Audio-video system

Claim 1

An audio and video recording system comprising: a plurality of microphones adapted to generate certain audio signals; a plurality of cameras adapted to generate certain video signals; a plurality of recorders, coupled to said plurality of microphones and to said plurality of cameras, said plurality of recorders being adapted to receivably record said certain audio and video signals; control means, coupled to said plurality of recorders for defining actions including selectively rewinding a first of said plurality of recorders, selectively preventing said first of said plurality of recorders from receiving said audio and video signals and selectively causing audio and video signals that have been previously recorded by said first of said plurality of recorders to be recorded by said second of said plurality of recorders, and for allowing only certain of said defined actions to occur at a predetermined time, said control means further including a plurality of lighted and depressible switches, said control means further being adapted to uniquely associate each of said defined actions with at least one of said plurality of lighted and depressible switches and said control means further comprising, means for indicating which of said lighted and depressible switches represent at least one valid, defined action, said indicating means including a depressible, next switch which when depressed causes to blink those lighted and depressible switches which, if selected next, represent said at least one valid, defined action, said control means being further adapted to perform one of said valid, defined actions, said one of said valid, defined actions being selected by depressing one of said blinking lighted and depressible switches.