Panasonic Memory Card Camera Recorder AG-HPX255P AG-HPX255EN Operating Instructions

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Using time data
Time data overview
■	Time code
You	can	switch	between	REC	RUN	and	FREE	
RUN	from	the	setup	menu.	(Page	141)
FREE RUN: The	time	code	advances	constantly	whether	the	
camera-recorder	is	on	or	not	just	like	time	itself.	
Recording	using	a	slave-locked	time	code	input	
to	the	 TC	IN/OUT 	or	DVCPRO/DV	connectors	is	
also	possible.
REC RUN: The	time	code	advances	only	during	recording.
This	will	enable	continuation	of	time	codes	in	
previously	recorded	clips	and	when	the	power	
is...

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■	Date (real time)
•	 The	built-in	clock	calculates	the	year,	month,	day	
and	time	from	the	internal	clock	to	display	on	
video	in	the	LCD,	viewfinder	and	VIDEO	OUT
	
and	other	video	output.
•	 The	internal	clock	is	not	only	used	to	calculate	
the	free	run	time	code	when	the	power	is	off	and	
to	set	the	user	bit	year,	date	and	time,	but	also	
to	set	file	creation	dates	when	clips	are	recorded	
that	determine	the	order	of	thumbnails	and	
playback	order.
•	 It	is	also	used...

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Entering the user bits
The	user	bits	allow	information,	including	memos	
that	use	up	to	eight-digit	hexadecimal	numbers	
(date	and	time),	to	be	recorded	in	the	Subcode	
area.
COUNTER buttonRESET button
Operation lever
MENU button
1 
Open the setting menu RECORDING SETUP 
screen and set the menu option UB MODE 
to USER.
•	For
	details 	on 	menu 	operation, 	refer 	to 	“Basic	
operations	of	setup	menus”	(Page	28	of	Vol.	
1).	
•	 You	can	also	use	the	corresponding	buttons	
on	the	remote	control....

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Frame rate information recorded in user bits
The	frame	rate	value	of	video	data	captured	and	
recorded	at	a	frame	rate	set	in	the	menu	option	
FRAME	RATE	or	other	options	in	the	SYSTEM	
SETUP	screen 	can 	be 	recorded 	in 	the 	user 	bits 	and	
be	used	in	editing	equipment	(personal	computer	
editing	software).
This	type	of	data	is	recorded	in	VITC	UB	at	all	
times.	
Setting	the	setting	menu	UB	MODE	to	FRM	RATE,	
records	the	information	also	to	the	user	bits.
The	same	value...

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720P mode
Frame rate: 24P over 60P (2:3)
	 Updated	frame
02 25
00 01 03040506 2324 26272829
A A B B B C C C
D DD D A A B B B C C D DD
D D A A B B
01 10
10 10 01001010 0100 10010100Time	code 	digit
Video
Updated 	frame 	information
Frame rate:  30P over 60P (2:2)
  25P over 50P (2:2)
Time	code 	digit
Video
Updated 	frame 	information02
00 01
A A B B C C
10
10 10  

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Setting the time code
1 Switch the menu option TC MODE and TCG 
on the RECORDING SETUP screen to set 
the mode of the time code.
•	TC MODE (in the case of 59.94 Hz) (Page 
141)
Sets	DF/NDF.
Time code
Setting
Drop	frame	mode DF
Non-drop	frame	mode NDF
24P,	24PA,	and	24PN	always	operate	using	
NDF.
•	 TCG (Page 141)
Sets	FREE	RUN/REC	RUN.
2 
Select CHANGE for TC PRESET on the 
setting menu RECORDING SETUP screen 
and press SET on the Operation lever to 
open the time code...

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Externally locking the time code
The	time	code	generator	built	into	your	AG-
HPX255P/EN	may	be	locked	to	an	external	
generator.	It	is	also	possible	to	lock	an	external	
time	code	generator	to	the	internal	generator.
Connections for externally locking the time 
code (examples)
As	illustrated,	both	the	reference	video	signals	and	
the	time	code	must	be	input.
■	Example 1: Locking the time code to external 
signals
Reference time 
code
Reference video 
signal TC IN
GENLOCK IN
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To externally lock the time code
Follow	the	steps	below.
1 Turn the POWER/MODE switch to ON.
2 Set TCG on the setting menu RECORDING 
SETUP screen to FREE RUN.
3 Use the COUNTER button to set TC display.
4 Supply a phase-relationship reference 
time code (that conforms to the time 
code requirements) and reference video 
signals to the TC IN/OUT and GENLOCK IN 
connectors, respectively.
•	 Now	the	built-in	time	code	generator	is	locked	to	
the	reference	time	code.
•	 When...

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GENLOCK and time code input/output connection and setup
Camera-recorder operating conditionsCamera-
recorder setup GENLOCK input and camera-recorder 
output phase 
(In phase: √  Out of phase: ×)
Recordingformat Video and reference 
signal to be output  externally GENLOCK input
GL PHASESDI OUT (HD) VIDEO OUT, 
SDI OUT (SD) TC OUT
1080i SDI	OUT
	(1080i)
1080iHD	SDI
√90H	delay √
VIDEO	OUT COMPOSITE90H	advance √√
SDI	OUT 	(1080i)
SD	(480i/576i) HD	SDI
√90H	delay √
VIDEO	OUT COMPOSITE90H	advance...

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Outputting the time code externally
To	output	time	code	from	the	camera-recorder’s	TC	
OUT 	connector	to	a	VTR	or	other	recording	device	
in	sync	with	camera-recorder	picture	or	playback	
picture,	set	the	setting	menu	 TC	VIDEO	SYNC	
(OUTPUT 	SEL)	to	VIDEO	OUT.
Set	the	menu	option	GL 	SELECT	to	HD	SDI	or	
COMPOSITE	as	required	by	supplied	video	output	
in	the	OTHER	FUNCTIONS	screen	and	the	menu	
option	 TC	OUT 	to	TCG/TCR	in	the	OUTPUT 	SEL	
screen.
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VTR, etc....