Basic Operations: Chapter 4

DISPLAY ICONS

The following icons appear in the display at different times. They indicate that the parameter for which they are named has been selected or turned on. These icons are:

ABS

This icon lights whenever Absolute Time mode is selected (by pressing

 

 

the [ABS/REL] button).

REL

This icon lights whenever Relative Time mode is selected (by pressing

 

 

the [ABS/REL] button).

 

 

The PITCH group of icons relates information regarding pitch change.

 

 

 

 

Whenever the Pitch setting is above 0, the upper triangle will appear.

 

 

Whenever the Pitch setting is below 0, the lower triangle will appear.

 

 

When either PITCH buttons ([s] or [t]) are pressed, the PITCH icon will

 

 

appear indicating that the TIME counter is now displaying the current

 

 

Pitch setting using two values: Percentage (%) and Cents (C). See page

45.

ID

Indicates whether Format mode is turned on or off. The FORMAT icon will flash whenever an unformatted tape is inserted. If the [FORMAT] button is pressed, the FORMAT icon will light. If the [FORMAT] button is pressed again, the FORMAT icon will turn off. See page 29.

This icon will light when performing a format extend. See page 31.

This icon will light whenever a tape is inserted which has its write-protect tab removed, indicating it cannot be recorded on. This, however, can be overridden using the Protect Overwrite function. See page 31.

This icon will light whenever a tape is inserted.

If connected to a multiple ADAT system, the ID icon lights when the XT is turned on. The number appearing to the right of the ID icon will indicate the ID number of the unit (1–16). You can check the unit’s ID without turning the unit on and off by holding [SET LOCATE] and pressing [PLAY]. See chapter 5.

This icon will light whenever edit mode is selected (by pressing the [EDIT VALUE] button). See page 36.

Indicates that the transport is shuttling to a Locate Point (0–9). When in Edit mode, this icon indicates that you are editing a Locate Point’s address, which will appear in the TIME counter. A number (from 0 to 9) will appear next to the EDIT icon to indicate which Locate Point is being edited. See page 47.

This icon indicates that you have the Tape Offset function turned on with a value that is not equal to 0:00:00.00. This function is only available when the XT is used as a slave within a multiple ADAT/XT system. When in Edit Mode, this icon indicates that you are editing the Tape Offset amount, which will appear in the TIME counter. See chapter 5.

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