Setting The Recording Counter; Synchronizing The Time Code With An External Device - Panasonic AG-DVX200PJ Operating Instructions Manual

Setting the Recording Counter

Recording Counter will display the recording time in seconds.
0:00:00 (hour : minute : second (When [REC COUNTER] is set to [TOTAL]))
SCN 0:00:00 (hour : minute : second (When [REC COUNTER] is set to [SCENE]))
[REC COUNTER]
Select the counting method during the recording.
Select the menu.
MENU
: [DISP SETUP] # [REC COUNTER] # desired setting
[TOTAL]:
[SCENE]:
To reset the Recording Counter for the Recording Mode
The Recording Counter will be set to 0:00:00 when the RESET/TC SET button is pressed while
displaying the counter.

Synchronizing the time code with an external device

You can synchronize the default time code during multi-camera recording.
≥ In the following section, the device with the reference time code is referred to as "master", while
the device to be synchronized is referred to as "slave".
1
Connect the TC PRESET IN/OUT
terminals of the two devices with a
BNC cable (commercially-available),
and turn them on.
≥ Apply the same [REC FORMAT], [OUTPUT
FORMAT] and [DF MODE] settings to the two
devices. (l 71, 142, 147)
2
(On the master device)
TCG
Select the [
MENU
: [RECORD SETUP] # [TCG] # [FREE RUN]
3
(On the master device)
Select the [EXT TC LINK] menu.
MENU
: [RECORD SETUP] # [EXT TC LINK] # [MASTER]
≥ The time code will be output from the TC PRESET IN/OUT terminal.
≥ To cancel the output of the time code, touch [EXIT].
4
(On the slave device)
Select the [EXT TC LINK] menu.
The count continues to increase until the Recording Counter is reset.
Resets the Recording Counter at start of recording. Counts the time
of each recording session.
] menu.
A TC PRESET IN/OUT terminal
- 73 -
TC PRESET
IN/OUT