Sony 530P User Manual

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5-6 Setting the Time Data

Setting the user bits

Set the DISPLAY switch to U-BIT.

Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to SET.

The first (leftmost) digit flashes.

Use the SEL/SET dial to set the user bit data.
To change the value of the flashing digit, turn the dial, 
and  to shift to the next digit, press the dial. Repeat this 
until all desired digits are set.

Hexadecimal digits A to F are displayed as follows:

To reset the user bit data to 00:00:00:00
Press the RESET button.

Set the F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch to F-RUN or R-
RUN, corresponding to the desired operating mode for 
the time code generator.

The set user bit data will be recorded for both LTC and 
VITC.

To store the user bit setting in memory
The user bit setting (apart from the real time) is 
automatically retained in memory even when the power is 
turned off.

You can synchronize the internal time code generator of 
this camcorder with an external generator for the 

regeneration of an external time code. You can also 
synchronize the time code generators of other camcorders/ 
VTRs with the internal generator of this camcorder.

Connect both the reference video signal and the external 
time code as illustrated below.

To synchronize the time code, proceed as follows.

Hexadecimal

A

B

C

D

E

F

Display

A

b

C

d

E

F

SEL/SET

THUMBNAIL

S.SEL

ESSENCE MARK

SUB CLIP

REGEN
CLOCK

F-RUN

SET

R-RUN

PRESET

SHIFT

CLIP MENU

RESET 
button

1) Set GENLOCK to ON on the GENLOCK page of the 

MAINTENANCE menu, if GENLOCK is set to OFF.

GENLOCK IN 

1)

Reference video signal 

TC IN

External time code

1) Set GENLOCK to ON on the GENLOCK page of the 

MAINTENANCE menu, if GENLOCK is set to OFF.

TEST OUT 

To another camcorder to be synchronized

TC OUT

Reference camcorder

TC IN

GENLOCK IN 

1)

TC OUT

TEST OUT

GENLOCK IN 

1)

TC IN

TC OUT

TEST OUT