Fostex PD204 Slate TONE, OFF, MIC switch, Circle Take / False Start key, Slate microphone

Chapter 3: Names and Functions

TONE

OFF

MIC

CIRCLE TAKE

FALSE START

TONE

OFF

MIC

PAUSE

17.[SLATE] (TONE, OFF, MIC) switch

While you slide up and holding the switch knob to the “TONE” position, the slate tone is output. While sliding down and hold the knob to the “MIC” position, the internal slate microphone is active (see page 88).

	While sliding up and hold the switch knob to the “TONE” position, the
	slate tone (at 1 kHz, reference level) is fed to all channels and the
	stereo bus. During recording, you can record the slate tone.
TONE	<Note>: If you slide up and hold the switch knob to the “TONE” posi-
	tion for more than three seconds, the slate tone is continuously output
	even after you release the switch knob. Sliding up the knob to the
	“TONE” position stops slate tone output.
	While sliding down and holding the switch knob to the “MIC” position,
MIC	the slate microphone signal is fed to all channels and the stereo bus.
	During recording, you can record the slate microphone signal.

18.[CIRCLE TAKE / FALSE START] key

This key has primary (unSHIFTed) and secondary (SHIFTed) functions.

• When unSHIFTed:

Adds "@" to the beginning of the name of the current audio file.

If the name of the current audio file already has "@" at the beginning, pressing this key deletes "@" (see page 126).

• When SHIFTed:

Pressing this key after making recording cancels the recording (False start function) (see page 86). You can select whether the canceled file is stored to or deleted from the disk (or partition) using the "False start" item in the "SYS SETUP" menu of the MENU mode (see page 155).

19.Slate microphone

This internal slate microphone is active while you slide and hold the [SLATE] switch knob to the "MIC" position. The protection circuit (AGC) is provided for protecting against excessive input (see page 88).

20.[PAUSE] key/indicator (green)

Pressing this key enters the recorder to the standby mode and lights up the indicator. Only this key can stop recording.

You cannot stop recording with any other key. You can set the pause release time using the "Pause time" menu in the SYS SETUP menu of the MENU mode (see page 149).

REC	21. [REC] key/indicator (red)
	Pulling this key to the right starts recording.
	Depending on the "PRE REC mode" setting (on or off), it works as follows.
	• When recording with the PRE REC mode set to "OFF":
	By pulling this key, the PD204 automatically creates a new file to the
	current disk (or a partition) and starts recording audio and time code.
	It also records the offset between time code and ABS one second after
	recording starts.

48 Location Recorder Model PD204