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Setting Timecode
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Setting an initial timecode value
Proceed as follows:
1
Press the CTL/TC function button on the HOME page
of the function menu, and select TC.
2
Press the TCG SET function button.
The first digit of the time data in the time data display
area starts flashing.
3
Press the
T
or
t
function button to select a digit to
be set.
The selected digit starts flashing.
4
Press the – or + function button to set the value for the
selected digit.
Repeat steps
3
and
4
to set all digits that should be set.
5
Press the SET function button.
If RUN on the P4 TC page is set to FREE, the timecode
starts running.
To cancel a setting
Press the EXIT function button. Any new settings to that
point are canceled, and the setting operation is terminated.
Setting the timecode to the current time
1
Set RUN on the P4 TC page to FREE and DF to DF (in
59.94i mode only).
2
Perform steps
1
to
4
of “Setting an initial timecode
value” to set the timecode to a time slightly ahead of
the current time.
3
Press the SET function button at the instant when the
current time matches the displayed timecode.
Setting user bits
You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information
(date, time, event number, etc.) on the timecode track.
Select UB by pressing the CTL/TC function button in step
1
of “Setting an initial timecode value” and Carry out steps
2
to
5
. Settings are made in hexadecimal (0-9, A-F).
You can record ID codes in user bits.
For details, see setup menu items 603 and 604 on page 70.
3-6-2 Synchronizing the Internal
Timecode Generator with an
External Signal
Use this method to synchronize multiple VTRs with an
external timecode generator, and when you wish to record
the playback timecode signals of an external VTR without
deterioration in the signal waveform.
You can synchronize the internal timecode generator with
either of the following kinds of external timecode.
• The output of an external timecode generator or the
timecode output (LTC) of an external VTR
• The timecode (LTC or VITC) in an input video signal
Proceed as follows:
1
To synchronize with external timecode output
(LTC):
Connect a cable between the output of an external
timecode generator or the timecode output of an
external VTR to the TIME CODE IN connector.
To synchronize with the timecode (LTC or VITC)
of an input video signal:
Set VIDEO IN on the P2 VIDEO page of the function
menu to SDI.
2
Set the followings of the function menu:
TCG on the P4 TC page:
EXT or SDI
PRST/RGN on the P4 TC page:
LTC or VITC
The internal timecode generator begins to run in
synchronization with the external signal. Once external
synchronization is achieved, the internal timecode
generator continues to run even if you disconnect the
external timecode generator.
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