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plus Version 2.20 - September 1998
DISPLAY .................................................................................................................... 72
DISPLAY OFFSET ..................................................................................................... 73
FOOTAGE DISPLAY ................................................................................................. 73
RECORD SETUP ...................................................................................................... 74
RECORD CROSSFADES ............................................................................ 74
RECORD MONITOR .................................................................................... 74
RECORD MODES ........................................................................................ 75
PUNCH IN/OUT MODES ............................................................................. 78
ROUTING INPUTS .................................................................................................... 79
SPEED ..................................................................................................................... 79
SECOND SYSTEM SETTING PAGE ..................................................................................... 80
OPERATING LEVEL ................................................................................................. 80
PRE-READ ................................................................................................................ 80
TIMES ........................................................................................................................ 81
JOG ........................................................................................................................... 81
REMOTE ................................................................................................................... 82
THIRD SYSTEM SETTING PAGE .......................................................................................... 85
TRACK MAPPING ..................................................................................................... 85
SAVE SETTINGS ...................................................................................................... 85
LOAD SETTINGS ...................................................................................................... 85
CLEAR SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 86
REAL-TIME CLOCK .................................................................................................. 86
MULTI-MACHINE OPERATION ............................................................................................. 87
DD8 AS AN RS422 MASTER .................................................................................... 88
RS422 SETUP PAGE ................................................................................................ 88
LAYBACK FUNCTION IN RS422 MASTER .............................................................. 89
USING THE LAYBACK FUNCTION ............................................................. 90
RS422 MASTER CONTROL OF NON-LINEAR VIDEO RECORDERS ...... 90
RS422 SLAVE FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................... 91
RS422 SLAVE - EAVESDROPPING MODE ................................................ 91
RS422 SLAVE - FULL SLAVE MODE .......................................................... 92
GPI/O ......................................................................................................................... 92
APPENDIX 1 .......................................................................................................................... 98
NOTES ON CHOOSING A DISK DRIVE ................................................................... 98
NOTES REGARDING SCSI ...................................................................................... 98
NOTES REGARDING THE USE OF MULTIPLE DISK DRIVES ............................... 99
APPENDIX 2 ........................................................................................................................ 100
OPTION BOARD INSTALLATION ........................................................................... 100
INSTALLING IB-D8DA 8-CHANNEL ANALOG OUTPUT BOARD .......................... 101
INSTALLING IB-D8AD 8-CHANNEL ANALOG INPUT BOARD .............................. 101
INSTALLING DIGITAL INTERFACE BOARD .......................................................... 102
INSTALLING GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BOARDS .................................. 102
INSTALLING BUFFER RAM EXPANSION .............................................................. 103
INSTALLING EQ8 EQUALISER BOARD ................................................................ 103
INSTALLING INTERNAL DISK DRIVE .................................................................... 103
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