Dubbing/Editing 3 Chapter

Setting the Time Code and User Bits

Notes

•If you set the advancement mode to [FREE RUN], the time code will be updated by the internal clock while the unit’s power is off. The time code may have been delayed or advanced when if you turn on the unit power again, play back a tape, or set INPUT SELECT switch to HDV/DV.

•If the internal backup battery charge is exhausted, the time code of FREE RUN setting will be initialized. The internal backup battery is fully charged if you connect the power to the unit for about 24 hours. A fully charged internal battery can run for about 3 months.

To set the frame mode (For 60i only)

Set [TC FORMAT] in [TC/UB SET] menu to switch the frame mode.

AUTO: Automatically sets the mode in accordance with the loaded tape.

If nothing is recorded on the tape, the mode is set to the non-drop frame mode. If the unit cannot read the frame mode correctly from the tape, the unit will use the mode that was set in the last position it was able to read correctly on the tape. If you remove the cassette, the mode of the last position it was able to read correctly is cleared and the mode is set to the non-drop frame mode. If [TC MAKE] is set to [PRESET], the mode is also set to the non- drop frame mode.

DF: Selects the drop frame mode.

NDF: Selects the non-drop frame mode.

Note

When you set [60i/50i SEL] in [OTHERS] menu to [50i], the unit applies the 50i system specification. Therefore, the time code generated by the unit during recording is that of the non-drop frame mode. Even if 60i system signals is input to HDV/DV jack, when [60i/50i SEL] in [OTHERS] menu is set to [50i], the time code generated by the unit is the non-drop frame mode regardless of [TC FORMAT] setting. To set the unit to generate the time code in the drop frame mode, set [60i/50i SEL] to [60i].

52 Chapter 3 Setting the Time Code