Sony PCM-3348HR Operation Manual page 44

3-7 Time Code Channel Recording and Playback
1 TIME CODE selection switch and lamps
Select the time code to be recorded on the time code
channel from among the following:
INT: Internal time code
EXT: External time code
REGEN (EXT): Time code regenerated by the
in time code generator locked to the external time
code
The lamps show the setting of the TIME CODE
selection switch.
2 TIME CODE GEN (generator) format selection
switch and lamps
Select the format for the built-in time code generator
from among the following:
30: 30 frames/s, non-drop frame (NTSC)
29 (NDF): 29.97 frames/s, non-drop frame (NTSC)
29 (DF): 29.97 frames/s, drop frame (NTSC)
25: 25 frames/s (PAL)
24: 24 frames/s (film)
The lamps show the following formats:
• When the TIME CODE selection switch is set to INT
or EXT: format of the built-in time code generator
• When the TIME CODE selection switch is set to
REGEN(EXT): format of the external time code
When regenerating the external time code, it is not
possible to change the format.
3 TIME CODE READER format lamps
These indicate the following formats:
• When the monitor output is the playback signal:
Playback time code format
•
When the monitor output is the input signal, and the
TIME CODE selection switch is set to EXT: External
time code format
Note
When using functions related to time code, make sure
that one of the TIME CODE READER format lamps is
lit.
One of these lamps lights when the time code format
on the tape is read while the tape is being played back.
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Chapter 3 Basic Operations
4 TIME CODE ERROR lamp
This lights when one of the following formats does not
match.
• Playback time code format
• Format selected using the TIME CODE format
built-
selection switch
• External time code format
5 SYNC CLOCK switch and lamps
Select the reference signal for the PCM-3348HR from
among the following:
INT: Internal master clock
EXT: Signal input to the WORD SYNC INPUT
connector on the rear panel
DI: Signal input to the AES/EBU D-I connector
REMOTE 3: Synchronizing signal supplied via the
RM-3348HR
VIDEO: Video signal input to the REFERENCE
VIDEO INPUT connector on the rear panel