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It could be your cabling and the way you lay your time code. While I never used QP I have lots of experience using a DQ system and do know that it is very very sensitive to any problems in the signal timing, genlock/sync, and the position of the time code on the tape. There are several ways to wire the thing so you might experiment. Things to try would be sourcing your sync from the targa+ vs. the DQ board. Both wiring methods should be in the manual. Usually a vertical jump in the picture is genlock related. Unfortunately the nature of the beast is that any experiments will be very time consuming. To clear the deck of any guilt try to do some insert edits using an edit controller. If OK then you know the deck is working properly.