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 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 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 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 menu.
•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.
fKey status display
For each of keys 1 to 4, the corresponding ON indicator lights when the key is inserted. It also shows the priority (1 to 4) of each key.
gPRIOR (priority) SET button While this button is held down, you can set the key priority.
The setting mode when this button is pressed depends on whether or not the [KEY PRIOR] button is lit, as follows.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is off, the current key priority is set.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is lit, the key priority after the next transition is set.
Press the [KEY PRIOR] button as required, to switch between these two modes.
In either mode, hold down the [PRIOR SET] button, and press the button ([KEY1] to [KEY4]) corresponding to the key you want to bring to the front.
hIndependent key transition execution section
KEY1 TRANS (transition) to KEY4 TRANS (DSK1 TRANS to DSK4 TRANS in the PGM/PST block) buttons: Press the corresponding one of these buttons to cut key 1 to key 4 in or out automatically at the set transition rate. When the key corresponding to the button appears in the final program output, the button lights red, and otherwise lights amber. During a transition, the button lights green.
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