Sony MVS-8000 User Manual page 348

Assigning a DME to a key
Use the following procedure.
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Using two or three DME channels on one keyer
When using the DME dedicated interface, proceed as follows.
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Using four DME channels on one keyer
When using the DME dedicated interface, proceed as follows.
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Key Setting Operations Using Menus
In the M/E-1 >Key1 menu, select HF5 'Processed Key.'
The Processed Key menu appears.
In the <DME Select> group, select the DME channel (DME1 to DME8) to
be used.
The lit colors of [DME1] to [DME8] indicate the DME assignment.
Lit green: Shows the DME assigned to the currently selected key.
Lit amber: Shows the DME assigned to a key other than the currently
selected key.
Off: DME is not assigned.
To select a DME being used by another keyer
Press [Override], turning it on, then select the DME channel.
The later selection is valid, and the button lights green.
Select the DME for the first channel (see the previous item, "Assigning a
DME to a key"), then select the successive channel for the second channel.
For the third channel select the channel after that.
To select the video signal for the second channel, hold down the [UTIL]
button in the cross-point control block, and select the signal in the Key1
row (DME external video bus).
To select the video signal for the third channel, hold down the [UTIL]
button in the cross-point control block, and carry out the following
operation.
• If the selected DME is channel 3 or channel 4, turn off the [KEY4]
button in the key 2 row, then select the signal in the key 2 row (DME
utility 1 bus).
• If the selected DME is channel 7 or channel 8, turn on the [KEY4] button
in the key 2 row, then select the signal in the key 4 row (DME utility 2
bus).