Recording Vitc (Vitc); Selecting Ctl Display Mode (Tape Timer); Id Preset (Id Preset) - Sony DVW-A500/1 Service Manual

4-3-6 Recording VITC (VITC)

Press the [F10] (VITC) button to specify the recording
of VITC.
on: Records VITC generated by the internal time
code generator.
off: Does not record VITC. However, records VITC
inserted in the video input signal.
For details on the VITC insertion line, refer to "4-3-10
Setting the VITC Insertion Line (VITC POS-1/POS-2)" on
page 4-26.
4-3-7 Selecting CTL Display
Mode (TAPE TIMER)
Press the ALT button, then the [F1] (TAPE TIMER)
button to select a 12-hour or 24-hour clock for the
CTL display.
+/–12H: 12-hour clock
24H: 24-hour clock

4-3-8 ID Preset (ID PRESET)

The presetting of the ID code in non-volatile memory
as user bits data allows you to recall and record it
during later recording sessions.
Press the ALT button, then the [F2] (ID PRESET)
button to select the ID code recording mode.
on: Records the preset ID code as user bits data.
off: Records the user bits set through the control
panel.
To preset ID code, reset 603. ID CODE PRESET in
the VTR SETUP menu.
4-3-9 Superimposition of
Character Information (CHARA
SUPER/H-POS/V-POS)
When you select on by pressing the ALT button and
then the [F6] (CHARA SUPER) button, time data and
operation mode are indicated as character data
superimposed onto the signals output from the
SERIAL V/A OUTPUT 4(SUPER) and VIDEO
OUTPUT COMPOSITE 3(SUPER) connectors.
Contents of superimposed data
T C R . 2 3 : 5 9 . 4 0
R S H U T T L E S T I
5 Control VTR
indication
Contents of superimposed data
Note
The example above shows the factory-set contents of
data.
You can display different time data on the second line
by changing the setting of 005. DISPLAY
INFORMATION SELECT in the VTR SETUP menu.
1 Types of time data
Time data
2 Drop frame mark of the time
code reader (DVW-A500/1
and 500/1 only)
3 Drop frame mark of the time
code generator (DVW-A500/1
and 500/1 only)
4 Field mark of the
VITC data
. 1 8 *
L L
6 Operation mode
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Chapter 4 Menu Settings