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# Setting the time code

Set the <DISPLAY> switch to <TC>.

Set the <TCG> switch to <SET>.

Set [DF] or [NDF] in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [TC/UB] → [DF MODE].

For details, refer to “Setting menu basic operations”.

- Set [DF] to advance the time code in the drop frame mode, and set [NDF] to advance it in the non-drop frame mode. However, note that the time code runs by [NDF] at all times in the 24PN mode.

Set the time code by the cursor buttons.

- Screen display

  - : The digit to be set (flashing) moves to the right.

  - : The digit to be set (flashing) moves to the left.

  - : The value of the digit to set (flashing) is incremented by one.

  - : The value of the digit to set (flashing) is decremented by one.

Switch by the <TCG> switch.

To advance the time code by free run, switch to <F-RUN>, and to advance by recording run, switch to <R-RUN>.

Settable time code range

For 59.94 Hz (except for 24PN) | 00:00:00:00 - 23:59:59:29
For 24PN | 00:00:00:00 - 23:59:59:23
For 50 Hz: | 00:00:00:00 - 23:59:59:24

NOTE

- Switching of [DF] and [NDF] is enabled when the system frequency of the camera is set to 59.94 Hz.

- When using with 24PN, the time code setting is adjusted in 4-frame units.

  With 720/30PN and 720/25PN, the time code is adjusted to even numbers. Also, with 24PN, the time code cannot be set during recording.

- Thumbnail operations and menu operations on thumbnail operation section are not possible while the <TCG> switch is set to <SET>.

## Time code regeneration

When the <TCG> switch is set to <R-RUN>, the time code currently recorded to the last frame of the last clip (clip with the newest recording date and time) recorded to the P2 card can be read and recorded. If the P2 card is removed or inserted or a card to be recorded is changed by the [SLOT SEL] function of the <USER> button while [REGEN] is selected in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [TC/UB] → [FIRST REC TC], the time code is carried over and recorded to the clip last recorded on the P2 card that was to be recorded to. If there are no recorded clips, the time code is recorded from the TC generator value on the camera.

## Regeneration by the recording check function

When [PRESET] is set in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [TC/UB] → [FIRST REC TC], or after the time code is set or reset, or the time code is switched from free run to recording run, the time code can be regenerated to the last time code of the clip recorded to the P2 card. To perform this operation, set [REC CHECK] in the main menu → [CAMERA] → [SW MODE] → [RET SW], and set [ON] in the main menu → [REC/PB] → [TC/UB] → [REC CHECK REGEN], respectively.

Check the P2 card to be recorded to.

To regenerate to the time code of the last recorded clip when multiple P2 cards are inserted, press the <THUMBNAIL> button to display the thumbnail screen.

Check the P2 card recorded with the clip displayed last on screen, and switch the slot by the <USER> button assigned with [SLOT SEL] so that recording is performed on that P2 card.

Press the <RET> button on the lens.

- [TC REGEN] is displayed on the viewfinder.

- When recording is next performed, the time code is regenerated to the last recorded clip on the card to record to.

NOTE

- When the card to record to is changed, the time code is regenerated to the time code of the last recorded clip on the P2 card that was changed to.

- During recording or free run, this function cannot be used.

## Time code function during battery replacement

Even during battery replacement, the backup mechanism functions, allowing the time code generator to continue operating.

When each item of the system mode has been changed, the time code of free run may shift. Turn on the power again, check the time code, and reset it, if necessary.

NOTE

- When the <POWER> switch has been switched to < > (ON) → < > (standby) → < > (ON), the backup accuracy of the time code in the free run mode is approximately ±2 frames.

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