1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
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1.2 RotoKey
TM
and Soft Controls
The main function of the RotoKey
TM
is to display the RotoKey menu, a set of revolving
soft controls that change with the operating mode. There are two sets of RotoKey
menus: base and full. A short push of the key shows the base set for the current mode,
and a long push displays the full compliment of soft controls for the current mode.
When the full set is active, a scroll bar appears to show your location in the menu.
There are two categories of soft controls, toggle and drop-down list. Category is dis-
tinguished by an icon at the left edge of the soft controls.
To operate the soft controls, push the RotoKey
TM
to show the RotoKey menu. Rotate
the key to select a soft control then push the key to do the function labeled on the soft
control. When you search through the RotoKey menu, the selected soft control is long-
er than other soft controls, its color is light blue and the soft control name is in white
characters. The soft controls automatically disappear from the screen if not operated
within approx. six seconds. To erase the soft controls manually, press the ESC/MENU
key.
Note 1: Hereafter, this manual only implies the use of the RotoKey
TM
in soft control
operations. We write “Open the RotoKey menu then select [soft control name]” where
you would rotate and push the key to select and do a function.
Note 2: Where “key” is not preceded by a key name, this means the RotoKey
TM
.
Soft control
category
Example Description
Toggle A soft control with a lamp is a toggle con-
trol. The lamp is green when the function
is ON; gray when OFF.
Drop-down list A soft control with a left arrow has a drop-
down list that has a set of functions to
choose from.
Base soft controls
Scroll bar
Full soft controls
Function ON (green)
Function OFF (gray)