dHOLD button

eRESET button

fDISPLAY switch

gADVANCE button

hSHIFT button

iPRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch

 

jF-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch

CUE IN

 

CH-1

kDATA DISPLAY switch

MIX

CH-2

Time code functions (2)

Functions and Locations 2 Chapter

dHOLD (display hold) button

Pressing this button instantly freezes the time data displayed in the counter display section. (The time code generator continues running.) Pressing this button again releases the hold. You can use this button, for example, to determine the exact time of a particular shot.

When the HOLD button is activated, the time data is displayed in the following format:

For details of the counter display, see “2-8 Warnings and Indications on the Display Panel” on page 29.

eRESET button

Pressing this button resets the time data displayed on the counter display section to “00:00:00:00” or the user bit data to “00000000.”

fDISPLAY (LCD display) switch CTL: Control signal

TC: Time code

DATA: The item selected by the DATA DISPLAY switch.

For details, see “Time code display” on page 30.

gADVANCE button

For setting the time code, user bits, or real time, each press of this button increments the flashing digit selected by the SHIFT button.

hSHIFT button

For setting the time code, user bits, or real time, this button selects the digit to be changed. The selected digit flashes.

iPRESET/REGEN (regeneration)/CLOCK switch This switch selects whether to set a new time code or to follow the already recorded time code.

PRESET: Records time code with a preset initial value.

REGEN: Records time code continuous with the existing time code recorded on the tape. Regardless of the setting of the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch, the camcorder operates in R-RUN mode.

CLOCK: Records time code synchronized to the internal clock. Regardless of the setting of the F-RUN/SET/R- RUN switch, the camcorder operates in F-RUN mode.

For more information, see “To make the time code consecutive” on page 64.

jF-RUN/SET/R-RUN (free run/set/recording run) switch

This switch selects the operating mode for the internal time code generator.

F-RUN:Time code keeps advancing, regardless of the operating state of the VTR. Use this setting when aligning the time code with real time or when synchronizing the time code with an external time code.

SET: Set the switch to this position to set the time code or user bits.

R-RUN:The time code value advances only during recording. Use this setting to have a consecutive time code on the tape.

For details, see “4-5-1 Setting the Time Code” on page 64 and “4-5-3 Setting the User Bits” on page 65.

kDATA DISPLAY switch

U-BIT:To display the user bit value

SHOT-TIME:To display the date and time from the shot data

SHOT-NO: Not used

Controls and Parts of

Time Code System 27