Timecode Page; Timecode Displayed On The Home Page; Timecode Output; Entering User-Bit Data - Zaxcom Deva 16 User Manual

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Timecode page

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Timecode Displayed on the Home page

If you need to see the timecode for the start of each Take, for example to log it on a sound report, set the
Timecode Displayed button to Disk.
If you want to see the current running timecode while in Stop, set the Timecode Displayed button to Gen Stop.

Timecode Output

If you just need to send running timecode to another device, set the Timecode Out button to Generator.
If you want to control another timecode device with an Auto-Load capability, set the Timecode Out button to
Disk.

Entering User-bit Data

There are a few themes for entering User-bits, usually determined by what Post wants. Some follow:
Load the shooting date (e.g. MM:DD:YY:xx, MM:DD:xx:xx) {x = doesn't matter or zero}
Load the shooting date with the Take # (MM:DD:00:00)
Load the Take # (00:00:00:00)
If you are storing the date (either MM:DD:YY:xx or DD:MM:YY:xx format) in the user-bits, consider setting the
Auto JAM Date at Midnight button on the
If you want to load some version of the date, assuming the date/time clock is accurate, press the JAM Date button.
This will jam the user-bits with the current MM:DD:YY:00. If you want to remove the year bits, press the Enter
User Bits button and make the necessary change. A side effect of this is the timecode generator will be jammed
with the current real-time clock.
If you want to load 00:00:00:00 at the start of the shoot and you don't have an external clock connected, press
the JAM U.B. button. Since there is no user-bit source to jam with, it will load the UB storage with 00:00:00:00.
To have the user-bits count the Takes, press the Increment User Bits button to change it from Off to On.

Entering Timecode

Generally, your primary soundcart recorder will be the Master Clock for the set and your timecode will be
counting in Free-Run mode, so be sure to set the
There are a couple of common themes for entering timecode:
Enter local real-time – this allows your timecode to indicate when Takes where actually shot.
o Assuming the local date/time clock is accurate, press the JAM Time button. This will tell the Deva to Jam the
TC generator with the current clock time and count from there.
Enter 00:00:00:00 at the start of the workday – this allows you to see how long you have been working today.
o If you don't have an external clock connected, press the JAM T.C. button. Since there is no TC source to jam
with, it will load the TC generator with 00:00:00:00 and count from there.
o If you have an external clock connected, set it to 00:00:00:00.

Frame-rate

To enter a frame, press the Frame Rate button until the desired value is displayed.
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