Panasonic AW-HS50N AUTO button AUTO, Slide lever, MIX button MIX, WIPE button WIPE

1. Parts and their functions

￿AUTO button [AUTO]

This automatically initiates the transition for the transition duration which has been set. (Auto transition)

Button indicator ON:

Auto transition is being executed

Button indicator OFF: Auto transition is complete

If the AUTO button is pressed while auto transition is being executed, the auto transition operation is aborted. When the button is pressed again after the operation was aborted, the remaining transition is executed.

When the [AUTO] button is pressed with the slide lever (￿) at a midway setting, the transition is executed in the remaining time from the midway status.

By turning the OSD/TIME dial (￿) while keeping the MIX button pressed after the button has been held down, the transition duration can be changed.

￿Slide lever

This is used when executing transitions manually.

When the slide lever is moved to the end, the transition is completed.

If it has been moved while an auto transition was being executed, operation will switch to manual as soon as the position of the slide lever has gone beyond the amount of the transition having been executed.

It is possible to select a background, key or PinP using a menu for materials involving transitions.

￿MIX button [MIX]

This is used to execute transitions (MIX transitions) while overlapping the images of the A bus and B bus (or images of the PGM bus and PST bus).

While a transition is being executed, the total of the A bus and B bus (or PGM bus and PST bus) outputs is held at 100 %.

When the MIX button is pressed, its indicator lights to show that this function is now selected.

If the WIPE button (￿) is now pressed, the function selection is released, and the indicator goes off.

Button indicator ON:

A MIX transition is being selected

￿WIPE button [WIPE]

This is used to execute transitions using the selected wipe pattern.

When the WIPE button is pressed, its indicator lights to show that this function is now selected.

If the MIX button (￿) is now pressed, the function selection is released, and the indicator goes off.

By turning the OSD/TIME dial (￿) after the WIPE button has been held down and while the button is still pressed, the wipe pattern can be changed.

Button indicator ON: Wipe selection underway

￿Bus tally indicators [A, B]

The indicator corresponding to the bus whose program (PGM) materials are being output lights.

￿BUS DELEGATION buttons [AUX, PinP, KEY-F/S]

These are used to select the buses which output the materials selected by the crosspoint buttons (￿, ￿). Any of four lighting statuses are established: the status in which the indicators of all of the three buttons are off, and the statuses in which the indicator of one of the buttons is lighted. (It is not possible for the indicators of two of the buttons to be lighted at the same time.)

￿When one of the buttons is pressed while the indicators of all three buttons are off, the indicator of the pressed button lights.

￿When the button whose indicator is lighted is pressed, its indicator is turned off.

When a button whose indicator is not lighted is pressed, only the indicator of the pressed button lights.

The following operations can be undertaken in each of these statuses.

1.When the indicators of all three buttons are off: In this status, the materials of the bus that executes background transitions are selected.

2.When the indicator of the AUX button is lighted: In this status, the AUX bus materials are selected.

3.When the indicator of the PinP button is lighted: In this status, the PinP bus materials are selected.

4.When the indicator of the KEY-F/S button is lighted:

In this status, the key fill bus and key source bus materials are selected.

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