Fostex R8 - Front Panel Controls and Indicators; Basic Transport and Recording Controls; Monitoring and Status Indicators

Prossing this button io ight itp LED @ enters AUTO PLAY
тойо, ic. tho A8 wil siart playback whenever a memory
point is located. (See page 14)
@ AUTO PLAY LED
When the AUTO PLAY LEI
sot.
(9 AUTO RTN (RETURN) button
When this button has been pressed to ight ils LED indicator.
ће tape wit automaticaly reum to а preset “start paint
once the spectied "end point" is reached (see page 14).
Normally, tho tape wil stop there, but if used in combination
with AUTO PLAY, playback wil automatically begin from the
мап point, thus creating an endless play loop ('shurtla play")
То carcel auto return mode, simply press ths button again
48 AUTO ТАМ LED
This LED lights up to inclcate auto return mode.
F a mistake has been made when specifying the auto reium
zone (see page 14), this LED will blink instead, showing that
ашо retum mode cannot be entered
© LOCATE 0 button
Press thie button to automatically rowindiast forward the tape
te the "ОСНООМОС" position an tho TAPE TIME сора 9
(F you have set a pre-roll. the tape wil sop at the prerol
postion instead. See page 13).
@® LOCATE 0 LED
This LED lights up whon the LOCATE 0 button is pressed
As soon as the "ООНООМО05" poston is located, this LED
дого cut
LOCATE button
Used to rewincitas forward the tage to the currently selected
memory position. (Sco page 13).
(8) LOCATE LED
Lights up when LOCATE @ is pressed and tre FB є search
ing for the selected locate point, £ goes out as soon as tape
laches to the destination
When the RCL button @ is used in combination with a
numeric kay to recall а certain memory pont, this LED starts
to blink
® ZONE LIMIT bution
Pressing this button lirits tape travel within the specifed
zone (сва pago 15). The tape wil automatically Фор as soon
28 i goes out of the pre-programmed zone
То cancel the zone ит! (or tape reel zone) function, press this
bution again.
48 ZONE LIMIT LED
Pressing the ZONE LIMIT button @ causes this LED to
cither light up or blink,
И ZONE LIMIT е proccod outside of tho specified zone, this
LED wil bink. It also starts го flash when the end or the be.
ginning othe zone is reached in zone limit made.
The ZONE LIMIT LED lats up continuously when ZONE
LIMIT is pressed within the limited zone, or as soon as the
zone is entered in ary of the transport modes,
@ RESET button.
This
button
resets
the
TAPE
TIME
counter
to
0;
all
currently
displayed
numbers
are
canceled
and
a 0
appears
for
all
igi.
The
present
tape
location
now
becomes
the
cue
point
for
the
locate
zero
function,
is it, auto play mode is currently
When the RESET button is used, allocate functo memory
ропе are eutcmatialy readjusted (recalculated) to cor-
respond to the new zero locaton. Thus memory points will
sill
have
the
same
position
on
the
tape
even
afler
pressing
RESET
Memory
Memory
Tow!
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mn
9
—
doses
fme
4
min
30
sec
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:
Curt
ipo
poston
Press
RESET
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0
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T
mine
Memey
Memory
рант
mm
@ INPUT MON (MONITOR) button
Pressing this button allows you to moritor the input signals
а all charness These signals are also displayed on the peak
level meter. Gee page 9).
@ INPUT MON LED
This
indicator
Ins
up
when
the
INPUT
MON
button
is
pressed,
showing
that
you
can
monitor
al
input
signals.
When
the
record
button
REC
@
is pressed
alone,
the
INPUT
MON
LED
stars
to
blink.
Then,
only
the
input
signals
of
thoso
паске
selected
for
recording
(whose
SAFE/ROY
LEDs
бр
are
flashing
red
end
green)
will
be
presant
at
the
cor-
responding
OUTPUT
jacks
and
visible
on
the
peak
level
meter,
@ SAFE/RDY (READY) button
Pressing SAFE/ŘDY allows you to 0000: racle for recording
with the corresponding numeric keye ©. (For details, soo
page
8.)
© CLR (CLEAR) button
This button has мо main functions. One is to completely
lear the MEMORY display @ in orcer to при various data
such as memory points
It is also used to set all tracks selected ог recording (whose
SAFE/PDY LEDs (4 are blinking red and green) back to safe
‘causing their LEDs to light green
@ RCL (RECALL) button
This button is used in combination with other keys to recall
varicus memory settings on the displays (See the section on
“Advanced Features’
@ RCL LED
Lighis
up
when
the
racal
button
RCL
is
pressed
end
gocs
‘out when the desired data is shown on the display ог RCL
is pressed again.
@ HOLD button.
Press this buton to copy the data appearing on the TAPE
TIME counter @ to the MEMORY cisplay 68, for instance
when you want to Use it es а memory point. Other functions.
d this buton are exolaned in the "Advanced Features”
section,
($$ STORE button.
This button is used to store various kinds oí data in the inter-
na memory.
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