Sony HDW-F500 Operation Manual page 72

4-3 TC Menu
4-3-12 Superimposition of
Character Information (PD
CHARA/CHARA SUPER/H-POS/
V-POS)
To superimpose the characters representing time code
data and operation mode information on the output
signals, use the [F4] (PD CHARA) and [F6] (CHARA
SUPER) buttons.
Button Setting Connector to which the
characters are superimposed
ALT/[F4] on PULL DOWN OUT connector (on two
connectors)
ALT/[F6] on • HD SDI MONITOR connector
• COMPOSITE (SUPER) connector
of D CONV. OUT(OPTION)
• 3(SUPER) of connector D CONV. SDI
OUT(OPTION)
Contents of superimposed data
T C R . 2 3 : 5 9 . 4 0
S H U T T L E S T I
Contents of superimposed data
Note
The example above shows the factory-set contents of
data.
By changing the 626.DISPLAY INFORMATION
select setting in the VTR SETUP menu, different types
of information can also be displayed on the second
line.
4-30
Chapter 4 Menu Settings
1 Types of time data
Time data
2 Drop frame mark of the time
code reader
3 Drop frame mark of the time
code generator
4 Field mark of the
VITC data
. 1 8 *
L L
5 Control VTR indication
1 Types of time data
Symbol Meaning
CTL CTL counter data
TCR LTC reader time code data
UBR LTC reader user bit data
TCR. VITC reader time code data
UBR. VITC reader user bit data
TCG Time code data from the time code generator
UBG User bit data from the time code generator
Note
When time data or user bits are not read correctly, a
"*" will be displayed in this block so that the symbols
become "T*R", "U*R", etc.
2 Time code reader drop frame marks
" • ": drop frame mode
" : ": non-drop frame mode
3 Time code generator drop frame marks
" • ": drop frame mode
" : ": non-drop frame mode
4 VITC data field marks
" ": (blank space) fields 1 and 3
" * ": fields 2 and 4
5 Operation mode
The contents are divided into blocks A and B as shown
below.
A block indicates the operation mode.
B block indicates the tape speed or servo lock status.
A B