Sony HDW-F500 - Manual (Page 71)

Chapter 4 Menu Settings
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Chapter 4 Menu Settings
1 Types of time data
Note
When time data or user bits are not read correctly, a
“*” will be displayed in this block so that the symbols
become “T*R”, “U*R”, etc.
2 Time code reader drop frame marks
“ • ”: drop frame mode
“ : ”: non-drop frame mode
3 Time code generator drop frame marks
“ • ”: drop frame mode
“ : ”: non-drop frame mode
4 VITC data field marks
“ ”: (blank space) fields 1 and 3
“ * ”: fields 2 and 4
5 Operation mode
The contents are divided into blocks A and B as shown
below.
A block indicates the operation mode.
B block indicates the tape speed or servo lock status.
Symbol Meaning
CTL CTL counter data
TCR LTC reader time code data
UBR LTC reader user bit data
TCR. VITC reader time code data
UBR. VITC reader user bit data
TCG Time code data from the time code generator
UBG User bit data from the time code generator
A B