Fostex R8 - Advanced Features and Functions; Preroll and Locate Function Overview; Setting and Checking Preroll Time

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section s. ADVANCED FEATURES
Please пое that all locate, auto return and zone imè memory
points etc. аге automatically canceled when power to the RB
ie turned off
Preroll
When yov use the [locate zero] or the [locate] function, the
tape wil stop precisely at 0 cr the selected memory point.
For rehearsal or recording, though, it is often desirable to
ear a few seconds of music prior to an actual entry, making
it easier to keep time and come in correctly These few sec-
ends o tape before the entry are called the “orerol!, end the
R8 allows you to set an automatic preroll that will work with
the locate zero and locate functions. Whenever these func-
tions are used, the tape will then stop several seconds belore.
C or the norma memory point,
‘The preroll tme is adjustable between 0 and 9 seconds. f
you attempt to set a preroll time of 10 seconds or longer an
error message "Err 4" will appear cn the MEMORY display.
Тре following illustration shows how the preroll function
works:
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“Play Grection Pre pon Memory paint
You can always tall whether or not а preroll has been set by
Joking at the TAPE TIME display while the tape is being re-
woundllas: forwarded with localelocete O. If а preroll has
been programmed, the lett most digit d the display wil Бик,
alternately showing "P" (for “prerol’) and "0"
Preroll Setting
^. First, press the clear bution CLR 6) io clear the MEMORY
display @.
2, Input the desired lencth of the prerol with the correspond:
ing numeric key (9.
For example f you want а preroll of fie seconds,
press 5. Ths number will appear on the MEMORY:
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Lu
• уси make a mistake during data entry, press CLR, then
Press the store button STO 89
The red STO LED 48 lights up and the MEMORY display
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The STO LED will go out, incicaling that the preroll ime
has been memorized.
It you have forgotten the length of your preroll tme, you can
call it up on the MEMORY дврјау by simply pressing the
enter the correct number
wil change as folovs:
4, Finally, press the minus key —
Checking the Preroll Time
recall button RCL @ and then the minus key —
The Locate Function
The R8 can store up to 10 different memory points, each wit
15 own number, which can be automatically located with the
locate function, This function allows уси to find certain posi-
tions on the tape easily by specifying the number of the
memory point and using the LOCATE button 43) as explained
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Setting Memory Points
There are two basic ways to set memory points:
а) You can enter the time location d a memory point directy
wth the numeric keys.
t) You can input the positon currently shown on the TAPE
TIME display as а memory point by using he HOLD
button
2) Using the Numeric Keys
First, press the clear button CLR @ to clear пе MEMORY
display ©.
2. при the location of the desred memory point with the
numeric keys ©.
For example, ii you want to memorize the locaton “16.
minutes 30 second’, input the numbers Бу prossing the
numeric keys in the order (1 15130)
These numbers will appear on the MEMORY display:
151310
* 1 & ako possble о input regatie time values
memory poins located before the zero pono by
pressing the minus hey | = BEFORE entering the
number(s).
(f you mako a mistake during data опту, prose CLR and
start gain.
3. New, press the store button STO (8.
The red STO LED @ lichts up. and the MEMORY display
will change аз folows:
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4. You can now enter the desired number for ihe displayed
memory pont by pressing the corresponding numcro
хоу (&. Numbers availeble are from C to 9.
For example, if you wart to store the location "15 minutes
30 secorde'as memory paint O, press 07. The STO LED
oes out to indicate that ће desired position has been
memorized
5. You can repeat the procedure fiom step 1. to 4. to при
up to 10 memory ропе,
ө Entering a diferent tme location under an existing
memory pont number wil erase the previous data.
5) Using the HOLD button.
То input the present аре postion shown on the TAPE TIME
display 08.
1. Press the HOLD button 0).
The present TAPE TIME is пом abo shown on the
MEMORY display Gà.
2. Press the store button STO (8.
The red STO LED @ ighis up.
3 Enler the rumber of ће memory point with the cor-
responding numeric key.