Sony HKDV-506A, HKDV-503, HKDV-502, HKDV-507, HKDV-501A Setting time codes, To cancel entered values

Setting time codes

To set time codes, select prst with the [F7] (TCG MODE) button in the TC menu and then follow the steps below.

Note

•Set the [F8] (RUN MODE) button to rec before setting the time data for recording. When you select rec, time data advances from a set value only during recording. When you select free, time code advances in real time after the initial value has been set.

•During recording, VITC is always written to the AUX data area of the video signal.

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Setting time codes

1 Press the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button to select the TC (time code) to be set.

2 Enter the new setting in the data entry window with the numeric buttons.

For example, to enter 01H00M30S00F, press 1, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0. (The leading 0 is not required. When the entered value is less than eight digits, the leading digit(s) is (are) set to 0 when you press the SET button.)

T I M E R	REMAIN-T CH.COND			TC		Data entry
S E L	L 113min	G R E E N		0 1 0 0	3 0 0 0
T C		P L A Y	L O C K			window
	T C R V I T C			2 F D F 1
T I M E R
	01Ó 04µ 58ß 00ƒ
R E S E T
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
T I M E R
H O L D
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
V I T C	i n t - L	p r s t	r e c	D F	T C G

To cancel entered values

Press the CLR button.

3 Press the SET button to set the entered value.

If you pressed the + or – button, then entered a value, the result of calculation appears in the display.

SET is displayed.

T I M E R	REMAIN-T CH.COND			TC
S E L	L 113min	G R E E N	S E T	0 1 0 0	3 0 0 0
T C		P L A Y	L O C K
T I M E R	T C R V I T C			2 F D F 1
	01Ó 04µ 58ß 00ƒ
R E S E T
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
T I M E R
H O L D
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
V I T C	i n t - L	p r s t	r e c	D F	T C G

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

The input value is set as the time code and appears in the time data display section.

Notes

•Time codes from an external time code generator cannot be set.

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

Chapter 4 Menu Settings

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