Record mode
To enter Record mode, press RECORD and PLAY when a channel is in Record Ready
mode, or if it is selected to do so, press RECORD while the machine is in Play mode. The
lamp on the RECORD button will steadily illuminate when the MX-5050 is in Record mode.
Edit Ready mode
To enter Edit Ready mode, press EDIT while in Stop mode. The lamp on the EDIT button
will flash when the MX-5050 is in Edit Ready mode. Edit Ready mode can be entered even
if there is slack in the tape path.
Edit Play mode
To enter Edit Play mode, press PLAY while in Edit Ready mode. The pinch roller will engage
the capstan, the Take-up reel will not rotate, and the tape will be spilled from the right side
of the transport. To enter Edit Play mode while in Play mode, press EDIT. The Take-up reel
will stop rotating and the tape will be spilled from the right side of the transport.
Cue mode (Lifter Defeat)
In Cue (or Lifter Defeat) mode, the tape lifters will be retracted and the audio attenuated
allowing the signals on the tape to be monitored while tape is moving at Fast Wind speed.
To enter Cue mode, press the Cue button while in Fast Forward or Rewind mode. There are
two ways to enter the Cue mode as follows.
Tapping the CUE button causes the Tape Lifter to remain retracted until the CUE button is
pressed again. This monitoring is convenient when monitoring the tape for a long time.
Holding the CUE button pressed causes the tape lifter to remain retracted as long as the
button is held pressed.
4.2.2 Audio Channel Modes
Record Ready mode
When the RECORD and PLAY buttons are pressed, any channel which is in Record
Ready will begin to Record. To place a channel into Record Ready mode, press the
RECORD button for that channel. The Record mode indicator will illuminate and the
indicator on the RECORD button will flash.
Record Safe mode
In Record Safe mode, Record mode cannot be entered. To place a channel in Record
Ready mode into Record Safe mode, press the RECORD button for that channel to the
SAFE position (not depressed). The Record mode indicator(s) will extinguish. When the
Record mode indicator is extinguished, that channel is in Record Safe mode.
Input Monitor mode
In Input Monitor mode, the signal at the OUTPUT connectors, VU Meters, PHONES
connector, and Monitor Speaker is the signal present at the INPUT connector for that
channel. To place a channel into Input Monitor mode, set the Monitor button for that
channel to SOURCE position (not depressed).
Sel·Rep Monitor mode
In Sel·Rep (Selective Reproduce) Monitor mode, the signal at the OUTPUT connectors, VU
Meters, PHONES connector, and Monitor Speaker is the signal on tape reproduced by the
Record Head for that channel. To place a channel into Sel·Rep Monitor mode, press the
SEL·REP Monitor button for that channel.
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