Using the counter, Counter display, 1394tc preset mode – Panasonic AG-HPX172EN User Manual
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Shooting
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Counter display
You can display a counter that indicates how much 
time has elapsed during shooting or playback.
1
Press the COUNTER button.
Each time you press the button, the display 
changes as follows. (Page 86)
0 : 00. 00 (CAM mode only)
Counter value
CLIP 0 : 00. 00
(When CLIP is selected for the REC 
COUNTER item on the DISPLAY SETUP 
screen)
The value is automatically reset at start of 
shooting and the counter value appears 
during each shooting session.
TC XX:XX:XX:XX
Time code value (display time code frame 
digits in 25 frames.)
UB XX XX XX XX
User information
FR --- -
Frame rate (25P) and frame sequence in 
progressive mode shooting.
No display:
Data is not displayed.
Resetting the counter
Press the COUNTER RESET button while the 
counter is displayed.
19TC preset mode
When shooting using a multi-camera, you can 
synchronously set the initial values of TC.
The camera used for synchronization is the 
MASTER and the camera being synchronized is 
the SLAVE.
1
Connect a second camera with a 19
cable and turn both cameras on.
For connection (Page 77)
Put the MASTER camera in CAMERA mode
and output a video signal from the 19 
terminal.
Set both cameras to the same recording 
format.
Do the remaining steps on the SLAVE camera.
Switch the SLAVE camera to MCR mode,
set 19TC REGEN on the RECORDING 
SETUP screen of the setup menu to OFF 
and then set the counter so that it shows 
the TCG display.
You cannot do this if you have selected 
REGEN.
In the setup menus, RECORDING SETUP
screen, set 19 IN PRESET to ON. 
(Page 105)
1394TC appears on the screen.
5
Stop the media.
6
Press the COUNTER RESET/TC SET button.
The TCG value is preset with the TC value 
from the input 19 signal.
“TC SET OK” is displayed for about 2 
seconds in the center of the screen.
7
Reset the SLAVE camera to CAMERA
mode.
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