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Control of VTRs, Extended VTRs, and Disk Recorders
Chapter 10 External Devices
Controlling the Tape/Disk Transport
To switch to VTR/disk recorder/frame memory
operation mode
To control a VTR/Extended VTR/disk recorder with the
device control block, press the [DEV] button in the device
control block, turning it on, to switch the device control
block to the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation
mode. The button assignment changes as follows (the
[SHIFT] button is disabled in VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode).
Buttons used when the VTR/disk recorder/
frame memory operation mode is enabled
Selecting a VTR/Extended VTR/disk
recorder
To select the VTR/Extended VTR/disk recorder, press the
corresponding device buttons, turning them on, in the
device control block. You can turn on more than one
button at the same time.
For details about frame memory clip operations,
1 “Frame Memory Clip Operations” (p. 111).
Controlling the tape/disk transport
Using the buttons in the device control block, you can
control the tape transport or the disk transport.
You can operate a VTR, Extended VTR, or disk recorder
from the transition control block, when configured in the
Setup menu.
For details about the setting operation, 1 “Setting
Transition Control Block Button Assignments” (p. 221).
Variable-speed playback modes
With the device control block, you can play back the
material on an external device at variable speed.
Turning the Z-ring in the device control block controls the
direction and speed of playback in response to the
direction and angle of rotation. There are three operation
modes: jog, shuttle, and variable.
Button Operation
DELAY Press this button, turning it on, to
enter a delay value from the Flexi
Pad.
STB (standby) OFF Press this button to switch to standby
off mode. This button cannot be used
for frame memory clip operations.
REC (record) Press this button at the same time as
the [PLAY] button to start recording.
This button cannot be used for frame
memory clip operations.
STOP Press this button to stop the tape,
disk or frame memory clip.
START TC (start
timecode)
STOP TC (stop
timecode)
Press these buttons to set the
timecode of the start and stop points
to the current time at those points.
When the device the operation
applies to is a VTR/disk recorder, the
start/stop point updated by the setting
of the [MENU] button is as follows.
• When the [MENU] button is On:
Point on the timeline
• When the [MENU] button is Off:
Point for cue-up and play
VAR (variable speed
play)
Press this button and turn the Z-ring
to play or rewind the tape, disk or
frame memory clip at a variable
speed (–1 to +3 times normal
playback speed) and direction
proportional to the rotation angle of
the Z-ring.
SHTL (shuttle) Press this button and turn the Z-ring
to play or rewind the tape, disk or
frame memory clip at a variable
speed and direction proportional to
the rotation angle of the Z-ring.
JOG Press this button and turn the Z-ring
to frame advance the tape, disk or
frame memory clip at a speed and
direction proportional to the rotation
of the Z-ring.
CUE Press this button to cue-up the start
point of the tape, disk or frame
memory clip.
REW (rewind) Press this button to rewind the tape,
disk or frame memory clip.
PLAY Press this button to play the tape, disk
or frame memory clip.
FF (fast forward) Press this button to fast forward the
tape, disk or frame memory clip.
ALL STOP Press this button to stop all tape, disk
or frame memory clip operations.
Button Operation
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