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Setting time values, Displaying the date/time, Resetting the counter – Sony 570WSPL User Manual

Page 71: Confirm the following, Set the display switch to tc or u-bit

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Chapter 3 Shooting

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Chapter 3 Shooting

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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 119.

H

MIN

SEC

FRM

1

dB

2

PB DATE NDF EXT-LK

HOLD

CLIP

TAPE

BATT

DIAG

E

F

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

E

F

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

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 87.

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.

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 the position other than
PRESET/SET.

Setting Time Values