Tascam DA-40 Owner's Manual

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4 - SHIFT functionsTASCAM DA-40 23• CHAR, which allows the writing of alphanumericcharacters (up to 60) which are associated with aSTART ID on the tape, which will be shown on thedisplay when that part of the tape is replayed.These can be used as tape (if written at the firstSTART ID) or program titles.NOTEAll these IDs are written in the subcode of thetape— they may be written and erased freelywithout affecting the audio portion of the tapein any way.4.4.1 Selecting an ID modeRepeated presses of the ID SELECT key will cyclethrough the following options:• START WRT— a START ID will be written• SKIP WRT— a SKIP ID will be written• END WRT— an END ID will be written• START ERASE— the START ID immediatelybefore the current location will be erased• SKIP ERASE— the SKIP ID immediately beforethe current location will be erased• END ERASE— the tape will move forward to thenext END ID, which will be erased• CHAR ERASE— the character informationimmediately before the current location will beerased• RENUM— the tape will be rewound, and allSTART IDs will be renumbered in sequence, start-ing at 1. WARNINGWhen one of the above ID modes is shown inthe display, pressing ENTER may start the IDwriting or editing operation. When writing orediting IDs is not required, therefore, press IDSELECT repeatedly until none of the aboveID modes is shown on the display/The ERASE and RENUM modes cannot be selectedwhile the tape deck is recording.While IDs are being written, erased or renumbered,all transport controls except STOP are disabled.NOTEIf there is no cassette inserted, or if the cas-sette is write-protected, the message RecProtectwill appear in the display whenthe ID SELECT key is pressed.4.4.2 Manually writing a START or SKIPID (i)With the tape deck playing a tape where audio haspreviously been recorded, or recording, select eitherthe START WRT or SKIP WRT option as describedabove.When the tape reaches the point where an ID is to bewritten, press ENTER [26].The ID will be written at the point where the ENTERkey is pressed. While the ID is being written, STARTWRT or SKIP WRT (as appropriate) will flash onthe display and output will be muted (if the tape deckis in playback mode).In playback mode, the display will also show WR-ST or WR-SK, and the playback will be restoredafter the ID has been written.The PLAY and RECORD indicators will both lightwhile the ID is being written.NOTEDo not press the STOP key while writing sub-code IDs. This will cause the IDs to be ofindeterminate length, resulting in possiblefuture operational problems.4.4.3 Writing a START or SKIP ID (ii)Use the ID SELECT key to choose either a STARTID or a SKIP ID to write at the selected position, ifthe display does not already show the desired IDtype.With the tape playing, press the POSITION key.The current tape location in ABS time will be dis-played, together with the characters Posit,showing that the POSITION key has been pressed.After two seconds, the time that which thePOSITION key was pressed will be shown to frameaccuracy, together with an offset value of 00 at theright of the display.The PAUSE indicator will light, and the PLAY indi-cator will start to flash.0 0H 2 3M 1 7s P o s i t0 0H 2 3M 1 7S _ 1 8 F 0 0