Time code written in the audiotrack

Dear users,
i have FCP and i am going to work with the camere van Silicon Image. the SI2K.
this one has no timecode reading of 25. european standard, it only has american standards. so now we thought lets write the timecode in the audio track. this results in hard noise if you listen to it. I know avid has no problems with changing this to a timecode. but is this do able in FCP.
please let me know.
very kind regards

this is not a native function of FCP but can be done using a third party tool from Bourke Vahl of VideoToolshed fame:
http://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26

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