Tascam DA-38 - Manual (Page 5)

SECTION 3 : FORMATTING A TAPE
3-2. Real-time, Simultaneous Tape Format
In some cases, when recording a live concert using multi­
ple DA-3 8s for instance, you may want to format tapes
while at the same time you record audio on them, for later
master/slave sync play.
Follow these steps to perform the real-time, simultaneous
tape format;
• Hook up a mutiple DA-38 sync system a basic example
of which is shown in Section 7.
•f Switch power ON,
A machine ID number ( " i d n o . t " for example)
and other indications will appear on the display.
Assigning a machine ID number to each of the DA-38s
(steps 2 through 5)
2 Press SHIFT and the associated LED will start blink­
ing to show that all the double function keys are
switched to offer their lower blue-labelled functions.
3 By repeatedly pressing MENU, access an ID selection
menu, which looks like this:
^ Enter the desired machine ID number by pressing the
▲ and T keys.
• Enter " on the DA-38 you intend to use as the
master machine.
• Enter other numbers ("(?" to " I S " ) on each of the
slave DA-38s.
IMPORTANT
Assign a different number to each of the DA-38s.
^ Press SHIFT and the display will be switched back to
show the ABS time.
0 Insert a new Hi8 tape into each of the DA-38s.
The display will show - L DRd - - " while the tape
is being loaded.
Speaking of Remembering:
• The DA-38 is designed to operate only with Hi8
video tapes. You cannot use any other tapes.
• The DA-38 automatically ejects tapes thinner than
8.5 pm : 150-minute or longer tapes.
7 Press REW to rewind the tape all the way to the
beginning.
When the beginning is reached, " b o b " will appear
on the display.
Q Press CHASE on each of the slave DA-38s to put
them into sync mode and the associated LED starts
blinking.
0 Press the FORMAT/Fs switch on all of the DA-38s.
The FORMAT indicator will start blinking on the
display of every DA-38.
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• If you don't perform the next step within 5 seconds,
the tape format mode will be disabled and the
FORMAT indicator will turn off. Should this occur,
press the FORMAT key again.
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