Tascam DA-302 User Manual
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RESET/MEMO (ABS) key
… When pressed with the counter mode set to Tape
Counter, the counter value is reset to "00 00".
… When pressed with the counter mode set to ABS, the
current tape position point is stored in memory for
later direct access.
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Display
Displays different information regarding the unit’s sta-
tus. The information displayed varies according to the
mode.
1
1, 2
Shows the deck selected by the SELECT 1/2 key.
2
Time display
Time selected by the COUNTER MODE key is
shown. Also, menu contents are shown.
3
PNO
Lights when the program number is shown in the
program number/margin display.
4
Program number/margin display
… When performing recording/rec-pause/sampling
monitor, or when the MARGIN RESET key is
pressed during playback, a margin value is shown.
The margin to the full scale level is shown in the
range 0 dB to 39 dB. Until the MARGIN RESET
key is pressed, the margin value for the input sig-
nal at maximum is maintained. If the margin
value exceeds the full scale level, 0 blinks.
… In cases than those above, the program number is
shown.
5
MARG
Lights when the margin value is shown in the pro-
gram number/margin display.
6
SLAVE
If more than one DA-302 is connected, and this
deck is set to SLAVE, this indicator lights.
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DIGITAL IN
Lights when "DIGITAL" is selected with the
INPUT switch.
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Dubbing mode display
DUB MODE HIGH:
Lights in the High-Speed Dubbing mode.
DUB MODE NORM:
Lights in the Normal-Speed Dubbing mode.
DUB MODE PGM:
Lights in the Program Dubbing mode.
DUB MODE APPEND:
Lights in the Append Dubbing mode.
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AUDIO ID
Lights when the Start ID Auto Writing mode is
selected.
4-1. Front panel
1
POWER switch
2
SKIP keys
For skip search. (
úp.24)
3
STANDBY key
With this key ON (LED lit), the Play-Pause mode is
automatically engaged after skip search, direct search,
or location search.
4
EJECT key
Press to load or unload the cassette.
5
COUNTER MODE key
To switch the time mode on the time display. Each time
this key is pressed, the mode changes in the following
order.
ABS time
∑ PGM time ∑ REMAIN time ∑
Tape counter
…
ABS (absolute) time:
Shows the elapsed (absolute) time from the begin-
ning of the tape up to the current position in hours,
minutes and seconds.
·In the Long Play mode, the displayed time differs
from the actual time. Double the displayed time to
get the actual time.
…
PGM (program) time:
Shows the elapsed time from the beginning of each
program (start ID) in hours, minutes and seconds.
…
REMAIN time:
Shows the tape remaining time.
·If a "TOC (Table Of Contents)" is written on the
tape (such as a commercially-available music
tape), the remaining time is shown in hours, min-
utes and seconds. If there is no "TOC", the time is
shown in hours and minutes.
·When "- -- --" is displayed, it means that the
remaining time is being calculated. Once the cal-
culation is complete, the time is shown.
·In the Long Play mode, the displayed time differs
from the actual time. Double the displayed time to
get the actual time.
…
Tape counter:
Counts according to the tape running.
·When the "Dig Out" menu is set to "AES/EBU"
(
úp.28), time code is shown if it is written on the
tape.