Set the User Bits

To make it easier when editing your recordings, you can add metadata to the timecode data. For example, a common use of user bits is to add the date and scene number.

The timecode mode and user bits settings of your UltraSync ONE affect what metadata it uses:

• If your UltraSync ONE is a Master TX, it will send its user bits data to the slaves in the network. If you have not set the user bits, it will send the default user bits, which is four sets of 00.
• If your UltraSync ONE is an RF Slave, you can choose whether the UltraSync ONE uses the user bits it receives from the master or uses its own user bits settings instead.
• If your UltraSync ONE is running in EXT LTC Int or Free Run/Jam Ext mode, you can choose whether it uses the user bits it receives from an external source or uses its own user bits settings instead.

Note: The user bits consist of four pairs of hexadecimal characters. The supported characters are in the range 0 to F.

To add metadata to the timecode of a UltraSync ONE, you need to use the Set User Bits setting:

1. Make sure your UltraSync ONE is switched on (see Switch UltraSync ONE On and Off).

2. Press the Select button.

   If your UltraSync ONE is in Master TX mode, ignore steps 3 to 6 inclusive and continue from step 8.

   If your UltraSync ONE is in Ext LTC Int, Free Run/Jam Ext, or RF Slave mode, continue from step 3.

3. Use the Up and Down buttons to scroll to the Local or EXT U/B option.

4. Press the Select button.

5. Use the Up and Down buttons to choose from:
   • Use Locally Set U/B - your UltraSync ONE will use its own user bits settings. It will ignore the user bits settings from the master/external source.
   • Use EXT Source U/B - your UltraSync ONE will use the user bits settings it receives from the master or external source. It will not use its own user bits settings.

6. Press the Select button to confirm.

7. Press the Select button.

8. Use the Up and Down buttons to scroll to the TC Generator option.
9. Press the Select button.
10. Use the Up and Down buttons to scroll to the Set User Bits option.
11. Press the Select button.
12. Set the metadata. You can change the pairs of characters in turn, starting from the left. Use the Up and Down buttons to change the characters, and press select to confirm. The next pair of characters is selected automatically, and you can change those in the same way.

    

13. Press the Select button.