Control Of Vtrs And Disk Recorders; Controlling The Tape/Disk Transport - Sony MVS-8000 User Manual

Control of VTRs and Disk Recorders

To control a VTR or disk recorder in the MVS-8000 system, the following
settings are required.
• Button assignment: For a VTR or disk recorder connected to the DCU 9-pin
• Timecode source: When using a VTR, specify a reference signal used for
For details, see "Making DCU serial port settings" (page 233) and "Making
detailed settings on the external device connected to the serial port" (page
280).

Controlling the Tape/Disk Transport

Switching to VTR/disk recorder operation mode
To control a VTR or disk recorder, press the [DEV] button in the device control
block, turning it on.
This puts the device control block in VTR/disk recorder operation mode, and
the button arrangement changes as shown in the following figure. (Note that
[USER], [RUN CTRL], and [SHIFT] do not operate in VTR/disk recorder
operation mode.)
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Control of VTRs and Disk Recorders

serial port, assign a device selection button in the device control block.
determining the tape position.
DEV1 DEV2 DEV3
DEV5 DEV6 DEV7
DEV9 DEV10 DEV11
STB
MENU DELAY
OFF
START STOP
VAR
TC TC
CUE REW
Device control block in VTR/disk recorder operation mode (trackball type)
DEV4 DEV
DEV8
DEV12
REC STOP
SHTL JOG
ALL
PLAY FF
STOP