Sony MVS-8000X User Manual page 290

Button Operation
a)
FINE
(Only available when video disk
communications protocol is used)
Enable fine adjustment through Z-ring
operation while the [SHTL] button or
[JOG] button is pressed (fine mode).
VAR (variable Enable playback or rewind at variable
playback) speed.
SHTL (shuttle) Enable playback or rewind in shuttle
mode.
JOG Enable playback or rewind in jog
mode.
a) This button cannot be used for frame memory clip operations.
Selecting the VTR/disk recorder/Extended
VTR
Press the channel selection buttons (CH1 to CH12) on the
device control block to make the selection.
You can select more than one channel. The first selected
button becomes the reference channel, and is lit green.
Subsequent selected buttons are lit amber.
For details about frame memory clip operations, see
"Frame Memory Clip Operations" (page 164).
Controlling the tape/disk transport
You can use the operation buttons in the device control
block to control the tape transport or the disk transport.
You can also assign play, stop, and cuing to buttons in the
transition control block using the Setup menu to perform
these operations.
For details, see "Setting Transition Control Block Button
Assignments" (page 411).
Variable playback speed modes
With the device control block, you can play back the
material on an external device in variable speed.
If you turn the Z-ring during video playback, the direction
and speed of playback are determined by the direction and
angle of rotation. Perform operation in one of three modes;
jog, shuttle, or variable.
Jog mode
Press the [JOG] button, lighting the button amber, to
switch the Z-ring to jog mode. In this mode, you can
advance material frame by frame at a speed proportional to
the rotation speed of the Z-ring. To show a still image, stop
turning the Z-ring.
Reverse
direction
Shuttle mode
Press the [SHTL] button, lighting the button amber, to
switch the Z-ring to shuttle mode. In this mode, the
playback speed varies in steps according to the rotation
angle of the Z-ring, to a maximum of 50 times normal.
Low
speed
Reverse
direction
Maximum
speed
Variable mode
Press the [VAR] button, lighting the button amber, to
switch 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.
Low
speed
Reverse
direction
–1x
+3x
To disable the Z-ring and end a variable playback speed
mode, press the [STOP] button. Additionally, pressing any
of the [REW], [PLAY], [FF], [STB OFF], and [ALL
STOP] editing buttons ends the variable playback speed
mode.
Recording to VTRs and disk recorders
You can record to the VTR or disk recorder selected in the
device control block.
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Forward
direction
Still image
Low
speed
Forward
direction
Maximum
speed
Still image
Low
speed
Forward
direction
+1x