rec.arts.movies.production.sound

On Nov 29, 10:41 am, Matt Mayer wrote:
> Sergio Sanmiguel wrote:
> > On Nov 29, 6:14 am, =A4R 1/4..-|=B0EURO**|*b EURO rt=B0* <~=A4..-|-*|-y=
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> > 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

Not relevant to origninal post, but ND TC will of course drift from
real time.
ben lowry