Sony BETACAM SX Operation Manual page 21

ENTRY button
Use this for setting edit points and so forth.
• To set a video IN point or OUT point: Hold down
the IN button or OUT button, and press this button.
• To set an audio IN point or OUT point: Hold down
the AUDIO IN button or AUDIO OUT button, and
press this button.
5 Shot mark section
When using a tape with shot markers recorded, you
can read out the good shot marks from the tape, by
simultaneously pressing the LIST button and either F
FWD button or REW button.
GOOD SHOT
MARK
1 MARK button
LIST
2 LIST button
1 MARK button
Hold this button down for 2 seconds or more, to enable
writing, amending, and deleting of shot marks.
2 LIST button
Use this button to read in and list shot marks.
3 REC/ERASE indicator
This lights in the state in which writing, amending, and
deleting of shot marks is enabled.
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1) Stop mode: the state in which the device currently the
subject of operation is stopped, and the STOP button is
lit.
REC/
ERASE
3 REC/ERASE indicator
6 Tape transport control section
1 STANDBY button
2 PREROLL button
3 REC button
REC
STANDBY PREROLL
EJECT REW PLAY
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7 PLAY button
8 REW button
9 EJECT button
1 STANDBY button
When a cassette is inserted and this button is off, to put
the VTR in standby mode, press the button, turning it
on.
In standby mode, the drum is rotating and the tape is in
contact with the drum. As a result, recording or
playback can start immediately.
To end standby mode, press the STANDBY button,
turning it off.
If 8 minutes (value can be varied using extended menu
item 501) elapse in standby mode, the unit
automatically switches out of standby mode to protect
the tape.
Fault display function
When an analog-recorded Betacam SP tape is inserted,
pressing the PLAY button causes the STANDBY
button to flash.
2 PREROLL button
Press this button to cue up to the preroll point (before
the IN point by the time set as the preroll time) on the
tape. You can change or select the preroll time and the
state of the unit at the end of preroll ("stop mode"
still playback mode) using basic menu item 001 or
extended menu item 401.
Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts
4 EDIT button
EDIT
F FWD STOP
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5 STOP button
6 F FWD button
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