Parts of Functions and Locations 2 Chapter

VITC, switch DF/NDF, set the time code to be displayed on an external monitor, and so on.

VIDEO button: Press this to go to the VIDEO menu screen. Use it to make video related settings.

AUDIO button: Press this to go to the AUDIO menu screen. Use it to make audio related settings.

CUE button: Press this to go to the CUE menu screen. The cue menu provides 10 pages to set cue points. You can set up to 10 cue points per page. You can also make settings for the Tele-File memory label system.

PF1 button: Press this to go to the PF1 (personal function

1)menu screen. You can register frequently-used items in the PF1 menu. The factory default setting is blank.

PF2 button: Press this to go to the PF2 (personal function

2)menu screen. You can register frequently-used items in the PF2 menu. The factory default setting is blank.

SET UP button: Press this to go to the SET UP menu screen. The setup menu provides functions to save menu settings in VTR banks or save to a memory stick, registration operations in the PF buttons, VTR SETUP menu settings, and so on.

For details of menus, see Chapter 4 “Menu Settings” on page 37.

eColor display

This comprises principally the audio level display and menu display.

Audio Level display:

In recording mode or E-E mode1), this displays the audio recording levels.

In playback mode or CONFI mode, this displays the playback levels.

The display mode can be changed with the FULL/FINE button. The factory default display is a reference level of –20 dB, and peak level 0 dB.

Menu display:

This displays the menu screen selected by the menu selection buttons.

Each menu screen shows the functions assigned to the function buttons ([F1] to [F10]), and shows simultaneously information required for time code display settings and so on.

1)E-E mode

An abbreviation for Electric-to-Electric mode. In this mode, video or audio input signals are passed and output only through the VTR’s internal circuitry, and not through the magnetic conversion system comprising tape and heads.

fFunction buttons

Activates the functions in each menu.

gALT (alternative) button

Press to change the items displayed on the current menu. Press again to return to the original items.

hDIAG (diagnostic) button

Hold down the SFT button (see page 19) in the editing control section and press this switch to switch to the DIAG menu.

iDISPLAY button

This displays the down-converted output signal in the whole color display.

Notes

•Depending on the system settings, it may not be possible to output some signals.

•This function is for a quick check of the output signal, and cannot be used as a monitor.

jFULL/FINE button

This selects the audio level meter display range.

FULL: The audio level meter display is from –60 dB to 0 dB, or –40 dB to +20 dB. Select which of these ranges (peak level: 0 dB or +20 dB) is displayed in the VTR SETUP menu item 814 “LEVEL METER SCALE”.

FINE: The audio level meter display range is expanded, and displayed with a scale in steps of 0.25 dB. The reference marker LED at the center of the level meter display range lights. When the audio level exceeds the maximum display range, the top OVER display flashes. When under the minimum display range, the bottom line flashes.

kPB (playback) LEVEL button

Press this button to enter the playback audio level adjustment mode. In this mode, you can use the MONITOR R button to select the adjustment target channels from channels 1 to 12. While watching the audio level meter, turn the MULTI CONTROL knob for a desired audio level.

Clicking the MULTI CONTROL knob resets the playback audio level to the factory set level (a reference level of 0 dB is displayed for a +4 dBm input). Clicking the MULTI CONTROL knob again restores the adjusted level.

Press this button again to exit from the playback audio level adjustment mode, and the MONITOR L and R buttons return to the normal status (this status is called the “MONITOR SELECT mode”).

lREC (recording) LEVEL button

Press this button to enter the recording audio level adjustment mode. In this mode, you can use the MONITOR L button to select the adjustment target channels from channels 1 to 12. While watching the audio level meter, turn the MULTI CONTROL knob for a desired audio level.

Clicking the MULTI CONTROL knob resets the recording audio level to the factory set level (a reference level of 0 dB is displayed for a +4 dBm input). Clicking the MULTI CONTROL knob again restores the adjusted level.

18 2-1 Control Panel