pg. 51 
 
As you can see, each physical M/E board can be run in either “1 M/E” mode or divided into two or more 
logical M/E partitions. For example, below shows a menu where the first and second boards are running 
in 1 M/E mode, but the third board which was used exclusively for M/E 2, has now been divided into 
two logical M/Es consisting of M/E 2 and M/E 3. 
 
 
 
In this mode, P/P and M/E 1 have 8 keyers, but M/E 2 and M/E 3 will have 4 keyers each.  It is very likely 
the assignment of these resources as already been discussed between Sony, your engineering 
management and your facilities switcher operators.