When DV IN TC is set to external, it just doesn’t seem to want to do anything with the timecode – not in DV mode anyway (as set on the front). If I move the switch over to video (just experimenting) the timecode will change.
But if I’ve already tried to record content from SimpleVideo Out and it’s simply put a timecode of 00:00:00:00 on, then I seem to remember that if I printed to tape via Final Cut, the timecode still just stayed at 00:00:00:00 and does not increase.
I reset the unit incase there was a rough menu setting somewhere, but this hasn’t solved the problem either. The deck just doesn’t seem to want to pick up external content at all. I tried using a PD-150 yesterday also and this didn’t work either.
It seems to be the deck is the bain of all my issues…