Canon EOS 5D Mark III Instruction Manual page 241

HDMI
Time code
You can append the time code to a movie that was output from
HDMI (p.246).
[On]: Time code is appended to the HDMI output image.
[Off]: Time code is not appended to the HDMI output image.
Recording command
When you record a movie that is output from HDMI to an external
recording device, you can synchronize the camera's movie shooting
start/stop with the external recording device's recording operation.
[On]: Synchronize external recording device's recording start/stop
with camera's movie shooting start/stop.
[Off]: Control external device's recording start/stop from external
recording device.
If the movie-recording quality's frame rate (p.233) and HDMI output frame
rate are set manually to NTSC and PAL frame rates in a combination that
does not function properly, the time code will not be appended to the HDMI
output image.
3 Setting the Time Code
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