Philips DAT850 - Manual (Page 13)

RECORDING
Before performing recording:
• Make sure the safety tab of the cassette is ciosed.
• Set the TiMER switch to OFF before switching the POWER
on.
— Operate in numerical order. —
Set the ON/OFF switch to ON.
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©Press the B/ a STOP/OPEN-CLOSE button to open the
cassette tray.
® Insert a cassette with its window facing up.
© Locate the position from which recording should start with
the SEARCH buttons.
REWIND: When recording is to start from the beginning of
the tape.
WIND : When recording is to start from the middle of the
tape. (The End code is detected.)
©Select the source to be recorded.
ANALOG: When recording analog input signals
OPTICAL or COAXIAL: When recording digital input signals
® Set the deck to the rec-pause mode.
• "SAMPLING MONITOR" lights.
® Select the recording mode. When recording analog signals,
adjust the recording level.
• Recording mode
REC TIME
switch
Analog recording Digital recording
STD 48k mode 32k mode
48/44k mode
LONG 32k-LP mode 32k-LP mode
©Press the ► PLAY button to start recording.
• When recording a digital signal
The recording level, sampling frequency and emphasis status
are recorded as they are. It is not necessary to adjust the
recording level.
• For details about digital recording, see page 16.
• When the end of a tape is reached
With the auto rewind function, the tape is rewound to its begin­
ning and stops automatically.
• Tape protection
When the cassette tray is closed, sometimes it will pop out
again; this is to protect the tape. If this happens, adjust the
position of the cassette and close the tray again.
Notes:
1. When starting recording at the beginning of the tape, leave
a no-signal recorded section of about 10 seconds.
2 . “TOP” is displayed when the deck enters the rec-pause or
rec mode after the tape has been rewound.
Recording level adjustment
(only when an analog signal is to be recorded)
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• Peak level meter and digital peak display:
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Peak level meter
Values higher than -40 dB will be displayed for the left and
right channels independently, while peak values are held for
approx. 2 seconds.
in Reference level indicator
Shows the reference input level of the DAT deck at a position
-18 dB from the full-scale level.
rn OVER level indicator
Lights when the recording level is too high.
m Digital peak display
Shows the margin between the maximum input level and
the input level of the signal being recorded in 1-dB steps,
within a range of -19 dB to 0 dB.
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