Operating Instructions
Settings before recording – Setting of time data
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External lock
Externally lock the time code.
• Connect the camera to an external generator in advance.
1
Select the [RECORDING] menu ¨ [TC/UB] ¨ [FREE/REC RUN] ¨ [FREE RUN].
2
Select the [RECORDING] menu ¨ [TC/UB] ¨ [TC IN/OUT SEL] ¨ [TC IN].
3
Enter the external time code to the <TC IN/OUT> terminal.
[TCG] in the camera image screen will be displayed in black and white inversion.
Enter the time code matching the setting in the [SYSTEM] menu ¨ [REC FORMAT] as the reference time code.
Enter the time code of the non-drop frame as well for 23.98p, 25.00p, 50.00p, and 50.00i.
Cautions when switching the power supply from the battery to the AC adaptor while
an external lock is active
To maintain the continuity of the time code generator power, remove the battery only after the power status display in the
camera image screen has changed to [ ] after connecting the AC adaptor to the <DC IN 12V> terminal. The continuity of the
external lock of the time code is not guaranteed when the battery is removed first.
• While recording or remote recording with the external device is in progress, the time code is not slave-locked to
(synchronized with) the external device’s time code, and instead advances in free run mode according to internal reference.
After recording or remote recording with the external device is stopped, the time code is slave-locked to the external
device’s time code, and as a result, some time code values may be repeated or skipped.
• Since this camera does not have a genlock system, the time code may shift one frame.
• Once the slave lock is performed, it will maintain the slave lock status even when the input from the <TC IN/OUT> terminal
is gone. However, the slave lock status will be cleared in following cases.
– When the time code is set in [TC PRESET]
– When the power is turned off
– When switched [DF]/[NDF]
– When set to [REC RUN]
– When the variable frame rate recording function or super slow recording function is enabled
• The pre-recording will be discarded once when the slave lock is performed during pre-recording.
• The number of frames for the record start time code may not be a multiple of four when the frame rate of [REC FORMAT] is
set to 23.98p.
• User bits cannot be locked by external devices.