
Chapter 2
Location and Function of Parts
2-8
Chapter 2
Location and Function of Parts
2-1 Control Panels
3
Menu control buttons
These buttons are used for function menu
(see the
following section “Overview of the function menu”)
and setup menu
(see Chapter 12)
operations. The page
buttons (
V
,
v
, and HOME) select menu pages, and the
function buttons (F1 to F6) make function settings.
V
:
Selects the next page in the order HOME
t
1
t
2
t
3
t
4
t
5
t
6
t
HOME.
v
:
Selects the next page in the order HOME
t
6
t
5
t
4
t
3
t
2
t
1
t
HOME.
When there are setup menu definitions on page 6,
page 6 is displayed between page 5 and the HOME
page.
HOME:
Selects the function menu HOME page.
When at least one user-defined function key is set
in the HOME2 page, pressing the HOME button
toggles the menu page display between HOME
and HOME2.
F1 to F6:
Make settings for the items displayed in the
upper line of the menu display (the menu item
display line). Pressing one of these buttons
changes the setting for the corresponding item and
displays the setting in the lower line of the menu
display.
If there is no setting displayed in the lower line of
the menu display, even though a menu item is
displayed in the upper line, pressing the
corresponding function button moves to a lower
menu level.
Overview of the function menu
The function menu provides convenient access to
frequently used function settings, such as input video
signal selection and time code settings.
For details on the function menu, see Chapter 11.
4
Time data/menu display section
1
Time data display
This displays indicators relating to time data and other
indicators.
Time data display area 1
Normally this displays a CTL count, time code value,
or user bit value according to the setting in function
menu HOME page for F4 (CTL/TC).
Time data type indicator
This indicates the type of data displayed in the time
data display area 1.
LTC (longitudinal time code):
Time code recorded
on a longitudinal track on the tape
LUB:
LTC user bit values
VITC (vertical interval time code):
Time code
recorded in the vertical blanking interval
VIUB:
VITC user bit value
DF (drop-frame) indicator (525-line mode only)
This lights when values of drop-frame mode time code
are displayed.
LTC indicator
Regardless of the display in time data display
area 1, this indicator lights when LTC values are being
read or recorded.
VIUB
VITC
CONFI ON
DOLBY NR
2F
DF LTC
01:
: :
23 45 06
1 VID. IN PB/EE CONFI CTL/TC
Y-R,B
PB
OFF
TC
MENU TCGSET
IMX 525
REM: 01: 23 : 45
78. 9%
59.94
1
Time data display
2
Menu display
VIUB
VITC
CONFI ON
DOLBY NR
2F
DF LTC
01:
: :
23 45 06
Time data display area 1
Time data type indicator
DF indicator
LTC indicator
VITC indicator
Capstan lock mode indicator
Playback format indicator
System frequency indicator
CONFI (ON)/PREREAD
indicators
Time data display area 2
DOLBY NR indicator
Speed indication area
525/625 indicator