Setting item

 

Description

F2: TC MODE (timecode

 

When TCG is set to “INT”

mode)

 

Selects whether the count

 

 

value advances from a preset

 

 

initial value, or advances

 

 

consecutively from the

 

 

timecode of the last frame

 

 

recorded on the disc.

 

 

PRESET: Advance from a

 

 

preset initial value.

 

 

REGEN (regenerate):

 

 

Advance consecutively

 

 

from the timecode of the

 

 

last frame recorded on the

 

 

disc.

 

 

When TCG is set to “EXT”

 

 

Selects whether to record

 

 

timecode synchronized to

 

 

external timecode from a

 

 

preset initial value, or record

 

 

the external timecode itself.

 

 

PRESET: Record external

 

 

timecode.

 

 

REGEN (regenerate): Record

 

 

timecode synchronized to

 

 

external timecode from a

 

 

preset initial value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

When

TCG is set to “SDI”, the

 

 

external timecode itself is

 

 

always recorded.

 

 

 

F3: RUN MODE

 

When TCG is set to “INT”, and

 

 

TC MODE is set to “PRESET”,

 

 

selects the run mode of the

 

 

internal timecode generator.

 

 

REC RUN: The timecode

 

 

generator runs only during

 

 

recording.

 

 

FREE RUN: The timecode

 

 

generator runs as long as

 

 

the unit is powered on.

 

 

 

F4: TC/VITC

 

Selects the type of timecode

 

 

display in the time data display

 

 

section (TC or VITC).

 

 

 

F5: DF/NDF

 

Use this item to select drop-

(only when the system

 

frame mode (DF) or non-drop-

frequency is 60I/30P/24P

 

frame mode (NDF).

(pulldown))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Menu

Use the system menu to set up the unit for specific purposes and conditions. Menu settings are stored in nonvolatile memory and are preserved even after the unit is powered off.

The system menu is made up of the following five menus.

•Setup menu (SETUP MENU)

•TC preset menu (TC PRESET)

•Disc menu (DISC MENU)

•Date and time preset menu (DATE/TIME PRESET)

•Digital time display menu (HOURS METER)

This section explains the setup menu and the disc menu.

See page 27 “Setting the Date and Time” in Chapter 2 for more information about the date and time preset menu.

See page 77 “Periodic Maintenance” in the appendixes for more information about the digital time display menu.

Displaying the Setup and Disc Menus

Menus appear in the monitor video section and in the time data display section. If you have connected an external monitor, they are also superimposed over the picture shown on that monitor.

1 Press the MENU button.

The system menu appears.

SYSTEM MENU

SETUP MENU

TC PRESET

DISC MENU

DATE/TIME PRESET

HOURS METER

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The entire system menu appears in the monitor video section and on the external monitor.

An uppercase and lowercase abbreviation of the selected line only (the line in reverse video) appears in the time data display section.

2 Press the M/MARK1 or m/MARK2 button to select SETUP MENU or DISC MENU.

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