Sony HVR-V1U Operating Manual page 78

(TC/UB SET) menu
(TC PRESET/UB PRESET/TC LINK, etc.)
The default settings are marked with B.
The indicators in parentheses appear when
the items are selected.
See page 57 for details on selecting
menu items.
Press the MENU button t select the
(TC/UB SET) by turning the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial.
TC PRESET
PRESET
x
You can preset the time code.
1 Select [TC PRESET] by turning the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.
2 Select [PRESET] by turning the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.
3 Select the first 2 digits by turning the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial. You
can set the time code between 00:00:00:00
and 23:59:59:29.
4 Set other digits by repeating step 3.
5 Select [OK] by turning the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial, then press the dial.
x RESET
You can reset the time code (00:00:00:00).
Select [RESET] in step 1 of the
[PRESET].
UB PRESET
x PRESET
You can preset the user bit.
1 Select [UB PRESET] by turning the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.
2 Select [PRESET] by turning the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.
3 Select the first 2 digits by turning the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial, then press the dial.
4 Set other digits by repeating step 3.
5 Select [OK] by turning the SEL/PUSH
EXEC dial, then press the dial.
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x RESET
You can reset the time code (00:00:00:00).
Select [RESET] in step 1 of the
[PRESET].
TC FORMAT
You can select the frame mode.
B AUTO
Select to set the frame mode automatically
in accordance with the inserted cassette.
DF
Select to set the frame mode to the drop
frame mode.
NDF
Select to set the frame mode to the non-
drop frame mode.
What is drop frame?
Although 30 frames are considered as 1
second in time code processing, the actual
frame frequency of an NTSC image signal
is 29.97 frames/sec. As a result, the time
code gradually lags behind real time as the
recording gets longer. The drop frame
function adjusts the time code to real time.
In the drop frame process, the first 2 frames
of each second are not recorded except in
every tenth minute. Recording without the
drop frame process is called non-drop
frame recording.
TC RUN
You can select how the time code advances.
B REC RUN
Time code value advances only while
recording. Select this when making the
time code continuous at backspace editing.
FREE RUN
Time code value advances freely
regardless of the camcorder's current
operation mode. Select this when adjusting
the discrepancy between time code value
and real time.