Sony HDW-F500 4-3TC Menu, Press the TC button, Press the ALT button, To activate the TC menu, To change the TC menu page, position, and the time code type, etc

Settings Menu 4 Chapter

4-3 TC Menu

The TC menu allows you to set time code-related

To activate the TC menu

items through a single menu. The HOME, TC, PF1

Press the TC button.

and PF2 menus show information that includes the

To change the TC menu page

VTR operation mode, time code of the current

position, and the time code type, etc.

Press the ALT button.

INTRP (interpolation): This appears when time

code cannot be read correctly and correction

TCR: Time data type

has been performed.

T I M E R

REMAIN-T

CH.COND

TC

(CTL/TCR/UBR/TCG/UBG/DUR)

Data entry window

S E L

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G R E E N

T C

P L A Y

L O C K

T I M E R

T C R

V I T C

I N T R P

D F 2 F D F 1

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F1: Field number (F1/F2)

R E S E T

VITC: Time code type (LTC/VITC)

T I M E R

Å I N 0 0 : 0 1 : 1 0 : 0 0 Å O U T 0 0 : 0 2 : 1 0 : 0 0

I N 0 0 : 0 1 : 1 0 : 0 0 O U T 0 0 : 0 2 : 1 0 : 0 0

S E T

DF: This appears when drop frame mode data is

being recorded or played (DF/NDF).

T I M E R

H O L D

AIN: Time data for an AUDIO IN point

T C

T C G

T C G

R U N

D F / N D F

V I T C

S E L

S O U R C E

M O D E

M O D E

AOUT: Time data for an AUDIO OUT point

V I T C

i n t - L

p r s t

r e c

D F

T C G

IN: Time data for an IN point

OUT: Time data for an OUT point

TC Menu

For details on operation modes, refer to “4-2 HOME

Menu” on page 4-14.

TC menu

Button

Indication

Function

Settings

[F1]

TIMER SEL

Selects time data type.

CTL, TC, UBIT

[F2]

TIMER RESET

Resets the time counter.

[F3]

TIMER SET

Sets the time data.

[F4]

TIMER HOLD

Holds the time counter.

[F5]

TCR SEL

Sets the time code reader.

VITC, auto, LTC

[F6]

TCG SOURCE

Selects the internal/external time code generator.

int-LTC, int-VITC

ext-LTC, ext-VITC

[F7]

TCG MODE

Sets the time code generator.

regene, prst, auto

[F8]

RUN MODE

Selects the running mode of the time code.

free, rec

[F9]

DF/NDF

Selects drop frame mode.

DF, NDF, auto

[F10]

VITC

Selects VITC input source

TCG, V IN

ALT/[F1]

TAPE TIMER

Selects the CTL display mode.

+/–12H, 24H

ALT/[F2]

PDPSET MENU

Activates the PDPSET menu.

ALT/[F3]

TC CONV

Specifies whether or not to convert the 24F time

on, off

code to the 25F time code when playing back the

cassette tape recorded in the 24F mode with the

25F mode.

ALT/[F4]

PDTC DISP

Specifies whether or not to display pull down time

on, off

code.

ALT/[F5]

PD CHARA

Specifies superimposition of character information

on, off

to the pull down output.

ALT/[F6]

CHARA SUPER

Specifies superimposition of character information

on, off

to the HD SDI output and HD-SD converter output.

ALT/[F7]

CHARA H-POS

Changes the superimposition position (horizontal).

0-15

ALT/[F8]

CHARA V-POS

Changes the superimposition position (vertical).

0-23

ALT/[F9]

VITC POS-1

Selects the VITC insertion line in the HD-SD

12-20

converter output.

ALT/[F10]

VITC POS-2

12-20

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