Panasonic AG-HPX250EN Camcorder User Manual


 
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Using time data (continued)
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Date (real time)
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Thebuilt-inclockcalculatestheyear,month,day
andtimefromtheinternalclocktodisplayon
videointheLCD,viewnderandVIDEOOUT
andothervideooutput.
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Theinternalclockisnotonlyusedtocalculate
thefreeruntimecodewhenthepowerisoffand
tosettheuserbityear,dateandtime,butalso
tosetlecreationdateswhenclipsarerecorded
thatdeterminetheorderofthumbnailsand
playbackorder.
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Itisalsousedforgeneratingclipmetadataand
UMID(UniqueMaterialIdentier).
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“Settingthecalendar”(Page26ofVol.1)
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.(Page142)
USER:
Recordsinternaluservalues.Tosetuservalues,
setthemenuUBPRESETscreen.Setvaluesare
retainedafterthepoweristurnedoff.
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“Enteringtheuserbits”(Page63)
TIME:
Recordsthetimecalculatedbytheinternalclock.
DATE:
Recordstheyear,monthanddaytimedigitsfrom
theinternalclock.
EXT:
RecordstheuserbitsinputtotheTCIN/OUT
connector.
Recordingof1394inputalsorecordsuserbits
inputtotheDVCPRO/DVconnector.
TCG:
Recordsthetimecodevalue.
FRM. RATE:
Recordstheframerateinformationofcamera
capture.
Anativerecordedclipisplayedbackatthe
sameframerateastheVITCUBregardlessof
recordedvalues.UsethissettingwhenaPCor
othereditingdeviceistousetheuserbitframe
rate.
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“Framerateinformationrecordedinuserbits”
(Page64)
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ToslavelocktotheuserbitsinputtotheTCIN/
OUTconnector,settoEXT.
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Inslavemode,theUBindicatorishighlighted.
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Aslaverelationship,oncestarted,continueseven
afterinputfromtheTCIN/OUTorDVCPRO/DV
connectorends.Notethatthefollowingevents
releaseuserbitslavestatus.
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WhenaUBMODEoptionissettosomething
otherthanEXT.
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WhenUBPRESETisperformed
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Whenswitchingto1394inthemenuoption
RECSIGNALintheSYSTEMSETUPscreen.
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Turningthepoweroff.
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Theinternaluservalueretainstheslavevalues
evenafterslaverelease.
To input an external time code from the TC
IN/OUT terminal, it is necessary to set TC IN/
OUT SEL on the setting menu OUTPUT SEL
screen to TC IN.