Sony XDCAM HD PDW-HD1500 User Manual

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Setup Menu

Chapt

Men

Menu items in the 600s, relating to the timecode, metadata, and UMID

Item number

Item name

Settings

601

VITC POSITION
SEL-1

In 59.94i/59.94P/
29.97P mode

Select the line into which to insert VITC signals (SD output)
12H ... [16H] ... 20H: Any line from line 12 through line 20.

Notes

• You can insert VITC signals in two places. To insert in two places, set

both item 601 and item 602.

• In 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode (J), output of wide picture information is

given priority if OUTPUT in setup menu item 731 is set to “auto” and the
VITC insertion line is set to line 16.

• In 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode (UC), output of wide picture information

is given priority if OUTPUT in setup menu item 731 is set to “auto” and
the VITC insertion line is set to line 20.

In 50i/50P/25P
mode

Select the line into which to insert VITC signals (SD output)
9H ... [19H] ... 22H: Any line from line 9 through line 22.

Note

You can insert VITC signals in two places. To insert in two places, set
both item 601 and item 602.

602

VITC POSITION
SEL-2

In 59.94i/59.94P/
29.97P mode

Select the line into which to insert VITC signals (SD output)
12H ... [18H] ... 20H: Any line from line 12 through line 20.

Notes

• You can insert VITC signals in two places. To insert in two places, set

both item 601 and item 602.

• In 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode (J), output of wide picture information is

given priority if OUTPUT in setup menu item 731 is set to “auto” and the
VITC insertion line is set to line 16.

• In 59.94i/59.94P/29.97P mode (UC), output of wide picture information

is given priority if OUTPUT in setup menu item 731 is set to “auto” and
the VITC insertion line is set to line 20.

In 50i/50P/25P
mode

Select the line into which to insert VITC signals (SD output)
9H ... [21H] ... 22H: Any line from line 9 through line 22.

Note

You can insert VITC signals in two places. To insert in two places, set
both item 601 and item 602.

605

TCG REGEN MODE

Select the signal to be regenerated when the timecode generator is in the
regeneration mode.
TC&UB: Both the timecode and user bits are regenerated.
TC: Only the timecode is regenerated.
UB: Only the user bits are regenerated.

607

U-BIT BINARY GROUP FLAG

Select the user bits to be used in the timecode generated by the
timecode generator.
000 (000:not specified): Character set not specified.
001 (001:iso character): 8-bit characters compliant with ISO 646 and

ISO 2022.

010 (010:unassigned-1): Undefined.
011 (011:unassigned-2): Undefined.
100 (100:unassigned-3): Undefined.
101 (101:page / line): SMPTE-262M page/line multiplex system.
110 (110:unassigned-4): Undefined.
111 (111:unassigned-5): Undefined.

611

TC OUTPUT PHASE IN EE MODE

Select the timecode output mode for output from the TIME CODE OUT
connector in E-E mode.
thru (through): Output the timecode input to the TIME CODE IN

connector as it is.

v-in (video input phase): Output the timecode with the same phase as

the input video signal phase.

v-out (video output phase): Output the timecode with the same phase

as the output video signal phase.