
The TC PRESET MODE screen appears. | The UB PRESET MODE screen appears. |
TC PRESET MODE |
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TCG 00:00:00:00 |
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INC/DEC : ( | )( )KEY | |
SHIFT : ( | )( )KEY | |
CLEAR : RESET KEY | ||
DATA SAVE : | SET KEY | |
ABORT | : | MENU KEY |
UB PRESET MODE |
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UBG 00:00:00:00 |
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INC/DEC | : ( )( )KEY | |
SHIFT | : ( )( )KEY | |
CLEAR | : RESET KEY | |
DATA SAVE | : | SET KEY |
ABORT | : | MENU KEY |
5 Use the arrow buttons and the RESET button to set the initial timecode value.
</IN button or ,/OUT button: Select the digit to change (it flashes).
M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button: Change the value of the selected digit.
RESET button: Reset all digits to 0.
To cancel the timecode setting
Press the MENU button.
6 Press the SET button.
The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, and the timecode set in step 5 is displayed.
If RUN MODE on page P1 of the function menu is set to “FREE RUN”, timecode begins to advance from the initial value you just set.
To set timecode to the current time
1 Set RUN MODE on page P1 of the function menu to “FREE RUN”, and set DF/NDF to “DF”.
2 Carry out steps 1 to 5 of the previous section “To record timecode after setting an initial value (Internal Preset)” to set the timecode to a time slightly ahead of the current time.
3 Press the SET button at the instant when the current time matches the displayed timecode.
To set user bitsYou can record up to eight hexadecimal digits of information (date, time, clip number, etc.) in the timecode track.
1 Set CNTR SEL on the HOME page of the function menu to “UB”.
2 Carry out steps 2 to 4 of the previous section “To record timecode after setting an initial value (Internal Preset)” (see page 38).
3 Use the arrow buttons and the RESET button to set the user bits.
</IN button or ,/OUT button: Select the digit to change (it flashes).
M/MARK1 button or m/MARK2 button: Change
the value of the selected digit. RESET button: Reset all digits to 0.
Settings are made in hexadecimal (0, 1, 2,... 8, 9, A, B,... E, F).
To cancel the user bits setting
Press the MENU button.
4 Press the SET button.
The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, and the user bits set in step 3 are displayed.
To record timecode that follows sequentially upon the last recorded timecode (Internal Regen)
You can record timecode so that it is continuous from one clip to the next on the disc.
Set TC MODE on page P1 of the function menu to “INT”, and TCG to “REGEN”. When this setting is in force, the unit reads the timecode of the last frame of the last recorded clip on the disc before starting to record, and internally generates timecode that follows upon the recorded timecode.
In this case, the setting of DF/NDF on page P1 of the function menu is ignored. New timecode is recorded in the
Carrying Out Recording
One recording segment (from the start to the end of recording) is called a “clip”.
See Chapter 4 “Scene Selection” for more information about clips.
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