Overview 1 Chapter

Location and Function of Parts

4MONITOR SELECT buttons

There are four buttons CH-1 to CH-4 (channels 1 to 4) in each of the upper (L) and lower (R) rows. Use these buttons to select the channels for audio output via the HEADPHONES connector on the lower control panel and the MONITOR AUDIO connector on the connector panel.

The HEADPHONES connector outputs stereo sound (L and R) and the MONITOR AUDIO connector outputs monaural sound (L and R mixed).

You can select two or more channels in either row by pressing the buttons for the desired channels simultaneously. The sounds of the channels selected in the row are mixed.

In 2-channel audio recording mode (selected with extended menu item 818), it is possible to use the AUDIO OUT CH-3 and AUDIO OUT CH-4 connectors for monitor audio output for channels 1 and 2, respectively (use extended menu item 820).

5HEADPHONES jack and PHONE LEVEL control

Connect stereo headphones with an impedance of 8 ohms to monitor the sound during recording, playback and editing.

The PHONE LEVEL control knob adjusts the volume.

6PLAYER button and RECORDER button When you carry out editing using a VCR connected to the REMOTE-IN or REMOTE-OUT connector as the player and this unit as the recorder, these buttons select which VCR the editing control buttons and tape transport buttons on this unit control.

PLAYER: The editing control buttons and tape transport buttons on this unit control the external player VCR.

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

When this unit is being used in standalone mode, neither button functions.

1 Monitor/menu/display setting section

2MENU button

 

3 SET button

PREREAD PB/EE PB MENU

SET HOLD COUNTER SEL RESET

1 PREREAD button

4 RESET button

6 PB button

8 COUNTER SEL button

5 PB/EE button

7 HOLD button

1 PREREAD button

Press the button once more to exit from the menu

When this is lit, a preread (read-before-write) is carried

display.

out in insert editing.

 

 

For details of setup menu operations, see Chapter 6 “Setup

For details of preread editing, see the section “Preread

Menu” (page 105).

Editing” (page 86).

 

2MENU button

Use this button for setup menu operations.

Pressing this button, turning it on, shows setup menus in the time counter display (see page 20).

3SET button

Use this button for setting time code and user bit values and in setup menu operations.

For details of setting time code and user bit values see Chapter 2 “Setting/Displaying Time Data and Text Information” (page 36).

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