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Basic Operations: Chapter 4
ADAT XT Reference Manual
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TIME C
OUNTER
& ABS/REL B
UTTON
The TIME Counter (found at the top left section of the display) is used to indicate the
current tape position.
ABS
0
H
15
M
48
S
21
The [ABS/REL] button toggles the TIME counter between Absolute Time mode and
Relative Time mode. The XT will indicate which Time mode is selected by either
displaying ABS (for Absolute Time) or REL (for Relative Time) just to the left of the
TIME counter.
REL
0
H
01
M
29
S
03
ABS
Absolute Time: This is the XT’s time reference, which is created when a
tape is formatted.
REL
Relative Time: This is based on the XT’s time reference of a formatted tape,
but is relative to where the tape was positioned when LOCATE 0 was stored.
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The Locate Points ‘ addresses are displayed in the format of the display mode you’ve
selected.
See the
Autolocation section later in this chapter for more information about the
difference between ABS Time and Relative Time.
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When no tape is present the counter will display “-- -- -- --”.
•
When an unformatted tape is played, the display will read “noFo” and the
FORMAT icon will flash.
The TIME counter (in either Absolute Time or Relative Time modes) indicates time
code in hours:minutes:seconds.100ths-of-seconds.
0 : 03 : 28 : 15
hours
minutes
seconds
100ths-of-seconds
L
OCATE
0
Pressing the [LOCATE 0] button will take you either to the absolute 0:00:00.00
position (if ABS Time mode is selected) or to the relative 0:00:00.00 position (if
Relative Time mode is selected). The Absolute 0:00:00.00 position never changes,
since it is derived from the timecode that was written onto tape during the formatting
process. The Relative 0:00:00.00 position is user-definable.
You can set the Relative 0:00:00.00 position at any time by pressing the [SET
LOCATE] button followed by the [LOCATE 0] button. This automatically switches the
TIME counter to Relative Time mode (if not already selected); the REL icon appears
to the left of the TIME counter. The counter will now read:
REL
0
H
00
M
00
S
00