Setting

To

 

 

 

 

 

FREE RUN

advance the time code freely

 

 

regardless of the camcorder’s

 

 

current operation mode.

 

 

The time code starts running

 

 

once this setting is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 Press MENU to hide the menu screen.

To cancel the time code setting

Select [CANCEL] in step 5 in step 6, or press TC RESET on the Remote Commander.

In case of operating the Remote Commander, make sure that the time code is 00:00:00:00, and then set [REMOTE CTRL] to [OFF].

To reset the time code

Select [RESET] in step 2 in step 6.

Drop frame mode

In the NTSC standard, the time code value is based on 30 frames per second, but the exact video frame frequency is in fact 29.97 frames per second. Consequently the time code value will deviate from the real time when recording for long time.

Drop frame mode corrects for this by skipping 2 frame counts at the beginning of every minute which is not a multiple of 10.

In non-drop frame mode, however, no frame counts are omitted, and there is a gradual deviation of the time code from the real time.

bNote

•In case of the i.LINK connection, if you start recording when there is no video input signal, the time code may not continue correctly.

•If you record HDV and DVCAM (DV) mixed, the time code may be initialized at the backspace editing.

•If you play back the tape recorded in HDV and DVCAM (DV) mixed, the time code may not match the picture at the backspace editing.

•If you set [TC MAKE] to [REGENERATE] in the menu, [TC RUN] is automatically set to [REC RUN].

•When [50i/60i SEL] on the (OTHERS) menu is set to 50i, the non-drop frame mode is selected automatically. You cannot change the frame mode.

•When recording in the HDV format, discrepancy of 3 frames at the maximum may occur.

•If you set [TC MAKE] to [REGENERATE], TC PRESET on the Remote Commander does not work.

Setting the user bits value

Shooting information (date, time, scene number, etc.) can be superimposed on a tape using up to 8 hexadecimal digit.

POWER switch

1 Set the POWER switch to VCR or

CAMERA.

2 Press MENU.

3 Select the (TC/UB SET) menu by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.

4 Select [UB PRESET] by turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.

102Dubbing/Editing