Tascam DA-40 Owner's Manual

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18 TASCAM DA-403 - Menu functionsThe menu facilities on the tape deck allow commonsettings to be made.Repeated presses of MENU [27] will cycle throughthe different menu items listed here in the order pre-sented here.Repeated presses of the DISPLAY [23] key whenthe tape deck is in menu mode will display the differ-ent menu items in the opposite order to the one inwhich they are presented here.NOTEWhen attempting to access the menus withthe MENU key, the display mode should notbe the Block Error rate display mode. In thisdisplay mode, pressing the MENU keychanges between the A and B tracks.When setting values from a menu, turn the DATAdial [19] to change the displayed value. The newvalue will be shown flashing on the display.Press ENTER [26] to confirm the value.If the DATA dial is turned, but no changes are to bemade to the displayed value, press the MENU keyagain to return the display to the previous value.To exit the menu mode, press either the COUNTERMODE [20] or the MARGIN RESET [22] key.3.1 Drum time (head time)Reports the time (in hours) that the head drum hasbeen in use. Use this information to help schedulehead cleaning, following the interval between clean-ings as recommended by the cleaning cassette.3.2 Auto ID levelWhen the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID[25]), signals which exceed this level, after a periodof relative silence (as set in 3.3, "Auto ID time") willautomatically start the recording of a START ID atthe point where the signal exceeds this level.The options available are: -48dB, -54dB,-57dB -60dBand dd. The dd settingdetects the digital start of a track.When the dd setting is made, and if a DAT deck isconnected to the tape deck through the COAXIALinterface, the START IDs and SKIP IDs on thesource deck are transferred over the coaxial connec-tion and recorded on the tape deck.If a CD player is connected with dd set, when thestart of a track is read, a START ID is written on thetape deck.Note that if an analog connection is made betweenthe tape deck and a CD or DAT recorder, and record-ing is carried out through the analog connections, ifdd has been selected, the Auto ID level is automati-cally set to -54dB. This is also the case if a digitaldevice other than a DAT recorder or a CD player isattached to the tape deck.NOTESCD tracks of less than 18 seconds may nothave their corresponding START IDsrecorded properly.In order to ensure accurate program search-ing, a gap of at least 9 seconds should be leftbetween the end of one START ID and thebeginning of the next.The default value for this menu is -48dB.3.3 Auto ID timeWhen the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID[25]), signals which exceed the level set in 3.2,"Auto ID level" will automatically start the recordingof a START ID, if the signal has remained below thelevel for the period set in this parameter immediatelybefore exceeding the trigger level.Since the tape deck does not read track numbers, etc.,from digital audio sources, this function should beused to divide CD tracks and assign new programnumbers at the start of each track. Set the “gap time”as appropriate for the program material.The times available are: 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 0.5,1.0 and 1.5 seconds.The default value is 2.0 seconds.D r u m - T 0 0 1 0 HA t I D - L - 4 8 d BA t I D - T 2 . 0 s e c