Interpreting the Menu Screen
The menu screen consists of the following principal parts.
When buttons on the screen are lit or represented in a depressed state, this indicates that the corresponding item or function is selected (set on).
aMenu title button
This shows the title of the menu screen. Pressing this button displays status information about the top menu.
bMenu page number button
This shows the menu screen page number. Pressing this button brings up the numeric keypad window (see page 172). You can enter the page number of another menu, and move directly to that menu.
cVF buttons
These indicate the larger subdivisions of this menu.
Depending on the selected item, the menu screen contents including the [HF] button indications change.
dHF buttons
These indicate the items within the menu. Depending on the selected item, the menu indications change.
eStatus area
This shows the status of the settings items controlled by the selected menu.
fFunction button area
This shows the functions which can be operated in the currently selected menu by means of buttons.
Each function button corresponds to a function which can be set in the currently
selected menu. Press it to enable the function, to display a parameter group and adjust the parameters with the knobs, or to execute the function.
These buttons are in groups by function. In the screen example shown on the previous page, the [Key Bus] and [Matte] function buttons constitute the <Key Fill> group.
gParameter group button
This displays parameter group names for which the knobs can make adjustments, the current parameter setting page number, and the total number of the parameter setting pages. (Example: Color Vector 1/2)
When there are more than five parameters within the same parameter group, press this button to display the sixth and subsequent parameters, which can then be controlled by the knobs.
hKnob parameter buttons These show the parameters currently controlled by the knobs and their values. Pressing one of these buttons displays the numeric keypad window (see page 172), and you can then enter a new value for the corresponding parameter with the numeric keypad.
iPrevious page button
This shows the page number of the previously displayed menu screen. Press it to go back to that page. When the indication [Parent] appears, this displays the parent directory.
jKeyframe status
This shows the keyframe status of the reference region. Pressing this button switches the menu screen as follows.
When a menu other than the Key Frame menu is currently shown: The menu screen switches to the Key Frame menu.
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