Sony SRW-5800 Operation Manual page 119

Monitoring signals during editing
During editing, you can monitor signals between preroll
and postroll points, including portions between IN and
OUT points, through the simultaneous playback. This
allows you to monitor the video and audio signals that are
just being edited.
The video and audio signals that can be monitored are
shown in the diagram below.
IN point
(recorder VTR) (recorder VTR)
To perform automatic editing
To carry out automatic editing, press the AUTO button,
turning it on, then press the REC/EDIT button.
During editing the REC/EDIT button lights up, and goes
off at the end.
AUTO button
ENTRY button
To stop automatic editing
Press the OUT button while holding down the ENTRY
button.
The point where the OUT button is pressed is treated as an
OUT point and editing stops.
To confirm the results of the editing
Press the PREVIEW/REVIEW button to confirm the edit
results. When the view ends, the tape rewinds to the OUT
point, then stops.
Modifying edit points for automatic editing
later
After you perform automatic editing, the time data of IN,
OUT, AUDIO IN or AUDIO OUT points remain stored in
OUT point
(recorder VTR)
PREVIEW/REVIEW button
REC/EDIT button
OUT button
memory. The stored data can be used later to modify edit
points or to execute automatic editing again.
Follow the procedure below to modify edit points after
executing automatic editing.
1
In the HOME menu, press the ALT/[F10] (LAST
EDIT) buttons.
The edit points used in the last automatic edit are
restored.
2
Modify the edit points.
For details on modifying edit points, see "6-1-9
Modifying Edit Points" on page 116.
3
Press the REC/EDIT button.
The VTR performs automatic editing.
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6-1 Basic Automatic Editing