OTARI MX-55T-M - Time-IPS-% Button; Tape Speed H;L Indicators; Search Zero Button

Controls and Indicators
MX-55 Operation Manual
[4J TIME·IPS·% button
After the desired tape time setting has been entered into the display,
hold the SET button pressed while pressing a SEARCH button on
which the LED is not illuminated (Le., a location has not been
stored) to store the entered location as a Cue Point.
To leave Set mode press the CLR button while holding the SET
button pressed. The LED of the SET button turns off.
Pressing this button causes the Tape Time display to show, in turn,
the current tape time, the currently selected tape speed in ips, or the
percent of change from the currently se l ected tape speed.
Tape Time
Inches Per Sec % Speed Change
[5J TAPE SPEED H!L Indicators
[6J SEARCH ZERO button
Pres s in g this button simult an eous , ly with the CLR button causes the
Tape Tim e display to be reset to 0: 00:00.
NOTE: W hen the Spe ed Mode switch is set to the EXT position, the
Tape Time display sh ows only tape time.
The indicator shows the current setting of the SPEE D La/HI switch.
When the Speed Pair switch (SW 1-1 on the Transport Control PCB)
is Off, the H i ndication corresponds to 15 ips and the l indication
corres po nds to 7.5 ip s. When the Speed Pair switch is Ofl, the H
indication correspo n ds to 7.5 ips, and the L indication corresponds
to 3.75 ips.
Pressing this button causes the MX-55 to enter Search Zero mode,
in which the tape will be moved at Fast Wind speed to the locatio fl
correspo ndi ng to 0:00:00 on the Tape Time display and Stop.
Pressing the PLAY button during Search Zero mode causes the
MX- 55 to enter Play mode immediate ! ly upon r each i ng the zero
location.
Pressing any other transport control button (F.FWD, RE WIND or
STOP) during Search Zero mode causes the MX-55 to leave Search
Zero mode and enter the selected mode of operation.
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March 1989