Sony XVS Series - Control of Vtrs, Disk Recorders, and Extended Vtrs; Controlling the Tape;Disk Transport

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Control of VTRs, Disk
Recorders, and Extended
VTRs
In this system, for up to 12 VTRs, disk recorders or
Extended VTRs connected to an SIU, you can carry out the
following manual operations and timeline settings.
• Controlling manually from the device control block
(trackball).
- VTR/disk recorder/Extended VTR selection
- Tape/disk transport control
- Start point/stop point setting
- Recording to VTR/disk recorder
- Loop/recue setting
• Saving a start point, stop point, start delay time, variable
speed and so on in a data register, then recalling the
register to control automatically from the utility/shotbox
control block (Cueup & Play and VTR/disk recorder/
Extended VTR timeline).
To control a VTR, Extended VTR, or disk recorder in this
system, the following settings are required.
• Button assignment: For a VTR, Extended VTR, or disk
recorder connected to the SIU 9-pin serial port, assign a
channel selection button in the device control block.
• Serial port setting: This sets the protocol (device type)
to match the device connected to a 9-pin serial port.
For details, see “Associating a Serial Port with a Device
Selection Button” (page 391) and “Serial Port Settings”
(page 422).
Controlling the Tape/Disk Transport
Switching to the VTR/disk recorder/frame
memory operation mode
Press the [DEV] button on the device control block.
The [DEV] button lights amber, and the control block
switches to the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory
operation mode.
The operation button assignment will be as follows.
The [SHIFT] button and [RSZR ON] button are not used
in VTR/disk recorder/frame memory operation mode.
Device control block in the VTR/disk recorder/frame memory
operation mode (trackball)
Operation buttons
Note
Button Operation
LOOP
a)
(Only available when video disk
communications protocol is used)
Return to the start point when
playback finishes, and repeat playback
in a continuous loop.
RECUE
a)
(Only available when video disk
communications protocol is used)
Return to the start point when
playback finishes.
FM LOOP (frame
memory loop)
Return to the start point when
playback of a frame memory clip
finishes, and repeat playback in a
continuous loop.
REC (record)
a)
Press this button at the same time as
the [PLAY] button to start recording.
START TC (start
timecode)
Update the timecode of the start point
to the current time.
STOP TC (stop
timecode)
Update the timecode of the stop point
to the current time.
STB OFF (standby
off)
a)
Switch to standby off mode.
STOP Stop operation.
CUE Cue up to the start point.
REW (rewind) Rewind.
PLAY Play.
FF (fast forward) Fast forward.
ALL STOP Stop all tapes, disks, and frame
memory clips.