Sony PDW-HR1 Operation Manual page 45

To set an initial timecode value
1
Press the CNTR SEL function button on the HOME
page of the function menu, and select TC.
2
Press the TCG SET function button (F5).
The first digit of the time data display starts flashing.
3
Press the T or t function button (F3 or F4) to select
a digit to be set.
The selected digit starts flashing.
4
Use the PUSH SET knob to set the value for the
selected digit.
To set the next-most significant digit (10s place)
Turn the PUSH SET knob while holding down the
SHIFT button.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set all digits that should be set.
To set to 00:00:00:00
Press the RESET button.
5
Press the SET function button (F5) or the SAVE
button.
If the F-RUN/R-RUN switch is set to F-RUN, the
timecode starts running.
To cancel a setting
Press the EXIT function button (F6). Any new settings to
that point are canceled, and the setting operation is
terminated.
To set the timecode to the current time
1
Set the F-RUN/R-RUN switch to F-RUN and DF/NDF
on page P3 TC to DF (in 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode
only).
2
Perform steps 1 to 4 of "Setting an initial timecode
value" to set the timecode to a time slightly ahead of
the current time.
3
Press the SET function button (F5) or the SAVE
button at the instant when the current time matches the
displayed timecode.
To set user bits
You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information
(date, time, event number, etc.) on the timecode track.
Select UB by pressing the CNTR SEL function button (F4)
in step 1 of "Setting an initial timecode value" and carry
out steps 2 to 5. Settings are made in hexadecimal (0-9,
A-F).
You can record ID codes in user bits.
To record timecode that follows
sequentially upon the last recorded
timecode (Internal Regen)
You can record timecode so that it is continuous from one
clip to the next on the disc.
Set the INT/EXT/SDI switch to INT and the PRESET/
REGEN switch to REGEN TC or REGEN VITC. When
this setting is in force, the unit reads the timecode of the
last frame of the last recorded clip on the disc before
starting to record, and internally generates timecode that
follows upon the recorded timecode.
The frame count mode (for system frequency 59.94i/
59.94P/29.97P only) is set to the same mode as the last
recorded timecode on the disc (drop-frame or non-drop-
frame).
To record with the internal timecode
generator synchronized to external
timecode (External Regen)
Use this method to synchronize the timecode generators of
a number of recorders, to record the playback timecode of
external VTRs, or to record while maintaining
synchronization between the source video and timecode.
Use either of the following procedures according to the
type of external timecode.
To synchronize to the timecode input to the TIME
CODE IN connector
1
Connect the timecode output of an external device to
the TIME CODE IN connector.
2
Set the INT/EXT/SDI switch to EXT and the
PRESET/REGEN switch to REGEN TC.
To synchronize to the timecode multiplexed into
a video signal input to the SD/HDSDI INPUT
connector
1
Input an HDSDI signal containing LTC/VITC to the
SD/HDSDI INPUT connector.
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Setting Timecode