Akai DD1500 User Manual page 169

DISPLAY
T/C RCV
T/C GEN
NOTE: The T/C GEN offset is not applied to the timecode generator when SMPTE
REGENERATE is selected in the SYSTEM - T/CODE page. If you attempt to turn T/C GEN
on with this selection, you will receive a prompt saying:
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
This offset is added to relative time before it is displayed.
The options are OFF, ON, LED ONLY.
OFF and ON should be fairly self-explanatory. LED ONLY
applies the offset to the LED timecode display on the
DL1500's upper panel only - the timecode display on the
external monitor does not show this offset. This is a special
requirement for in situations where film and SMPTE/EBU
equipment is being used together. In this case
SMPTE/EBU timecode can be displayed on the DL1500's
LED timecode display and zero-based feet/frames display
can be displayed on the VGA monitor's timecode display
(for example, the first frame of the film is at a SMPTE/EBU
time of 10 hours but, as no film footage has elapsed, the
feet/frames display on the external monitor shows 0000
feet/00 frames).
This is an abbreviation of TIMECODE RECEIVE OFFSET
and sets an offset that is applied to incoming timecode.
This is an abbreviation of TIMECODE GENERATE
OFFSET. This offset is applied to generated timecode.
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