Externally Locking The Time Code - Panasonic AG-HPX500P Operating Instructions Manual

Externally Locking the Time
Code
The time code generator built into your AG-HPX500P/
E may be locked with an external generator. It is also
possible to lock an external time code generator with
the internal generator.
Connections for externally locking the
time code (examples)
As illustrated, both the reference video signals and the
time code must be input.
■Example 1: Locking the time code with
external signals
TC IN
Reference
video signal
Reference
time code
GENLOCK IN
■Example 2: Connecting two or more AG-
HPX500P/Es with one another,
with one being used as the
reference device.
Reference device
VIDEO OUT
TC OUT
TC IN
GENLOCK IN
VIDEO OUT
TC OUT
TC IN
GENLOCK IN
VIDEO OUT
TC OUT
Different camera
<Note>
On all connected devices, set the setting menu TC
VIDEO SYNCRO to TC IN, GL SELECT to COMPOSITE
and CMPNT/SDI SEL to 720P.
To externally lock the time code
Follow the steps below.
1
Turn on the POWER switch.
2
Position the TCG switch at [F-RUN].
3
Set the COUNTER button to TC.
4
Supply a phase-relationship reference
time code (that conforms to the time
code requirements) and reference
video signals to the TC IN and
GENLOCK IN connectors, respectively.
• Now the built-in time code generator is locked with
the reference time code.
• When locked to an external time code generator, the
time code is at all times locked to the external time
code, which is displayed as a highlighted value on
the counter indicator. Do not engage the recording
mode during the few seconds it takes for the sync
generator to stabilize.
• Once a slave relationship is established, the TC IN
and GENLOCK IN connectors stay in slave status.
Note that the following events release slave status.
• When TC PRESET is performed
• When CAMERA mode and MCR mode are switched
• The power is turned off
• The time code mode is switched
• The TCG switch is set to R-RUN
Setting the user bits when the time
code is externally locked
To externally lock user bits, set the setting menu TC IN
UB REGEN to ON.
Regardless of an F-RUN or R-RUN setting of the TCG
switch, the time code is slaved to user bit values input
to the TC IN connector.
For details, refer to [Setting the User Bits] and [Setting
the Time Code].
To unlock the externally locked time
code
Discontinue external time code supply, then position
the TCG switch at [R-RUN].
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Setting Time Data