Tascam HS-20 Owner's Manual

Contents

TASCAM HS-20 5Contents1 – Introduction ..............................................8Features .................................................................................. 8Included items ..................................................................... 8Conventions used in this manual .................................. 8Intellectual property rights ............................................. 9Precautions for placement and use.............................. 9Beware of condensation................................................... 9Cleaning the unit...............................................................10Cleaning the display..................................................10About USB flash drives, SD cards and CF cards ......10Precautions for use ....................................................10Note about confirmed media ................................10SD card write protection .........................................10About formats .............................................................102 – Names and functions of parts ................ 11Front panel .......................................................................... 11Rear panel ............................................................................13PARALLEL connector .................................................14RS-232C connector ....................................................14RS-422 connector (attached to optional SY-2board) .............................................................................14Home Screen ......................................................................15In timeline mode ........................................................15In take and playlist modes ......................................18Flash start screen........................................................203 – Preparation..............................................21Inserting and removing SD and CF cards .................21Inserting SD/CF cards................................................21Removing SD/CF cards .............................................21Security screws ...........................................................22Protect switch for SD cards .....................................22About the display..............................................................22Adjusting the display angle ....................................22Adjusting display and indicator brightness......22Cautions related to display use .............................22Turning the power ON and OFF...................................23Setting the time of the built-in clock .........................24Lock function ......................................................................24Recording times ................................................................254 – Basic operation .......................................26SD/CF card preparation ..................................................26Card selection..............................................................26Formatting SD/CF cards ...........................................27Setting the master clock.................................................28Setting inputs and outputs ...........................................28Setting the inputs ......................................................28Setting reference levels ...........................................28Connecting headphones ........................................29Recording operation limitations .................................295 – FILE LIST ...................................................30Explanation of folder structure ....................................30Folder structure ................................................................30File names .....................................................................30File formats..........................................................................30FILE LIST screen overview ..............................................30Root folder selection screen ..................................30Folder selection screen ............................................31AES31 file selection screen .....................................31Take selection screen ................................................32Playlist selection screen ...........................................32Editing the name of a folder in the rootdirectory ........................................................................33Loading a folder in the root directory ................33Rebuilding folders in the root directory ............34Deleting a folder in the root directory ...............34Folder operations..............................................................35Creating new folders.................................................35Loading a folder..........................................................35Rebuilding folders .....................................................36Exporting a folder ......................................................36Deleting a folder.........................................................36Moving between file list screens.................................376 – Overview of operation modes ...............38Timeline mode functions ...............................................38Take mode functions .......................................................38Playlist mode functions ..................................................38Selecting the operation mode .....................................387 – Timeline mode ........................................39Preparing to record ..........................................................39Basic preparations......................................................39Creating new folders.................................................39Recording mode settings ........................................39Setting the file format ..............................................39Other recording settings .........................................40Recording in timeline mode .........................................40Locate to the recording start position................40Record ............................................................................40Stopping recording ...................................................40Playback in timeline mode ............................................40Selecting a folder .......................................................40Setting input monitoring ........................................41Locate to the playback start position .................41Playback control in timeline mode ......................41Using the call function in timeline mode ..........41Reading, saving and creating AES31 editing infor-mation ...................................................................................41Loading AES31 editing information ....................41Saving AES31 editing information .......................42