Setting Time Values

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Locking the internal time code generator to the reference time code

Perform the following steps to synchronize the camcorder’s internal time code generator to an external time code.

1 Set the TC mode switch 1 to PRESET.

2 Set the TC mode switch 2 to F-RUN.

3 Connect a reference time code and video signal to the camcorder.

For connections, see the previous section “Connection for gen-lock”.

“EXT-LK” will be displayed in the display window. The internal time code generator will maintain its externally synchronized state even after you disconnect the reference time code signal. The precision of this synchronization (phase alignment) of time codes depends on the precision of the camcorder’s sync signal generator.

Notes

•After setting up external synchronization, allow a few seconds for the camcorder’s sync signal generator to stabilize before recording.

•Only the time code can be externally synchronized. User bits cannot be externally synchronized.

•If you turn the POWER switch on or off while the camcorder is operating under external synchronization, synchronization precision will be reduced.

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