Fostex A-8 - Selection, Monitoring, and Indicators

RECORD TRACK buttons are depressed, and the record LED [16]
will change to blinking.
This mode will be cancelled 1 by depressing the STOP, PLAY or
ZERO RTN buttons but will not be cancelled by depressing
F.FWD or REWIND buttons.
If the RECORD and PLAY buttons are subsequently depressed,
tape begins recording, the track's meter LED [17] stops
blinking and remains on, and the record LED [16] also turns
on.
Although the VU meter indications and signals from the out 
put jacks will go to input signal monitor of the channels
only which go to record mode by this operation, the other
channels will remain in the tape out signal monitor mode.
b) If tape is rolling in the PLAY mode, depressing a RECORD
TRACK button has the same effect as in a) , above; it readies
the track for recording.
In this condition, the VU meter indications and signals from
the output jacks will be tape out signal monitor for all
channels.
c) If tape is rolling in the record ready mode (i.e. RECORD
and PLAY buttons have been depressed), the record LED [16]
adjacent to the tape counter will blink and the LED's above
each of the eight VU meters will not blink.
Subsequent depression of a RECORD TRACK button immediately
causes that track to enter record mode; the record LED [16]
now remains on (so does the LED associated with the track's
VU meter [17].
9) INPUT MONITOR SELECTOR
When this button is depressed, signals at the line output
jacks and the VU meter readings will be input monitor for all
8 channels. This means that while input monitor signals will
be output from each channel output jacks whose number corres 
pond with each channel input jacks at the rear panel, at the
same time these levels will be indicated by each channel VU
meter .
When this button is in the up position, any channel can be
monitored by a combination of the desired RECORD TRACK SELECTOR
number and the RECORD, PLAY buttons on the transport control.
For instance, depress RECORD TRACK SELECTOR buttons 2 and 3
while in the STOP mode; then, depressing the RECORD button only
puts channels 2 and 3 in the input monitor mode and the remain-
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