Digital Solutions VTR controller

To assign a machine to a controller
hold a machine button and hit a number for the port the machine is on
Eg VTR machine button 1 on controller can have VTR on port 1 assigned to it.
(Hold a machine button and press CLEAR to drop off a machine)

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Setting machines as recorders.
Hold machine 1 button and dab the SELECT button to cycle through the options in display below m/c button until "R" is displayed
Do the same for the other 2 machines and select them to "R" also. 
(you use this same method to set machines to be players "P" or to chase the machine to it's left "<"  for example if you wanted to run machine 1 in playback and have eg m/c 1 and m/c 2 running in sync))

REC enable
Make sure you enable V,1234

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Transport controls will drive all sected machines.
The flashing asterix is the current m/c as displayed on the timecode display etc
Hit ENTER to cycle to another machine.

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Recording.

Play and record to go into record.

To come OUT of RECORD hit REC, you can then shuttle back and look at stuff etc.
hit SET REC to send machines to the point at which you came out of record ie "clean tape"
when machines have cued up you need to hit STOP to enable them for recording again

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Can hit MARK IN to enter a cue. Use + and - buttons to scroll through your cues or can hit CUE and say 15 to go to cue 15 (GOTO CUE)

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Press and hold STOP for 5 sec to put machines into standby