Tascam DA-40 Owner's Manual

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3 - Menu functions20 TASCAM DA-40NOTEThe time set here is real time, rather than thetime shown on the tape counter, which in LPmode is half that of real time. Accordingly, inLP mode, if the time is set to 4 seconds, thiswill be the pre-roll time, even though only 2seconds show on the tape counter.The default value is 0 seconds.3.10End tally signalControls the timing of the tape end tally signal trans-mitted through the CONTROL I/O [34] port. Thesignal can either be transmitted at the end of the tape,or at a fixed interval before the tape end.The values available are: T-End (the tally signalwill be transmitted at the end of the tape), 1min,2min and 3min (the tally signal will be trans-mitted before the end of the tape is reached).The default value is T-End.3.11Auto rewindThis menu item determines whether the tape will beautomatically rewound when the end of the tape or anEND ID is reached in play mode.The two options available are: off (the tape willnot be rewound when the end of the tape or an ENDID is reached) and on (the tape will be automati-cally rewound when the end of the tape or an ENDID is reached).The default value is off.3.12Fast forward modeThis menu item determines whether the F FWD andREW keys will act as cue and review keys, respec-tively, if they are pressed while the tape deck is inplay mode. The two settings are Normal (theunit will go from play mode to fast wind) and Cue(the unit will enter cue/review mode when the fastwind keys are pressed).The setting made here also applies to fast wind com-mands made through the CONTROL I/O [34] con-nector, and using the optional RC-D45 remotecontrol unit.The default value is Normal.3.13Parameter saveSaves the following parameters so that they becomethe default parameters when the tape deck is nextpowered up:• Single Play• Skip Play• Repeat ModeWhen this menu item is first displayed, the right sideof the display shows: ----. To save the currentsettings, turn the DATA dial [19], so that the displayshows Save, and press ENTER [26].3.14Initializing settingsResets all menu values to their default settings exceptfor the head time, (see 3.1, "Drum time (headtime)"), which cannot be reset.To reset the values to default, turn the DATA dial[19] so that the display shows Init. and pressENTER [26].If the screen shows Init.in error, turn the DATAdial again so that the display shows ----.3.15Viewing points at which blockerrors have occurredThis display is shown if the MENU key is pressedonce more following the reset screen above.This displays up to five points in ABS time formatwhere the block error rate has increased, and errorcorrection is used. Turn the DATA dial to view thefive points at which these errors have occurred. Turn-ing the dial clockwise after error #5 will show theE n d T L Y T - E n dA t - R e w o f fF F - K e y N o r m a lP - M o d e - - - -* D a t a * - - - -ABS0 0H 2 3M 0 8S _ 3 2F # 1