2-1 Control Panels
Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts
2-4 Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts
1 Audio control section
In the audio control section, you can select and display
input and output signals for audio channels.
1 Audio selection function selector buttons
INPUT (input signal selection mode) button:
Pressing this button puts the unit into input signal
selection mode. In the audio setting display
section, indicators flash to indicate the currently
selected signal for each channel (SDI, AES/EBU,
or ANA). In this state, you can use the audio
signal selection buttons to select the signal to
input to each channel.
You can select the following signals for audio
input channels 1 to 4, respectively.
• For input channel 1: SDI-1, SDI-5, AES/EBU-1,
or ANALOG-1
• For input channel 2: SDI-2, SDI-6, AES/EBU-2,
or ANALOG-2
• For input channel 3: SDI-3, SDI-7, AES/EBU-3,
or ANALOG-3
• For input channel 4: SDI-4, SDI-8, AES/EBU-4,
or ANALOG-4
Pressing this button again takes the unit out of
input signal selection mode and puts it into
monitor signal selection mode.
1 Audio selection function selector buttons
2 DISPLAY FULL/FINE button
3 Audio setting display section
4 Audio signal
selection buttons
5 REC controls
6 PB controls
MIXING (mixing setting mode) button: Pressing
this button puts the unit into mixing setting mode.
In the audio setting display section, the MIX
indicator flashes. In this state, you can use the
audio signal selection buttons to specify which
input channel signal will be recorded on which
audio track on the tape.
Pressing this button again takes the unit out of
mixing setting mode and puts it into monitor
signal selection mode.
On how to operate in input signal selection mode, mixing
setting mode, and monitor signal selection mode, see the
descriptions of the audio signal selection buttons on page
2-5.
2 DISPLAY FULL/FINE button
Pressing this button toggles the display mode of the
level meters in the audio setting display section
between FULL and FINE.
FULL: The display covers the range –60 dB to 0 dB
or –40 dB to +20 dB as selected using setup menu
item 806. In this mode the segment of the display
corresponding to the current audio level and all
lower segments light.
FINE: The display is enlarged, with a step of
0.25 dB. A segment indicating the reference level
lights. In this mode only the segment of the
display corresponding to the current audio level
lights. If the audio level exceeds the maximum
display level, the top segment flashes, and if the
audio level goes below the minimum display
level, the bottom segment flashes.