Playback and Recording 3 Chapter

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 TCG on page P2 of the function menu to “INT”, and TC MODE 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 P2 of the function menu is ignored. New timecode is recorded in the drop-frame mode of the last recorded timecode on the disc.

To record with the internal timecode generator synchronized to external timecode (External Regen)

Use this method to synchronize the timecode generators of a number of recorders, to record the playback timecode of external VTRs, or to record while maintaining synchronization between the source video and timecode. Use either of the following procedures according to the type of external timecode.

Synchronizing with timecode input to the TIME CODE IN connector

1 Connect the timecode output of an external device to the TIME CODE IN connector, and input a reference video signal to the REF VIDEO INPUT connector.

2 Make the following settings on page P2 of the function menu.

•Set TCG to “EXT”.

•Set TC MODE to “REGEN”.

•Set TC/VITC to “TC”.

Synchronizing with multiplexed LTC input to the HDSDI INPUT connector

1 Connect an HDSDI signal containing multiplexed LTC to the HDSDI INPUT connector, and input a reference video signal to the REF VIDEO INPUT connector.

2 Make the following settings on page P2 of the function menu.

•Set TCG to “SDI”.

•Set TC MODE to “REGEN”.

•Set TC/VITC to “TC”.

Synchronizing with multiplexed VITC input to the SD SDI INPUT or COMPOSITE INPUT connector (when the PDBK-104 is installed)

1 Connect a video signal containing multiplexed VITC to the SD SDI INPUT or COMPOSITE INPUT connector.

2 Make the following settings on page P2 of the function menu.

•Set TCG to “EXT”.

•Set TC MODE to “REGEN”.

•Set TC/VITC to “VITC”.

Synchronizing with multiplexed SMPTE RP188 LTC input to the SD SDI INPUT connector (when the PDBK-104 is installed)

1 Connect a video signal containing multiplexed SMPTE RP188 LTC to the SD SDI INPUT connector.

2 Make the following settings on page P2 of the function menu.

•Set TCG to “SDI”.

•Set TC MODE to “REGEN”.

•Set TC/VITC to “TC”.

Executing either of these procedures starts the internal timecode generator running in synchronization with the external timecode generator.

Once the internal timecode generator is synchronized with the external timecode generator, the internal timecode generator continues to run even if the external timecode generator connection is removed.

The timecode advance mode is set automatically to Free Run. The frame count mode (for system frequency 60I/30P only) is set to the same mode as the external timecode signal (drop-frame or non-drop-frame).

To check the synchronization to the external signal

Press the STOP button to stop this unit, then press the REC button.

Check that the timecode value shown in the time data display coincides with the external timecode value.

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