1

RESET/RETURN button

 

DISP SEL

HOLD

RESET

DISPLAY

BRIGHT

 

 

2,4

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEVE

EXPAND

CHAPTER

 

COUNTER RC U-BIT

 

 

 

THUMBNAIL

 

CLIP MENU

 

0

10

3

ESSENCE

SET

 

F-RUN

 

AUTO

 

SET

 

MARK

 

 

R-RUN

 

MANUAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO SELE

SUB CLIP

S.SEL

 

 

 

CH-1

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

AUDIO IN

 

 

 

 

 

REGEN

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

 

REAR

 

 

 

 

CLOCK

 

WIRELESS

1 Set the DISPLAY switch to U-BIT.

2 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET.

The first (leftmost) digit flashes.

3 Use the up and down arrow buttons to change values, and use the left and right arrow buttons to move the flashing digit. Repeat until all digits are set.

To reset the user bit data to 00 00 00 00

Press the RESET/RETURN button.

4 Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to F-RUN or R-RUN, corresponding to the desired operating mode for the timecode generator.

The set user bit data will be recorded for both LTC and VITC.

To store the user bit setting in memory

The user bit setting (apart from the real time) is automatically retained in memory even when the power is turned off.

Synchronizing the timecode

You can synchronize the internal timecode generator of this camcorder with an external generator for the regeneration of an external timecode. You can also synchronize the timecode

generators of other camcorders/VTRs with the internal generator of this camcorder.

Connections for timecode synchronization

Connect both the reference video signal and the external timecode as illustrated below.

Example 1: Synchronizing with an external timecode

1

 

 

 

2

External timecode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference video signal

1GENLOCK IN a)

2TC IN

a)Set GENLOCK to ON on the GENLOCK page of the MAINTENANCE menu, if GENLOCK is set to OFF.

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