Fostex E-2 - Transport Tape Motion

HEEL CLAMPER
CLAMPER KNOB
Pig. 5.2
CAUTION: Before putting the tape in motion, be sure the tape is taut
with both left and right tension arms fully lifted.
5.2 Transport tape motion operation
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When the PLAY button (27) is depressed, the capstan will begin to
rotate, the pinch roller will be pulled against the capstan and tape
will be transported at constant speed.
CAUTION: If the red LED at left of the PITCH control switch is blinking,
this means the transport is NOT set to 15 ips normal speed but
is set at “variable speed."
When the STOP button (26) is depressed, the pinch roller swings away
from the capstan, the brakes are applied and the tape stops.
If the STOP button is depressed again, the left and right brakes are
released, the tape will be stopped by balanced tension from both reels
and thus, manual editing becomes possible by using CUE lever (3).
When the F.FWD (24) (REWIND/25) button is depressed, the tape lifter
will push the tape away from the head surface and the tape will be
transported at high speed from right (left) reel to the left (right)
reel.
If the F.FWD (24) (REWIND/25) button is held down, tape will be trans-
ported at about 15 ips thus allowing fast forward/rewind shuttling of
tape at editing work. It will return to the normal fast winding mode
when your finger is released from the button,
Furthermore, the tape will be transported at about half speed of fast
forward or rewind if the F.FWD (24) or REWIND (25) button and the PLAY
button (27) are simultaneously depressed which is very suitable in
neatly winding the tape,
If the AUTO PLAY button, then the LOCATE O (ог LOCATE 1) button is
depressed, the tape will momentarily stop at the ZERO position, then go
into the PLAY mode.
The
zone
between
MEMORY
1
and
2
can
be
put
in
the
repeat
mode
if
the
AUTO
PLAY
(21)
and
AUTO
RTN
(23)
buttons
are
depressed
beforehand.
Care must be taken to maintain the MEMORY 1<MEMORY 2 relationship in the
tape position memory when depressing the MEMORY 1 or 2 buttons. The
counter display will blink to indicate an error when the relationship is
MEMORY 1 > МЕМОКУ 2.
When the PLAY and RECORD (22) buttons are simultaneously depressed, any
channel of the RECORD TRACK button that is depressed and in the READY
mode, will enter the record mode and the RECORD LED will be lit.
If all channels of the RECORD TRACK selector are set to SAFE, the RECORD
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