5-3 Reading and Displaying Time Code and User Bits

During playback, the internal time code reader reads the time code and user bits recorded on the tape. You can display the time code values read in the status indication panel.

Displaying time code or user bit values in the status indication panel

DISPLAY switch by the status indication panel

DISPLAY switch in the time code setting controls

Displaying time code or user bit values in the status indication panel

To select the values displayed, set the two DISPLAY switches, by the status indication panel and in the time code setting controls, as shown in the following table.

Values

DISPLAY switch

DISPLAY switch

by the status

in the time code

displayed

indication panel

setting controls

 

 

Time code

LTC

TC

LTC

 

 

 

 

 

VITC

 

VITC

 

 

 

 

User bits

LTC

U-BIT

LTC

 

 

 

 

 

VITC

 

VITC

 

 

 

 

Displaying time code and user bit values on the monitor screen

Video monitor connected

SUPERIMPOSE switch

to VIDEO OUT 2

set to ON

connector

 

Displaying time code and user bit values on the monitor screen

With a time code or user bit value displayed in the status indication panel, connect the video monitor input connector to the VIDEO OUT 2 connector, and set the SUPERIMPOSE switch to ON.

This displays the same value on the monitor screen as in the status indication panel.

Outputting the playback time code from the TC OUT connector

By means of a setup menu setting, it is possible to select the signal from the TC OUT connector to be the time code from the tape during playback.

For details of the setup menu operation, see Section 6-3 “Setup Menu Settings,” item “TC OUT” in the <SYSTEM 2> menu (page 6-4).

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