In this guide we’ll show how to make a Panasonic Varicam 35, Varicam HS or Varicam LT accept external timecode.
Turn on all your Lockit devices, choose one of them to be the Master Clock – then press-and-hold the green button to broadcast timecode and frame rate through ACN and you are set.
Make sure all cameras and Lockits run on the same frame rate.
- On the Lockit, press green and red simultaneously to enter menu, then and navigate to “Project Rate”
- On the camera:
- In the home screen, enter the "System" menu by pressing the button
- Press the "Frequency" button
- Select your project frame rate
How to make the camera accept external Timecode:
- Enter Menu
- Go to "Rec Settings"
- Select "TC"
- For "TC/UB/Dur.", select TC to display the timecode on the screen
- For "Free run/Rec run" select "Free run"
- For "TC In/Out Sel", choose "TC In"
For this camera you need an LTC-OUT timecode cable.
Connect it to the BNC timecode connector.
Now the camera accepts the external timecode source. The TCG indicator will be displayed inverted to confirm this.