Saving The Actual Time In The Time Code; Setting The User Bits - Sony MSW-970 Operation Manual

To reset the time code value to 00:00:00:00
Press the RESET button.
5
Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to F-RUN or R-
RUN.
F-RUN: Free run. The time code generator keeps
running.
R-RUN: Recording run. The time code generator runs
only while recording.
To set the drop frame mode/non-drop frame mode
(only for the MSW-970)
You can select the drop frame (DF) mode or non-drop
frame (NDF) mode on the FUNCTION 1 page of the
USER menu or OPERATION menu or on the TIMECODE
page of the MAINTENANCE menu.
To make the time code consecutive
When the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch is set to R-RUN,
recording a number of scenes on the tape normally
produces consecutive time code. However, once you
remove the tape and record on another tape, the time code
will no longer be contiguous when you use again the
original tape for recording. In this case, to make the time
code consecutive, proceed as follows:
1
Set the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch to REGEN.
2
Use the PLAY buttons to play back.
3
Watching the playback, find the point of the previous
recording on the tape from which you wish to continue
recording, and press the STOP button.
4
Press the RET button on the lens.
This reads the previous recording and synchronizes the
internal time code generator, thus allowing the new
time code recorded to follow on consecutively.
4-5-2 Saving the Actual Time in the
Time Code
Setting the PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch to CLOCK
saves the actual time in the time code.
When it is necessary to set the actual time, use the TIME/
DATE page of the DIAGNOSIS menu.
For details, see "5-3-6 Setting the Date/Time of the
Internal Clock" on page 97.
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Setting the Time Data

4-5-3 Setting the User Bits

By setting the user bits (up to 8 hexadecimal digits), you
can record user information such as the date, time, or scene
number on the time code track.
To set the user bits, proceed as follows:
HOLD button
RESET button
1
4
2,5
3
Setting the user bits
1
Set the DISPLAY switch to DATA.
2
Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET.
3
Set the DATA DISPLAY switch to U-BIT.
4
Set the user bits by using the SHIFT and ADVANCE
buttons.
SHIFT: Selects a digit to set. Each time you press the
button, the flashing digit moves one column to the
right. Pressing this button while holding down the
HOLD button moves the flashing digit one to the
left.
ADVANCE: Increments the value of the flashing
digit. Pressing this button while holding down the
HOLD button decrements the flashing digit.
Hexadecimal digits A to F are displayed as follows:
Hexadecimal A
Display A
To reset the user bit data to 00:00:00:00
Press the RESET button.
B C D E F
b C d E F