Thanks for all of the help. I originally tried user4 for the frames (as SONY manual says is the default) and couldn't get it to work. Turns out they all got reassigned at some point, so now that I reconfigured, it works like a charm. I do like the Master Snap ability, Matt. Very useful. Also, the ability to go directly into the menu from the number is great. Not having to dig through menus is nice, although I was able to find it pretty quickly, Mike, with your explanation. Thanks for all of the help everyone, Todd

Thanks for all of the help. I originally tried user4 for the frames (as SONY manual says is the default) and couldn't get it to work. Turns out they all got reassigned at some point, so now that I reconfigured, it works like a charm. I do like the Master Snap ability, Matt. Very useful. Also, the ability to go directly into the menu from the number is great. Not having to dig through menus is nice, although I was able to find it pretty quickly, Mike, with your explanation. Thanks for all of the help everyone, Todd

[quote="todd2"]Thanks for the help Matt and VFlorio. I didn't think either were possible, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Matt, as for the master snapshot thing, that would work fine too. Just not having to go into the menu and load individually every time is the goal. What is the procedure you take for doing it as a master snapshot? Thanks, Todd[/quote] One of the steps that you need to take to make a Master Snapshot, is to actually make a Snapshot. Like Mike suggested, you could simply make Snapshots of the various FMs that you'd like. The first step is to go to Menu 7331.4, and be sure that your Frame Memories are assigned to User delegations. Like Mike, we use User 1 for FM 1 & 2, User 2 for FM 3 & 4, and so on. Once you have this mapped out, you can start to load your stills, and make Snapshots on the various User levels. Once you've done that, you could make a Master Snapshot (Menu 6311). Programming a Master Snap is a lot like programming a Shotbox register: pick an empty register, hit "edit", highlight your levels, hit "assign", and enter a Snapshot that you want to recall. When you are done, hit "store". Basically, the Master just ties together groups of Snapshots to come back together. For example, you could have it recall Snap 7 for User 1-4, Snap 90 in the MEs, and Snap 55 for the DMEs. To recall a Master Snapshot after you've defined it, you simply hit "MASTER" in your Numeric Keypad Control Block, hit the number you've assigned to be your Master Snap, and hit enter. It will automatically recall the levels that you delegated. Hope that helps... Matt

One of the things that SONY was showing at NAB was the ability to create a Frame Memory Stack for each FM output. You do this through the System Manager & it lets you build a list of stills for an output - the stills can automatically advance when the associated FM channel loses its tally. As far as loading, I use the System Manager for that too. It can work concurrently with loading the rest of the setup from the Menu drive or a thumb drive, and its transfer speed is about that of the menu hard drive. But what I really like to use is the firewire external Hard Drive that works with the "A" frames. You partition it into 5 sections, and then use the External HD Backup/Restore utility in the FM menu (available on the latest software versions). For Wheel, I have around 400 or 450 stills that I use - transferring them from the menu drive or a thumb drive used to take about 1.5 hours. Using the External HD utility, I can load the same stills in about 7 1/2 minutes - Loading Jeopardy with about 175 stills takes about 3 1/2 minutes. You could use the various sections for different shows or events (as I do), and the drive is portable so you can take it with you from event to event. It really speeds things up & makes saving & loading much easier.

Hey todd, I make individual snapshots that are put into a shotbox to recall my shows, and set up frame memories.. You have to assign your USER's to the frame memrories (im sorry im not at the switcher so i dont know the page number but somewhere in eng.setup.. I have USER 1 assigned to frame memory 1 , user 2 to frame memory2 and so on.. Then you can make snapshots for the users.. Put the still you want in Frame memory 1,, push snapshot and USER 1 on the keypad and save it at an empty number.. to go on further, then i made a shotbox to recall all the snapshots i made, so i have all the frame memorys cued up for a show.. --- no one should have to manaually keep putting them in before a show, that'd drive me nuts :) If you cant find the menu to assign the users, lettme know ill get the page number for you.. mike

Thanks for the help Matt and VFlorio. I didn't think either were possible, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Matt, as for the master snapshot thing, that would work fine too. Just not having to go into the menu and load individually every time is the goal. What is the procedure you take for doing it as a master snapshot? Thanks, Todd

[quote="todd2"]Hi all, When you are recalling the switcher with the "File/All, External File" and the frame mems get kicked out of their buffers, is there any way to load that way and have the switcher automatically load certain stills into certain channels of the frame mem. Also, is there any way to do both a, let's say, background and key 1 transition as a DME wipe? Thanks for the help, Todd[/quote] Todd...I don't believe that there is a way to load the frame-mem output channels directly from a file operations "load". What I have done is to create a Master Snapshot that loads all of my frame-mems and sets-up the MEs and DMEs the way that I like to have them when I sit down to do a show. That might help to sort-of accomplish what you are looking to do, but doesn't quite make it one step. Matt

You can not do a background and key DME wipe. You can do either a background or a key but not both at the same time. You would have to set up the BKG and KEY in another M/E and DME wipe to that M/E. As far as your Frame Mem question, I don't think you can do that but I could be wrong.