Sony BKS-R1617 Operation Manual page 12

Locations and Functions of Parts
2 DEST (destination) button/lamp
Press and light the button, and the destination names
assigned to the destination select buttons appear in the
corresponding display window.
When you press the button while it is lit, the button
goes out.
3 Display window
The display for the source select button shows the
source name assigned to the button. For the button set
an expanded input with the route function, the
exapnded input name is displayed.
The display for the destination select button shows the
destination name assigned to the button when the
DEST lamp is lit. It shows the source name assigned
to the button when the DEST lamp is not lit.
4 Preset display window
This window normally shows the destination name to
be controlled.
If an error occurs, and error message appears.
When you turn the SELECTOR knob, the name
selected with the knob appears, and is kept displayed
for about 30 seconds. The type-number name is
displayed with two digits for type name and for
number, or one digit for a type name and three digits
for number. The description name is displayed with
the first four characters of the name.
5 PROT (protect) button/lamp
This button has two functions: to set and release
protection for the output connector (destination) and to
indicate whether the currently selected destination is
protected or not.
Protection indication function
When the currently selected destination is protected,
the lamp is lit, and the source select buttons are
disabled. When the protection is set on this unit, the
lamp is lit in green, while it is lit in red when the
protection is set on another unit.
Protection function
When you press this button, the button lights and the
currently selected destination (output) is protected.
When a destination is protected, switching of sources
for the destination is disabled.
To release protection, press the PROT button so that
the lamp goes out.
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Note
If the protection has been set to ON AIR mode at the
control terminal, switching is enabled independently of
the protection setting. Normally set the protection to
NORMAL mode.
6 LOCK (CHOP) button/lamp
This button has two functions: lock function and chop
function.
Lock function
Press and light this button in red, and the buttons on
the front panel other than this button are disabled.
This prevents switching by touching the select buttons
accidentally.
If you press a select button while the LOCK lamp is lit
in red, the following message appears in the display
window.
<<<<LOCKmode>>>>CSUMxxxxID=xxxVer.x.xx
"CSUM" means the ROM checksum, and "ID" is the
station number of this unit.
When you press the button while it is lit, the lamp goes
out and the lock is released.
Chop function
When you hold the button pressed for about three
seconds, the button lights in green, and the chop mode
is obtained. In chop mode, a source before the chop
mode and a source selected in chop mode are switched
alternately at a specific interval.
In chop mode, CHOP appears in the preset display
window, and the interval for switching signals can be
changed by turning the SELECTOR knob.
7 Source/destination select buttons
These buttons can be used as source select buttons or
destination select buttons. The control terminal or the
setup function of this unit defines the function of these
buttons.
The source select buttons normally light in dim green,
and the destination select buttons normally light in dim
amber. When you press one of the buttons, the pressed
button lights in bright green or amber to show that it is
selected.
Notes
• When the source select button is lit in bright amber,
the source has been selected on another level in the
break-away function.
• You can assign both source and destination fuctions
on the source/destination select buttons. When both
functions have been assigned, the buttons function as
source select buttons if the DEST button is lit in
amber, or as destination select buttons if the DEST