Sony DVCAM DSR-25 Operating Instructions Manual page 44

Setting the Time Code and User Bits
4
Press the J/j buttons to select PRESET, then
press the EXEC button.
The following menu appears.
TC ⁄ UB SET
TC PRESET O O O O
TC
UB PRESET 00 00 00 00
CM
DV IN TC o o o o
DISP
TC MAKE SET
V
TC RUN CANCEL
A
TC FORMAT
VTR
RETURN
ETC
5
Set the first two digits. Press the J/j buttons to
select the number, then press the EXEC button.
6
Repeat step 5 to set the other digits.
7
Press the J/j buttons to select SET, then press the
EXEC button.
The user bits are set and the menu display returns
to that of step 2.
8
Press the J/j buttons to select
press the EXEC button.
The menu display returns to that of step 1.
To cancel the user bits setting
Select CANCEL in step 7, then press the EXEC
button.
To reset the user bits
Select RESET in step 4, then press the EXEC button.
To select the time code to be recorded
when DV signals are recorded in DVCAM
format
Set DV IN TC on the TC/UB SET menu to select
whether to record the internal time code or an external
one.
INTERNAL: Records the time code internally
generated.
EXTERNAL: Records the time code with video and
audio signals input via the DV jack.
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(GB) Chapter 3 Setting the Time Code
Notes
• When this item is set to EXTERNAL, the time code
input via the DV jack and the user bits set in UB
PRESET are recorded.
• When you set REC MODE on the VTR SET menu to
DV SP, this item cannot be used. Even if this item is
set to EXTERNAL, when you set REC MODE on the
VTR SET menu to DV SP, the setting becomes
invalid and the unit records the internal time code.
• When this item is set to EXTERNAL, the INPUT
SELECT selector on the front panel is set to DV, and
no signal is input via the DV jack, or the software of
the editing controller does not output a time code, if
you start recording, bars (– –:– –:– –:– –) are
recorded as time code. At the point that the input of a
signal begins, the time code of that signal will be
recorded.
• When this item is set to EXTERNAL, if you input
time code to the DV jack that is not continuous or
does not advance correctly, the value of the recorded
or displayed time code may not be equal to the actual
value of the input one. If you use a tape with this
problem, you may not be able to perform search or
edit, depending on the devices you use.
RETURN, then
To set the time code when the recording
starts
Set TC MAKE on the TC/UB SET menu to select the
time code to be recorded when recording starts.
REGEN: The time code value is set to continue the
PRESET: The time code starts from the value set in
time code from the time code already recorded on
the tape. If you start recording from a blank
portion of the tape, the time code starts from
00:00:00:00.
TC PRESET on the TC/UB SET menu.