Sony SRW-1 Operation Manual page 35

b Tape remaining
The remaining tape capacity is displayed as follows.
Display of remaining tape time when it is 23 minutes or less
T C R . 2 3 : 5 9 : 4 0 : 1 8
Display of remaining tape time when it is 5 minutes or less
T C R . 2 3 : 5 9 : 4 0 : 1 8
c Time data type
Display Meaning
CTL CTL counter data
TCR LTC reader timecode data
UBR LTC reader user bit data
TCR. VITC reader timecode data
UBR. VITC reader user bit data
TCG Timecode generator timecode data
UBG Timecode generator user bit data
When timecode and user bit data cannot be read correctly,
asterisks (*) are displayed in these blocks, for example as
"T*R", "U*R", "T*R.", and "U*R.".
d Operating mode
The information displayed is divided as shown in the
following figure into blocks A and B.
Block A: Operating mode
Block B: Servo lock state or tape speed
A
The following modes are shown in the operating mode
display.
"SYSTEM READY"
"CASSETTE OUT"
"STANDBY OFF"
"REC"
"REC LOCK"
"REC PAUSE"
"PLAY"
"PLAY LOCK"
"PLAY PAUSE"
"F.FWD"
"REW"
"TAPE UNTHREAD"
"STOP"
"STANDBY ON"
e Timecode reader drop-frame mark (525-line mode
" . ": Drop-frame mode
" : ": Non-drop frame mode
f Timecode generator drop-frame mark (525-line
R 2 3
" . ": Drop-frame mode
" : ": Non-drop frame mode
R 5
g VITC field mark
" " (blank): Displaying odd field
" * ": Displaying even field
h Battery voltage
Displays the battery or AC power voltage.
To display warning/error messages
Set TC Setup menu items CHAR(MON) > MODE and
CHAR(SD) > MODE to something other than "TIME".
Next, to display both warnings and error messages, set
WARN to "W+E". To display error messages only set
WARN to "ERR".
The first 16 characters of messages are displayed as
flashing characters on the second line.
See page 67 for more information about warning
messages, and see page 64 for more information about
error messages.
B When two or more warnings or error messages are issued
at the same time, each message is repeated twice in
flashing characters.
When there are no warnings or error messages, the
information selected with the CHAR(MON) > MODE and
CHAR(SD) > MODE menu items is displayed as flashing
characters on the second line.
To change the position of superimposed
text
You can move the position of superimposed text in 16
steps horizontally (0 to 15) and 24 steps vertically (0 to
23).
To set the values, use CHAR(MON) > HPOS/VPOS or
CHAR(SD) > HPOS/VPOS in the TC Setup menu.
only)
mode only)
T C R . 2 3 : 5 9 : 4 0 : 1 8
N O E X T E R N A L
The first 16 characters of a warning/error message
3-6 Superimposed Text Information
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