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Sport-HD INSTRUCTION MANUAL Page 9 of 20
OPERATION
SELECTING CHANNELS
To select a channel for control, press its F-key (F1 for ch-1, F2 for ch-2, etc.). Double-tap the F-key to select all
channels. Hold the F-key and tap others to select some channels. The red LED lights above channels selected for
control, the green LED lights above the status channel (the channel shown on the STATUS display). All transport
and other functions apply to the selected channels and not unselected ones.
When the REC key is pressed to begin recording, ALL CHANNELS are automatically selected, so if you DO NOT
want to record on all channels, press and hold the first channel to record, then press others to record, and while still
holding the first key, press REC. Only the channels with red LEDs will enter record mode.
To set the total number of channels in the system:
Press SETUP, F1, the total number of channels (both HD and SD) on the keypad (1-6), ENTER.
RECORDING
To record, simply press REC. A new recording is made on an unused part of the disks of all channels; existing
material will not be recorded over. To stop recording and enter the playback mode, press any playback related key
such as STOP, CUE, PREROLL, or reverse scan (
).
To make it more difficult to end record mode (as with important long term recording), you can set the controller to
end recording only when the STOP key is hit:
Press SETUP, REC, use the UP and DOWN arrows to select REC END MODE, ENTER, UP arrow (ONLY STOP
KEY), ENTER. Recording will stop only when the STOP key is used.
You can check the remaining record time by pressing SETUP, REC - the amount of available recording time for the
selected channel is shown in timecode format. If SET TIME OF DAY is shown, then current time of day is shown
instead; hit DOWN ARROW to show free space. The "FREE=" time displayed is approximate and can vary
somewhat depending on program content.
See SELECTING CHANNELS if recording is not to occur on all channels.
PLAYBACK
Press PLAY to play material at normal speed, or use F7 to play at ¼, F8 to play at ½, or F9 to play at ¾ normal
speed (see SLO-MO SPEED PRESET KEYS). Move the TBar to vary playback speed between zero and 100%
normal speed. So that speed changes are always smooth and don't change suddenly, the TBar does not affect
playback until moved to the position corresponding to the current speed (this assumes the speed was set by
keystroke such as PLAY or an F-key). When the TBar needs to be moved to take control, a LED above the SLOW
key flashes: green if the TBar needs to be moved up, red if it needs to be moved down. Press the SLOW key to
force playback to the TBar speed.
It is not necessary to press any keys to change between variable play (slow motion) and jog modes:
When playback is at still, simply turn the knob to jog or raise the TBar from the bottom to begin playing in slow
motion. In jog, playback moves relative to the amount the knob is turned and stops when the knob is stopped.
The FAST JOG key enters the fast jog mode which is identical to jog, but picture movement is much faster (the
knob operates with much greater sensitivity), allowing you to quickly move through more material.
Hold the HOME key while jogging for SLOW JOG, which allows moving very slowly to an exact frame.
REVERSE PLAYBACK
To playback in reverse at the current TBar speed, press and hold the SLOW key. Release the SLOW key to play
forward. Speed can be changed while in reverse by moving the TBar. If the TBar is at the top, reverse play will be
at normal speed but in reverse. To smoothly reverse speed, move the TBar to the bottom (still), then press and
hold the SLOW key, move the TBar up - speed increases in reverse. Then move the TBar back to the bottom
before releasing the SLOW key, move the TBar up. Only hold or release the SLOW key when the TBar is down at
still. In this way, you can repeatedly play through a segment forward and reverse with smooth speed control.
