User manual TASCAM DA-40

[. . . ] » DA-40 Digital Audio Tape Deck D00410900A OWNER'S MANUAL Ü ÿ Y This appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel. Please record the model number and serial number and retain them for your records. Model number Serial number CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. . [. . . ] It is also used, when in EDIT mode (see 4, "SHIFT functions"), to enter the EDIT functions). When recording subcode (START, SKIP, END IDs and CHAR title information), it is used to start the writing of this information to tape. 0 0H 2 3M 0 8S A 0 0 1 7 · If titles have been recorded on the tape (see 4. 8, "Character editing (titling)"), CHAR is shown on the display, and the characters comprising the title are shown on the display (here, the word "TASCAM" is used as the title): ABS [27] MENU Repeated presses of this key (when the display is not in Block Error mode) cycle through the different options available in the menu. These options are explained in detail in 3, "Menu functions". 0 0H 2 3M 0 8S T A S C A. M [24] SKIP PLAY When skip mode is active, SKIP PLAY is shown on the display. Skip mode means at that when a SKIP ID is encountered on tape, the tape will fast forward until the next START ID is encountered. [28] LOC 1 Pressing this key will locate the tape to the first memory location (set with this key in shifted mode). If the tape is playing when this key is pressed, the tape will resume playing when the location is reached, otherwise it will stop. When the key is pressed, the value stored in the first location memory will flash on the right side of the display (frames, program numbers and margin will disappear while the tape is locating, and be restored once location is complete). If a pre-roll time has been set in the menu, pressing this key will locate to the memory location minus the pre-roll time. When search or locate is entered from the tape stopped or in play pause mode, and the PLAY key is pressed while the search or locate operation is taking place, deferred playback will occur when the location point is reached. However, if the PLAY key is pressed when the tape is close to its final operation, you should note that there may be a problem with the deferred playback. [25] AUTO ID When AUTO ID mode is active, AUTO ID is shown on the display (see 4. 4, "ID markers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR and renumbering)" if you are unsure about ID marker types). This means that when recording, a START ID will automatically be written when a "trigger level" signal is detected after a period of silence. The number of the new START ID is one greater than the last ID successfully read from tape. However, the automatic numbering of IDs will be out of sequence if a START ID is added between existing IDs, or if an ID is written before a valid previously-recorded START ID has been read from tape. See 4. 4, "ID markers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR and renumbering)". The level which will trigger the automatic writing of a START ID, and the length of the silence to precede it may be set from the menu items (see 3. 2, "Auto ID level" and 3. 3, "Auto ID time"). When you use the AUTO ID key to turn on the auto ID mode, these values (the level and time) will be shown for one second on the display. For example, the display may show AT-ID 48/2. 0, meaning that the trigger level is set to ­48 dB and the length of the preceding silence is set to 2. 0 seconds. [29] LOC 2 This key functions in exactly the same way asLOC 1 [28] above, except that the second location memory is used rather than the first. [30] SINGLE PLAY The single play mode, when active, will play only one program , i. e. When single play mode is active, the display will show SINGLE PLAY. TASCAM DA-40 15 2 - Parts of the tape deck Direction [31] SHIFT This key is a latching key. When active, the indicator beside and above the key lights, and the command keys take on their shifted functions, as indicated by the blue captions above them. See 4, "SHIFT functions" for details of these shifted functions. Pin number 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Signal Function Ground FWD PLAY TALLY F. FWD TALLY REW TALLY STOP TALLY REC/PLAY TALLY PAUSE TALLY TAPE END TALLYa -- OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT -- Transmit transport status indication signals in open collector (maximum allowable voltage 15 V and maximum allowable current 80 mA) 2. 5 Rear panel [32] DIGITAL (AES/EBU) INPUT/OUTPUT These XLR-type connectors conform to the AES/ EBU3-1992 standard and are used to accept (INPUT) and transmit (OUTPUT) digital audio data in that format. The INPUT connector can also receive balanced IEC60958 format (SPDIF) data. The format of data received (AES/EBU or SPDIF) is automatically detected. a. [. . . ] If PAUSE is pressed rather than PLAY, the tape will be located to the start of the program and the deck will enter pause mode. When editing and entering titles, these keys may be used as a convenient way of entering characters. Repeated presses of a key will cycle through the characters associated with the key. For instance, the 2 key, when pressed once, will enter 2 in the title. [. . . ]