Fostex R8 - Advanced Front Panel Functions; Advanced Control Features

@ STORE LED
‘This LED lighis up when пе STORE buton is pressed. It au-
tomatically goes out when the respective data, such as а
memory point патка, is entered. IL also goes out when
‘store mode is canceled by pressing STORE again.
@ NR (NOISE REDUCTION) OFF LED
When this LED is it, this shows that the builtin Dolby C nose.
reduction is currenty turned ої,
This indicator is also It curing the intial ""OSTEX" ерау
when the power is Штод on.
& MENORY display
Various kinds of data, such as memory points or tracks for
recording, apoear on this LED display
@ TAPE TIME display
‘This is a counter that usually shows the current tape positon
in hours, seconds anc rrinutes
40 PUNCH IN/OUT jack
This ack is for connection cf an optional foot switch (Model
8051) used for punch in and punch ош (see page 10) and
to set punch inout rehearsal mode (page 10)
@ PLAYILOCATE jack
By connecina an optional foot switch to this jack, you can
contro! the locale and playback functions by foot. The first
time you press the foot swich, the RB will automatcaly locate
the
selected
memory
poirt.
Pressing
i
again
saris
tape
play
back, and so on.
UPPER PANEL
@ INPUT jacks
Used for connection of signal sources—usually а mixer's
buss outputs.
The jacks сї channes 5 to 8 are normaled to channels 1 thru
4 respectively. Thus signals present at INPUT jacis 1104 are
automaticaly routed to channels 5 to & as well, but il you
connect input 5—8, it will break the connection to 1—4.
@ OUTPUT jacks
Output jacks for each track are normally connected to tne
mixers lape input jacks.
@ DOLBY NR (NOISE REDUCTION) switch
This swich allows you to tum the internal Dolby C пове
reduction on or off
‘The NR OFF LED 9) lights uo when this switch is set to OFF
(normally for calibration and alignment
@ SYNCHRONIZER connector
For
connection
of
an
optional
synchronizer
(Model
4030),
which
alous
SMPTE
synchronization
with
other
audio
or
video
tape
recorders,
@ SERIAL PORT/MODEL MTC-1 connector
Inthe near future, a MIDI tme code controller (Мое MTC-1)
wil be available for MID. conirol of the R8, The SERIAL
PORT is for connection of this un.
MAIN UNIT CONTROLS
The following controls are located behind the detachable
control pane! and become visible when the panel is
removed.
@ METER NORWFINE switch
Wnen
adjusting
ihe
amplifier
section
of
по
R
the
meter
ine
mode
allows
you
to
"magnify"
the
vicinty
of
0
dB,
thus
make
ing
more
precise
settings
possible
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In FINE mode, the - 5 dB segment lighis up even when out
put level is less then - 5 dB fom a reference level
Set the switch to FINE by pressing itn when making calibra:
tion, Press again to reset the meter to normal mode.
@ RENOTE control panel connector
This 5 used tc connect the control panel cable or an optional.
extension cable Model 8544, (See page 6)
@ Tape transport buttons
The four basic tape transport functions stop w, play P» re-
wind ~ea and last forward Ie can be controled with these
buttons, whose functions correspond to those of the equiva-
lent contro. panel keys.
© POWER-RECORD-READY LEDs
POWER: Indicates that power is on.
RECORD/READY: These LEDs have the same function as
the REC LEDs (2. The red RECORD
indcator lights up when a recording is
actualy beng made, whie the orange
READY LED indicates "record ready"
conditon—ie no track has been select
ed for recording, and tne PLAY button
© and the REC button @ have been
pressed at the seme time
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