Sony DSR-2000P Operating Instructions Manual page 41

To set user bits
You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information (date, time,
event number, etc.) in the time code track.
Proceed as follows.
1
Watching the time data type indicator in the display section, press the
COUNTER SEL button and select U-BIT.
2
Carry out steps 2 to 7 of the section "Setting an initial time code
value" (page 39).
Settings are made in hexadecimal (0, 1, 2,... 8, 9, A, B,... E, F).
Chapter 2 Setting/Displaying Time Data and Text Information
Display section
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