Setting Timecode - Sony PDW-HD1500 Operation Manual

Setting Timecode

There are the following four ways of recording timecode:
Internal Preset mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, set beforehand to an
initial value. The following run modes can be
selected.
• Free Run: Timecode advances continually.
• Rec Run: Timecode advances only during
recording.
Internal Regen mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, initialized to timecode
following continuously upon the timecode of the last
frame of the last clip on the disc.
External Regen mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, synchronized to an
external timecode generator. As the external input, the
timecode input to any of the following connectors can
be selected.
• TIME CODE IN connector: TC
• HDSDI INPUT connector: LTC
External Preset mode: This directly records the input of
an external timecode generator. As the external input,
the timecode input to any of the TIME CODE IN
connector can be selected.
To record timecode after setting an initial
value (Internal Preset)
Proceed as follows with the function menu. For setting the
timecode, set TCG on page P4 TC of the function menu to
INT and PRST/RGN to PRESET.
ACCESS
CHAR SEL DATA DATA
CH-1 CH-3
AES/EBU AES/EBU HD-SDI HD-SDI
ON
0 0
PB/EE
EE -10 -10
-20 -20
REC INH
ALL CH
OFF -30 -30
CH-2 CH-4
-40 -40
-60 -60
CNTR SEL
1 2 3 4
TC L R
CHAPTER
PDW-HD1500
TCG SET
59.94i HD422-1080
EXPAND
VITC VITC INT-PRESET R-RUN
VARIABLE KEY INHI 12 : 34 : 47 :
REC PAGE
NET
ON
PRE-
LOCAL HOME
SET
OFF
REMOTE HOME
PB
PHONES LEVEL PREV PLAY NEXT
DISPLAY
SHIFT
TOP F REV F FWD END
Time data display area
Function menu
Function buttons
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 (F5).
EJECT
PUSH SET(S.SEL) MARK1
IN OUT
HD-SDI HD-SDI HD-SDI HD-SDI
0 0
59.94i
422-1080 MENU
-10 -10
MARK2
50Mbps
SHTL/JOG
-20 -20
8CH-24BIT
VAR/JOG
-30 -30
-40 -40
-60 -60 DEFAULT RESET
5 6 7 8
RM-9P
REPEAT
001/001 000:00
RETURN
50 8CH-24BIT HD-SDI INPUT SHTL/JOG
REM:020
M
12
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STOP REC
THUMBNAIL
SUB CLIP
DISC MENU
STANDBY REC INHI
The first digit of the time data display starts flashing.
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,
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+
SET
EXIT
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TCG SET
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(S.SEL) 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(S.SEL) 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/RETURN 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 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.
Setting user bits
You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information
(date, time, event number, etc.) on the timecode track.
Select UB by pressing the CNTR SEL function button (F4)
in step 1 of "Setting an initial timecode value" and carry
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Setting Timecode