Tascam DA-98 Owner's Manual

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Section 10 – Operations related to timecode06/97 – 1.00 – 10-51) Go to menu group E, and move the cursor toExt TC:2) Incoming timecode will be displayed on thebottom line, together with the frame rate of thetimecode.The EXT TC indicator will light when timecode isreceived.10.4.2 Timecode outputThe timecode received at the TIME CODE IN jack,or the timecode recorded on tape, can be outputfrom the TIME CODE OUT jack.When the DA-98 is the timecode master, the time-code it outputs should be off tape.However, when the DA-98 is in the middle of atimecode chain, you will probably want to retrans-mit the incoming timecode (the OUT functions asa THRU).1) Go to menu group 5, move the cursor toOutTc Src (output timecode source), andpress ENTER:2) Using the UP and DOWN keys, select one of thethree options: Tape; timecode will be replayedoff-tape, External (regen) ; the externaltimecode will be re-generated by the DA-98’sgenerator, resulting in a clean signal, orExternal (reshape) ; the timecodesignal will be simply filtered before being re-transmitted.10.4.3 Timecode output formatThis Fast LTC function controls the way inwhich timecode is output when fast winding thetape, or if shuttling is carried out at greater thannormal playback speed.The 5 Frame setting means that timecode infor-mation is not output continuously. Here, the DA-98 reads the timecode from the tape as it is spool-ing, outputs 5 consecutive frames at normal speedstarting with the value which has been read fromtape, then reads the tape again, outputs another 5consecutive frames based on the new tape posi-tion, and so on.The Leap setting means that timecode is outputcontinuously during fast operations, and will notbe contiguous (it will leap between frames).The off setting means that timecode is not out-put during fast operations.1) Go to menu group 5, move the cursor toFast LTC and press ENTER:2) Use the UP or DOWN keys to select the option asdescribed above.10.4.4 Timecode output timingBecause of the nature of the digital-to-analog con-version, the timecode which is output from theDA-98 must be synchronized to match the audiotiming from either the digital or the analog audioE x t T C A b s D i f fT a p e T C R e l D i f fG e n T C0 1 : 0 2 : 4 8 : 1 7 3 0 N DO u t p u t T C S o u r c eE x t e r n a l ( r e g e n )NOTEWhen the DA-98 is in CHASE mode, and the timecodeoutput has been set to TC Track (see 10.2.1,“TcTrack setting” ), the timecode output from theDA-98 will be the received timecode, with the offsetvalue added or subtracted from it. This means that anyother DTRS units slaved to the timecode output do notneed to have separate offset settings, but can use themaster DA-98’s offset.F a s t L T C M o d e5 F r a m e