Code Time the Setting 3 Chapter

Setting the Time Code and User Bits

4 Press the J/j buttons to select PRESET, then press the EXEC button.

The following menu appears.

 

TC ⁄ UB SET

O O

O

O

TC

TC PRESET

CM

UB PRESET

00 00 00 00

DISP

DV IN TC

o o

o

o

V

TC MAKE

SET

 

 

A

TC RUN

CANCEL

 

VTR

TC FORMAT

 

 

 

ETC

RETURN

 

 

 

5 Set the first two digits. Press the J/j buttons to select the number, then press the EXEC button.

6 Repeat step 5 to set the other digits.

7 Press the J/j buttons to select SET, then press the EXEC button.

The user bits are set and the menu display returns to that of step 2.

8 Press the J/j buttons to select RETURN, then press the EXEC button.

The menu display returns to that of step 1.

To cancel the user bits setting

Select CANCEL in step 7, then press the EXEC button.

To reset the user bits

Select RESET in step 4, then press the EXEC button.

To select the time code to be recorded when DV signals are recorded in DVCAM format

Set DV IN TC on the TC/UB SET menu to select whether to record the internal time code or an external one.

INTERNAL: Records the time code internally generated.

EXTERNAL: Records the time code with video and audio signals input via the DV jack.

Notes

•When this item is set to EXTERNAL, the time code input via the DV jack and the user bits set in UB PRESET are recorded.

•When you set REC MODE on the VTR SET menu to DV SP, this item cannot be used. Even if this item is set to EXTERNAL, when you set REC MODE on the VTR SET menu to DV SP, the setting becomes invalid and the unit records the internal time code.

•When this item is set to EXTERNAL, the INPUT SELECT selector on the front panel is set to DV, and no signal is input via the DV jack, or the software of the editing controller does not output a time code, if you start recording, bars (– –:– –:– –:– –) are recorded as time code. At the point that the input of a signal begins, the time code of that signal will be recorded.

•When this item is set to EXTERNAL, if you input time code to the DV jack that is not continuous or does not advance correctly, the value of the recorded or displayed time code may not be equal to the actual value of the input one. If you use a tape with this problem, you may not be able to perform search or edit, depending on the devices you use.

To set the time code when the recording starts

Set TC MAKE on the TC/UB SET menu to select the time code to be recorded when recording starts.

REGEN: The time code value is set to continue the time code from the time code already recorded on the tape. If you start recording from a blank portion of the tape, the time code starts from 00:00:00:00.

PRESET: The time code starts from the value set in TC PRESET on the TC/UB SET menu.

44 (GB) Chapter 3 Setting the Time Code