you press the SET button.)

T I M E R	D O L B Y N R				C H . C O N D	DIGITÅL			T C		Data entry
S E L					G R E E N			0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0			window
T C						L O C K
		T C R V I T C P L Å Y					4 F D F 1
T I M E R
		01Ó 04µ 58ß 00ƒ
R E S E T
		Å I N 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 Å O U T 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
T I M E R
		I N 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 O U T 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
S E T
T I M E R
H O L D
o f f
T C		T C G			T C G	R U N	D F / N D F			V I T C
S E L	S O U R C E		M O D E			M O D E
V I T C		i n t		p r s t		r e c			D F	o n

To cancel entered value

Press the CLR button.

3 Press the SET button to set the entered value.

If you pressed the + or – button, then entered a value, the result of calculation appears in the display.

SET is displayed.

T I M E R	D O L B Y N R				C H . C O N D		DIGITÅL			T C
S E L					G R E E N		S E T		0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
T C							L O C K
		T C R V I T C P L Å Y						4 F D F 1
T I M E R
		01Ó 04µ 58ß 00ƒ
R E S E T
		Å I N 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 Å O U T 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
T I M E R
		I N 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 O U T 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
S E T
T I M E R
H O L D
o f f
T C		T C G			T C G		R U N	D F / N D F			V I T C
S E L	S O U R C E		M O D E			M O D E
V I T C		i n t		p r s t			r e c			D F	o n

4 Press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.

The input value is set as the time code and appears in the time data display section.

T I M E R	D O L B Y N R				C H . C O N D	DIGITÅL			T C
S E L					G R E E N			0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
T C						L O C K
		T C R V I T C P L Å Y					4 F D F 1
T I M E R
		01Ó 00µ 30ß 00ƒ
R E S E T
		Å I N 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 Å O U T 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
T I M E R
		I N 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 O U T 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
S E T
T I M E R
H O L D
o f f
T C		T C G			T C G	R U N	D F / N D F			V I T C
S E L	S O U R C E		M O D E			M O D E
V I T C		i n t		p r s t		r e c			D F	o n

Notes

•Time code from an external time code generator cannot be set.

•Time code cannot be set when the internal time code generator is locked to external time codes or time codes read by the time code reader.

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