Sony SRW-5800 Operation Manual page 133

Positioning and setting edit points
1
Press the RECORDER or PLAYER button to select
the VTR for which edit points are to be set.
The button lights up.
2
Rotate the search dial in jog or shuttle mode to position
the edit point.
For details on jog or shuttle playback, see "5-4-2
Variable Speed Playback" on page 125.
3
Press the IN (or OUT) button while holding down the
ENTRY button.
The time data for the IN (or OUT) point appears in the
menu display.
4
Repeat steps 1 to 3 to set the remaining edit points.
Setting edit points with the numeric buttons
1
Press the RECORDER or PLAYER button to select
the VTR for which edit points are to be set.
The button lights up.
2
Enter the edit point data with the numeric buttons.
CLR button
For example, to enter 01H00M30S00F, press 1, 0, 0, 3,
0, 0, 0. (You need not input leading zeros. If the
entered value consists of less than eight digits, the
leading digit(s) is (are) set to zero(s) when you press
the SET button.)
To delete entered data
Press the CLR button.
3
Press the SET button to set the input data.
4
Press the IN (or OUT) button.
The time data for the IN (or OUT) point appears in the
menu display.
About automatic edit point setting
Editing requires a total of four edit points: IN and OUT
points for both the recorder and player VTRs. However, as
soon as you set three edit points, the VTR automatically
sets the fourth point.
In the figure below, the points enclosed in a box have been
set manually, while the OUT point for the player VTR has
been set automatically.
Data entry window
SET is displayed.
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6-1 Basic Automatic Editing