Operating instructions

[13] SHUTTLE Button Pressing the SHUTTLE button causes the MTR-90III to “remember” the
current Tape Time displayed on the readout and to enter (or continue in) Play
mode until the Locate Time is reached. Then the tape automatically rewinds
to the point where SHUTTLE was first pressed and plays again. This cycle
continues until Shuttle mode is exited. Shuttle mode is helpful for playing a
section of an alignment tape, for rehearsing a particular segment of a tune,
and so forth.
NOTE: These explanations assume that the Locate Time is greater than the
displayed Tape Time. If not, the SHUTTLE will enter Reverse Shuttle mode
stopping the tape when the button is pressed and rewinding the tape to the
time displayed in the Locate Time display and then going into Play mode and
repeating this cycle until cancelled.
❑ Starting Shuttle Mode: Enter a Locate Time (ahead in time) for the end
point of the shuttle operation. Move the tape to the point where the
shuttle operation is to begin; the transport may be in Stop, Play, or
Record mode at this point. Press the SHUTTLE button.
❑ Recording During Shuttle Mode: To enter Record mode at any time
while the tape is playing in Shuttle mode, press the RECORD button [11]
on the Auto Locator. The machine will continue recording for the
duration of that “pass” but will return to Play mode after it rewinds to the
beginning of the shuttle segment.
NOTE: Unlike Search [14] and Search Zero [15] modes, the machine cannot
be “preset” to begin Recording by pressing RECORD [11] while the tape is
rewinding in Shuttle mode. Shuttle/Record mode works only when the Auto
Locator RECORD button is pressed. Pressing the RECORD button on the
Remote Control Unit or MTR-90III ends the shuttle and immediately causes
the machine to enter normal Record mode.
❑ Exiting Shuttle Mode: To end (“abort”) a Shuttle, press STOP, RWD or
F.FWD on the Auto Locator or the MTR-90III transport; or the PLAY
button on the Remote Control Unit or on the transport.
[14] SEARCH Button Pressing the SEARCH button causes the MTR-90III to fast wind (or rewind)
the tape until the Auto Locator Tape Time matches that shown on the Locate
Time readout [3]. There are three variations of Search mode:
❑ Search/Stop: Pressing SEARCH will move the tape to the Locate Time
and then stop the transport.
❑ Search/Play: Pressing the SEARCH and PLAY [11] buttons causes the
PLAY button to flash and the tape to wind to the Locate Time. The
transport enters Play mode and the PLAY button will remain brightly
illuminated.
❑ Search/Record: Pressing the SEARCH and then the PLAY and RECORD
[11] buttons causes the PLAY and RECORD buttons to flash and the tape
to wind to the Locate Time and enter Record mode.
NOTE: Search/Play (Search/Record) mode functions only when the PLAY
button (or PLAY and RECORD buttons) on the Auto Locator is pressed.
Pressing this button (these buttons) on the Remote Control Unit or on the
transport ends the search and causes the machine to enter Play (Record)
mode.
❑ Ending Search: To end (“abort”) a Search press STOP, REWIND or FAST
FORWARD on the Auto Locator; their counterparts on the MTR-90III
transport; or the PLAY button on the Remote Control Unit or on the
transport.
MTR-90III Operation and Maintenance Manual
October 1990
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