Tascam RC-898 - Manual (Page 19)

Section 4.1 - Navigation
4-1
4 – Menu and basic operations
The RC-898 sets parameters on the connnected
units using a menu system, with the parameters
and their values displayed on the LCD display
screen and selected and entered using cursor and
data entry keys.
4.1 Navigation
The menus are arranged hierarchically, from a top
(master) menu, through to individual parameters.
The master “top” menu appears like this:
The cursor is represented here by the > symbol.
Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move the cur-
sor along a row, and the UP and DOWN keys to
move it between rows.
As the cursor moves over the menu group num-
bers, the bottom line of the screen will change to
show an abbreviated summary of the contents of
the menu group. In the example above, the con-
tents of the
0 menu group are: track delay, track
copy settings, varispeed and the location pre-roll
setting.
When the cursor is over the menu group which
you wish to enter, press the
SELECT key to enter
the menu group (menu group 0 is shown here):
Again, the bottom line of the display shows an
abbreviated version of some or all of the settings
made in the menu to which the cursor points.
When in a menu group, use the cursor keys to
move between options, and press
SELECT when
the cursor is to the left of the menu you wish to
enter. For the purposed of this example, we will
examine the
Vari Spd menu.
In this menu, there are two editable fields, as you
will see if you move the cursor with the
LEFT and
RIGHT cursor keys. The cursor changes so that
the field which is currently to be edited is high-
lighted by an underline cursor.
The first editable field is the Fix field, which
may be changed between the values of Fix and
Vari . The second field is the numerical field
which sets the amount of the varispeed as a per-
centage of normal speed. The values of both fields
are set with the
UP and DOWN cursor keys.
As soon as a value is changed, it is set. There is no
need to press any key to confirm the entry.
To return to a level above the current level, press
the
ESCAPE key. You can continue pressing the
ESCAPE key until the top menu is reached.
4.1.1 Invalid operations
Some operations are only possible on certain
models of DTRS recorder. For instance, timecode
functions are only available on the DA-98 and
DA-88 units equipped with the SY-88 board, and
dithering is only possible with DA-38 and DA-98
units. If you attempt to perform an operation on a
unit where this operation is impossible, the mes-
sage
Not available! will be shown on
the display screen to let you know that you cannot
perform this operation on the connected DTRS
unit.
Another kind of invalid operation is when a DTRS
unit can perform a certain operation, but the
selected operation cannot be performed under the
current set of conditions (e.g. TDIF word length
cannot be set while analog inputs are selected). In
these cases, the word
Inoperable will be
shown on the display.
S e l e c t M e n u G r o u p
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 A E F
D l y / T r . C / V a r i / L o c t
> D e l a y T r k C o p y
V a r i S p d L o c P r e
1 0 0 0 0 s a m p l e
V a r i S p e e d
M a c h i n e 1
F i x + 0 . 0 %
NOTE
Note that the Machine value (i.e. which machine is
being controlled) cannot be set in this way (this is explained
in 4.3, “Selecting the unit controlled by the menus”).