Displaying Various Data

i Time counter (time code/user bits/count value of the counter) indicator

Displays the count value of the counter, time code, or user bits. By pressing the COUNTER SELECT button on the front panel, you can select the item to be

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displayed.

 

 

When the time code is displayed, TC appears to its left.

 

In the drop frame mode, a period is displayed between

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the minutes and seconds (i.e., 00:12.58:00).

When the user bits are displayed, UB appears to their

 

 

left.

 

When the count value of the counter is negative, “–”

 

appears as the first digit (leftmost digit). When that

 

value is positive, the first digit is blank.

 

The count value of the counter consists of seven digits.

 

If the self-diagnostic function is enabled, diagnostics

 

code numbers are displayed.

 

 

 

Note

 

 

When you playback a tape without a time code or with

 

a time code recorded in different formats, the time code

 

cannot be displayed correctly.

 

j Remaining tape time indicator

 

Displays the remaining tape time.

 

For details, see “ REMAINING” in the “DISPLAY SET”

 

menu on page 75.

Note

•The remaining tape time displayed is an estimated time.

•When you insert a cassette of which the tape has been rewound to the beginning, this indicator does not show the remaining tape time. The remaining tape time is displayed after the tape runs for a while.

kINPUT SELECT indicator

Changes according to the position of the INPUT SELECT switch. ([HDV/DV IN], [S VIDEO IN] or [VIDEO IN])

l (Index) indicator

Displays when an index has been marked.

mSearch indicator

Displays the search mode when you search for scenes using the Remote Commander.

For details on the search function, see “Searching using the search function” on page 41.

nAudio mode indicator

In the recording mode, displays when you select [FS32K] for [AUDIO MODE] in the [AUDIO SET] menu.

When you select [FS48K], is displayed.

During playback or audio dubbing, displays the audio mode recorded on the tape. During i.LINK input, displays the audio mode of the signal input to the

HDV/DV jack.

Notes

•The audio mode will not be displayed when [HDV/DV SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu is set to [HDV].

•Signals other than HDV/DVCAM lock mode will

become non-standard audio and / is displayed during playback or when the signal is input from the HDV/DV jack.

oDate/time indicator

When you press the DATA CODE button of the Remote Commander or set [DATA CODE] in the [DISPLAY SET] menu to [DATE], you can display the recording date/time.

For details on the date/time indicator, see “Displaying information (data codes) recorded on a tape” on page 39.

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