Functions UMID 8 Chapter

8-3 UMID Output and Display

This section explains how to output and display UMIDs.

8-3-1 UMID Output Settings

You can choose to output UMIDs or not and select either Basic UMID or Extended UMID when you choose to output UMIDs. Make these settings using setup menu item 651.

For details on setup menu item 651, see page 70.

8-3-2 UMID Display

During recording and playback, UMID data appear in the time data display area of the display window and on the video monitor screen.

Displaying the UMID

Press the UMID function button on the P6 OTHER page of the function menu.

For details on function menu operation, see “3-7 Basic Operations of the Function Menu” on page 29.

The UMID appears in the time data display area of the display window and on the video monitor screen.

For UMID display on the video monitor screen, see “ UMID display on the video monitor” on page 56.

To switch the displayed UMID item in the time data display area

Turn the MULTI CONTROL knob.

To exit from UMID display

Press the EXIT function button.

UMID display on the video monitor

The video monitor connected via the COMPOSITE OUT 2 (SUPER) connector, the SDI OUT 2 (SUPER) connector, or the HD SDI OUTPUT (SUPER) connectors on the rear panel displays all UMID items at once. The display of each line is explained below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UMID INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

INSTANCE 24PRS XX-XX-XX

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

MATERIAL SMPTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

 

 

 

3

 

-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE/TIME 20XX/XX/XX

 

 

 

4

 

XX:XX:XX +XX:XX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALTITUDE XXXXXXXXm

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONGITUDE

EXXX XX'XX.XX

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

LATITUDE

S XX XX'XX.XX

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZATION XXXX

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

USER XXXX

COUNTRY XXXX

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aINSTANCE (Instance Number generation method and Instance Number)

The generation method is displayed as follows.

CP+16: 16-bit PRS (pseudorandom sequence) +Copy No. method

24PRS: 24-bit PRS method

others: Other than the above

When menu item 656 is set to NEW, the number is generated in the SMPTE format.

For details on setup menu item 656, see page 71.

bMATERIAL (Material Number generation method)

SMPTE: SMPTE format

IEEE 1394 ZONE: IEEE 1394 ZONE format

IEEE 1394 RND: IEEE 1394 RND format

others: Other than the above

cMaterial Number

The material number is displayed in hexadecimal across two lines.

The items 4 through 9 below are contained in the Source Pack.

dDATE/TIME

Date/Time data are displayed across two lines.

The upper line shows the MJD (Modified Julian Date) contained in the Source Pack, converted to UTC.

The lower line shows the data in unit count format (hours:minutes:seconds) converted to UTC.

Note

The function for converting unit count to UTC works only when the unit rate is 2 (24 frames), 3 (24/1.001 frames), 4 (25 frames), 6 (30 frames), or 7 (30/1.001 frames). For other unit rates, the unit rate number and unit rate are displayed in hexadecimal.

eALTITUDE

XXXXXXXXm: Altitude data indicating the distance from the center of the earth is displayed in this format.

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