Chapter 5
Menu System
Chapter 5
Menu System
5-11
Menu items in the 500s, relating to tape protection
Item number
Item name
Settings
501
STLL TIMER
Select the time delay from the tape transport stopping (either the “STOP mode”
or the still playback mode in search mode) until the unit automatically switches to
the tape protection mode, in order to protect the video heads and the tape.
0.5S ... 8M ... 30M: Set the value in the range 0.5 seconds to 30 minutes.
502
TAPE PROTECTION
MODE FROM SEARCH
Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape
when in the still playback mode in search mode (jog/shuttle).
STEP : Step forward at 1/30 normal speed every 2 seconds.
STDBY: Switch to “Standby OFF mode” (the unit not on standby).
T.REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).
503
TAPE PROTECTION
MODE FROM STOP
Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape
when stopped (the “STOP mode”).
STDBY : Switch to “Standby OFF mode” (the unit not on standby).
T.REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).
504
DRUM ROTATION IN
STANDBY OFF
Select whether the drum rotates in “Standby OFF mode”.
OFF : Drum does not rotate.
ON: Drum rotates.
505
STILL TENSION
Select the tape tension state in the still playback mode.
NORM : Normal tape tension is maintained during still playback mode, ready for
playback.
LOOSE: Reduce the tape tension further from the NORM setting. (Select
“LOOSE” when the unit is on standby for a long period of still playback, for
example, in a library management system (LMS).)
Note
When LOOSE is selected, playback cannot be guaranteed.
