137Control of VTRs and Disk Recorders
Chapter 12 External Devices
Checking VTR/Disk Recorder Information
You can check the VTR/disk recorder information (timecode information and
VTR/disk recorder operating status) set in the device control block, in the
Device menu display.
To check the VTR/disk recorder information, press VF3 ‘VTR’ and HF1
‘Cueup & Play’ or HF2 ‘Timeline’ in the Device menu.
The Device>DDR/VTR>Cueup & Play menu or Device>DDR/
VTR>Timeline menu appears, and a list shows the timecode information and
operating status for each device. The columns of the list show the following
information.
DEV (device name): DEV1 to DEV12 represent respectively device 1 to
device 12.
Reg (register): Number of the register to which settings apply.
Status: Status of each device. The meaning of the indications is as follows.
Operating
status display
When VTR or Sony disk
9-pin protocol is used
When video disk
communications protocol is used
XXXX Communications with the
device are being carried
out normally, but status
information is not received.
Not communicating, or
communicating but the device type
cannot be read.
Local The REMOTE/LOCAL
switch of the device is set
to LOCAL.
Port is not open.
Tape Out No tape is loaded (VTR).
No file loaded.
(Sony disk 9-pin protocol)
No file loaded.
Rec Recording. Recording.
Cue> Cueing up in the forward
direction.
—
Cue< Cueing up in the reverse
direction.
—
Eject Ejecting cassette. —
Stb Off Stopped in standby off
mode.
—
Stop Stopped in standby on
mode.
Stopped.
Play Playing. Playing.
FF Fast forwarding. —
Rewind Rewinding. —
Shtl> Playing in the forward
direction in shuttle mode.
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