Parts of Function and Location 2 Chapter

2-1 Control Panels

4Time data/menu display section

1Time data display

VIUB DF LTC VITC

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01:23:45:06 REM: 01: 23 : 45 78. 9%

 

 

 

 

 

IMX 525

DOLBY NR

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CTL/TC

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2Menu display

1Time data display

This displays indicators relating to time data and other indicators.

Time data display area 1

Time data type indicator

DF indicator

LTC indicator

VITC indicator

Capstan lock mode indicator

Playback format indicator

System frequency indicator 525/625 indicator

DOLBY NR indicator

Speed indication area

Time data display area 2

Time data display area 1

Normally this displays a CTL count, time code value, or user bit value according to the setting in function menu HOME page for F4 (CTL/TC).

Time data type indicator

This indicates the type of data displayed in the time data display area 1.

LTC (longitudinal time code): Time code recorded on a longitudinal track on the tape

LUB: LTC user bit values

VITC (vertical interval time code): Time code recorded in the vertical blanking interval

VIUB: VITC user bit value

DF (drop-frame) indicator (525-line mode only)

This lights when values of drop-frame mode time code are displayed.

LTC indicator

Regardless of the display in time data display

area 1, this indicator lights when LTC values are being read.

VITC indicator

Regardless of the display in time data display area 1, this indicator lights when VITC values are being read.

Capstan lock mode indicator

This indicates the capstan lock mode (2F, 4F, or 8F) set in function menu page 4 or in setup menu item 106.

Playback format indicator

This indicator shows the current playback format. DB: Digital BETACAM format

IMX: MPEG IMX format, bit rate 50 Mbps, 8 audio channels

IMX4: MPEG IMX format, bit rate 50 Mbps, 4 audio channels

SX: Betacam SX format

SP: Betacam SP format

No display: Betacam format

System frequency indicator

Displays the current playback field frequency, and the bit rate of recording or SDTI-CP output.

525/625 indicator

This indicator shows the number of scan lines for the television standard (525 (NTSC) or 625 (PAL)) selected using setup menu item 013.

Time data display area 2

Displays data types and time data such as the time code of edit points and the total time of that tape. The following data types are shown.

TOTL: Total time of the tape.

REM: Remaining time on the tape.

Depending on the setting of F5 (T INFO) on function menu page 3, either TOTL (TOTAL) or REM (REMAIN) is displayed.

The values displayed are approximate values calculated on the basis of the detected tape diameter. They are not precise to units of seconds.

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