Operating instructions

4.3.9 Setting the Tape Time Readout (Offset Mode)
The Tape Time readout displays the elapsed time of the tape relative to the
same zero point shown on the MTR-90III readout or any other point on the
tape such as the beginning of a take. The Tape Time readout setting can be
changed in various ways: to match the Tape Time Counter Display, to match
the Locate Time readout, or to read zero.
NOTE: When the power is first turned on, the displays of both units are set at
zero.
❑ The LOAD button changes the Tape Time readout to display the same
tape time shown on the MTR-90III Tape Time Counter Display. In other
words, it resets the Auto Locator Tape Time to correspond to the actual
time shown on the transport.
❑ To reset the Tape Time readout to zero, press the adjacent RESET button.
❑ To offset the Auto Locator Tape Time readout from the MTR-90III
readout, select a Locate Time and press the Shift Left button.
4.3.10 Zero Set
To reset the Tape Time readout and the MTR-90III Tape Time Counter Display
to zero, use the ZERO SET button.
1. Record one or two seconds of 1 kHz tone at 0 VU on track 1 at the
point to be designated as zero time (Fixed speed).
2. Make sure that track 1 is set to Repro mode on the Remote Control
Unit.
3. Press the ZERO SET button. The transport will enter Play mode (or
will continue if already in Play mode). When the Auto Locator
detects the 1 kHz tone on track one, the transport will stop and the
Tape Time readouts on both the transport and the Auto Locator will
be set to zero.
4.3.11 Stop Watch
The Stop Watch is independent and has no interaction with other Auto
Locator functions or MTR-90III functions. Its readout displays up to 99
minutes 59 seconds. All of the buttons referred to in this section are found
on the STOP WATCH Panel.
1. To start the watch from Stop mode, press START/LAP.
2. To take a "lap" time, press START/LAP again freezing that interim time on
the readout while the watch still counts internally. To return to the
elapsed time count press START/LAP once more.
3. To stop the counting and display the final time, press STOP. If STOP is
pressed while a lap time is displayed, the readout will change and
display the final time.
4. To zero the watch, press RESET. If pressed while the watch is counting,
this also stops the count.
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October 1990
MTR-90III Operation and Maintenance Manual