Sony MVS-8000X User Manual page 57

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.
Function of this button varies depending on
the operation mode selected in the Setup
menu.
For details, see "Selecting the Bank to
Make the Settings" in Chapter 20 (Volume
3).
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.
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 62).
Using these buttons and the dedicated
SHIFT button, you can assign keys 5 to 8 to
cross-point buttons.
For details, see "Selecting Input Signals for
Keys 5 to 8 in the Cross-Point Control
Block" (page 546).
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.
f Dedicated SHIFT button
This button has the following three
functions.
Selection buttons for key 5 to 8 signals:
When this button is enabled, you can
select key 5 and 7 signals in the key 1
row, and key 6 and 8 signals in the key
2 row. Each time you press the button
toggles between enabled and disabled.
Source name display shift button: When
this button is enabled, the source name
display shows the shifted signal name.
Each time you press the button toggles
between enabled and disabled. In a
module with no source name display,
this button is disabled.
Bus shift button: When this button is
enabled, it acts as a shift button for all
buses on this M/E (PGM/PST) bank.
Each time you press the button toggles
between enabled and disabled.
You can select the mode in a Setup menu.
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