Tascam DA-40 Owner's Manual

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10 TASCAM DA-402 - Parts of the tape deckNOTESAs well as providing details of the settingsmade with switches, etc., this section alsoprovides the information necessary for basicoperations of the tape deck. Although theoperation of the transport keys, etc. will befamiliar, there are some additional features ofthis tape deck, and the operation of these fea-tures may differ slightly from the way in whichthey are implemented on other units. Pleaseconsult 2.3, "Tape controls" for full details ofsuch features and their operation.The operation of the optional RC-D45 remotecontrol unit is explained in 5, "RC-D45 remotecontrol unit (option)".The more commonly-used functions of thefunction keys (below the display) which arelabeled in white above the keys are alsodescribed in this section. The less commonly-used functions, labeled in blue above thekeys, are described in 4, "SHIFT functions".2.1 Power and display[1] POWER switchPush once to turn the power on, and again to turn thepower off.[2] Cassette tray and OPEN/CLOSEbuttonAlways load DAT cassettes in the way illustrated onpage 7.Press the open/close button to open the tray. If a cas-sette is already loaded, it will be unthreaded, and thewords Tray Open! will flash on the display.After the tray is fully open, these words will beshown (not flashing).When the tray is open, and the open/close button ispressed, the words Tray Close will flash onthe display. If a tape is correctly inserted in the traywhen it is closed, the display will show a countervalue.[3] Display windowThe different modes available for display aredescribed more fully below (COUNTER MODE[20] and DISPLAY [23]).Above the tape counter in the display are two bar-graph peak level meters which show either the levelof the input signals, or the level of the signalsrecorded on tape, depending on the current status ofthe transport.Other indicators in the display provide informationon the current status of the tape deck and of the tape(e.g. sampling frequency, repeat status, and the vari-ous IDs encountered when a tape is being replayed).NOTEIn this manual, we use the term “program” todescribe part of a recording between twoSTART IDs. This is equivalent to the term“track” on a CD or MD. Since the term “track”is already established with another meaningin analog tape recording technology, the term“program” is used here instead.2.2 Recording mode and sourceswitches, etc.The following controls affect the recording mode,and the selection of the signal source when makingrecordings.[4] RECORD MODE switchUse the switch to select between LP (long play) andSP (standard play). In standard play mode, the sam-pling frequency is as selected with the FS switchbelow. In long play mode, the sampling frequency isfixed at 32 kHz. In the long play mode, the tapespeed is halved, meaning that a tape labeled as a 90-minute tape will therefore provide 180 minutes ofrecording time.NOTESIf you are using a tape that has already beenrecorded in one mode, and you are making arecording using another mode, we suggestthat you record the whole tape in the newmode, with no input signal, before making theaudio recording.Recording in long play mode is only possiblefrom analog sources, or if the digital sourcehas already been recorded at 32 kHz.No setting is necessary to select the mode for play-back— the tape deck recognizes the mode in whichthe tape was recorded, and adjusts itself accordingly.