Fostex R8 - Section 6. List of Features

19
section 6. LIST OF FEATURES
FRONT PANEL
@ Reel Holders
These secure the reels on the red штиве (See pace 6).
Ф POWER switch
Tuns power to the R8 on (press) and cff release).
© PLAY button
il the capstan is turning (both Tension Arms are up), pressing
this button enters play mode.
You can also use PLAY to automatically start playback after
а boate procedure (see "PLAY LED" below)
Besides. pressing this button together with STOP punches
out during а recording (see page 10). Pressing this button
together Е FWD or REWIND wil intial Fast Search mode.
@ PLAY LED
This indicator ights up when play mode is entered and goes
ом when you exit this mode
It you press play button during Locate mode, the LED biirks
tilt reachs to the locate point, and enters into pley mode
automatcaly.
(© STOP button
Press this button momentarily to stop the transport in the
Standby Mode. Hod t down for longer than 05 seconds
to stop transport im the Release Mode (See page 7 for
‘exolenalions of Standby and Release Modes)
STOP is also used in combinaton wih the PLAY bution Э)
to punch cut during a recording. (бее page 10)
@ STOP LED
Lights constantly in the Standby Mode enc binis in ne
Release Mode.
@ F FWD (FAST FORWARD) button.
Winds the tape at high speed from let о right orto the take-
up reel.
Pressing this button win PLAY bution vil rite Fast Search
mode.
Pressing this button while the tape is beirg fast forwarded
lowers tape speed.
@ F FWD LED.
Lights up when the F FWD button is pressed.
(© REWIND button
Winds the tape at high speed from right to lei onto the sup-
reel
Feind ms puton vir PLAY buton wil nte Rew
Search mode.
Pressing this button wile the tape is being rewound lowers
the tape speed,
(9 REWIND LED
Lights up when tne REWIND bution is pressed.
(@ REC (RECORD) button
Tris buton serves two purposes. First, it is used to montor
the input signal of ће selecied charnels) at the RB output
апа on the peek level meter. (The INPUT MON LED 8
blinks when this сопаноп exist).
The other function of the REC button is о stat recording оп
the solectes tracks [ooo page 9) by pressing i together with
the PLAY bution @. This operation can be done from вор
mode or while tape is ring during playback ("punch in?)
@ REC LEDs
“Tho Ва has two record LEDs —an orenga one and a red ane.
Tho orange REC LED lights up t indicate the "record
ready" condition. This condition is entered when no track
has been selected for recording, and the PLAY button (3)
and the REC button (9) are pressed simultanecusy.
The red REC LED indicates the actual recording mode,
wncn is entered when tracks) has (have) been selected, and
the PLAY bution @) and the REC button @ are pressed at
the same time.
The orange REC LED wil bink when an optional foot switch
(Modol 8051) hao boon used to entor rehsareal modo (coo
Page 10)
© PEAK METER mode switch
This switch allons you to select between three types o! peak
meter dsiay modes PERM (permanent), NORMIRST (nor
rralliesel) and TEMP (temporary)
PERM: In this permarert PEAK HOLD mode, the indicator
Segment showing the highest реак of each channel
is hed continuously on the display until an even
higher peak level is encountered, or unti you set the
mode Switch to NORM/PST to reset the display
NORMIRST: When set to this postion, the display functions.
asa поте! peak level meter
This postion also resets the PERM mode peak
hold function.
TEMP: In this 1 second PEAK HOLD mode, the levels ој
the highast peaks are held for about one second on
the display.
To select the desired display mode, simple move
this switch to the corresponding position.
(9 SAFE/RDY (READY) LEDs
When these record track indicators are green, the cor-
responding tracks are “sale’—ie no recording is possible
Vihen these LEDs alternately blin red and green, they ind
cate which tracks are "ready" for recording
Mhile tracks are actually being recorded, the correspond
ing SAFEIRDY пасат are constantly it red
® Numeric key раа
This key pad incucesten number keys from 0 to 9, a period
key and а minus key (hyphen). They are used for data input
ard various command eortrds.
@ PITCH control
The pitch contio knob adjusts the tape speed over а
++/—10% range. Rotaing itclackwise (n the direction of the
^t" symbol) increases ће speed, while rotating it in the
оног droction docresses it The center postion, where the
knob cicle into place, corresponds to the standard speed
of 88 omis (15 is)
@ AUTO PLAY button