4-3 TC Menu

Settings Menu 4 Chapter

Setting the CTL timer

1 Select CTL using the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button.

2 Enter data in the data entry window using the number buttons.

3 Press the SET button to set the data.

4 Press [F3] (TIMER SET).

Note

When ±12H is selected in the 604.TAPE TIMER DISPLAY setting in the VTR SETUP menu and a value of 10H or more is entered, the first digit will be dropped.

Resetting time data

Press the [F2] (TIMER RESET) button.

The internal time code generator is reset according to the setting of the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button.

Resetting TC or UBIT data

The internal time code generator is reset and the time data display becomes 00H00M00S00F (TC) or 00 00 00 00 (UBIT). Edit points are not affected.

Notes

•Time data read by the time code reader cannot be reset.

•Time data cannot be reset when the internal time code generator is locked to external time codes or to time codes read by the time code reader.

Setting the user bit value

1 Select UBIT by pressing the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button.

2 Enter the desired user bit value in hexadecimal notation using the numeric buttons.

(Press the 0 to 5 buttons while holding down the SFT button to enter the letters A to F.)

3 Press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.

Recording the current time

1 Select DF by pressing the [F9] (DF/NDF) button.

2 Select free by pressing the [F8] (RUN MODE) button.

3 Enter the target time with the numeric buttons while verifying the data in the data entry window.

4 When the target time arrives, press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.

The time code generator starts operating from the specified time.

To pause the current time

Press the [F4] (TIMER HOLD) button.

The time is paused only while the button is held down.

4-3-2 Setting the Time Code Reader (TCR SEL)

Press the [F5] (TCR SEL) button to select the time code to be read by the time code reader during playback.

VITC: Reads VITC.

auto: Reads VITC when the playback speed is +/–1/ 2 times normal speed or less, and LTC when it is greater than +/–1/2times normal speed.

LTC: Reads LTC.

Depending on the time code recorded on a tape, VITC or LTC appears on the display.

Note

Time codes that are read by the time code reader or played back are output from the TIME CODE OUT connector.

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