AE CC to C4D Lite

Hi there fellahs, Can some one tell me how to stop C4D stop defaulting to 90 frames (sounds a bit simple) and maybe put it in seconds?
I can see you can put the 'maximum time' in project settings to - for example if you wanted a ten second clip to - 300 F
But surely you can just specify - say 20 seconds - without having to work out the FPS.?
Cheers,
Simon

Edit --> Preferences --> Units in C4D.
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