4HOLD (display hold) button

Pressing this button instantly freezes the time data displayed in the counter display section. (The time code generator continues normal

2 operation.) Pressing this button again releases the hold. One use of this feature is to determine the exact time of a particular shot.

When the HOLD button is activated, the time data is displayed in the following format:

See “2-8 Warnings and Indications on the Display Panel” on page 2-42 for more information about the counter display.

5RESET (counter reset) button

This button resets the time data displayed on the counter display section to “00:00:00:00” and the user bit data to “00000000”.

6DISPLAY (LCD) switch CTL: Control signal

TC: Time code

DATA: The item selected by the DATA DISPLAY switch.

For more information, see “Time code displays” on page 2-44.

7ADVANCE button

For setting the time code, user bits, or real time, each press of this button increments the flashing digit selected by the SHIFT button.

8SHIFT button

For setting the time code, user bits, or real time, this button selects the digit to be changed. The selected digit flashes.

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