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. . [. . . ] If characters are read from a START ID, the CHAR indicator will light in the display to indicate this. If no characters have been recorded on the tape, pressing this key will have no effect. [20] COUNTER MODE Use this key to cycle through the different tape counter modes available: · ABS time-- the absolute time as recorded on the subcode of the tape. This is expressed in hours, minutes and seconds. If the tape is at an unrecorded location, the tape counter will show all dashes. PNO ABS MARG [22] MARGIN RESET Pressing this key resets the margin (available headroom) to its lowest level of 40dB. Note that in some display modes, there is no visible effect when this key is pressed. The margin is measured in 1 dB increments between 40 dB and 20 dB and in 0. 1 dB increments between 19. 9 dB and 0 dB. If the time display is in the 4-digit tape counter mode, pressing this key will reset the tape counter. 0 0H 2 6M 3 5S 0 9 6. 3 dB · PGM time-- the elapsed time since the last START ID which has been read from tape (the beginning of the program). If, when the display is in this mode, the tape is located to a point outside a START ID and playback restarts, the tape deck will be unable to determine the time since the start of the program and the display will show all dashes instead of a time value. PNO PGM MARG [23] DISPLAY Regardless of the current counter mode set by [20], this key is used to display other information. The options available, which are accessed by repeated presses of this key, are: · Program number and Margin mode-- where the current program number and margin in decibels are displayed: PNO ABS MARG 0 3M 1 7S 0 9 6. 3 dB · REMAIN time-- the time remaining on the currently-loaded cassette; to minute accuracy. Cassettes from different manufacturers may vary slightly in length, resulting in different values being shown for tapes which are nominally the same length. PNO REMAIN0 MARG 0 0 3M 0 9 6. 3 dB dB NOTE In LP mode, the counter shows one second of tape time for every second of real time in the ABS, PGM and REMAIN counter modes. For example, after one hour's playback or recording in LP mode, the counter will only show 30 · Frames mode-- where frames are displayed as well as hours, minutes, and seconds. The frames used are "digital audio" frames, i. e. there are 100 frames in every three seconds; 33 in the first second, 33 in the next, and 34 in the third. The pattern then repeats itself. ABS 0 0H 2 3M 0 8S _ 3 2F P 0 9 14 TASCAM DA-40 2 - Parts of the tape deck · Block Error Rate mode-- the last digits of the display show E---- when out of play mode. When playback starts, the error rate for either the A or B track is displayed. The A or B track is selected using the MENU key while the error rate display mode is active. ABS [26] ENTER This key is used to confirm entries made in the menu and EDIT settings. 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. [. . . ] 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. Pressing it again will enter d (or D if the CAPS mode is active), pressing it one more time will enter e and pressing it again will enter f. If it is pressed one more time, it will enter 2. [41] OPEN/CLOSE Equivalent to [2] on the main unit. [52] Cursor keys These keys are used to move the cursor left and right when entering and editing program titles. [42] CAPS Equvalent to the shifted SINGLE PLAY [30] key on the main unit. [. . . ]