Front Panel Of The Pcm-800 - Sony PCM-800 Operation Manual

2-1 Front Panel of the PCM-800
@ POWER switch
Controls the power to the PCM-800.
See also page 1-2, "Backup memory."
© Tape loading section
Tape loading window
CASSETTE IN indicator
Lights when a cassette is inside the loading
window.
EJECT key
When pressed, the cassette is ejected.
EJECT can operate during stop only.
© Tape locate and specific transport section
AUTO PLAY key
Activates playback at the end of each autolocation
function.
MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 keys
Pressing MEMO | stores the current tape location
into that register, to which the tape will be
autolocated when pressing LOC 1. MEMO 2 is
similar to MEMO 1, and is used to capture any
point to which you can return by pressing LOC 2.
Note
* These keys are disabled during ABS time mode.
¢ The current MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 registers can
be verified by pressing DISPLAY key © (see
page 2-4 "Display Section"). However, when the
RHSL indicator is lit solid, "MEMO 1" displays
the punch-in point, and "MEMO 2" shows the
punch-out point (set during rehearsal setting
mode). Note that these are display
characteristics only, the actual MEMO 1/2
memory registers remain unchanged.
RHSL (rehearsal) key
Puts the unit into rehearsal mode which allows you
to check the auto punch in and out points for
accuracy.
AUTO IN/OUT key
Automates the punch-in sequence (preroll, punch
in, punch out, and postroll) as you have set during
rehearsal.
CLEAR key
Defeats the RHSL and AUTO IN/OUT functions.
REPEAT key
Repeats play between two MEMO points.
LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys
Pressing LOC 1 locates the tape to the MEMO 1
point, and LOC 2 to the MEMO 2 point.
© Fs (sampling frequency) keys
Toggles two sampling frequencies (or rates) for
your choice. When formatting a tape you have to
select 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz depending on the
applications. During play the recorder will
automatically switch to the frequency at which the
recording was made, and either of the two
indicators will light accordingly.
If you attempt to record additional material to
augment the original one, and the incoming
sampling frequency is not the same as that is
previously recorded on the tape, one of the Fs
indicators will flash, warning you that recording
cannot correctly be done.
© FORMAT key
When you format a tape the unit records it with
subcode data, such as ABS (absolute) time. This
ABS data is the elapsed time from the beginning of
the tape, not from any
optionally selectable intermediate point: hence the
name "absolute."
Formatting a tape erases whatever is previously
recorded on it. To prevent formatting from starting
accidentally, the FORMAT key is not actually
activated unless you press it twice.