Operating instructions

4.3.7 Shuttle
The Shuttle mode allows for continuous playback of a section of tape.
Shuttle mode is helpful for playing a section of an alignment tape, for
rehearsing a particular segment of a tune, and so forth.
NOTE: If the Locate Time is not greater than the displayed Tape Time, the
SHUTTLE will enter Reverse Shuttle mode. The tape will stop when the
button is pressed and rewind to the time displayed in the Locate Time display
and then enter into Play mode. This cycle will repeat until cancelled.
1. Enter the Locate Time where the shuttle is to stop and rewind the tape.
2. 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.
3. Press the SHUTTLE button; the tape will begin to play and the SHUTTLE
and PLAY buttons will brighten. When the Locate Time is reached, the
PLAY button will dim, RWD will brighten, and the tape will rewind to the
same Tape Time as when the SHUTTLE button was pressed. The PLAY
button will then brighten (SHUTTLE is still bright), and the tape will play
ahead to the Locate Time. This cycle continues until the Shuttle mode is
ended.
4. To enter Record mode at any time while the tape is playing in Shuttle
mode, press the RECORD button 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 and Search Zero modes, the machine cannot be "preset"
to begin Recording by pressing RECORD while the tape is rewinding in
Shuttle mode.
NOTE: 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.
❑ To end ("abort") a Shuttle, 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.
4.3.8 Auto Rewind
AUTO REWIND is similar to Shuttle, except the tape will play to the Locate
Time, rewind and stop at the point you first pressed AUTO REWIND rather
than continue the play/rewind cycle.
1. Enter the tape time that will be the point the tape enters Rewind
mode in the Locate Time readout (§ 4.3.1).
2. Press the PLAY button.
3. When the Tape Time reaches the point to be returned to, press the
AUTO REWIND button which will brighten.
4. The tape will continue playing until it reaches the locate time. It will
then rewind to the same Tape Time as when the AUTO REWIND
button was pressed and stop. The STOP button will light up and the
others will dim.
MTR-90III Operation and Maintenance Manual
October 1990
Section 4 Operation
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