Tc Drop, Non-Drop - Focus FS-C User Manual

TC DROP, NON-DROP

These parameters are only available for NTSC and only one
may be enabled at a time. Drop and non-drop enable and
disable the drop-frame function that modifies how the
timecode is calculated during recording. These options are
only applied when the unit is in DV RECORDER mode.
• TC DROP
Enables the drop-frame function:
• Frames 00 and 01 are dropped from each minute of video
recorded.
•
Exception
• TC NON-DROP
Disables drop-frame. No frames are dropped during
recording and the timecode reflects the actual time
during recording.
Use with TC FREE RUN or TC REGEN
TC DROP and TC NON-DROP may only be set when using the TC FREE
RUN or TC REGEN settings.
Displayed Timecode Indicates TC DROP/NON-DROP Mode
The timecode displayed on the LCD indicates the TC DROP/NON-DROP
mode by using either a semi-colon or a colon as a separator between hours,
minutes, seconds and frames:
DROP HH
NON-DROP HH
FS-C Portable DTE Recorder
NTSC only
The first minute of each hour is not dropped.
Group Default
; ; ;
MM SS FF
: : :
MM SS FF
FS-C Functions
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