If there is no setting displayed in the lower line of the menu display, even though a menu item is displayed in the upper line, pressing the corresponding function button moves to a lower menu level.

Overview of the function menu

The function menu provides convenient access to frequently used function settings, such as input video signal selection and time code settings.

For details on the function menu, see Chapter 11.

4Time data/menu display section

1Time data display

VIUB DF LTC VITC 2F

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CONFI ON

01:23:45:06

REM: 01: 23 : 45 78. 9%

 

 

 

 

DB 525

DOLBY NR

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VID. IN

PB/EE

CONFI

CTL/TC

MENU

TCGSET

 

 

Y-R,B

PB

OFF

TC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2Menu display

2Time data display

This displays indicators relating to time data and other indicators.

Time data display area 1

Time data type indicator

DF indicator

LTC indicator

VITC indicator

Capstan lock mode indicator

Playback format indicator

System frequency indicator 525/625 indicator

CONFI (ON)/PREREAD indicators

VIUB DF LTC VITC 2F

CONFI ON

01:23:45:06DOLBY NR

Speed indication area

DOLBY NR indicator

Time data display area 2

Time data display area 1

Normally this displays a CTL count, time code value, or user bit value according to the setting in function menu HOME page for F4 (CTL/TC).

Time data type indicator

This indicates the type of data displayed in the time data display area 1.

LTC (longitudinal time code): Time code recorded on a longitudinal track on the tape

LUB: LTC user bit values

VITC (vertical interval time code): Time code recorded in the vertical blanking interval

VIUB: VITC user bit value

DF (drop-frame) indicator (525-line mode only) This lights when values of drop-frame mode time code are displayed.

LTC indicator

Regardless of the display in time data display

area 1, this indicator lights when LTC values are being read or recorded.

VITC indicator

Regardless of the display in time data display area 1, this indicator lights when VITC values are being read or recorded.

Capstan lock mode indicator

This indicates the capstan lock mode (2F, 4F, or 8F) set in function menu page 4 or in setup menu item 106.

Playback format indicator

This indicator shows the current playback format. DB: Digital Betacam format

IMX: MPEG IMX format, bit rate 50 Mbps, 8 audio channels/16 bits

IMX4: MPEG IMX format, bit rate 50 Mbps, 4 audio channels/24 bits

SX: Betacam SX format

SP: Betacam SP format

No display: Betacam format

System frequency indicator

Displays the current playback field frequency.

525/625 indicator

This indicator shows the number of scan lines for the television standard (525 (NTSC) or 625 (PAL)) selected using setup menu item 013.

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