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7600 SD/HD/MHD-REF — Instruction Manual

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Operation

LTC

This submenu has the following modes:

Mode

– turns the timecode On or Off.

Frame Rate

– since LTC is not encoded within a video signal, the frame

rate must be set either explicitly or by linked association with another
system output. Refer to

LTC – Frame Rate Sub Menu on page 61

.

Drop/Non-Drop

– relates to 525/NTSC line timecode and determines

whether frames are dropped to compensate for the non-integer number
of NTSC frames per second.

Color Frame Flag

– this is a single bit within the data stream which indi-

cates whether timecode is related to the video signal. This menu option
allows the operator to turn this bit On or Off.

Timecode Offset

– an additional offset may be applied to any timecode

output with a value between -23h: 59m: 59s and +23h: 59m: 59s. The
default is 0h: 0m: 0s. This offset is applied immediately. Timecode
outputs using the same oscillator frequency will remain “in-step” using
the Timecode JAM settings applied in the Timecode JAM menu.

Binary Group Bits

– the primary function of the Flag Bits is to allow the

operator to embed a date code within the data stream since timecode
represents only embedded time. This conforms to SMPTE S309. Refer
to

LTC – Binary Group Sub Menu on page 62

.