Menus Through Setting and Adjusting 5 Chapter

Operating the Menus

 

Icon/Menu

Submenu

Setting

 

 

 

TC/UB SET

HDV/DV IN

Selects whether to record internal time code or external time code while the unit records the

 

 

 

 

 

TC

signals input from

HDV/DV jack.

 

 

 

(page 49)

 

INTERNAL

:

Records the time code generated by the internal time code generator. (If

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TC MAKE] is set to [REGENERATE] and no time code is recorded on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tape, the unit records time code from 00:00:00:00. If there is time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

code already recorded on the tape, the unit records continuous time code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from this point.)

 

 

 

 

 

EXTERNAL:

Records the time code with video and audio signals input from HDV/DV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

• When this item is set to [EXTERNAL], INPUT SELECT switch on the front panel is set to

 

 

 

 

 

HDV/DV, and no signal is input from HDV/DV jack, if you start recording, bars

 

 

 

 

 

(—:—:—:—) are recorded as time code. At the point that inputting of a signal begins, the

 

 

 

 

 

time code of that signal will be recorded.

•If you set this item to [EXTERNAL] and the external time code input is discontinuous or does not advance correctly, recording or displaying the time code on the unit may not be done correctly. If there is a discontinuous time code on your recorded tape, you may not edit or search correctly, depending on the device used to edit.

TC RUN

Selects the advancement mode (counting up).

(page 51)

 

REC RUN

:

Time code value advances only while recording.

 

 

FREE RUN

:

Time code value advances even when the unit is not recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Use this setting to adjust the initial value of the time code to the present

 

 

 

 

 

 

time.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

• If you set the advancement mode to [FREE RUN], the time code will be updated by the

 

 

internal clock when the power is off. Therefore, when you turn on the unit again, the time

 

 

code may have been delayed or advanced somewhat.

 

• If the internal backup battery is exhausted, the time code of [FREE RUN] setting is

 

 

initialized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC MAKE

Selects the time code when you start recording.

(page 51)

 

REGENERATE

: The time code value is set to continuous time code from the one already

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorded on the tape. If no time code is recorded on the tape, it starts

 

 

 

 

 

 

from 00:00:00:00.

 

 

PRESET :

The time code starts from the value set in [TC PRESET] in [TC/UB SET]

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TC FORMAT

Selects the recording mode of the time code when 60i format is used.

(page 52)

 

AUTO

:

Automatically sets the mode in accordance with the mode already set on

 

 

 

 

 

 

a cassette tape. (If nothing is recorded on the tape, the non-drop frame

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode is set. If the unit cannot correctly read the frame mode on the tape,

 

 

 

 

 

 

it will use the frame mode that was set in the last position on the tape

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the unit can read correctly. If you remove the cassette, the mode of

 

 

 

 

 

 

the last position that the unit was able to read correctly is cleared and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

non-drop frame mode is set when recording is restarted from the same

 

 

 

 

 

 

position.If [TC MAKE] is set to [PRESET], the non-drop frame mode is

 

 

 

 

 

 

set.)

 

 

DF :

Selects the drop frame mode.

 

 

NDF :

Selects the non-drop frame mode.

Note

When [60i/50i SEL] is set to [50i], the unit operates as a 50i specification model. Therefore, the time code is set to the non-drop frame mode. Even if 60i signals are input to HDV/DV jack when [60i/50i SEL] is set to [50i], the time code generated by the unit is in the non-drop frame mode regardless of [TC FORMAT] setting. To set the time code in the drop frame mode, set [60i/50i SEL] to [60i]. As a result, [TC FORMAT] setting will return to the status before [60i/50i SEL] menu was set to [50i].

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