Setting Timecode - Sony PDW-HD1500 Operation Manual

Setting Timecode

There are the following four ways of recording timecode:
Internal Preset mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, set beforehand to an
initial value. The following run modes can be
selected.
• Free Run: Timecode advances continually.
• Rec Run: Timecode advances only during
recording.
Internal Regen mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, initialized to timecode
following continuously upon the timecode of the last
frame of the last clip on the disc.
External Regen mode: This records the output of the
internal timecode generator, synchronized to an
external timecode generator. As the external input, the
timecode input to any of the following connectors can
be selected.
• TIME CODE IN connector: TC
• HDSDI INPUT connector: LTC
External Preset mode: This directly records the input of
an external timecode generator. As the external input,
the timecode input to any of the TIME CODE IN
connector can be selected.
To record timecode after setting an initial
value (Internal Preset)
Proceed as follows with the function menu. For setting the
timecode, set TCG on page P4 TC of the function menu to
INT and PRST/RGN to PRESET.
ACCESS
CHAR SEL
CH-1 CH-3
AES/EBU
ON
PB/EE
EE
ALL CH REC INHI
OFF
CH-2 CH-4
CNTR SEL
1
TC L
CHAPTER
PDW-HD1500
TCG SET
59.94i
EXPAND
VITC
VARIABLE KEY INHI
PAGE
NET REC
ON
PRE-
LOCAL HOME
SET
OFF
REMOTE HOME
PB
PHONES LEVEL PREV PLAY
DISPLAY
SHIFT
TOP F REV
Function menu
Function buttons
Setting an initial timecode value
1
Press the CNTR SEL function button on the HOME
page of the function menu, and select TC.
2
Press the TCG SET function button (F5).
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Setting Timecode
EJECT
MARK1
PUSH SET(S.SEL)
IN OUT
DATA DATA
AES/EBU HD-SDI HD-SDI MIC-1 ANA-2 SG SG
0 0 0 0 59.94i
MENU
422-1080
-10 -10 -10 -10 MARK2
50Mbps SHTL/JOG
-20 -20 -20 -20
8CH-24BIT
VAR/JOG
-30 -30 -30 -30
-40 -40 -40 -40
RESET
-60 -60 -60 -60 DEFAULT
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R RM-i.LINK
REPEAT
001/001 000:00 RETURN
HD422-1080 50 8CH-24BIT HD-SDI INPUT SHTL/JOG
REM:020
VITC INT-PRESET R-RUN M
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NEXT STOP REC
THUMBNAIL
SUB CLIP
DISC MENU
F FWD END STANDBY REC INHI
Time data display area
The first digit of the time data display starts flashing.
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,
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+
SET
EXIT
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TCG SET
3
Press the T or t function button (F1 or F2) to select
a digit to be set.
The selected digit starts flashing.
4
Use the PUSH SET (S.SEL) knob or - or + function
button (F3 or F4) to set the value for the selected digit.
To set the next-most significant digit (10s place)
Turn the PUSH SET (S.SEL) knob while holding
down the SHIFT button.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set all digits that should be set.
To set to 00:00:00:00
Press the RESET button.
5
Press the SET function button (F5) .
If RUN MODE on page P4 TC is set to FREE, the
timecode starts running.
To cancel a setting
Press the EXIT function button (F6). Any new settings to
that point are canceled, and the setting operation is
terminated.
Setting the timecode to the current time
1
Set RUN MODE on page P4 TC to FREE and DF/
NDF to DF (in 59.94i mode only).
2
Perform steps 1 to 4 of "Setting an initial timecode
value" to set the timecode to a time slightly ahead of
the current time.
3
Press the SET function button (F5) at the instant when
the current time matches the displayed timecode.
Setting user bits
You can record up to 8 hexadecimal digits of information
(date, time, event number, etc.) on the timecode track.
Select UB by pressing the CNTR SEL function button (F4)
in step 1 of "Setting an initial timecode value" and carry
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