This operation synchronizes the internal timecode generator with the external timecode. After about 10 seconds, you can disconnect the external timecode without losing the synchronization. However, there will be noise on the recorded image if you connect or disconnect the timecode signal during recording.
Notes
•When you finish the above procedure, the internal timecode is immediately synchronized with the external timecode and the counter display will show the value of the external timecode. However, wait for a few seconds until the sync generator stabilizes before recording.
•If the frequency of the reference video signal is not the same as the system frequency of the camcorder, the camera cannot be correctly genlocked. In such a case, the internal timecode is not correctly synchronized with the external timecode.
•When the GENLOCK ON/OFF item is set to OFF on the GENLOCK page of the MAINTENANCE menu, the timecode cannot be synchronized with the reference video signal. In this case, set the GENLOCK item to ON on the GENLOCK page of the MAINTENANCE menu.
User bit settings during timecode synchronization
When the timecode is synchronized, only the time data is synchronized with the external timecode value. Therefore, each camcorder can have its own user bit settings.
You can lock the users bits of this camcorder to the user bits of external timecode by setting EXT- LK UBIT in the TIMECODE page of the MAINTENANCE menu to EXT.
To release the timecode synchronization
First disconnect the external timecode, then set the
To change the power supply from the battery pack to an external power supply during timecode synchronization
To maintain a continuous power supply, connect the external power supply to the DC IN connector before removing the battery pack. You may lose timecode synchronization if you remove the battery pack first.
Camera synchronization during timecode synchronization
During timecode synchronization, the camera is genlocked to the reference video signal input from the GENLOCK IN connector.
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