button to turn it on allows you to use this as a key frame fader.
Transition rate display: This shows the “transition rate” (the time from the beginning of a transition to its completion) set for an auto transition, in frames.
You can set the transition rate using the numeric keypad control block, Flexi Pad control block, or menu.
AUTO TRANS (transition) button: Pressing this button carries out an auto transition of the set transition rate (duration). The transition starts immediately, and the button lights amber. When the transition completes, the button goes off.
CUT button: Pressing this button carries out the transition as a cut (i.e. instantaneously).
dWipe direction selection buttons When you have selected a wipe or DME wipe as the transition type, press one of these buttons, turning it on, to select the wipe direction.
NORM (normal): The wipe proceeds in the direction from black to white as shown on the pattern in the lists of patterns see “Wipe Pattern List” (page
560)and “DME Wipe Pattern List” (page 566) in Appendix (Volume 1), or in the direction of the arrow.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation mode is enabled in
setup, pressing this button plays the tape.
REV (reverse): The wipe proceeds in the opposite direction to that when the [NORM] button is pressed.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation mode is enabled in setup, pressing this button cues the tape automatically to the start point.
NORM/REV (normal/reverse): The wipe direction alternates between normal
and reverse every time a transition is executed.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation mode is enabled in setup, pressing this button stops the tape.
eTRANS PVW (transition preview)
button
When this button is lit, you can check in advance the video changes during the transition, on the preview output from the M/E or PGM/PST bank.
During the preview, you can use the fader lever, [AUTO TRANS] button, and [CUT] button. One of the following functions of this button can be selected in a Setup mode.
•When the transition completes, the system returns to the normal mode.
•The transition preview mode is maintained while this button is pressed.
•Switching is made between the transition preview mode and normal mode every time this button is pressed.
fPattern limit buttons
PTN (pattern) LIMIT: Pressing this button, turning it on, enables the pattern limit function.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation mode is enabled in setup, pressing this button plays the tape.
LIMIT SET: Use this button to set a pattern limit when the [PTN LIMIT] button is off.
Move the fader lever to the position of a particular pattern size, and stop it there, then press this button to set the pattern limit range.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation mode is enabled in setup, pressing this button stops the tape.
262 Names and Functions of Parts of the Control Panel