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4-3 TC Menu
4-24 Chapter 4 Menu Settings
Chapter 4 Menu Settings
Setting the CTL timer
1 Select CTL using the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button.
2 Enter data in the data entry window using the
number buttons.
3 Press the SET button to set the data.
4 Press [F3] (TIMER SET).
Note
When ±12H is selected in the 604.TAPE TIMER
DISPLAY setting in the VTR SETUP menu and a
value of 10H or more is entered, the first digit will be
dropped.
Resetting time data
Press the [F2] (TIMER RESET) button.
The internal time code generator is reset according to
the setting of the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button.
Resetting TC or UBIT data
The internal time code generator is reset and the time
data display becomes 00H00M00S00F (TC) or 00 00
00 00 (UBIT). Edit points are not affected.
Notes
• Time data read by the time code reader cannot be
reset.
• Time data cannot be reset when the internal time code
generator is locked to external time codes or to time
codes read by the time code reader.
Setting the user bit value
1 Select UBIT by pressing the [F1] (TIMER SEL)
button.
2 Enter the desired user bit value in hexadecimal
notation using the numeric buttons.
(Press the 0 to 5 buttons while holding down the
SFT button to enter the letters A to F.)
3 Press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.
Recording the current time
1 Select DF by pressing the [F9] (DF/NDF) button.
2 Select free by pressing the [F8] (RUN MODE)
button.
3 Enter the target time with the numeric buttons
while verifying the data in the data entry window.
4 When the target time arrives, press the [F3]
(TIMER SET) button.
The time code generator starts operating from the
specified time.
To pause the current time
Press the [F4] (TIMER HOLD) button.
The time is paused only while the button is held down.
4-3-2 Setting the Time Code
Reader (TCR SEL)
Press the [F5] (TCR SEL) button to select the time
code to be read by the time code reader during
playback.
VITC: Reads VITC.
auto: Reads VITC when the playback speed is +/–1/
2 times normal speed or less, and LTC when it is
greater than +/–
1
/2 times normal speed.
LTC: Reads LTC.
Depending on the time code recorded on a tape, VITC
or LTC appears on the display.
Note
Time codes that are read by the time code reader or
played back are output from the TIME CODE OUT
connector.