Operating Instructions
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Chapter 4 Adjustments and Settings for Recording
Frame rate: 30P over 60i (2:2)
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Time code digit
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720P mode
Frame rate: 24P over 60P (2:3)
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Time code digit
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Frame rate: 30P over 60P (2:2)
Time code digit
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Setting the Time Code
1
Switch the menu option TC MODE on the
RECORDING SETUP screen to DF or NDF
using the menus.
For details on menu operation, refer to [Using the
menus] (page 120).
• Select DF to advance time code in drop frame
mode and NDF in non-drop frame mode. Note that
24P, 24PA and 24PN are always recorded in NDF
mode.
2
Use the COUNTER button to switch to time
code display.
3
Position the TCG switch at SET.
4
Use the CURSOR buttons to set the time code.
• Range of available time code settings:
00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:29 (other than 24PN),
00:00:00:00 to 23:59:59:23 (24PN)
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TC PRESET
SEL : PUSH /
+/- : PUSH
REC RUN
/
PRESET : PUSH SET
q button: Shifts the target (highlighted) digit to the
right.
w button: Shifts the target (highlighted) digit to the
left.
e button: Increases the highlighted number by one.
r button: Decreases the highlighted number by
one.
SET button: Use to confirm set time code value.
• Pressing the RESET button will reset any time
code setting to 0.
5
Press the SET button to confirm the time code
setting, and use the TCG switch to select a time
code.
• F-RUN steps the time code in free run mode, and
R-RUN set it in recording run mode.
NOTE
• When 24P or 24PA is used, the time code is adjusted
every 5 frames. It is adjusted to multiples of four for
24PN and to even numbers for 720/30PN. The time
code cannot be set during recording.
• The set value is not valid if you change the TCG
switch position without pressing the SET button.
Time code function during battery
replacement
Even during battery replacement the backup mechanism
keeps the time code generator functioning.
NOTE
When the POWER switch has been switched ON OFF
ON, the backup accuracy of the time code in free run mode is
about ±2 frames.