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Chapter 3 Shooting 59
Chapter 3 Shooting
2 Press the RESET/(MENU SET) button.
This resets the counter shown in the viewfinder
and display window as “0:00:00:00”.
The counter value starts advancing as the tape is
transported. It shows negative values if the tape is
rewound past the point where the counter was
reset.
Note
Discontinuous recording in the tape may cause the
counter to malfunction during playback.
Displaying the date/time
The camcorder automatically records the real time of
the built-in clock on the tape in addition to time codes
and video/audio signals.
Perform the following steps to display the date or time
instead of the time value.
1 Confirm the following.
2 Set the DISPLAY switch to TC or U-BIT.
3 Press the SHIFT button.
While pressing the SHIFT button, the date or time
is displayed at the location of the time value
indication.
For description of how to set the built-in clock, see
“Setting the Real Time Clock and Calendar
— Menu 101” on page 93.
∞
H MIN SEC FRM
1
dB
2
PB DATE NDF EXT-LK HOLD
CLIP
TAPE
BATT
DIAG
EF
RF SERVO HUMID SLACK
Li
-
-40
-30
-12
0
IP
CL
CONT
OVER OVER
WARNING
RESET
(MENU SET)
LIGHT
DISPLAY
ON
OFF
COUNTER
TC
U-BIT
-20
DVCAM
F
8
32k
F
8
48k
Time value
indication
DISPLAY
switch
Type of time value DISPLAY switch setting
Counter of tape transport time COUNTER
Time code TC
User bits U-BIT
∞
H MIN SEC
1
dB
2
PB DATE NDF EXT-LK HOLD
CLIP
TAPE
BATT
DIAG
EF
RF SERVO HUMID SLACK
Li
-
-40
-30
-12
0
IP
CL
CONT
OVER OVER
WARNING
RESET
(MENU SET)
LIGHT
DISPLAY
ON
OFF
COUNTER
TC
U-BIT
-20
DVCAM
F
832k
F
848k
2
1
Counter
The camcorder uses three types of time values: counter
values, time code values, and user bits.
The time value is displayed in the viewfinder screen
and in the display window.
Use the DISPLAY switch to switch time value
indications.
Note
The time code and user bits cannot be displayed if the
tape does not have time code and/or user bits
recordings or if the time code was recorded using a
non-compatible method.
For details of the time value indication in the viewfinder, see
page 74.
Resetting the counter
The counter value shows the tape’s running time in
hours, minutes, seconds, and frames format. Before
starting a tape, perform the following steps to reset the
counter.
1 Set the DISPLAY switch to COUNTER.
The time value indication in the display window
shows the current counter value.
Setting Time Values
DISPLAY switch setting Indication
TC Time
U-BIT Date
Parts to confirm
State
Display window The VCR menu is not displayed.
TC mode switch
1/2
Set to the position other than
PRESET/SET.