Fostex E-2 - Record Track Selector; Monitor Selector

ing any unwanted section of tape.
When this switch is set to UP, the transport will be in normal operating
mode, and when set to DOWN, the LED above the EDIT button will indicate
the EDIT mode.
When in the EDIT mode, the transport will not go into any other mode
except PLAY and STOP,
The capstan motor will rotate upon switching on the EDIT switch but the
takeup reel remain stationary when the PLAY button is depressed. In this
case, the mechanical brakes will be released but no power is applied to
the takeup reel motor and the takeup reel can be easily rotated by hand.
If EDIT is switched ON during the PLAY mode, tape will stop but if the
PLAY button is depressed again, the tape will be transported at the play
speed but will not be wound by the takeup reel. If EDIT is switched OUT
under this condition, the transport goes to the stop mode. At this
point, if tape slack is taken up so that the left and right tension arm
is up, and then the PLAY button is depressed, the transport goes to
normal play mode.
15) Counter display and tape speed display
A five digit counter to display the hour, minute and second. For
position display below the zero point, a "-" is displayed in the hour
digit.
Furthermore, as long as the pitch control knob (10) is touched by your
finger, the display will change from tape counting to tape speed and the
percentage against normal speed will be indicated.
16) Record track selector
The buttons for selecting the channel to be recorded and L is for left
channel, R for right channel and CUE for time code channel.
* If, for example, the "L" REC TRACK button is depressed, the red LED
above the RECORD TRACK button, will blink to indicate the record ready
state.
Under this condition, if the PLAY and RECORD buttons are simultane-
ously depressed, the channel (track) of the depressed REC TRACK button
will go into the record mode and the red LED change from blinking to
steady lighting.
* If the PLAY and RECORD buttons are simultaneously depressed without
either of the REC TRACK buttons or CUE REC TRACK button being
depressed, the RECORD LED at left of the RECORD button will light in
green to indicate the record ready state.
Under this condition, if the REC TRACK button is depressed, the LED
above the RECORD TRACK button which correspond to the depressed
channel, will light and the RECORD LED change color from green to red.
If both L and R REC TRACK buttons or CUE REC TRACK button is released
(cancelled) in the next step, the RECORD LED will change color to
green thus changing from record mode to the record ready mode.
With both L and В channels and CUE channel in record mode, and then,
record mode of L channel only is cancelled, the RECORD LED will remain
in steady lighting but the LED above the L channel RECORD TRACK button
will be extinguished.
17) Monitor selector [INPUT/SYNC/REPRO]
* If the INPUT button is depressed, input signals of channels L, R and
CUE will go to the rear panel OUTPUT jacks and also be monitored by
the meter.
* If the SYNC button is depressed, depending on whether the recorder is
in the record mode or not, either the input signal or sync output is
obtained at the OUTPUT jack and monitored by the meter.