Panasonic AG-HPX500E - Manual (Page 60)

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Setting Time Data
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Setting user bits
Use the setting menu UB MODE on the RECORDING
SETUP screen to select the user bits to record in the
subcode area.
• USER
Records internal user values.
To set user values, set the TCG switch to SET to
open the setting menu TC PRESET screen.
Set values are retained after the power is turned off.
See also [Entering the User Bits] (page 60).
• TIME
Records the time calculated by the internal clock.
• DATE
Records the year, month and day time digits from the
internal clock.
• TCG
Records the time code value.
• FRM. RATE
Records the frame rate information of camera
capture.
A natively recorded clip is output at the same
frame rate as the user bit in the VIDEO AUX area
regardless of recorded values. Use this setting when
a PC or other editing device is to use the user bit
frame rate.
For details, see [Frame Rate Information Recorded
in User Bits] (page 61).
• To slave lock to user bit input to the TC IN connector,
set the setting menu TC IN UB REGEN on the
RECORDING SETUP screen to ON.
• To slave lock to user bit input to the 1394 connector
during recording of input from the 1394 connector in
MCR MODE, set the setting menu 1394 UB REGEN
to ON.
• In slave mode, the UB indicator is highlighted. In this
status, the UB MODE setting is disabled.
• A slave relationship, once started, continues even
after input from the TC IN or 1394 connector ends.
However, the following events release a user bit slave
status.
• When the setting menu TC IN UB REGEN or 1394
UB REGEN is set to OFF.
• UB PRESET is performed
• CAMERA/MCR mode switching
• The power is turned off
The internal user value retains the slave values even
after slave release.
Entering the User Bits
The user bits allow information, including memos that
use up to eight-digit hexadecimal numbers (date and
time), to be recorded in the Subcode area.
1 HOLD button
2 COUNTER button
3 TCG switch
4 CURSOR and SET buttons
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Set the COUNTER button to UB.
2
Position the TCG switch at [SET].
• When the left digit starts blinking you can
change the value.
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