Tc Setup Menu - Sony SRW-1 Operation Manual

4-2 TC Setup Menu

The TC (timecode) Setup menu allows you to make
settings related to timecode.
In the Settings column of the following table:
Item
TIMER SEL
TIMER RESET
TIMER PRESET
TCR SEL
TCG MODE
REGENE SOURCE
RUN MODE
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4-2 TC Setup Menu
• Factory default settings are underlined.
• Square brackets indicate settings as displayed in setting
windows (see the figure for step 3 on page 62).
Settings
Selects the type of time data to use.
CTL [CTL Timer]: Display the tape running time in Hours:Minutes:Seconds
format.
TC [Time Code]: Display timecode.
UBIT [User Bit]: Display user bits.
Resets the internal timecode generator. Time data is displayed as 00:00:00:00
(timecode) or 00 00 00 00 (user bits).
Notes
• The values read by the timecode reader cannot be reset.
• The timecode generator cannot be reset when it is locked to external timecode
or to the values read by the internal timecode reader.
Selects the type of time data to preset to an arbitrary value.
TCG TC: Timecode generated by the timecode generator
TCG UBIT: User bits generated by the timecode generator
CTL: CTL signal count
Selects the type of timecode which you want the internal timecode reader to
read during playback.
AUTO [AUTO]: Read VITC when the playback speed is less than ±1/2 times
normal speed, and LTC when the playback speed is more than ±1/2 times
normal speed.
LTC [LTC]: Read LTC.
VITC [VITC]: Read VITC.
Selects the type of timecode to which the internal timecode generator
synchronizes.
PRST [Preset]: Synchronize to a preset value. You can use the TIMER PRESET
item to preset the initial value of the timecode generated by the internal
timecode generator.
RGN [Regen]: Synchronize to the timecode selected in the following item
REGENE SOURCE (regenerate).
Selects the timecode to be regenerated by the internal timecode generator.
INT L [Internal LTC]: Timecode recorded in the longitudinal direction on the tape
EXT L [External LTC]: Timecode input to the TC IN connector
SDI-L [SDI LTC]: Video signal LTC time data input to the HD SDI IN A/B
connectors
SDI V [SDI VITC]: Video signal VITC input to the HD SDI IN A/B connectors
Selects the timecode generator run mode.
F RUN [Free Run]: Timecode advances without pause from the time that the
system is powered on.
R RUN [Rec Run]: Timecode advances only during recording.