Sony HKDV-503 TC Menu Superimposition Character Information PD, Contents of superimposed data

Chapter 4 Menu Settings

4-3 TC Menu

4-3-12 Superimposition of

Character Information (PD

CHARA/CHARA SUPER/H-POS/

V-POS)

To superimpose the characters representing time code data and operation mode information on the output signals, use the [F4] (PD CHARA) and [F6] (CHARA SUPER) buttons.

Button	Setting	Connector to which the
		characters are superimposed
ALT/[F4]	on	PULL DOWN OUT connector (on two
		connectors)
ALT/[F6]	on	• HD SDI MONITOR connector
		• COMPOSITE (SUPER) connector
		of D CONV. OUT(OPTION)
		• 3(SUPER) of connector D CONV. SDI
		OUT(OPTION)

Contents of superimposed data

1Types of time data

Time data

2Drop frame mark of the time code reader

3Drop frame mark of the time code generator

4 Field mark of the

VITC data

T

C

R

.

2

3

:

5

9

.

4

0

.

1

8

*

S

H

U

T

T

L

E

S

T

I

L

L

5 Control VTR indication

Contents of superimposed data

Note

The example above shows the factory-set contents of data.

By changing the 626.DISPLAY INFORMATION select setting in the VTR SETUP menu, different types of information can also be displayed on the second line.

1Types of time data

Symbol	Meaning
CTL	CTL counter data
TCR	LTC reader time code data
UBR	LTC reader user bit data
TCR.	VITC reader time code data
UBR.	VITC reader user bit data
TCG	Time code data from the time code generator
UBG	User bit data from the time code generator

Note

When time data or user bits are not read correctly, a “*” will be displayed in this block so that the symbols become “T*R”, “U*R”, etc.

2Time code reader drop frame marks “ • ”: drop frame mode

“ : ”: non-drop frame mode

3Time code generator drop frame marks “ • ”: drop frame mode

“ : ”: non-drop frame mode

4VITC data field marks

“”: (blank space) fields 1 and 3

“* ”: fields 2 and 4

5Operation mode

The contents are divided into blocks A and B as shown below.

A block indicates the operation mode.

B block indicates the tape speed or servo lock status.

AB

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