Sony SVO-5800 Operating Instructions Manual page 41

4 Set other menus according to the time data to be recorded.
e Set the NORMAL CH-2 item of the AUDIO CONTROL menu to TIME
CODE for recording LTC (page 49(E)).
e Set the BLANKING item of the VIDEO CONTROL menu to ON (factory
default setting) for recording VITC (page 48(E)).
In this position, the VITC inserted in the input video signal is erased.
The above is the procedure for recording the time code output from the internal
time code generator.
Recording the time data from the external time code generator
The time code (LTC or VITC) from the external time code generator can be
recorded directly, or recorded after synchronizing the internal time code generator
with the extemal data.
We recommend that you synchronize the internal time code generator if you set
several VTRs to the same time, or if you want to record the playback time code
from another VTR without deterioration.
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Recording the time data output from the internal time code generator
1 Set the time code generator selector to EXT (external generator).
2 Press the REC button to check the internal time code generator value.
(The internal generator value is displayed during recording.)
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