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SUPERSLIDE INSTRUCTION MANUAL Page 7 of 19
OPERATION
VR300 CHANNEL SELECTION
VR300 channels are selected for control using the function keys F1-F10. The currently selected channel is
indicated by the green LED lighted above its F-key. A double-tap of an F-key enters the gang mode, allowing
multiple channels to be controlled together. While in the gang mode, indicated by one or more green LEDs
flashing, channels are added to or removed from the gang by holding HOME and tapping F-keys. The MASTER
channel is indicated by a longer flashing green LED vs SLAVES indicated by a shorter duty-cycle flash. The main
difference between the MASTER and SLAVES is that the status display always shows the loaded clip, timecode,
and status of the MASTER channel. A SLAVE is changed to the MASTER by tapping its F-key. To exit the gang
mode and go back to independent control of a single channel, tap an F-key that is not in the gang (no green LED),
or double-tap the F-key that was used to enter the gang.
CLIPS
Clips can be displayed, modified, sorted, and reloaded using the menu display and menu system. Data for up to
500 clips are automatically loaded into memory in the SUPERSLIDE panel when it is connected to the RM-4000
and channel 1 on the RM-4000 is connected to a VR300. Clips are loaded at a rate of about one per second, so if
many clips exist, it may take several minutes for all clips to be loaded. You can check if all clips are loaded by
tapping HOME, 999, ENTER and keep hitting the RIGHT arrow key until the clip shown on the menu display stops
incrementing. Once all clips have been loaded, you may want to alphabetize them using the CLIP UTILITIES,
SORT CLIPS menu. If any clips have been deleted by VR300 user stations, including a complete wipe of the
disks, use the CLIP UTILITIES, RELOAD CLIPS menu to clear the panel’s memory and restart loading clips.
Otherwise, deleted clips will continue to show on the panel, but attempts to load them will fail. Clips that are
deleted using the CLIP UTILITIES, DELETE CLIP menu are removed from panel memory.
Any clip can be loaded into any selected channel simply by selecting a clip onto the menu display and tapping
LOAD CLIP. To select clips sequentially, use the LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys to decrement/increment until you see
the desired clip name and description on the menu display. To randomly select a clip, tap HOME, enter the clip’s
index number on the numeric keypad and tap ENTER. To recall the selected channel’s currently loaded clip into
the menu display, tap HOME, then ENTER. The index number used to call up a clip randomly is set arbitrarily,
based on the order that they are reported by the VR300. The CLIP UTILITIES, SORT CLIPS menu item sorts them
alphabetically; otherwise the numbers never change and can be noted to facilitate quick recall at any time. If an
icon of a child is shown in the upper right corner of the menu display, first double-tap HOME to remove it before
recalling a clip by index number (see CHILD CLIPS below). Tap HOME, zero, then ENTER to recall the parent of
the last used child mode, then double-tap HOME to reenter the child mode.
When a clip is loaded into a channel using LOAD CLIP, the clip’s first frame is output from that channel. Since
each output channel is input to the production switcher and an accompanying monitor, all loaded clips are viewable
by the Director. If you have AUTO enabled and are in PLAY, as soon as the Director asks the Technical Director to
put any channel on-air, it will roll automatically, eliminating wrong channel rolling errors and insuring perfect
synchronization between going on-air and rolling. If AUTO is off, the clip will play when PLAY is tapped or if the
SLIDE is moved from the still position, whether or not it is on-air. If AUTO is enabled, the clip will play only during
the time the channel is on-air, and will cue and remain cued to the first frame when offline.
RECORDING
The RECORD SETTINGS menu allows you to set the RECORD CLIP base name, enable/disable TIME OF DAY
REC or set the RECORD START TC, set the looping RECORD DURATION, and assign REC CH ID CHARS. Only
the first three characters of record clips are used to identify a particular session, so try to use unique characters in
these places. The fourth character is used as a record instance counter and should be set initially to the numeral 0.
Each time a recording is begun, this character is incremented, resulting in sequential record clip names that will
sort properly. The last character in the record clip name is used to identify the channel that made the recording. If
multiple channels are put into record simultaneously, as is usually the case, the first seven characters of the record
clips are the same and only the eighth (last) character is unique. These channel identification characters can be
changed using the REC CH ID CHARS menu and default to A-E for channels 6-10, F-J for channels 1-5.
Characters 5-7 should not be set to anything important because child clips are named by replacing these
characters with three-digit numbers that increment each time a child is made.
