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Key

Key designation

 

Description

F8

SET UP

Transfers the VTR to the HOME SET UP menu screen.

 

 

 

 

F9–F10

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F11

PREAD A°

This is used during insert editing in the AUTO or MANUAL EDIT

 

For setting audio pre-read

mode when the already recorded digital signals are to be read in

 

to ON or OFF

advance and used as the editing source. To set the item to ON,

 

(SD mode only)

press the F together with the F11 or F12 key. To set it to OFF,

 

 

press the F11 or F12 key on its own. When ON is selected as

 

 

the setting, refer to the section on pre-read editing (next page).

F12

PREAD V°

ON: The digital signals are read in advance (pre-read).

 

For setting video pre-read

OFF: The digital signals are not read in advance (pre-read).

 

to ON or OFF

 

Simultaneous playback is possible during editing.

 

(SD mode only).

≥If OFF is selected by the F11 or F12 key, vibration may occur

 

 

when EE has been selected on the STATE screen. (This

 

 

happens only when the input and output of the same channel

 

 

have been connected.)

 

 

≥If ON has been set for either of these items, the up-converter

 

 

picture will be muted.

 

 

 

 

F13

REC INH

FREE:

Enables recording.

 

For setting the record

NRML.REC: Prohibits normal recording; enables editing. (The

 

inhibit mode.

 

REC INHIBIT lamp blinks at long intervals.)

 

 

ALL:

Prohibits all recording. (REC INHIBIT lamp

 

 

 

glows.)

 

 

≥The CASSETTE REC INHIBIT mode which is set using the

 

 

recording inhibit pins on the cassette tape takes precedence

 

 

over this key’s setting.

 

 

 

 

°The above functions can be set only when the 480/59.94i or 567/50i system format is selected.

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