Sony MLS-X1 Users Guide - Page 220

Cueup & play is configured using the device control block or the menu. You can recall a register in which cueup & play settings are saved, and then control operation using the utility/shotbox control block, utility control block, or the menu. Loop/recue Loop/recue can be set for disk recorders that use the video disk communications protocol. Loop: Playback from the start point to the stop point, then return to the start point and repeat playback. Recue: Playback from the start point to the stop point, then return to the start point and stop. Notes • Loop/recue are only available for disk recorders that use the video disk communications protocol. Note that these may not operate, depending on the connected device. • To use the loop or recue function, it is necessary to enable the function. For details, see "Setting loop/recue" (page 430). Notes on cueup & play • Cueup & play cannot be configured for registers in which a DDR/VTR timeline is configured. • When using a disk recorder with cueup & play, if you carry out the following sequence of operations, playback may freeze on the frame of the start point. - Press the [RUN] button to play to a point close to the end of a file t stop playback t press the [RUN] button again. Perform the following operation if playback freezes. - Recall another register t recall the target register t press the [REWIND] button t press the [RUN] button. Setting cueup & play (device control block) Set the start point, stop point, and loop/recue using the device control block in device/frame memory/clip player operation mode. Selecting a region and recalling/saving an effect timeline register are controlled using the numeric keypad control block or the menu. Note The start delay time cannot be set using the device control block. 1 Select an external device region and recall an effect timeline register. For details about recall operations using the numeric keypad control block, see "Recalling an Effect Timeline" (page 256). For details about recall operations using the menu, see "Setting cueup & play (menu)" (page 220). 2 Press the [DEV] button. The [DEV] button is lit amber, and the operation mode switches to device/frame memory/clip player operation mode. 3 Using the channel selection buttons, select the target channel (CH1 to CH12) for operation. You can select multiple channels. The first selected button becomes the reference channel, and is lit green. Subsequent selected buttons are lit amber. 4 Set the start point. Play the target device to set using the device control block and press the [START TC] button at the position to set as the start point. 5 Set the stop point. Play the target device to set using the device control block and press the [STOP TC] button at the position to set as the stop point. 6 Set loop/recue. Press the [LOOP] button, turning it on, to set loop. Or press the [RECUE] button, turning it on, to set recue. To set neither loop or recue, set the [LOOP] button and [RECUE] button to the off state. Note Loop/recue are only available for disk recorders that use the video disk communications protocol. 7 Save the settings in the register. For details about save operations using the numeric keypad control block, see "Saving an Effect Timeline" (page 257). For details about save operations using the menu, see "Setting cueup & play (menu)" (page 220). Setting cueup & play (menu) 1 Select an external device region and recall an effect timeline register. In the [Effect Timeline Recall/Store] taskbar, press the [Recall/Store] button to display the [Recall/Store Register] window. Select an external device region (Device1 to Device12), press the [Recall] button, enter a register number, and press [Enter]. 220