PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATION
Time code data should be set in the built-in time code generator. User's bits cannot be set. During
recording, the time code is automatically recorded on the tape.
When recording starts from the beginning of the tape, recording starts from the set time code.
Presetting the Time Code
CLOCK/TC menu screen
C LOCK T C
/
T C P R E S
E T . .
C L OC K AD J US T . .
D AT E S T Y L E
T I M E S T Y L E
S EC D I S PL AY
P AG E B AC K
TC PRESET screen
Hours Minutes Seconds Frames
T C
P R ES E T
0 0 :
0 0
:
0 : 0 0
0
T C
C
L E AR
C
P AG E BA CK
T C
P RES E T
0 0 :
:
0 : 0 0
0
T C
0 0
C
L E AR
C
P AG E BA CK
The time code is preset on the CLOCK/TC menu screen.
1.
Display the CLOCK/TC menu screen.
To display the CLOCK/TC menu screen, perform the operations
D
D
/
M
M
/ Y Y
described in steps 1 to 3 in "Setting the Date and Time" on page
2
4 HO
UR
ON
41.
2.
Rotate the SELECT dial to align the cursor (f) with the TC
PRESET item, and then press the SELECT dial.
● The TC PRESET screen appears.
3.
Set the time code (hours, minutes, seconds, frames).
The blinking digit is the one to be set.
1 When the SELECT dial is pressed, the blinking digit changes.
2 When the SELECT dial is rotated, the value of the blinking
A NC
E L
3 Repeat the procedure described in 1 and 2 above to set
4 The setting values are confirmed and entered when the frame
4.
When setting of all the digits is completed, rotate the SELECT
dial to align the cursor with the PAGE BACK item, and then
press the SELECT dial.
● The CLOCK/TC menu screen returns.
ANC
E L
Setting, Displaying and
Recording the Time Code
MENU
button
SELECT
dial
digit changes.
When the SELECT dial is rotated upward, the value becomes
higher. When rotated downward, the value becomes smaller.
the desired value for all digits.
digit blinks and the SELECT dial is pressed.
GAIN
SHUTTER
MENU
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