Tc/Ub Set Menu - Sony HVRM25AU - Professional Video Cassete recorder/player Operating Instructions Manual

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VTR SET STILL TIME
FROM STILL
FROM REC P Selects the tape protection mode which the unit changes to after the recording has been

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TC/UB SET TC PRESET
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UB PRESET
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Chapter 5 Adjusting and Setting Through Menus
Setting
Selects the time to switch to the tape protection mode from the still mode.
B30sec : 30 seconds
1min : 1 minute
2min : 2 minutes
3min : 3 minutes
Notes
• If the unit is left in the playback pause mode for a long time, the tape or the video heads
may be damaged or the video heads may become clogged. Select the shortest time
possible. Particularly, when using a Mini-DV cassette that is longer than 60 minutes, select
[30sec] or [1min].
• When the setting is changed in the playback pause mode, the first tape protection mode
change uses the time setting from before the settings were changed. From the second tape
protection mode change, the new time setting is used.
Selects the tape protection mode to change the mode to after the time set in [STILL TIME] is
past.
BSTOP : Stops the tape.
STEP FORWARD : Forwards one frame.
Note
If you play a tape recorded in HDV format with [STEP FORWARD] selected, the tape
advances a few frames forward at a time.
paused for more than 3 minutes.
BSTOP : Stops the tape.
REC PAUSE : Maintains the recording pause mode.
Note
When the recording pause mode continues for a long time after you select [REC PAUSE],
the tape may be damaged or the video heads may be damaged or clogged. If there is no
other reason to do otherwise, select [STOP]. Particularly when you use a Mini-DV cassette
that is longer than 60 minutes, select [STOP].
Setting
Reset the time code value or set the desired time code value.
PRESET : Sets the desired time code value.
RESET : Resets the time code value to 00:00:00:00.
Note
To set the initial time code value, you need to set [TC MAKE] to [PRESET] first. If [TC MAKE]
has been set to [REGENERATE], or [HDV/DV IN TC] has been set to [EXTERNAL], this
setting is not effective.
Resets the user bits value or sets the desired user bits value.
PRESET : Sets the user bits value. (You can set the user bits as eight-digit
hexadecimal values (0 to 9, A to F) (base 16) to have the date, time, scene
number, and other information inserted into the user bits.)
RESET : Resets the user bits value to 00 00 00 00.
Note
When the INPUT SELECT switch is set to HDV/DV and HDV signals are input to the unit, this
setting is not effective. (When color bars are displayed or during recording, this setting is
effective.)