Record Arming; Other Boxes On The Serial Machine Control Display - Solid State Logic SL 9000 J Series Operator's Manual

Record Arming

Before tape machines can be put into record from the master transport PLAY and
RECORD keys, they must first be armed by means of the Serial Record Enable buttons.
In addition, if you are working with a fully interfaced multitrack machine, individual
tracks may be armed from the large red Record Enable button on each I/O module.
The REC 1-4 buttons on the computer front panel provide Record Enables for the four
serial control ports. This function is duplicated on the Serial Machine Control display
in the form of four Rec boxes. The SER REC ENABLE button provides a master Record
Enable for any or all of the serial ports, and must be selected before individual REC
buttons can be activated. This additional safety feature is duplicated on the Serial
Machine Control display by the MRE box.
The on-screen Arm box will turn red when a machine is record enabled.
Do not try to put a machine into record while you have the Serial Machine Control
display on-screen; the front panel's transport buttons will not control an external
machine until you return to the basic displays.
See also Track Enables for Sony 9-pin machines on Page 3-31.
The master transport RECORD key will, by default, only operate if the PLAY key is
first held down. In this mode you can drop out of record by hitting PLAY. Optionally,
RECORD can be set to punch in and out without use of the PLAY key. In this mode,
you will be pleased to hear that the RECORD button is inoperable except when the
system is in Play! The default setting can be changed in the FILE/SETUP/Desk
Config/Transport Layout menu (see Section 9 for more details).
Fast Forward, Rewind or any locate command will drop the system out of Record.

Other Boxes on the Serial Machine Control Display

Clear Resets the display settings
Revert Recalls the options previously set when you last entered the display
Load Takes a machine out of standby mode or loads a laserdisc
Eject Ejects a video cassette from its machine
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