4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit Values

There are the following four ways of recording time code:

•Internal Preset mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, set beforehand to an initial value. The following run modes can be selected.

-Free Run: Time code advances continually.

-Rec Run: Time code advances only during recording.

•Internal Regen mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, initialized to time code following continuously upon the time code of the last frame of the last clip on the disc.

•External Regen mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, synchronized to an external time code generator. As the external input, the time code input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

-TIME CODE IN connector: LTC

-VIDEO IN connector: VITC

-SDI IN connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC

- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC or VITC

•External Preset mode, which directly records the input of an external time code generator. As the external input, the time code input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

-TIME CODE IN connector: TC

- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC

As shown in the following table, you can switch between different time code recording modes by combining extended menu items settings with video input signal selections.

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Time code recording mode

Extended menu item setting or video input signal selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 626

Item 627

VIDEO INPUT SEL

Item 629

 

 

 

button

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Preset Free Run

int preset

free run

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Preset Rec Run

 

rec run

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Regen

int regen

–

–

–

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (TIME CODE IN

ext regen

–

SDI/CMPST/SG

tc

connector: LTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (VIDEO IN connector:

 

 

 

vitc

VITC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (i.LINK connector: TC)

 

 

i.LINK

tc

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (i.LINK connector:

 

 

 

vitc

VITC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (SDI IN connector:

rp188 regen

–

–

–

SMPTE RP188 LTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Preset (TIME CODE IN

ext preset

–

SDI/CMPST/SG

–

connector: TC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Preset (i.LINK connector: TC)

 

 

i.LINK

–

 

 

 

 

 

To record the time code after setting an initial value

Set the following extended menu items to the specified values.

•Item 626 “TC MODE”: “int preset”

•Item 627 “RUN MODE”: “free run” or “rec run”

•Item 628 “DF MODE”: “on (df)” or “off (ndf)”

See 8-3-2 “Extended Menu Operations” (page 102) for more information about how to make extended menu settings.

Then set an initial value as described below, and carry out recording (see page 53).

To set an initial value

Do as follows.

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