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Executing a Transition
There are two modes for carrying out a transition: auto 
transitions are carried out by a button operation, and 
manual transitions are carried out using the fader lever.
It is also possible to combine both methods, taking control 
with the fader lever of an auto transition which has partly 
completed, or complete a transition started with the fader 
lever as an auto transition.
By combining common transitions with independent key 
transitions, different transition types can be applied to the 
background and keys, for example allowing a key wipe 
combined with a background dissolve.
Transition Indicator
In each of the M/E banks and PGM/PST bank, to the left 
of the fader lever is a transition indicator composed of 
multiple LEDs. This indicator shows the state of the 
transition, whether auto or manual, by which LEDs are lit.
For example, in the previous illustration, it can be seen that 
the transition is more than half completed.
When the transition is completed, all of the LEDs turn off.
Setting the Transition Rate
There are two ways of setting the transition rate: using the 
Flexi Pad control block or numeric keypad control block to 
enter a numeric value, or using the Misc >Transition menu 
for the M/E or PGM/PST bank.
You can also display the transition rate, independent key 
transition rate, and fade-to-black transition rate for each 
bank, and change the settings (see page 190).
When a clip transition is selected as the transition type, it 
is not possible to set the transition rate.
Frame input mode and timecode input 
mode
For numeric input of the transition rate value, there are two 
modes: frame input mode and timecode input mode. You 
select one of these modes using either the Flexi Pad control 
block or the numeric keypad control block.
Frame input mode
The entered value sets the number of frames.
Example: Entering 123 constitutes an entry of 123 frames
Timecode input mode
The entered value sets the number of seconds and frames.
Example: Entering 123 constitutes an entry of 1 second 23 
frames.
You can enter a value of up to 999 in frame input mode, but 
a value greater than 10 seconds cannot be entered in 
timecode input mode.
Frame display mode and timecode display 
mode
For display of the transition rate, there are two modes: 
frame display mode and timecode display mode. You can 
select the mode in the Setup menu.
For details, see “Setting the Transition Rate Display 
Mode” (page 429).
The display mode setting is common to the M/E and PGM/
PST banks.
Frame display mode
Displays the number of frames (0 to 999). A value also 
entered in timecode input mode is converted for display as 
a number of frames.
Timecode display mode
Displays a timecode value (seconds and frames). A value 
also entered in frame input mode is converted for display 
as a timecode value.
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Transition indicator
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