Sony XDS-1000 Operation Manual page 38

Setting 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 (F3).
The first digit of the time data display starts flashing.
3
Press the T or t function button (F1 or F2) to select
a digit to be set.
The selected digit starts flashing.
4
Use the PUSH SET knob or – or + function button (F3
or F4) 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).
If RUN MODE on page P4 TC is set to "FREE 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.
Setting the timecode to the current time
1
Set RUN MODE on page P4 TC to "FREE RUN" and
DF/NDF 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) at the instant when
the current time matches the displayed timecode.
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Setting Time Data
To record timecode synchronized to the
station's reference time
On page P4 TC of the function menu, set TCG to "SYS".
This selects recording of timecode synchronized to a
broadcast station reference timecode signal input to the
SYSTEM TC INPUT connector.
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.
Synchronizing with timecode input to the TIME
CODE IN connector
1
Connect the timecode output of an external device to
the TIME CODE IN connector, and input a reference
video signal to the REF. VIDEO INPUT connector.
2
Make the following settings on page P4 TC of the
function menu.
• Set TCG to "EXT".
• Set PRST/RGN to "TC".
Synchronizing with embedded LTC input to the
HD/SD-SDI INPUT connector
1
Input an HD-SDI signal containing embedded LTC to
the HD/SD-SDI INPUT connector, and a reference
video signal to the REF. VIDEO INPUT connector.
2
Make the following settings on page P4 TC of the
function menu.
• Set TCG to "SDI".
• Set PRST/RGN to "TC".
Executing either of these procedures starts the internal
timecode generator running in synchronization with the
external timecode generator.
Once the internal timecode generator is synchronized with
the external timecode generator, the internal timecode
generator continues to run even if the external timecode
generator connection is removed.
The timecode advance mode is set automatically to Free
Run. The frame count mode (for system frequency 59.94i/
59.94P/29.97P only) is set to the same mode as the external
timecode signal (drop-frame or non-drop-frame).