Parts and their functions

Front panel

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METER

 

 

 

 

 

COUNTER ASSEM

VIDEO

CUE

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STAND BY PLAYER

RECORDER

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RESET CH1

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MONITOR SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

 

PLAY

 

REC

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

A IN

INSERT

A OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRIM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREVIEW/PREVIEW

AUTO EDIT PREROLL

 

SET

 

 

REW

 

STOP

 

FF

 

 

 

HEADPHONES

MONITOR MIX

INPUT SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

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CH1

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SUPER

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CONTROL

 

 

 

 

REC LEVEL

 

 

 

UNITY

PRESET MENU SET DIAG

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REGEN

TAPE

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PB LEVEL

 

 

 

VAR

 

 

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EXIT

 

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EASSEM button SD955A

This button is pressed to proceed with assemble editing.

It has a self-illuminating lamp which comes ON when the button is pressed and goes OFF when it is pressed again.

FINSERT buttons SD955A

The input signals to be edited when insert editing is to be conducted are selected by pressing one of these seven buttons.

Each of these buttons has a self-illuminating lamp which comes ON when the button is pressed and goes OFF when it is pressed again.

GIN (A IN), SET and OUT (A OUT) buttons SD955A When the SET button is pressed while the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is registered.

The A IN and A OUT buttons are used during audio split editing to register audio IN and OUT points that differ from the corresponding video points.

When an IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point has been registered, the lamp of the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button which has registered that point lights.

When these buttons are pressed after points have been registered, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point value appears on the counter display. When the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is pressed together with the RESET button, the registration of the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is cleared.

HTRIM buttons SD955A

These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point.

By pressing the + or – button while the IN (A IN) button or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the registered edit point can be adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the + button is pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame; conversely, when the – button is pressed, it is moved back by one frame.

IPREROLL button SD955A

This button is used to locate where a transmission or manual editing starts on the tape.

When it is pressed, the tape travels to the preroll point and stops.

The preroll time can be set using setup menu No. 000 (P-ROLL TIME).

When the button is pressed while the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the tape is cued up to the registered point concerned.

If this button is pressed when no IN point has been entered, the point where the button was pressed will automatically be entered as the IN point. (However, this is only the case if ENA has been selected as the setup menu No. 313 (AUTO ENTRY) setting.

JPREVIEW/REVIEW button SD955A

PREVIEW:

When the button is pressed after an edit point has been registered, the tape travels and the editing can be previewed without actually performing the editing.

If the button is pressed when no IN point has been registered, the point where it was pressed is registered as the IN point, and preview is executed using this IN point.

REVIEW:

When the button is pressed after a section has been edited, the section that was just edited is played back and can be viewed on the recorder’s monitor.

KAUTO EDIT button SD955A

When this button is pressed after the edit points have been registered, automatic editing is initiated. If this button is pressed when no IN point has been entered, automatic editing is initiated with the point where the button was pressed serving as the IN point.

LMETER (FULL/FINE) selector button

This button is used to select the scale display for the audio level meter.

FULL mode:

The standard scale (–∞to 0 dB) is selected.

FINE mode:

The scale in 0.5 dB increments is selected.

The 5 position indicates the standard audio level of –20 dB, and each of the dots (O) displayed indicates a 1 dB scale increment.

(See page 12)

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