Fostex MR-8 owner manual Display, Home screen

MR-8 Owner’s Manual

Display

The following describes details about the LCD display, including screen contents and opera-

tion.

Home screen

When turning on the MR-8 while a formatted CompactFlash card is set, the display shows the startup screen (showing the startup status of the MR-8), followed by the "home" screen, which is similar to the one below. In this condition, the previously loaded song (or the demo song when you first use the MR-8 with the supplied card) is loaded and the recorder is located at the begin- ning of the song.

The home screen includes the following infor- mation.

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•The "Remain" time when at least one track is armed (i.e. at least one of the

[REC SELECT] keys is active). The remain time shows how much time you can further record audio data onto a mono track using the available space left on the current card.

3.Track level display

The recording or playback levels of tracks 1 through 8 are shown. The track number of an armed track is shown in reverse.

2	6
	5
3	4

Tracks 5 and 6 are armed.

4. Stereo buss (L and R) level display

During recording or playback, the output levels of the stereo buss (L and R) are shown.

1.Time counter display

Time information of the current recorder posi- tion is shown in the selected time base (ABS, Bar/ Beat or time counter). Using the [TIME BASE SE- LECT] key, you can select a desired time base.

When the recorder is moving (playing back, fast forwarding, etc.), the appropriate icon is also shown.

2. Character display

Normally, the name of the song currently loaded is shown (up to 14 characters can be shown at a time). It also shows following information.

•a name of the operation currently being executed (such as “BOUNCE 1-6>7/8”).

•a warning message (such as "Low Battery!") as a flashing display.

5. Song status display

Shows the following song status icons when the appropriate modes (functions) are active.

At least one of the tracks is in the input monitor mode (see page 32).

The auto punch mode is active (see page 36).

The auto return mode is active (see page 50).

The loop mode is active (see page 50).

6. Song number/song mode display

Shows the song number and mode (Normal or Extended) of the song currently loaded.

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