rec.arts.movies.production.sound

Sergio Sanmiguel wrote:
> On Nov 29, 6:14 am, ¤R 1/4..-|°EURO**|*b EURO rt°* <~¤..-|-*|-y¤EURO-*~¤¤|*@le*
> EURO > wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:59:29 -0800 (PST), "wildt(R)ax"
>> schreef:
>>
>>> The TOD-clock in 744 does not constantly jam-sync the TC-generator! It
>>> only re-jams the generator if the machine has been turned off for more
>>> than 2 hours because then the TC-generator of the 744 resets to
>>> 0hours.
>> Of course not , it would be silly if the RTC clock would jam the
>> Ambient clock while being powered up, that would make the whole TC gen
>> stability rather useless.. ( AFAIK )
>>
>> R
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>
> Hey Guys,
> Thanks for all the input.
> I was looking in the 702T Users Manual and & found this:
>
> "24 Hour Run (mode):
> ...the generator will also re-jam if the time-of-day clock is reset.
> Once jammed, the generator will run continuously from the timecode
> clock, not the time-of-day-clock."
>
> The funny thing here is that when I enter the menu to reset the TOD
> clock it actually reads the current time. I mean, the TOD clock
> actually keeps better track of time better than the TC generator (as
> expected)
> Wouldn't it be useful if the TC generator could grab TOD clock & re-
> jam (actual time) after a couple of hours in order to display accurate
> TOD? Isn't this the way Boomrecorder generates TOD timecode?
>
> Thanks,
> Sergio
>

Sergio,

I am curious, what frame rate is you TC generator set to?

---Matt