Sony MVS-8000 User Manual page 220

control block. According to the settings
made in the menu, the video and key signals
are assigned to the cross-point buttons in
pairs.
You can also make separate signal
assignments for each operating control
block.
Visual indications on cross-point
buttons
The currently selected button in a row (i.e.
the last button pressed) lights amber or red.
Amber ("low tally"): The signal selected
on the bus does not form part of the
program output from the switcher.
Red ("high tally"): The signal selected on
the bus forms part of the program
output from the switcher.
b XPT (cross-point) HOLD buttons
Turning one of these buttons on enables
you to recall a keyframe or snapshot while
keeping the current cross-point selection
unchanged.
When the [XPT HOLD] button in the key 1
or key 2 row is on, then the operation is as
follows, depending on the setting in the
Setup menu.
When the panel setup is "Normal": The
operation is as follows, depending on
the setting in switcher setup.
Key Disable: The snapshot or
keyframe is recalled without changing
the current key settings.
Xpt Hold: The snapshot or keyframe is
recalled without changing the current
cross-point selection.
When the panel setup is "Protect": The
cross-point settings cannot be changed
by pressing panel buttons.
c Key bus selection buttons
KEY3 button: Press this button, turning it
on, to assign the key 1 cross-point
buttons to the key 3 fill bus.
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KEY4 button: Press this button, turning it
on, to assign the key 2 cross-point
buttons to the key 4 fill bus.
Pressing one of the key delegation buttons
[KEY1] to [KEY4] in the transition control
block (standard type) twice in rapid
succession changes the state of the
corresponding one of these buttons, so that
you can make cross-point selections on the
key bus (see page 225).
d UTIL (utility) button
While this button is held down, the cross-
point buttons are assigned to the following
buses, respectively.
Background A row: utility 1 bus
Background B row: utility 2 bus
Key 1 row: DME external video bus
Key 2 row: DME utility 1 bus when the
[KEY4] button is off, or DME utility 2
bus when the [KEY4] button is lit.
In a Setup menu, you can select either of the
following two modes for these buttons.
• The button takes effect while being held
down.
• Every time the button is pressed, it
toggles between the on and off states for
key 1 and key 2 rows. For background A
and background B rows, utility buses
remain disabled.
e Source name displays
These show the names of the signals which
can be selected on the cross-point buttons,
in two or four characters, or in auto mode.
While the [SHIFT] button on the right hand
side or the [SHIFT] button assigned to the
column of cross-point buttons is enabled,
the source name of the signal assigned to
the column of cross-point buttons in shift
mode appears. You can select green,
orange, or yellow for the background color
of the source name display, for each source
separately. You can set the source name
display mode and background color in a
Setup menu.