Sony MVS-8000 User Manual page 224

amber. When the transition completes,
the button goes off.
CUT button: Pressing this button carries
out the transition as a cut (i.e.
instantaneously).
d Wipe direction selection buttons
When you have selected a wipe or DME
wipe as the transition type, press one of
these buttons, turning it on, to select the
wipe direction.
NORM (normal): The wipe proceeds in
the direction from black to white as
shown on the pattern in the lists of
patterns (see the appendixes "Wipe
Pattern List" and "DME Wipe Pattern
List" (Volume 2)), or in the direction of
the arrow.
When the VTR/disk recorder operation
mode is enabled in setup, pressing this
button plays the tape.
REV (reverse): The wipe proceeds in the
opposite direction to that when the
[NORM] button is pressed.
When the VTR/disk recorder operation
mode is enabled in setup, pressing this
button cues the tape automatically to
the start point.
NORM/REV (normal/reverse): The wipe
direction alternates between normal
and reverse every time a transition is
executed.
When the VTR/disk recorder operation
mode is enabled in setup, pressing this
button stops the tape.
e TRANS PVW (transition preview)
button
When this button is lit, you can check in
advance the video changes during the
transition, on the preview output from the
M/E or PGM/PST bank.
During the preview, you can use the fader
lever, [AUTO TRANS] button, and [CUT]
button. One of the following functions of
this button can be selected in a Setup mode.
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Names and Functions of Parts of the Control Panel
• When the transition completes, the
system returns to the normal mode.
• The transition preview mode is
maintained while this button is pressed.
• Switching is made between the transition
preview mode and normal mode every
time this button is pressed.
f Pattern limit buttons
PTN (pattern) LIMIT: Pressing this
button, turning it on, enables the
pattern limit function.
When the VTR/disk recorder operation
mode is enabled in setup, pressing this
button plays the tape.
LIMIT SET: Use this button to set a
pattern limit when the [PTN LIMIT]
button is off.
Move the fader lever to the position of
a particular pattern size, and stop it
there, then press this button to set the
pattern limit range.
When the VTR/disk recorder operation
mode is enabled in setup, pressing this
button stops the tape.
g Key status display
For each of keys 1 to 4, the corresponding
ON indicator lights when the key is
inserted. It also shows the priority (1 to 4)
of each key.
h PRIOR (priority) SET button
While this button is held down, you can set
the key priority.
The setting mode when this button is
pressed depends on whether or not the
[KEY PRIOR] button is lit, as follows.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is off, the
current key priority is set.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is lit, the
key priority after the next transition is set.
Press the [KEY PRIOR] button as required,
to switch between these two modes.
In either mode, hold down the [PRIOR
SET] button, and press the button ([KEY1]