Sony BKDW-509 User Manual

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Chapter 2

Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls

Chapter 2  Locations and Functions of Parts and Controls

!º Numeric buttons and +/– buttons
Press to input time data or edit points data at the cursor
position in menu display.  Press buttons 0 to 5 while
holding down the SFT button to input A to F
(hexadecimal figures) for user bits.  Use the +/–
buttons to increase or decrease settings.

!¡ SFT (shift) button
Press buttons 0 to 5 while holding down this button to
input A to F (hexadecimal figures) for user bits.
Use also in combination with other buttons to perform
other operations.

!™ RCL (recall) button
Press to call up a previously entered value.

!£ CLR (clear) button
Press to clear input data.

!¢ SET button
Press to finalize data.

!∞ AUDIO IN/OUT buttons
Press to set AUDIO IN and OUT points during insert
mode.  Press either AUDIO IN or OUT button while
holding down the ENTRY button to set an audio edit
point.

!§ IN/OUT buttons
Press to set an IN or OUT point during editing.  Press
either button while holding down the ENTRY button
to set an edit point.

!¶ ENTRY button
Press to enter an edit or cue point.
While holding down this button, press either the
AUDIO IN or OUT button, or the IN or OUT button.

!• Cursor control buttons
Press to move the cursor in the menu display.  Move
the cursor as required to enter a value using the
numeric buttons, or to change a menu setting.

!ª AUTO button
When this button is pressed, it lights up and auto edit
mode is activated.

@º INPUT CHECK button
While you hold down this button, the input signal is
output from the monitor output connector, so that you
can monitor the input video and audio.
When the LTC/VITC time code is shown on the
display, you can check the time code generator.

When the optional HKDV-501A HD-SD Converter
Board is installed in the unit and VTR SETUP menu
item 776 DOWNCONVERTER INPUT CHECK
ENABLE is set to “enable”, you can monitor
downconverter output. When you press the INPUT
CHECK button, the input video and audio is output
from all HD-SD converter output connectors.

@¡ PLAYER/RECORDER buttons
Select which VTR is to be controlled by this VTR’s
control panel during editing when this VTR is used as
a recorder and an external VTR is connected to the
REMOTE1-IN(9P)/OUT(9P) connectors as a player.

PLAYER:  The tape transport buttons and editing

operation buttons on the control panel control the
external player VTR.

RECORDER:  The tape transport buttons and

editing operation buttons on the control panel
control the recorder VTR (this VTR).

The PLAYER/RECORDER buttons have no effect
when using this VTR alone.

@™ PREREAD indicator
Lights up during preread mode.