7-2 Basic Setup Menu

7-2-1 Items in the Basic Setup Menu

The basic menu items (excluding the items related to the digital hours meter) are listed in the following table.

•Item names are the names which appear in the video panel and on an external monitor, when the input signals to the monitor are the video signals output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/SDI OUT (SUPER) connector.

An abbreviated name appears in the time data display section when you press the NEXT button.

•The values in the Settings column are the values which appear in the time data display section. (The values may appear in a different format in the video panel and on an external monitor. In this case, the video panel values are shown in parentheses.) Underlined values are the factory defaults.

Menus 7 Chapter

Item number

Item name

Settings

 

 

 

001

PREROLL TIME

0 s (0 sec)... 5 s (5 sec)... 30 s (30 sec): Set the preroll time to between 0

 

 

and 30 seconds in steps of 1 second.

 

 

A preroll time of at least 5 seconds is recommended when using this

 

 

unit for editing.

 

 

 

002

CHARACTER H-POSITION

Adjust the horizontal screen position (as a hexadecimal value) of the text

 

 

information displayed on the monitor. a)

 

 

00... 0A ...2A (525(U)/525(J) line modes) /00... 09 ...29 (625 line mode):

 

 

The hexadecimal value 00 is for the far left of the screen. Increasing the

 

 

value moves the position of the characters to the right.

 

 

a) Video panel and external monitor (when the input signals to the monitor are the

 

 

video signals output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/SDI OUT (SUPER)

 

 

connector)

 

 

Set this item by adjusting to the required position while viewing the monitor.

 

 

 

003

CHARACTER V-POSITION

Adjust the vertical screen position (as a hexadecimal value) of the text

 

 

information displayed on the monitor. a)

 

 

00... 2E ...38 (525(U)/525(J) line modes)/00... 37 ...43 (625 line mode):

 

 

The hexadecimal value 00 is for the top of the screen. Increasing the

 

 

value lowers the position of the characters.

 

 

a) Video panel and external monitor (when the input signals to the monitor are the

 

 

video signals output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/SDI OUT (SUPER)

 

 

connector)

 

 

Set this item by adjusting to the required position while viewing the monitor.

 

 

 

005

DISPLAY INFORMATION

Determine the kind of text information to be displayed on the monitor. a)

 

SELECT

off (display off): Do not output text information.

 

 

T&sta (time data & status) : Time data and the units status.

 

 

T&UB (time data & UB): Time data and user bit data. (When UB (user bit

 

 

data) is selected with the COUNTER SEL button, the user bit data and

 

 

time data arranged in that order are displayed.)

 

 

T&CNT (time data & CNT): Time data and counter count. (When

 

 

COUNTER is selected with the COUNTER SEL button, the counter

 

 

count and time data arranged in that order are displayed.)

 

 

T&T (time data & time data): Time data and time code (TC or VITC).

 

 

T&clp (time data & clip name): Time code and clip name

 

 

time (time data only): Time data only.

 

 

a) Video panel and external monitor (when the input signals to the monitor are the

 

 

video signals output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER)/SDI OUT (SUPER)

 

 

connector)

 

 

 

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