SD955A F INSERT buttons The input signals to be edited when insert editing is to be conducted are selected by pressing one of these seven buttons. Each of these buttons has a self-illuminating lamp which comes ON when the button is pressed and goes OFF when it is pressed again. SD955A G IN (A IN), SET and OUT (A OUT) buttons When the SET button is pressed while the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is registered. The A IN and A OUT buttons are used during audio split editing to register audio IN and OUT points that differ from the corresponding video points. When an IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point has been registered, the lamp of the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button which has registered that point lights. When these buttons are pressed after points have been registered, the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point value appears on the counter display. When the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is pressed together with the RESET button, the registration of the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point is cleared. SD955A H TRIM buttons These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) point. By pressing the + or – button while the IN (A IN) button or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the registered edit point can be adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the + button is pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame; conversely, when the – button is pressed, it is moved back by one frame. SD955A I PREROLL button SD955A This button is used to locate where a transmission or manual editing starts on the tape. When it is pressed, the tape travels to the preroll point and stops. The preroll time can be set using setup menu No. 000 (P-ROLL TIME). When the button is pressed while the IN (A IN) or OUT (A OUT) button is held down, the tape is cued up to the registered point concerned. If this button is pressed when no IN point has been entered, the point where the button was pressed will automatically be entered as the IN point. (However, this is only the case if ENA has been selected as the setup menu No. 313 (AUTO ENTRY) setting. J PREVIEW/REVIEW button PREVIEW: SD955A When the button is pressed after an edit point has been registered, the tape travels and the editing can be previewed without actually performing the editing. If the button is pressed when no IN point has been registered, the point where it was pressed is registered as the IN point, and preview is executed using this IN point. REVIEW: When the button is pressed after a section has been edited, the section that was just edited is played back and can be viewed on the recorder’s monitor. K AUTO EDIT button SD955A When this button is pressed after the edit points have been registered, automatic editing is initiated. If this button is pressed when no IN point has been entered, automatic editing is initiated with the point where the button was pressed serving as the IN point. L METER (FULL/FINE) selector button This button is used to select the scale display for the audio level meter. FULL mode: The standard scale (–. to 0 dB) is selected. FINE mode: The scale in 0.5 dB increments is selected. The 5 position indicates the standard audio level of –20 dB, and each of the dots (O) displayed indicates a 1 dB scale increment. (See page 12) Parts and their functions Front panel M ON OFF WER DV DVCPRO DVCPRO 50 METER L R FULL/FINE MONITOR SELECT HEADPHONES MONITOR MIX INPUT SELECT PREVIEW/PREVIEW AUTO EDIT PREROLL VIDEO REC LEVEL CH1 PB LEVEL AUDIO CH2 CH3 CH4 TC PRESET MENU SET DIAG SUPER REC INH INT TCG MODE CONTROL ON OFF UNITY VAR COUNTER RESET A IN TRIM SET OUTIN A OUT CH1 CH4CH2 INSERT CH3 ASSEM VIDEO CUE TC STAND BY EDIT REW STOP PLAY REC PLAYER RECORDER FF JOG SHTL SLOW TAPE EE ON REGEN PRESET EXITOFF REMOTE LOCAL O N P R S T UQ M MONITOR SELECT (L andR) buttons These buttons are used to select the audio signals which are to be output to the MONITOR L and R connectors. Each time the L button is pressed, the signal to be output to the MONITOR L connector is changed in the following sequence: CH1 5 CH2 5 CH3 5 CH4 5 CUE. Similarly, each time the R button is pressed, the signal to be output to the MONITOR R connector is changed in the following sequence: CH1 5 CH2 5 CH3 5 CH4 5 CUE. Which signal has now been selected is displayed by the lighting of the L or R lamps on the level meter display. When AUTO has been selected as the setup menu No. 721 (MONI CH SEL) setting, the display is switched in tandem with the monitor output. The channel to which monitor output is to be switched automatically can be selected using setup menu No. 735 (MON AUTO SEL). N MONITOR MIX button This button is used to select the mixed signals which are to be output to the MONITOR L and R connectors. Each time the MONITOR SELECT L button is pressed while this button is held down, the signals to be output to the MONITOR L connector change in the following sequence: CH1 + CH2 5 CH3 + CH4 5 CH1 + CH3 5 CH2 + CH4 5 mixing release. The mixed s...