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Using the Menu
(TC/UB SET) menu
(TC PRESET/UB PRESET/TC FORMAT, etc.)
The default settings are marked with B.
The indicators in parentheses appear when
the items are selected.
See page 67 for details on selecting
menu items.
See page 44.
See page 44.
You can select the frame mode.
BDF
Sets the frame mode to the drop frame
mode.
NDF
Sets the frame mode to the non-drop frame
mode.
bNotes
• When recording in HD 1080/24p, the frame
mode is fixed to [NDF].
zTips
What is drop frame?
Although 30 frames are considered as 1 second in
time code processing, the actual frame frequency
of an NTSC image signal is 29.97 frames/sec. As
a result, the time code gradually lags behind real
time as the recording gets longer. The drop frame
function adjusts the time code to real time. In the
drop frame process, the first 2 frames of each
second are not recorded except in every tenth
minute. Recording without the drop frame process
is called non-drop frame recording.
Press the MENU button t select
(TC/UB SET) with the SEL/PUSH EXEC
dial.

TC PRESET

UB PRESET

TC FORMAT

You can select how the time code advances.
BREC RUN
Advances the time code only during
recording.
Select this setting to record the time code
continuous from the last time code of the
previous recording.
FREE RUN
Advances the time code regardless of
operation of your camcorder.
bNotes
• Even if the time code advances in the [REC
RUN] mode, the time code may not be recorded
sequentially in the following cases:
– When the recording format is changed.
– When the images are recorded on the memory
card and the flash memory unit
simultaneously.
– When the recording media is removed.
BPRESET
Records the newly set time code on the
recording media.
REGENERATE
Reads the last time code of the previous
recording from the recording media and
records the new time code consecutively
from the last time code during the
backspace editing.
The time code runs in [REC RUN] mode
regardless of the setting of [TC RUN].
BOFF
Does not save the actual time in the user
bit code.
ON
Saves the actual time in the user bit code.

TC RUN

TC MAKE

UB TIME REC

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