Live-View RemoteRM-LVR2

Time Code/User Bit

You can use the time code/user bit function when the shooting mode is set to the movie mode and the movie record format is set to XAVC S.

  1. Press the MENU button.
    • The list of setting items is displayed.
  2. Press the UP button or DOWN button to select (Connecting devices settings) or (Time Code/User Bit) and press the REC/ENTER button.
  3. Press the UP button or DOWN button to select the setting, then press the REC/ENTER button.
    • : Presets the time code.
    • : Presets the user bit.
    • TC FORMAT: Selects the time code recording method.
    • TC RUN: Sets how the time code advances.
    • TC MAKE: Sets to record the newly set-up time code on recording media or sets to record the new time code sequentially from the last time code on recording media.
    • UB TIME REC: Sets whether to record the time as a user bit.

Presetting the time code/user bit

Press the UP button or DOWN button to select the value, then press the REC/ENTER button.

When the above operation is performed 4 times, the four 2-digit numbers are set and switches to Live-View display.

  • The time code can be selected within the following range.
    • When selecting 30p or 60p

      00:00:00:00 (default) - 23:59:59:29

    • When selecting 25p or 50p

      00:00:00:00 (default) - 23:59:59:24

    • When selecting 24p

      00:00:00:00 (default) - 23:59:59:23

      You can set the last 2 time code digits of the frames in multiples of 4, between 0 and 23.

  • The user bit can be selected within the following range.
    • 00:00:00:00 (default) -FF:FF:FF:FF

Setting items of the time code

  • You can set the items below.
    • TC FORMAT

      : Records the time code in drop frame.

      : Records the time code in non-drop frame.

      When the TV system is set to [PAL], the format is not displayed since the time code is fixed to [NDF].

    • TC RUN

      : The time code advances sequentially, regardless of the operation of the camera.

      : The time code advances only while recording XAVC S movies, and it starts recording sequentially from the time code of the last recorded image.

    • TC MAKE

      : The new set-up time code is recorded on recording media.

      : The last time code of the previous recording is read out from the recording media and the new time code is recorded sequentially from the last time code.

Setting items of the user bit

  • You can set the items below.
    • UB TIME REC

      : Records the time as the user bit.

      : Does not record the time as a user bit.

To reset the settings

All of the values are set to 00 if you press the DISP button while selecting [TC PRESET] or [UB PRESET]. All of the values can be reset if you press the REC/ENTER button again.

Note

  • Time code/user bit can be set only for the movie mode.
  • When this unit is not connected to the camera via Wi-Fi, the camera settings cannot be changed.
  • To return to the setting item selection screen from the setting value selection screen, select .
  • To apply the setting or value selected on the selection screen, select .

Hint

  • About the time code

    Time code is a useful function for advanced image editing, which records hours/minutes/seconds/frames on the image data.

    When TV system is set to [NTSC] and the frame rate is 30p or 60p, gaps between the actual time and the time code occur during extended periods of recording because there is a slight difference between the number of frames per second of the time code and the actual frame frequency of NTSC image signal. Drop frame corrects this gap to ensure that the time code matches the actual time. The first frame numbers (the first 2 frame numbers for 30p, or the first 4 frame numbers for 60p) are removed every minute except in every tenth minute. Time code without this correction is called non-drop frame.

  • About the user bit

    User bit is a function that can record information (8-digit hexadecimal numbers) such as date/time/scene number. This function is useful for editing movies created using two or more cameras.

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