Sony PDW-F70 - Manual (Page 83)

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System Menu
Use the system menu to set up the unit for specific
purposes and conditions. Menu settings are stored in
nonvolatile memory and are preserved even after the unit
is powered off.
The system menu is made up of the following five menus.
• Setup menu (SETUP MENU)
• TC preset menu (TC PRESET)
• Disc menu (DISC MENU)
• Date and time preset menu (DATE/TIME PRESET)
• Digital time display menu (HOURS METER)
This section explains the setup menu and the disc menu.
See page 44 “To record timecode after setting an initial
value (Internal Preset)” in Chapter 3 for more information
about the TC preset menu.
See page 31 “Setting the Date and Time” in Chapter 2 for
more information about the date and time preset menu.
See page 106 “Periodic Maintenance” in the appendixes
for more information about the digital time display menu.
Displaying the Setup and Disc
Menus
Menus appear in the monitor video section and in the time
data display section. If you have connected an external
monitor, they are also superimposed over the picture
shown on that monitor.
1
Press the MENU button.
The system menu appears.
The entire system menu appears in the monitor video
section and on the external monitor.
An uppercase and lowercase abbreviation of the
selected line only (the line in reverse video) appears in
the time data display section.
F2: TC MODE (timecode
mode)
When TCG is set to “INT”
Selects whether the count
value advances from a preset
initial value, or advances
consecutively from the
timecode of the last frame
recorded on the disc.
PRESET: Advance from a
preset initial value.
REGEN (regenerate):
Advance consecutively
from the timecode of the
last frame recorded on the
disc.
When TCG is set to “EXT”
Selects whether to record
timecode synchronized to
external timecode from a
preset initial value, or record
the external timecode itself.
PRESET: Record external
timecode.
REGEN (regenerate): Record
timecode synchronized to
external timecode from a
preset initial value.
Note
When TCG is set to “SDI”, the
external timecode itself is
always recorded.
F3: RUN MODE When TCG is set to “INT”, and
TC MODE is set to “PRESET”,
selects the run mode of the
internal timecode generator.
REC RUN: The timecode
generator runs only during
recording.
FREE RUN: The timecode
generator runs as long as
the unit is powered on.
F4: TC/VITC Selects the type of timecode
display in the time data display
section (TC or VITC).
F5: DF/NDF
(only when the system
frequency is 60I/30P/24P
(pulldown)) Use this item to select drop-
frame mode (DF) or non-drop-
frame mode (NDF).
Setting item Description
SYSTEM MENU
SETUP MENU
TC PRESET
DISC MENU
DATE/TIME PRESET
HOURS METER