Teac DA-40 - Manual (Page 15)

2 - Parts of the tape deck
TASCAM DA-40
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• Block Error Rate mode— the last digits of the
display show E---- when out of play mode.
When playback starts, the error rate for either the A
or B track is displayed. The A or B track is selected
using the
MENU key while the error rate display
mode is active.
• If titles have been recorded on the tape (see 4.8,
"Character editing (titling)"), CHAR is shown on
the display, and the characters comprising the title
are shown on the display (here, the word “TAS-
CAM” is used as the title):
[24] SKIP PLAY
When skip mode is active, SKIP PLAY is shown on
the display. Skip mode means at that when a SKIP ID
is encountered on tape, the tape will fast forward
until the next START ID is encountered.
[25] AUTO ID
When AUTO ID mode is active, AUTO ID is shown
on the display (see 4.4, "ID markers (START, SKIP,
END, CHAR and renumbering)" if you are unsure
about ID marker types). This means that when
recording, a START ID will automatically be written
when a “trigger level” signal is detected after a
period of silence.
The number of the new START ID is one greater than
the last ID successfully read from tape. However, the
automatic numbering of IDs will be out of sequence
if a START ID is added between existing IDs, or if an
ID is written before a valid previously-recorded
START ID has been read from tape. Use the renum-
ber function to restore the sequence. See 4.4, "ID
markers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR and renumber-
ing)".
The level which will trigger the automatic writing of
a START ID, and the length of the silence to precede
it may be set from the menu items (see 3.2, "Auto ID
level" and 3.3, "Auto ID time").
When you use the AUTO ID key to turn on the auto
ID mode, these values (the level and time) will be
shown for one second on the display. For example,
the display may show
AT-ID 48/2.0 ,
meaning that the trigger level is set to –48 dB and the
length of the preceding silence is set to 2.0 seconds.
[26] ENTER
This key is used to confirm entries made in the menu
and EDIT settings.
It is also used, when in EDIT mode (see 4, "SHIFT
functions"), to enter the EDIT functions).
When recording subcode (START, SKIP, END IDs
and CHAR title information), it is used to start the
writing of this information to tape.
[27] MENU
Repeated presses of this key (when the display is not
in Block Error mode) cycle through the different
options available in the menu. These options are
explained in detail in 3, "Menu functions".
[28] LOC 1
Pressing this key will locate the tape to the first mem-
ory location (set with this key in shifted mode). If the
tape is playing when this key is pressed, the tape will
resume playing when the location is reached, other-
wise it will stop.
When the key is pressed, the value stored in the first
location memory will flash on the right side of the
display (frames, program numbers and margin will
disappear while the tape is locating, and be restored
once location is complete).
If a pre-roll time has been set in the menu, pressing
this key will locate to the memory location minus the
pre-roll time.
When search or locate is entered from the tape
stopped or in play pause mode, and the
PLAY key is
pressed while the search or locate operation is taking
place, deferred playback will occur when the location
point is reached. However, if the
PLAY key is
pressed when the tape is close to its final operation,
you should note that there may be a problem with the
deferred playback.
[29] LOC 2
This key functions in exactly the same way as LOC 1
[28] above, except that the second location memory
is used rather than the first.
[30] SINGLE PLAY
The single play mode, when active, will play only
one program , i.e. when the next START ID is
encountered, playback will stop. When single play
mode is active, the display will show
SINGLE
PLAY .
ABS
0 0
H
2 3
M
0 8
S
A 0 0 1 7
ABS
0 0
H
2 3
M
0 8
S
T A S C A
.
M