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Chapter 5 Playback
Chapter 5 Playback 5-5
5-3 Reading and Displaying Time Code and User
Bits
During playback, the internal time code reader reads
the time code and user bits recorded on the tape. You
can display the time code values read in the status
indication panel.
Displaying time code or user bit values in
the status indication panel
Displaying time code or user bit values in the status indication panel
To select the values displayed, set the two DISPLAY
switches, by the status indication panel and in the time
code setting controls, as shown in the following table.
Displaying time code and user bit values
on the monitor screen
Displaying time code and user bit values on the monitor screen
With a time code or user bit value displayed in the
status indication panel, connect the video monitor
input connector to the VIDEO OUT 2 connector, and
set the SUPERIMPOSE switch to ON.
This displays the same value on the monitor screen as
in the status indication panel.
Outputting the playback time code from
the TC OUT connector
By means of a setup menu setting, it is possible to
select the signal from the TC OUT connector to be the
time code from the tape during playback.
For details of the setup menu operation, see Section 6-3
“Setup Menu Settings,” item “TC OUT” in the <SYSTEM
2> menu (page 6-4).
DISPLAY switch by the status indication panel
DISPLAY switch in the time code setting controls
DISPLAY switch
by the status
indication panel
Time code LTC TC LTC
VITC
User bits LTC
VITC
U-BIT
VITC
LTC
VITC
DISPLAY switch
in the time code
setting controls
Values
displayed
SUPERIMPOSE switch
set to ON
Video monitor connected
to VIDEO OUT 2
connector