•Distinguishing between original material and copied material. 00 is added to the Instance Number for original material.

•Recording with UTC time. UTC (coordinated universal time) is used when recording the UMID. Use of a universal time system enables uniform management of source material recorded all over the world.

•Calculation of date differences. Source material is recorded using modified Julian dates (MJD), which enables easy calculation of date differences between different source material items.

Setting UMID ownership information

Proceed as follows.

1 Select METADATA >STORE OWNER in the setup menu (see page 103).

The STORED OWNERSHIP (UMID ownership information setting) screen appears.

STORED OWNERSHIP

COUNTRY_

ORGANIZATION _

USER_

SHIFT: ( )( )( )( )KEY

INC/DEC: JOG DIAL

TO MENU: MENU KEY

COUNTRY: Sets the country code.

ORGANIZATION: Sets the organization code.

USER: Sets the user code

See the next item “About the UMID ownership information” for more information about these codes.

2 Set the ownership information using the arrow buttons and jog dial.

Arrow buttons: Select the item to set and the character input location (it blinks).

Jog dial: Selects characters to input at the selected location.

RESET button: Deletes all input data.

To cancel the ownership information setting Press the MENU button.

3 Press the SET button.

The message “NOW SAVING...” appears, and the ownership information set in step 2 is saved.

See “System Menu” (page 90) in Chapter 6 for more information about system menu operations.

About the UMID ownership information

COUNTRY (country code)

Set the country code by entering an abbreviated alphanumeric string (4-byte alphanumeric string) according to the values defined in ISO 3166-1. There are about 240 country codes.

Find your own country code on the following web page.

Refer to ISO 3166-1: http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/ codlstp1/en_listp1.html

When the country code is less than 4 bytes, the active part of the code occupies the first part of the 4 bytes and the remainder must be filled with the space character (20h).

Example: Japan

For Japan, the country code is JP, which is 2 bytes, or JPN, which is 3 bytes.

Thus, enter the following: JP_ _

or JPN _

where _ represents a space.

ORGANIZATION (organization code)

Enter a 4-byte alphanumeric string for the organization code.

Notes

•There are no problems in recording or playing back audio-video signals, even if the ORGANIZATION is not set.

•Organization codes must be acquired by applying to the SMPTE registration office. When no organization code has been acquired, it is forbidden to enter an arbitrary string. As a rule, the code “00” must be entered. Freelance operators who do not belong to an origination should enter “~”.

USER (user code)

Enter a 4-byte alphanumeric string to identify the user. The user code is registered with each organization locally. It is usually not centrally registered.

When the user code is less than 4 bytes, enter the user code at the beginning of the 4 bytes and fill the remainder of the string with the space character (20h).

This user code is determined by the organization. The methods used depend on the organization.

Note

User code cannot be entered when no organization code has been entered.

Appendix

Using UMID Data 129