Panasonic AG-HPX250EN Camcorder User Manual


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Using time data (continued)
Setting the time code
1 Switch the menu option TC MODE and TCG
on the RECORDING SETUP screen to set
the mode of the time code.
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TC MODE (in the case of 59.94 Hz) (Page
141)
SetsDF/NDF.
Time code Setting
Dropframemode DF
Non-dropframemode NDF
24P,24PA,and24PNalwaysoperateusing
NDF.
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TCG (Page 141)
SetsFREERUN/RECRUN.
2 Select CHANGE for TC PRESET on the
setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen
and press SET on the Operation lever to
open the time code setting screen.
3 Use the Operation lever to set the time
code.
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Rangeofavailabletimecodesettings:
00:00:00:00to23:59:59:29(60i,60P),
00:00:00:00to23:59:59:23(24PN),
00:00:00:00to23:59:59:24(50i,50P)
00 h 00 m 00 s 00
h min s frm
TC PRESET
SEL : PUSH /
+/- : PUSH
REC RUN
/
PRESET : SET ( )
PUSH MENU TO RETURN
►direction: Shiftsthetarget(highlighted)
digittotheright.
◄direction: Shiftsthetarget(highlighted)
digittotheleft.
▲direction: Increasesthehighlighted
numberbyone.
▼direction: Decreasesthehighlighted
numberbyone.
SET: Usetoconrmsettimecodevalue.
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PressingtheRESETbuttonwillresetany
timecodesettingto0.
4 Press SET on the Operation lever and
conrm the time code setting value and
you leave the time code setting screen.
5 Select TC display using the COUNTER
button, and conrm that the value set is
displayed.
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When 24P or 24PA is used, the time
code is adjusted every 5 frames. It is
adjusted to multiples of four for 24PN
and to even numbers for 720/30PN. It
is adjusted so that the seconds plus
the frames are an even number for
720/25PN. The time code cannot be set
during recording.
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If you leave the time code setting
screen without pressing the SET button
on the Operation lever, the set value is
not retained.
Time code function during battery replacement
Evenduringbatteryreplacementthebackup
mechanismkeepsthetimecodegenerator
functioning.
When the POWER/MODE switch has been
switched ON → OFF → ON, the backup
accuracy of the time code in free run mode is
about ±2 frames.
VFR (variable frame rate) time code
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In24PNmode,recordingisperformedat
24-frametimecode,andoutputisperformedat
30-frametimecodetomatchthe2:3pull-down
schemeusedforvideooutput.
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Ataframerate(captureframerate)of24Pin
24PNmode,thespeedofrecordingandthe
outputtimecodematchesactualtime,butnot
atanyspeedotherthan24P.(Example:at60P
recordingprogressesat60/24speed)
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Thenthecamera-recorderoperatesinREC
RUNmodeandthetimecodeoutputatstartof
recordingmatchestherecordingtimecode.
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Thisisalsothesamewhenshootinginmodes
otherthan30Pin30PN,and25Pin25PN.
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