Controls and Parts of Functions and Locations 2 Chapter

2-1 Control Panel

!º Numeric buttons and +/– buttons

Press to input time data or edit points data at the cursor position in menu display. Press buttons 0 to 5 while holding down the SFT button to input A to F (hexadecimal figures) for user bits. Use the +/– buttons to increase or decrease settings.

!¡ SFT (shift) button

Press buttons 0 to 5 while holding down this button to input A to F (hexadecimal figures) for user bits.

Use also in combination with other buttons to perform other operations.

!™ RCL (recall) button

Press to call up a previously entered value.

!£ CLR (clear) button

Press to clear a value.

!¢ SET button

Press to enter a value.

!∞ AUDIO IN/OUT buttons

Press to set AUDIO IN and OUT points during insert mode. Press either AUDIO IN or OUT button while holding down the ENTRY button to set an audio edit point.

!§ IN/OUT buttons

Press to set an IN or OUT point during editing. Press either button while holding down the ENTRY button to set an edit point.

!¶ ENTRY button

Press to enter an edit or cue point.

While holding down this button, press either the AUDIO IN or OUT button, or the IN or OUT button.

!• Cursor control buttons

Press to move the cursor in the menu display. Move the cursor as required to enter a value using the numeric buttons, or to change a menu setting.

!ª PREVIEW button

Press to view the results of an edit on a monitor connected to the recorder VTR without actually recording the edit. During previewing, the tape moves, but actual editing is not carried out. If no IN point has been set when you press this button, the current tape position is set as the IN point at the start of the preview.

@º AUTO EDIT (automatic editing) button

Press to do automatic editing after you have set the edit points. If no IN point has been set when you press this button, the current tape position is set as the IN point at the start of automatic editing.

@¡ REVIEW button

Press to review results of an edit (a section between one IN point and one OUT point) on a monitor connected to the recorder.

@™ PLAYER/RECORDER buttons

Select which VTR is to be controlled by this VTR’s control panel during editing when this VTR is used as a recorder and an external VTR connected to the REMOTE1-IN(9P)/OUT(9P) connectors as a player.

PLAYER: The tape transport buttons and editing operation buttons on the control panel control the external player VTR.

RECORDER: The tape transport buttons and editing operation buttons on the control panel control the recorder VTR (this VTR).

The PLAYER/RECORDER buttons have no effect when using this VTR alone.

@£ PREREAD indicator

Lights up during preread mode.

For details on prereading, refer to “6-2-4 Performing Preread Editing” on page 6-18.

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