4.METER SELECT switch

Switches to CH1-4 or CH5-8 in the audio meter and the

monitor.

5.INPUT SELECT buttons

Switch between video and audio input signals. You can also switch the input signals to internal signals selected in setup menu No. 601 (VIDEO INT SG).

VIDEO: Each press of the VIDEO button switches the input video signal in the following order: [CMPST] ➝ [SDI] ➝ [1394] ➝ [SG]. When SG is selected, the signal switches to the internal signal selected in setup menu No. 601 (VIDEO INT SG).

AUDIO: Each press of the AUDIO button switches the input audio signal in the following order: [ANALOG] ➝ [SDI] ➝ [SG]. When VIDEO is set to 1394, AUDIO is forcibly set to 1394.

6.AUDIO REC VOL SEL switch

UNITY/VAR switch

UNITY: Records the audio signals at a fixed level regardless of the positions of the audio level controls.

VAR: Records audio signals at the level set with the audio level controls.

Audio level controls

Use these controls to adjust the recording levels of the audio signals (CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4). However, the recording level cannot be adjusted during 1394 input.

7.POWER indicator

Lights when the power is on.

8.Search dial

Use to search and check video. Each press of the dial alternates it between SHTL (shuttle) mode and JOG mode. When the power is turned on, the search dial will not operate unless it is first returned to the STILL position.

9.Audio playback level controls

Adjust the playback level of audio signals (of channels selected using the UNITY/VAR channel select switch). However, they cannot adjust the playback level of 1394 output signals. CH5 to 8 are at all times played back at a fixed level.

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10.UNITY/VAR channel select switches

UNITY: Plays back audio signals at a fixed level regardless of the positions of the audio level controls.

1(2): Plays back and outputs audio CH1(2) at the level adjusted using the audio level controls to CH1(2) and at a fixed level to CH3(4).

1+3 Plays back and outputs audio CH1(2) and (2+4): CH3(4) at the level adjusted using the

audio level controls to CH1(2) and CH3(4).

3(4): Plays back and outputs audio CH3(4) at the level adjusted using the audio level controls to CH3(4) and at a fixed level to CH1(2).

11.PC button

Switches between the USB host mode for connecting to a hard disk drive and the USB device mode for connecting to a personal computer.

Press this button to open the mode selection screen on the LCD monitor and select the desired mode.

➝For details, refer to “Using USB Connectors” (page 96).

12.CONTROL switch

Use this switch to enable remote control of this unit via the 9-pin REMOTE.

13.FF/NEXT buttons

Press to fast forward. Select the speed in setup menu No. 102 (FF. REW MAX). In the playback mode, hold down the SHIFT button and press the FF button to move to the beginning of the next clip.

During GUI display (thumbnail display and play list display), hold down the SHIFT button and press the FF button to move to the last thumbnail or event.

14.A. DUB button

Press this button to make a voice over recording in the play list mode, or to overwrite copy an event audio to an EXTRA track.

➝For details, refer to “Simplified Voice-Over” (page 88), and “Writing Event Audio to EXTRA Track” (page 80).

15.REC button

Press this button and the PLAY button simultaneously to start recording. Press this button during playback