Shooting 3 Chapter

Setting Time Values

6 Use the TC mode switch 2 to set the desired running mode.

Operation

Setting

 

 

Time code advances freely regardless of

F-RUN

the VCR’s current operation mode.

 

 

 

Time code value advances only while

R-RUN

recording.

 

 

 

If you select F-RUN, the time code starts advancing immediately.

Drop-frame mode (for DSR-370/570WS only)

Time code is processed as 30 frames per second, but the exact video frame frequency for NTSC signals is in fact 29.97 frames per second. In prolonged recording, this leads to a discrepancy between the time code and the real time.

Drop-frame mode corrects for this by skipping two frame counts at the beginning of every minute which is not a multiple of ten.

Example: When the minute value is changing from 11 to 12

05:12:00:00

05:12:00:01

These two are dropped.

In non-drop-frame mode, however, no frame counts are omitted, and there is a gradual deviation of the time code from real time.

Making the time code continuous in back space editing

Set the TC mode switch 2 to R-RUN and start back space editing.

For back space editing operations, see “Back Space Editing” on page 67.

Restarting an interrupted recording Perform the following steps to make the time code continuous when the recording has been interrupted or when the cassette tape has been removed from the camcorder between shootings.

1 Set the TC mode switch 1 to REGEN.

Time code advance is automatically set to R-RUN even if the TC mode switch 2 has been set to F- RUN.

2 Perform steps 1 to 6 of “Starting Back Space Editing at Any Tape Position” on page 67.

When the camcorder is at the recording pause state, the recorded time code is read from the tape and synchronized to the internal time code generator.

3 Press the VTR button on the camcorder or lens to restart back space editing.

Setting the time code to the real time clock and calendar

Set the TC mode switch 1 to DATE/TIME.

This synchronizes the time code generator to real time (recorded in the user bits) and date (recorded in the time code), using the real time clock and calendar set in menu 101.

Once you set this switch to DATE/TIME position, it is not possible to retrieve the previous value (user bits and time code) in the time code generator.

For how to set the real time clock and calendar, see

“Setting the Real Time Clock and Calendar — Menu 101” on page 119.

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