Canon XA25 - Manual (Page 76)

Setting the Time Code
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Setting the Time Code
The camcorder can generate a time code signal and embed it in your recordings. In addition, the time
code will appear in the recordings output from the HD/SD-SDI terminal (
only) and HDMI
terminal. You can select whether the time code is output from the HDMI terminal (A 151). You can
also select between a drop frame and non-drop frame time code.
Selecting the Running Mode
You can select the running mode of the camcorder’s time code.
1 Open the [Time Code Mode] screen.
[FUNC.] > [MENU] > > [Time Code Mode]
2 Touch the desired option.
• If you selected [ Preset], touch [K] and continue to step 3. If you selected [ Regen.],
touch [X]; you do not need to perform the rest of this procedure.
3 Touch [Time Code Running Mode].
• If you would like to set the time code’s initial value, see the following section Setting the Time
Code’s Initial Value.
4 Touch the desired option and then touch [X].
• If you selected [ Free Run], the time code will start running.
Options
Setting the Time Code’s Initial Value
If you set the running mode to [ Preset], you can set the initial value of the time code.
1 Open the [Initial Time Code] screen.
[FUNC.] > [MENU] > > [Initial Time Code]
• The time code setting screen will appear with the orange selection frame indicating the hours.
• To reset the time code to [00:00:00:00], select [Reset] instead.
• Touch [Cancel] to close the screen without setting the time code.
2 Touch [Í] or [Î] to change the field as necessary.
3 Touch another field you want to change (hours, minutes, seconds, frames).
4 Change the rest of the fields in the same way.
5 Touch [OK].
Operating modes:
[ Preset] After you select this option, select a [Time Code Running Mode] option. With
[ Rec Run], the time code runs only when recording and scenes on the same memory card will
have a continuous time code; with [ Free Run], the time code runs regardless of the camcorder’s
operation. You can also choose to set the time code’s initial value for either [Time Code Running
Mode] option.
[ Regen.] The time code runs while recording. Use this running mode to continue from the last
time code recorded on the memory card.
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