Fostex B-16 - Page 7

3. THE CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
1) Reel clamper
2} Head assembly
3} Tape presence sensor
If tape is completely wound onto the other reel or if it is broken during
operation, this sensor will be activated to put the transport in the STOP
mode.
4) Idler roller
5) Tension roller
6) POWER switch
7) Capstan and pinch roller
8) Head shield gate
This head shield gate located in front of the head can be manually raised
or lowered. If it is in the lowered position, it can be raised by slightly
depressing it to release the catch.
9) PITCH control knob
Tape speed can be changed over a range of ±15% for sound pitch control during
play or record. This control is a dual concentric - the outer knob is for large
changes and the inner knob is for trimming.
10} PITCH control switch
NORMAL SPEED or VARIABLE SPEED of tape is selected by this switch.
11) RECORD TRACK selector
These 16 pushbuttons determine whether recording can commence on a given
track.
The specific function also depends on whether or not tape is stopped or is
advancing in the record ready mode.
a) If tape is stopped, depressing a RECORD TRACK button places the correspond 
ing track in the record READY mode, and the LED above that track's LED meter
will blink.
If the RECORD button only is depressed, the VU meter indications and signals
from the OUTPUT jacks will change from tape out to input monitor only for
those channels whose RECORD TRACK buttons are depressed, and if the INPUT
MON switch is set to INDIV, the INPUT MON LED will change to blinking.
This mode will be cancelled again by depressing the RECORD button but will
not be cancelled by depressing any other buttons.
If the RECORD and PLAY buttons are subsequently depressed, recording begins,