Displaying Time Data And Other Text Information; Displaying Time Data And Operation Mode; Indications - Sony DSR-1600.GB Operating Instructions Manual

Convenient Functions
for Editing Operation
Displaying Time Data and
Other Text Information
This unit allows time data and operation mode indications
to be displayed on the monitor screen.
Time data can also be displayed in the time counter display
on the unit.
Displaying Time Data and Operation
Mode Indications
The unit is provided with the following functions related to
time data.
• Display and reset CNT value
• Display and play back SMPTE/EBU time code and user
bit data
• Display and play back VITC
The unit can output the time code read from the tape as an
analog (LTC) signal while in normal-speed playback
mode.
Note
The unit outputs no signal from the TIME CODE OUT
connector unless it is in normal-speed playback mode.
To view time data and operation mode
indications on the monitor screen
Set the CHARA. DISPLAY menu item (see page 42) to
ON (factory default setting).
The time data and the indication of the current operation
mode are superimposed on the video signal that is being
output from the VIDEO OUT 2 (SUPER) connector, and
can be viewed on the monitor screen.
Chapter
Use the DISPLAY CONTROL menu items (see page 42)
to select the information displayed and the character type
and position of the indications.
Monitor screen contents
The contents of the monitor screen are shown below.
A Time data type
Time data
T C R 0 0 : 0 4
P L A Y
D DSR-1600/1600P operation mode
a) This character (.) can appear on the DSR-1600 only. The
character to appear in this column is always a colon ( : ) on the
DSR-1600P.

Displaying Time Data and Other Text Information

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B Drop frame indication
a)
for time code reader
C VITC field
indication
. 4 7 : 0 7 *
L O C K
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