Panasonic SPX900 - Manual (Page 18)

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2-6 Time Code Section
GENLOCK IN connector (BNC)
This connector is used to input a reference signal before the
camera unit is gen-locked, or before the time code is
externally locked.
TC IN connector (BNC)
This connector is used to input a reference time code when
you externally lock the time code.
TC OUT connector (BNC)
When you inter-lock the time code of the AJ-SPX900E with
that of an external device this must be connected with the
time code input (TC IN) connector of the external device.
HOLD button
Pressing this button freezes the time data indication on the
counter. Note that time code generation continues. Pressing
the button again reactivates the counter.
This function is used to ascertain the time code of a
particular recorded scene.
RESET button
This button resets the time data on the counter to
“00:00:00:00”.
If this button is pressed when with the
TCG switch
positioned at [SET], CTL* data, time code data, user bit
data, and real-time data are reset to 0. Real-time data is
also reset to the defaults.
DISPLAY (counter display selector) switch
Indications of the time code, CTL* and user bits on the
counter of the display window depend on the positions of
this switch and the
TCG switch.
Pressing the HOLD button also displays Date/Time/Time
Zone.
UB: User bits indicated.
TC: Time code indicated.
CTL*: CTL indicated.
* CTL will be supported in the near future.
TCG (time code selector) switch
This switch is used to specify the stepping mode for the
built-in time code generator.
F-RUN: Select this position to continuously advance the
time code independently of the P2 card recording
status.
Use this mode to synchronise the time code with
the time of day, or to externally lock the time code.
SET: Select this position to set the time code and/or
user bits.
R-RUN: Select this position to advance the time code only
during recording.
For spliced scenes recorded on P2 cards, the
sequence of time codes is unbroken.
CURSOR and SET buttons
Use these buttons to set the time code and user bits.
The four triangular buttons are the CURSOR buttons, and
the center rectangular one is the SET button.
For guidance in setting the time code and user’s bit, see [4-5
Setting Time Data].