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Chapter 4 Adjusting and Setting Through Menus
50 Chapter 4 Adjusting and Setting Through Menus
TC/UB SET menu
Icon/Menu Submenu Setting
TC/UB SET
TC PRESET
(page 40)
UB PRESET
(page 41)
TC FORMAT
(page 42)
TC RUN
(page 42)
Resets/Sets the time code value.
PRESET : Sets the time code value.
RESET : Resets the time code value to 00:00:00:00.
Note
To set the initial time code value, you need to set [TC MAKE] to [PRESET] first. If [TC
MAKE] has been set to [REGENERATE], you cannot change the time code using this item.
Resets/Sets the user bits value.
PRESET : Sets the user bits value. (You can set the user bits as eight-digit hexadecimal
values (0 to 9, A to F) (base 16) to have the date, time, scene number, and other
information inserted into the user bits.)
RESET : Resets the user bits value to 00 00 00 00.
Selects the recording mode of the time code.
AUTO : Automatically sets the mode in accordance with the mode already set on a
cassette tape. (If nothing is recorded on the tape, the non-drop frame mode is set. If
this unit cannot correctly read the frame mode on the tape, it will use the frame mode
that was set in the last position on the tape that the unit can read correctly. If you
remove the cassette, the mode of the last position that the unit was able to read
correctly is cleared and the non-drop frame mode is set when recording is restarted
from the same position. The non-drop frame mode is set also if [TC MAKE] is set to
[PRESET].)
DF : Selects the drop frame mode.
NDF : Selects the non-drop frame mode.
Note
When the [50i/60i SEL] is set to 50i, the unit operates as a 50i specification model.
Therefore, the time code generated by the unit while recording in the DVCAM format
changes to the non-drop frame mode. Even if a 60i system signal is input to the HDV/DV
jack when the [50i/60i SEL] is set to 50i, the time code generated by this unit is in the non-
drop frame mode regardless of the [TC FORMAT] setting. If you intend to set the unit so
that it generates the time code in the drop frame mode, set [50i/60i SEL] to 60i. As a result,
the [TC FORMAT] setting will return to the status before the [50i/60i SEL] menu was set to
50i.
Selects the advancement mode (counting up).
REC RUN : Time code value advances only while recording.
FREE RUN : Time code value advances even when the unit is not recording.
Notes
• If you set the advancement mode to [FREE RUN], the time code will be updated by the
internal clock when the power is off. Therefore, when you turn on the unit again, the time
code may have been delayed or advanced somewhat.
• If the internal backup battery is exhausted, the time code of the [FREE RUN] setting is
initialized.
• Available only when [PRESET] is selected in [TC MAKE].
Operating the Menus