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Chapter 6

Menu System

Chapter 6

Menu System

6-13

Menu items in the 400s, relating to preroll

a) When controlled from an editor (BVE-2000/9100 etc.), selecting “REEL” allows high-speed cuing up.

Menu items in the 500s, relating to tape protection

Item number Item name

Settings

401

FUNCTION MODE
AFTER CUE-UP

Select the state that the unit goes into after a cuing-up operation.
STOP : Stops (the “STOP mode”).
STILL: Still playback (in search mode).

Note

When controlling this unit from an editor with the standard constants set, select
“STOP”.

402

TIME REFERENCE FOR
PREROLL

When prerolling a tape with timecode discontinuities, select whether or not to use
CTL pulses to count timecode from before a discontinuity.
CTL : Use CTL pulses to count timecode.
TC: Do not use CTL pulses to count timecode.

403

AUTOMATIC PREROLL
REFERENCE ENTRY

Select whether or not the Speed Variation start point is automatically set by
pressing the PREROLL button, when the Speed Variation start point is not set
before starting preroll.
DIS : Speed Variation start point is not set automatically.
ENA: Speed Variation start point is set automatically.

405

CUEUP BY CTL

Select the tape transport mode when cuing. This setting is valid only when the
CTL/TC/UB button on the lower control panel is set to CTL.
CAP : During cuing up, the tape transport is in the “pinch ON” state (maximum

tape speed 10 times normal).

REEL : During cuing up, the tape transport is in the “pinch OFF” state. As the

tape approaches the cue up point and the tape speed drops, the tape transport
switches to the “pinch ON” state.

To give priority to editing accuracy, select “CAP”.

Item number

Item name

Settings

501

STILL TIMER

Select the time delay from the tape transport stopping (either the “STOP mode”
or the still playback mode in search mode) until the unit automatically switches to
the tape protection mode, in order to protect the video heads and the tape.
0.5S ... 8M ... 30M: Set the value in the range 0.5 seconds to 30 minutes.

502

TAPE PROTECTION
MODE FROM SEARCH

Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape
when in the still playback mode in search mode (jog/shuttle).
STEP : Step forward at 1/30 normal speed every 2 seconds.
STDBY: Switch to “Standby OFF mode” (the unit not on standby).
T REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).

503

TAPE PROTECTION
MODE FROM STOP

Select the operation of the protection mode to protect the video heads and tape
when stopped (the “STOP mode”).
STDBY : Switch to “Standby OFF mode” (the unit not on standby).
T REL: Switch to tension release mode (the tape tension slackened).

504

DRUM ROTATION IN
STANDBY OFF

Select whether the drum rotates in “Standby OFF mode”.
OFF : Drum does not rotate.
ON: Drum rotates.

505

STILL TENSION

Select the tape tension state in the still playback mode.
NORM : Normal tape tension is maintained during still playback mode, ready for

playback.

LOOSE: Reduce the tape tension further from the NORM setting. (Select

“LOOSE” when the unit is on standby for a long period of still playback, for
example, in a library management system (LMS).)

Note

When LOOSE is selected, playback cannot be guaranteed.