Panasonic FS-100 - Manual (Page 82)

FS-100 Functions
FS-100 Portable DTE Recorder
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TC DROP, NON-DROP
NTSC only
These parameters are only available for NTSC and only one may
be enabled at a time. Drop and non-drop enable and disable the
drop-frame function that modifies how the timecode is calculated
during recording.
•
TC DROP
Enables the drop-frame function:
Frames 00 and 01 are dropped
from each minute of video
recorded.
Exception
- The first minute of each hour is not dropped.
•
TC NON-DROP Group Default
Disables drop-frame. No frames are dropped during
recording and the timecode reflects the actual time during
recording.
Use with TC FREE RUN or TC REGEN
TC DROP and TC NON-DROP may only be set when using the TC FREE
RUN or TC REGEN settings.
Type of Seperator Indicates TC DROP or NON-DROP
The timecode displayed on the LCD indicates the TC DROP/NON-DROP
mode by using either a semi-colon or a colon as a separator between hours,
minutes, seconds and frames:
• DROP HH ; MM ; SS ; FF
• NON-DROP HH : MM : SS : FF