Chapter 1
Overview
Chapter 1
Overview
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OFF
ON
VITC
LOCAL
REC INHI
REMOTE
INT
EXT
MENU
TC
SET
VIDEO
CH1,1/2
CH2,3/4
AUDIO
ASSEMBLE
INSERT
TC
EJECT
REW
PLAY
F FWD
SERVO
CH-1/2
CH-3/4
PREROLL
REC SEQ
EDIT
METER
REC
INHI
STOP
STANDBY
TC
TC SELECT
Z
m
B
M
x
z
qd
PLAYER/DMC and RECORDER buttons/
indicators
Press to control a player connected to the REMOTE
(9-pin) connector or DV connector (when DSBK-140/
160A is installed) by remote control (the indicator
lights).
PLAYER/DMC button:
The buttons of the editing
and tape transport sections on the recorder side of
the control panel work to control the remote
player.
You can also press this button together with the
ENTRY/SHIFT button to put the unit into DMC
edit mode.
For details, see “DMC Editing” (page 87).
RECORDER button:
The buttons of the editing and
tape transport sections on the recorder side of the
control panel work to control the recorder itself.
qf
EJECT button
Press to eject the cassette or open the cassette
compartment
qh
. The button lights while the cassette is
being ejected.
qg
REC INHI switch
When on, recording to the tape is inhibited, regardless
of the setting of the cassette’s REC/SAVE switch.
(The REC INHI indicator
2
lights.)
qh
Cassette compartment
Insert a cassette here. Press the EJECT button
qf
to
open the compartment.
1
TC INT/EXT switch
2
TC SELECT switch
3
MENU button
4
SET button
Timecode and setup menu section
1
TC INT/EXT (internal/external timecode)
switch
Selects the timecode to use.
INT:
Use the timecode generated by this unit’s built-
in timecode generator.
EXT:
The external time code selected as follows.
• When the TC SELECT switch is set to TC
The external time code input to the TIME CODE
IN connector
• When the TC SELECT switch is set to VITC
The VITC time code included in the input video
signal
2
TC (time code) SELECT switch
This switch selects the time code, TC or VITC, shown
in the time data display.
3
MENU button
Use for setup menu operations. The setup menu
appears on the LCD monitor when you press this
button, and the original display appears when you
press it again.
For more information about setup menu operations, see
Chapter 7 “Setup Menu” (page 103).
