Sony MVS-6520 User Manual page 231

Controlling the tape/disk transport
Using the buttons in the device control block, you can
control the tape transport or the disk transport.
You can operate a VTR, Extended VTR, or disk recorder
from the transition control block, when configured in the
Setup menu.
For details about the setting operation,
Transition Control Block Button Assignments" (p.
Variable-speed playback modes
With the device control block, you can play back the
material on an external device at variable speed.
Turning the Z-ring in the device control block controls the
direction and speed of playback in response to the
direction and angle of rotation. There are three operation
modes: jog, shuttle, and variable.
Jog mode
Pressing the [JOG] button, lighting it amber, changes the
Z-ring to jog mode. In this mode, you can advance material
frame by frame at a speed proportional to the rotation angle
of the Z-ring. To show a still image, stop turning the Z-
ring.
Reverse direction
Shuttle mode
Pressing the [SHTL] button, lighting it amber, changes the
Z-ring to shuttle mode. In this mode, the playback speed
varies in steps according to the rotation angle of the Z-ring,
up to a maximum of 50 times normal.
Still image
Low
speed
Reverse
direction
Maximum
speed
Variable mode
Pressing the [VAR] button, lighting it amber, changes the
Z-ring to variable mode. In this mode, the playback speed
varies according to the rotation angle of the Z-ring from
–1 to +3 times normal speed.
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Forward direction
Low
speed
Forward
direction
Maximum
speed
Still image
Low
speed
Reverse
direction
–1 times
3 times
To disable the Z-ring and cancel variable mode, press the
[STOP] button. Alternatively, pressing any of the [REW],
[PLAY], [FF], [STB OFF], and [ALL STOP] editing
buttons cancels variable mode.
Recording to VTRs and disk recorders
You can record to the VTR or disk recorder selected in the
device control block.
Notes
• Recording is not possible if the VTR or disk recorder is
not set to Recorder.
• The disk recorder type must be specified to use the video
disk communications protocol
• When using a disk recorder, recording is not possible
unless a new file name is specified.
For details about file name settings,
files" (p.
238).
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Using the buttons of the device control block, select
the VTR or disk recorder to which you want to record.
You can select more than one button.
The first button pressed lights green as the reference
device, and subsequently pressed buttons light amber.
2
While holding down the [REC] button in the device
control block, press the [PLAY] button.
Recording starts. During recording, the [REC] button
lights red and the [PLAY] button lights amber.
Notes
Note the following points about recording to a disk
recorder.
• The maximum length of time that can be recorded in
one operation is 30 minutes.
• If you want to record to a different file than the file
used in the previous recording, use the Device
>DDR/VTR >File List menu (5333) to create a new
file.
• If you resume recording without executing [Unload]
from the Device >DDR/VTR >File List menu,
Control of VTRs, Extended VTRs, and Disk Recorders
Low
speed
Forward
direction
+1 times
(1 p. 369).
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