Item

Setting

F8

Select the time data to display in time data

(COUNTER)

display (see page 17).

 

TC: Playback timecode read by the internal

 

timecode reader, or recording

 

timecode. The LTC or VITC time data

 

type indicator (see page 18) lights.b)

 

UB:User bits data of playback timecode or

 

recording timecode. The LUB or VIUB

 

time data type indicator lights,

 

depending on whether the timecode is

 

LTC or VITC.b)

 

CTL: The running time of the tape being

 

played back or recorded, as calculated

 

from a count of CTL signals recorded

 

on the tape. The time is displayed in

 

Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames

 

format.

 

 

F9 (MENU)

Puts the system into setup menu mode

 

(see Chapter 9). (Jump to P108: SETUP

 

(TOP))

 

When the current setup menu settings are

 

the same as the contents of any of menu

 

banks 1 to 4, or the factory defaults,the

 

corresponding indication (BANK1),

 

(BANK2), (BANK3), (BANK4) or (DEFLT)

 

appears below the time data display on the

 

LCD.

 

 

F10 (TCG

• When F8 (COUNTER) is set to “TC”, a

SET)

screen appears that allows you to set the

 

initial value of the timecode generated by

 

the internal timecode generator (see

 

page 17).c)

 

• When F8 (COUNTER) is set to “UB”, a

 

screen appears that allows you to set the

 

timecode user bits (see page 17).c)

a)CONFI playback is disabled during editing.

b)The selection of LTC or VITC depends on the setting of F10 (TCR) in function menu page P02: TC.

c)Setting screen is not displayed when F1 (TCG SRC) is set to “INTERNAL” and F2 (TCG MODE) is set to “PRESET” in function menu page P02: TC.

P02: TC

This is a function menu page for setting items relating to timecode.

Item

Setting

F1 (TCG SRC)

Select the signal source of the timecode

 

with which the internal timecode generator

 

synchronizes.

 

INTERNAL: Synchronizes according to the

 

initial preset value set by control panel

 

operation or by control from the device

 

connected to the REMOTE1-IN (9P)

 

connector, or synchronize with the

 

timecode of the playback tape.

 

EXT LTC: Synchronizes with the external

 

timecode signal input to the TIME

 

CODE IN connector.

 

SDI IN: Synchronizes with the timecode

 

data superimposed on the HDSDI

 

signal input to the HDSDI INPUT

 

connector.

 

 

F2

Select one of the following for timecode

(TCG MODE)

regenerated by the internal timecode

 

generator.

 

PRESET: Presets the initial value of

 

timecode generated by the internal

 

timecode generator, as specified by

 

control panel operation or by control

 

from the device connected to the

 

REMOTE1-IN (9P) connector. This

 

operation is enabled when F1 (TCG

 

SRC) is set to “INTERNAL”.

 

RGN: LTC: Regenerates by synchronizing

 

with the LTC timecode value read by

 

the internal timecode reader.

 

RGN: VITC: Regenerates by synchronizing

 

with the VITC timecode value read by

 

the internal timecode reader.

 

 

F3 (TCG RUN)

Select one of the following running modes

 

for the internal timecode generator.

 

FREE: Timecode continues to increase as

 

long as the unit is powered on,

 

regardless of the unit’s operating

 

mode.

 

REC: Timecode increases during recording

 

only.

 

If you select this mode, you should also set

 

F1 (TCG SRC) to “INTERNAL”, and set F2

 

(TCG MODE) to “PRESET” in this menu

 

page.

 

 

F4 (DROP

In 59.94i, 29.97PsF mode, select drop-

FRM)

frame or non-drop-frame mode for the

 

timecode generator and the CTL counter.

 

DF: Drop-frame mode

 

NDF: Non-drop-frame mode

 

 

F5

(No function assigned)

 

 

F6

(No function assigned)

 

 

F7

(No function assigned)

 

 

F8

(No function assigned)

 

 

F9

(No function assigned)

 

 

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