2 Press the DISPLAY button of the LCD monitor to display TC on the counter display section.

3 Set the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch to PRESET. 4 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET.

The first (left-most) digit of time code flashes.

5 Use the arrow key to set the time code value including the last (right-most) digit of the time code.

To reset the time code value to 00:00:00:00, press the RESET button of the LCD monitor.

6 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to the desired operating mode for the time code generator.

F-RUN: Free run. The time code generator keeps running.

R-RUN: Recording run. The time code generator runs only while recording.

To set the DF (drop frame)/NDF (non-drop frame) mode

You can select the drop frame (DF) mode or non-drop frame (NDF) mode on the FUNCTION 1 page of the OPERATION menu.

Note

When the scan mode is 24P, see “Setting the CCD scan mode (DSR-450WS/450WSP only)” on page 108 (DSR- 450WS only).

To make the time code consecutive

When the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch is set to R-RUN, recording a number of scenes on the tape normally produces consecutive time code. However, once you remove the cassette and record on another cassette, the time code will no longer be contiguous even when you use again the original cassette for recording.

In this case, to make the time code consecutive, proceed as follows.

1 Set the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch to REGEN.

2 Use the EDIT SEARCH +FWD/–REV button to select the point where the recording should be start again.

This reads the previous recording and synchronizes the internal time code generator, thus allowing the new time code to be recorded consecutively.

To save the actual time in the time code

Setting the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch to CLOCK saves the actual time in the time code. When it is necessary to set the actual time, use the TIME/DATE page of the DIAGNOSIS menu.

For details, see “Setting the date/time of the internal clock” on page 106.

Note

When the scan mode is 24P, see “Setting the CCD scan mode (DSR-450WS/450WSP only)” on page 108 (DSR- 450WS only).

To set the user bits

By setting the user bits (up to 8 hexadecimal digits), you can record user information such as the date, time, or scene number on the time code track.

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PRESET

F-RUN

 

REGEN

SET

 

CLOCK

R-RUN

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1 Press the DISP SEL button of the LCD monitor to display the STATUS screen.

2 Press the DISPLAY button on the LCD monitor to display U-BIT in the counter display section.

3 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET.

The first (left-most) digit flashes.

4 Use the arrow key to set the time code value including the last (right-most) digit of time code.

Hexadecimal digits A to F are displayed as A to F in capital letters.

To reset the user bit data to 00 00 00 00, press the RESET button of the LCD monitor.

5 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to the desired operating mode for the time code generator.

F-RUN: Free run. The time code generator keeps running.

R-RUN: Recording run. The time code generator runs only while recording.

To synchronize the time code

You can synchronize the internal time code generator of this camcorder with an external generator for the regeneration of an external time code. You can also

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