Chapter 2  Menus and Control Panel
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Names and Functions of Parts of the Control Panel
completion) set for an auto transition, 
in frames.
You can set the transition rate using the 
numeric keypad control block, Flexi 
Pad control block, or menu.
AUTO TRANS (transition) button: 
Pressing this button carries out an auto 
transition of the set transition rate 
(duration). The transition starts 
immediately, and the button lights 
amber. When the transition completes, 
the button goes off.
CUT button: Pressing this button carries 
out the transition as a cut (i.e. 
instantaneously).
d Wipe direction selection buttons
For details, see “Wipe direction selection 
buttons” (page 61).
e TRANS PVW (transition preview) 
button
When this button is lit, you can check in 
advance the video changes during the 
transition, on the preview output from the 
M/E or PGM/PST bank.
During the preview, you can use the fader 
lever, [AUTO TRANS] button, and [CUT] 
button. One of the following functions of 
this button can be selected in a Setup menu.
• When the transition completes, the 
system returns to the normal mode.
• The transition preview mode is 
maintained while this button is pressed.
• Switching is made between the transition 
preview mode and normal mode every 
time this button is pressed.
f Key status display
For each of keys 1 to 8, the corresponding 
ON indicator lights when the key is 
inserted. It also shows the priority (1 to 4) 
of each key.
g PRIOR (priority) SET button
While this button is held down, you can set 
the key priority.
The setting mode when this button is 
pressed depends on whether or not the 
[KEY PRIOR] button is lit, as follows.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is off, the 
current key priority is set.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is lit, the 
key priority after the next transition is set.
Press the [KEY PRIOR] button as required, 
to switch between these two modes.
In either mode, hold down the [PRIOR 
SET] button, and press the button ([KEY1] 
to [KEY8]) corresponding to the key you 
want to bring to the front.
Notes
The key priority establishes a separate 
priority order within each of the groups of 
keys 1 to 4 and keys 5 to 8. You can make 
any setting within the groups of keys 1 to 4 
or keys 5 to 8, but not for combinations of 
keys from different groups. For example, it 
is not possible to set a priority sequence of 
keys 1, 5, and 2.
For details, see “Setting the Key Priority in 
the Transition Control Block” (page 163).
h Independent key transition 
execution section
KEY1 TRANS (transition) to KEY8 
TRANS (DSK1 TRANS to DSK8 
TRANS in the PGM/PST block) 
buttons: Press the corresponding one 
of these buttons to cut key 1 to key 4 in 
or out automatically at the set transition 
rate. When the key corresponding to 
the button appears in the final program 
output, the button lights red, and 
otherwise lights amber. During a 
transition, the button lights green.