Setting The User Bit; User Bit Output - Canon XA20 Instruction Manual

Setting the User Bit

Setting the User Bit
The user bit display can be selected from the date or the time of recording, or an identification code
consisting of 8 characters in the hexadecimal system. There are sixteen possible characters: the
numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F. When you record a scene, the user bit will be recorded with it.
The user bit is also output from the HD/SD-SDI terminal (
Operating modes:
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1 Open the user bit [Setting] screen.
>
[FUNC.] [MENU]
• To set the time for the user bit, select [
[ Date]. In such case, the rest of the procedure is not necessary.
• The user bit setting screen will appear with the orange selection frame on the leftmost digit.
• To reset the user bit to [00 00 00 00], touch [Reset] and then touch [X].
• Touch [Cancel] to close the screen without setting the user bit.
Í] or [Î
2 Touch [
3 Touch another digit you want to change.
4 Change the rest of the digits in the same way.
5 Touch [OK] and then touch [X].

User Bit Output

When the frame rate is set to 23.98P and
user bit will be 2:3 pulldown data.
NOTES
• When playing back MP4 movies, the user bit embedded in the signal output from the HD/SD-SDI
terminal (
> >
[User Bit Type]
] to change the digit as necessary.
only) and HDMI terminal will have a value of 0 and cannot be changed.
only) or HDMI terminal.
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[ Setting]
Time] instead; to set the date for the user bit, select
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[User Bit Output Mode] is set to [Pulldown], the