Dial Menu Operations; Preset Menu Operations; Display Menu Operations; Setup Menu Operations - Sony PCM-7040 Operation Manual

7-3 Dial Menu Operations

The dial menu consists of three menus: preset menu
(setting the data), display menu (display the
information) and setup menu (setting the setup).

7-3-1 Preset Menu Operations

The preset menu, that is used for setting the data,
consists of the following six items:
• "in Pt" (IN POINT)
• "out Pt" (OUT POINT)
For details of how to set the above two items, see section
"Time code repeat playback" (page 5-3) in section 5-1-3
"Locating Specific Points on a Tape" (page 5-2).
• "GAin rnG" (GAIN RANGE)
• "inP GAin" (INPUT GAIN)
• "croS FAdE" (CROSS FADE)
• "SPot ErS (SPOT ERASE)
For details of how to set the above four items, see section
"Setting and displaying the input signal gain" (page 4-5),
"Setting the upper limit value of the input signal gain"
(page 4-6), "Cross-fading time in sync recording mode"
(page 4-6) in section 4-2-1 "Recording the Audio Signal"
(page 4-4) and 6-2-2 "Eliminating Noise—Spot Erase"
(page 6-6).

7-3-2 Display Menu Operations

You can change and set the contents of the display
menu.
The general procedure is shown below.
1
Turn the search dial or press the FF/REW keys
while holding the MENU key down to select the
display menu.
2
Turn the search dial or press the FF/REW keys
while holding the DATA key down to change the
setting of the menu.
The display flashes.
3
Press the SET key.
Flashing stops and the setting of each menu is
stored.

7-3-3 Setup Menu Operations

You can change and set the contents of the setup
menu.
The general procedure is shown below.
1
Turn the search dial, or press the FF/REW or
NEXT/PREV keys while holding the MENU key
down to select the setup menu.
You can skip to the first item in the group by
pressing the NEXT/PREV keys.
2
Turn the search dial or press the FF/REW while
holding the DATA key down to change the setting
of the menu.
The display flashes.
3
Press the SET key.
Flashing stops and the setting of each menu are
stored.
Selecting the display status of the items in
the DISPLAY key menu
To select whether or not to display an item in the
DISPLAY key menu, follow the procedure below.
* * ** ** **
diSP [1]
**
diSP [2]
1
Turn the search dial while holding down the
MENU key and set the display to "diSP [1]" or
"diSP [2]" in the set up menu.
2
Press the MENU key.
The displayed digit flashes and every time you
press the key, the flashing digit changes.
3
Press the DATA key to change the setting.
Every time you press the key, the digit changes
between 0 (not to display) and 1 (to display).
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you complete the setting
for all digits.
When you want to set the display to the default
values
Press the SET key while holding down the DATA
key.
When you do not want to display all of the
DISPLAY key menu
Press the RESET key while holding down the
DATA key.
5
Press the SET key.
The flashing stops and the setting finishes.
0: no display
PGM No.
1: display
ELAPSE
U-BIT
EXT TIME CODE
EXT U-BIT
GEN TIME CODE
GEN U-BIT
GEN SET TIME
GEN SET U-BIT
RENUMBER
7-5
Chapter 7 Menu Operations