4-1-2 Recording Time Code and User Bit Values

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There are the following four ways of recording time code:

•Internal Preset mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, set beforehand to an initial value. The following run modes can be selected.

-Free Run: Time code advances continually.

-Rec Run: Time code advances only during recording.

•Internal Regen mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, initialized to time code following continuously upon the time code of the last frame of the last clip on the disc.

•External Regen mode, which records the output of the internal time code generator, synchronized to an external time code generator. As the external input, the time code input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

-TIME CODE IN connector: LTC

-VIDEO IN connector: VITC

- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC or VITC

-SDI IN connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC

•External Preset mode, which directly records the input of an external time code generator. As the external input, the time code input to any of the following connectors can be selected.

-TIME CODE IN connector: TC

- S400 (i.LINK) connector: TC

-SDI IN connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC

As shown in the following table, you can switch between different time code recording modes by combining switch settings in the time data settings section with the selection of a video input signal and settings of extended menu item 629.

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Time code recording mode

 

Time data settings section switch

VIDEO INPUT

Item

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEL button

629

 

 

 

INT/EXT/

PRESET/

F-RUN/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RP188

REGEN

R-RUN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Preset Free Run

 

INT

PRESET

F-RUN

–

–

“To record time code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after setting an initial

Internal Preset Rec Run

 

 

 

R-RUN

–

–

 

 

 

value” (page 44)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Regen

 

INT

REGEN

–

–

–

“To record time code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that follows sequentially

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

upon the last recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time code” (page 46)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (TC IN connector:

 

EXT

REGEN

–

SDI/

tc

“To record with the

LTC)

 

 

 

 

 

COMPOSITE/

 

internal time code

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG

 

generator synchronized

External Regen (VIDEO IN

 

 

 

 

 

vitc

 

 

 

 

 

 

to external time code”

connector: VITC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page 46)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (i.LINK connector:

 

 

 

 

 

i.LINK

tc

 

TC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (i.LINK connector:

 

 

 

 

 

 

vitc

 

VITC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Regen (SDI IN

 

RP188

REGEN

–

SDI

–

 

connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Preset (TC IN connector:

 

EXT

PRESET

–

SDI/

–

“To record external time

TC)

 

 

 

 

 

COMPOSITE/

 

code directly” (page 47)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Preset (i.LINK connector:

 

 

 

 

 

i.LINK

–

 

TC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Preset (SDI IN

 

RP188

PRESET

–

SDI

–

 

connector: SMPTE RP188 LTC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To record time code after setting an initial value

Set the following switches beforehand.

•INT/EXT/RP188 switch: INT

•PRESET/REGEN switch: PRESET

•F-RUN/R-RUN switch: F-RUN or R-RUN

See 7-3-2 “Extended Menu Operations” (page 108) for more information about how to make extended menu settings.

Then set an initial value as described below, and carry out recording (see page 48).

To set an initial value

Proceed as follows.

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