SONOSAX STELLADAT II - Manual (Page 46)

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Locator
This device is not strictly speaking a mode. It allows to store four tape locations and to retrieve
them automatically and rapidly. It permits also to reach any Time Code or Absolute time address
on tape in a flash.
The LCD display indicates the number of still available memory registers, maximal 4 (Mk4). In
PLAY or in REC mode a press on the PLAY key stores the current tape location's address in the
next available memory register. To recall a stored location, enter the Locator menu (press [ESC]
in STOP mode) and select the desired register with the joystick
. A vertical press on the
joystick starts instantly the search on tape of the selected location.
Another, faster way to access Locator stored locations is to assign one or several memory
registers to the function keys. A press on the corresponding key searches then the stored
location.
(See also Mode after Loc. sub-menu).
Please note that the four Locator memory registers are cleared as soon as the cassette is
ejected.
The two sub-menus Loc to Abstime and Loc to TCtime allow to enter an address manually. A
vertical pressure on the joystick starts the search of the desired location on tape.
In STOP mode, pushing the ESC key exits the Locator menu. In PLAY or REC mode, pressing
this key clears the memory registers and makes them available for new locations.
Chase Mode
This mode allows to synchronize Stelladat II to an external Time Code originated from another
Time Code outfitted DAT recorder (Stelladat or else), from a VTR, from a digital video or audio
workstation or from any other Time Code output enabled equipment. An offset can be entered by
the user if the external Time Code and the one on the tape of Stelladat II are different for any
given point.
The Chase mode works only in PLAY mode, it is, for obvious reasons, impossible to record in
this mode.
To access the mode, assign TC chase ON/OFF (Configuration Menu > Function keys def.) to
one of the five a function keys.
In STOP mode, a press on the beforehand assigned key enters the Chase mode, a subsequent
press exits it. If Stelladat II receives an external Time Code, it attempts immediately to find it and
to synchronize to it. This message appears on the LCD display, indicating in which direction and
at which speed de recorder searches the corresponding Time Code on tape:
e.g. CHS: >16 or CHS: < 5
As soon as Stelladat II has encountered the corresponding Time Code, it locks to it and displays:
CHS: > 1LCK
If no Time Code is present at any Time Code input Stelladat II stops and this message is
displayed:
CHS: STP (TC EXT IS MISSING)