Tascam DA-40 Owner's Manual

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2 - Parts of the tape deckTASCAM DA-40 15• Block Error Rate mode— the last digits of thedisplay show E---- when out of play mode.When playback starts, the error rate for either the Aor B track is displayed. The A or B track is selectedusing the MENU key while the error rate displaymode is active.• If titles have been recorded on the tape (see 4.8,"Character editing (titling)"), CHAR is shown onthe display, and the characters comprising the titleare shown on the display (here, the word “TAS-CAM” is used as the title):[24] SKIP PLAYWhen skip mode is active, SKIP PLAY is shown onthe display. Skip mode means at that when a SKIP IDis encountered on tape, the tape will fast forwarduntil the next START ID is encountered.[25] AUTO IDWhen AUTO ID mode is active, AUTO ID is shownon the display (see 4.4, "ID markers (START, SKIP,END, CHAR and renumbering)" if you are unsureabout ID marker types). This means that whenrecording, a START ID will automatically be writtenwhen a “trigger level” signal is detected after aperiod of silence.The number of the new START ID is one greater thanthe last ID successfully read from tape. However, theautomatic numbering of IDs will be out of sequenceif a START ID is added between existing IDs, or if anID is written before a valid previously-recordedSTART ID has been read from tape. Use the renum-ber function to restore the sequence. See 4.4, "IDmarkers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR and renumber-ing)".The level which will trigger the automatic writing ofa START ID, and the length of the silence to precedeit may be set from the menu items (see 3.2, "Auto IDlevel" and 3.3, "Auto ID time").When you use the AUTO ID key to turn on the autoID mode, these values (the level and time) will beshown 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 thelength of the preceding silence is set to 2.0 seconds.[26] ENTERThis key is used to confirm entries made in the menuand EDIT settings.It is also used, when in EDIT mode (see 4, "SHIFTfunctions"), to enter the EDIT functions).When recording subcode (START, SKIP, END IDsand CHAR title information), it is used to start thewriting of this information to tape.[27] MENURepeated presses of this key (when the display is notin Block Error mode) cycle through the differentoptions available in the menu. These options areexplained in detail in 3, "Menu functions".[28] LOC 1Pressing this key will locate the tape to the first mem-ory location (set with this key in shifted mode). If thetape is playing when this key is pressed, the tape willresume playing when the location is reached, other-wise it will stop.When the key is pressed, the value stored in the firstlocation memory will flash on the right side of thedisplay (frames, program numbers and margin willdisappear while the tape is locating, and be restoredonce location is complete).If a pre-roll time has been set in the menu, pressingthis key will locate to the memory location minus thepre-roll time.When search or locate is entered from the tapestopped or in play pause mode, and the PLAY key ispressed while the search or locate operation is takingplace, deferred playback will occur when the locationpoint is reached. However, if the PLAY key ispressed when the tape is close to its final operation,you should note that there may be a problem with thedeferred playback.[29] LOC 2This key functions in exactly the same way asLOC 1[28] above, except that the second location memoryis used rather than the first.[30] SINGLE PLAYThe single play mode, when active, will play onlyone program , i.e. when the next START ID isencountered, playback will stop. When single playmode is active, the display will show SINGLEPLAY.ABS0 0H 2 3M 0 8S A 0 0 1 7ABS0 0H 2 3M 0 8S T A S C A . M