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Chapter 4: Basic Operations
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RANSPORT
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ONTROLS
The XT’s six transport control buttons resemble those of a conventional tape
recorder, although there are several extra features.
E JECT
Press the [EJECT] button to eject the tape from the XT. If the tape is moving, it will
stop before ejecting. In a multiple XT system where there is one master and one or
more slave XTs and/or ADATs, pressing [EJECT] on the master will eject the tapes
on all machines; pressing [EJECT] on a slave machine will only eject the tape on that
machine.
J The [EJECT] button will not operate while recording or formatting to avoid interrupting
these processes.
R EWIND /R EVIEW
Press the [REWIND] button to rewind the tape; the [REWIND] LED lights. When fully
rewound, the [REWIND] LED turns off and the [STOP] LED lights.
• Pressing [REWIND] while recording punches out before rewinding.
• Threaded tapes rewind at about 40 times normal play speed. Unthreaded tapes
rewind slightly faster.
• Pressing [REWIND] while holding the [PLAY] button initiates “Review” mode. The
tape rewinds at about 3 times normal play speed, and you can hear chunks of
attenuated audio so you know where you are on the tape. The [PLAY] LED will
be lit, and the [REWIND] LED will be flashing. Pressing the [PLAY] button alone
returns the transport to normal play mode.
F AST F ORWARD /C UE
Press the [FAST FWD] button to fast forward the tape; the [FAST FWD] LED lights.
Upon reaching the tape’s end, the [FAST FWD] LED turns off, and the [STOP] LED
lights.
• Pressing [FAST FWD] while recording punches out before fast forwarding.
• Threaded tapes fast forward at about 40 times normal play speed. Unthreaded
tapes fast forward slightly faster.
• Pressing [FAST FWD] while holding the [PLAY] button initiates “Cue” mode. The
tape fast forwards at about 3 times normal play speed, and you can hear chunks
of attenuated audio so you know where you are on the tape. The [PLAY] LED will
be lit, and the [FAST FWD] LED will be flashing. Pressing the [PLAY] button
alone returns the transport to normal play mode.
P LAY
Press the [PLAY] button to play the tape ([PLAY] LED will light). The [PLAY] button
by itself has no effect while playing, but it will terminate recording. While locating,