3AU MON SEL button

Each press of this button switches the audio channel as listed below. The selected channels are displayed in the FL display.

When basic menu item 026 is set to STEREO

AUDIO CHANNEL

L

R

 

 

 

One press

CH-1

CH-2

 

 

 

Two presses

CH-3

CH-4

 

 

 

Three presses

CH-1,2

CH-1,2

 

 

 

Four presses

CH-3,4

CH-3,4

 

 

 

Five presses

CUE

 

 

 

 

Six presses

After this, each press of this

 

button switches the channel as

 

in the sequence above.

 

 

 

The latest setting of each channel is saved in the memory regardless of whether the power has been turned on/off. Therefore, regardless of the system frequency set on the unit, the last channel setting saved will be loaded automatically.

Using AUDIO MONITOR MODE, basic menu item 026 of the setup menu, you can change the assignment of the audio output. You can choose setting from among ALL, MONO, and STEREO. For details, see “5-3 Basic Menu” on page 5-7.

Press the AU MON SEL button while holding down the SHIFT button to invert the order of the options.

4SHIFT button

Hold down this button and press the SET/MENU button to enable the menu function.

Press the F FWD or REW button while holding down the SHIFT button to do the forward or reverse cue-up of the Shot marks1) or STOP CODE points. These marks are located before and after the current tape position.

5CTL/TC/UB (display switching) button

This selects the time data displayed in the fluorescent display in the following sequence: CTL, TC, UB. As the display changes, the corresponding indicators over the fluorescent display also light/go off.

Time data display selection and display contents

Display

Value displayed

Indicator status

selection

 

 

 

 

 

CTL

Tape running time (hours,

CTL indicator

 

minutes, seconds, frames)

lights.

 

computed from the CTL

 

 

(control) signal recorded on

 

 

the tape during playback.

 

 

 

 

TC

Playback time code read by

The TC indicator

 

the internal time code

lights.

 

reader.a)

 

UB

User bit value inserted in the

The UB indicator

 

playback time code.a)

lights.

 

 

 

a) The LTC/VITC button switches between LTC and VITC.

6CTL RESET button

Press this button to reset a CTL value displayed in the FL display area.

Parts of Function and Location 2 Chapter

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1)Shot marks

If you use a camcorder which allows you to use Shot marks, you can insert REC START markers or Shot markers in the user bits area in advance for easy editing. This is called inserting Shot marks.

Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts

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