Setting an initial timecode value

Proceed as follows:

1 Press the CTL/TC function button on the HOME page of the function menu, and select TC.

2 Press the TCG SET function button.

The first digit of the time data in the time data display area starts flashing.

Setting user bits

You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information (date, time, event number, etc.) on the timecode track. Select UB by pressing the CTL/TC function button in step 1 of “Setting an initial timecode value” and Carry out steps

2to 5. Settings are made in hexadecimal (0-9, A-F). You can record ID codes in user bits.

For details, see setup menu items 603 and 604 on page 70.

K

k

SET

EXIT 00:27:01:24

TCG SET00:26:58:02

Flashing

3 Press the T or t function button to select a digit to be set.

The selected digit starts flashing.

4 Press the – or + function button to set the value for the selected digit.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set all digits that should be set.

5 Press the SET function button.

If RUN on the P4 TC page is set to FREE, the timecode starts running.

To cancel a setting

Press the EXIT function button. Any new settings to that point are canceled, and the setting operation is terminated.

Setting the timecode to the current time

1 Set RUN on the P4 TC page to FREE and DF to DF (in 59.94i mode only).

2 Perform steps 1 to 4 of “Setting an initial timecode value” to set the timecode to a time slightly ahead of the current time.

3 Press the SET function button at the instant when the current time matches the displayed timecode.

3-6-2 Synchronizing the Internal Timecode Generator with an External Signal

Use this method to synchronize multiple VTRs with an external timecode generator, and when you wish to record the playback timecode signals of an external VTR without deterioration in the signal waveform.

You can synchronize the internal timecode generator with either of the following kinds of external timecode.

•The output of an external timecode generator or the timecode output (LTC) of an external VTR

•The timecode (LTC or VITC) in an input video signal

Proceed as follows:

1 To synchronize with external timecode output (LTC):

Connect a cable between the output of an external timecode generator or the timecode output of an external VTR to the TIME CODE IN connector.

To synchronize with the timecode (LTC or VITC) of an input video signal:

Set VIDEO IN on the P2 VIDEO page of the function menu to SDI.

2 Set the followings of the function menu:

TCG on the P4 TC page: EXT or SDI

PRST/RGN on the P4 TC page: LTC or VITC

The internal timecode generator begins to run in synchronization with the external signal. Once external synchronization is achieved, the internal timecode generator continues to run even if you disconnect the external timecode generator.

Preparations 3 Chapter

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