Sony SRW-5800 Operation Manual page 58

To cancel entered values
Press the CLR button.
3
Press the SET UP button to set the entered value.
If you pressed the + or – button, then entered a value,
the result of calculation appears in the display.
4
Press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.
The input value is set as the time code.
Notes
• Time codes from an external time code generator cannot
be set.
• Time codes cannot be set when the internal time code
generator is locked to external time codes or to time
codes read by the time code reader.
Setting the CTL timer
1
Press the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button to select CTL.
2
Enter data in the data entry window using the number
buttons.
3
Press the SET button to set the data.
4
Press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.
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4-3 TC Menu
Data entry window
When ±12H is selected in the VTR SETUP menu item 605
"TAPE TIMER DISPLAY" and a value of 10H or more is
entered, the first digit will be dropped.
Resetting time data
Press the [F2] (TIMER RESET) button.
The internal time code generator is reset according to the
setting of the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button.
Resetting TC or UBIT data
The internal time code generator is reset and the time data
display becomes 00H00M00S00F (TC) or 00 00 00 00
(UBIT). Edit points are not affected.
• Time data read by the time code reader cannot be reset.
• Time data cannot be reset when the internal time code
SET is displayed.
Setting the user bit value
1
2
3
Recording the current time
1
2
3
4
To pause the current time
Press the [F4] (TIMER HOLD) button.
The time is paused only while the button is held down.
Note
Notes
generator is locked to external time codes or to time
codes read by the time code reader.
Press the [F1] (TIMER SEL) button to select UBIT.
Enter the desired user bit value in hexadecimal
notation using the numeric buttons.
Press the 0 to 5 buttons while holding down the SFT
button to enter the letters A to F.
Press the [F3] (TIMER SET) button.
Press the [F9] (DF/NDF) button to select "DF".
Press the [F8] (RUN MODE) button to select "free".
Enter the target time with the numeric buttons while
verifying the data in the data entry window.
When the target time arrives, press the [F3] (TIMER
SET) button.
The time code generator starts operating from the
specified time.