7 program mode, 8 character editing (titling), 1 entering and editing titles – Teac DA-40 User Manual

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4 - SHIFT functions

TASCAM DA-40

4.7 Program mode

To play back a selection of programs in a defined
order, press

EDIT

until the following is shown on the

display:

NOTE

The program numbers for programmed play-
back are taken from the START IDs. If there
are no START IDs recorded on the tape, or if
they are out of sequence, programmed play-
back may not produce the expected results!
The RENUM function (4.4.8, "Renumbering
START IDs") should be used to restore the
sequence.

Press

ENTER

to start editing the program steps:

Use the

DATA

dial to choose a program number

(shown at the right of the display).

Use the

SHUTTLE

wheel to choose the program

step number. There may be up to 30 steps in a pro-
grammed playback sequence.

Enter the last program step with the program number

(end of tape) by pressing the

DEL/-

key.

When the program numbers have been entered into
the program steps, press

PLAY

. The word

PROGRAM

appears in red at the bottom of the

display.

The tape will locate to the program number specified
in the first program step, and will then start paying
playing. When the START ID following the first pro-
gram in the list is encountered, the tape will then
move to the next program number specified in the
program list.

This process continues until all steps in the program
have been played.

The

PAUSE

key can be used to play back a series of

program steps, one at a time, in the folloiwng way:

If the

PAUSE

key is pressed after the program steps

have been entered, the tape will locate to the start of
the program number specified in the first step, and
will enter pause mode.

Following this, if the

PLAY

key is pressed, the first

program step will be played, and the tape will locate
to the start of the next program step and enter pause
mode until the

PLAY

key is pressed again. The pro-

cess continues until all program steps have been
played back.

Pressing either of the

SKIP

keys during programmed

playback will move the tape to the start of the current
or next (as appropriate) program step.

If playback is stopped in the middle of programmed
playback, the program will be canceled, and the word

PROGRAM

will disappear from the display.

Programs cannot be stored for further reference.

4.8 Character editing (titling)

Using this feature, tape and program titles can be
added to the subcode of the tape, which are displayed
on the alphanumeric display of the tape deck.

These titles are written at a point that coincides with
START IDs. This allows them to be associated easily
with program names.

NOTE

This feature is not supported by every DAT
player and recorder. If titles are recorded on a
tape, they will be shown on some other mod-
els of TASCAM machines, but not on other
recorders. However, recording titles will not
affect the audio quality or any other aspect of
the tape when it is used on other recorders.

4.8.1 Entering and editing titles

Press

EDIT

until the display shows:

Press

ENTER

to start editing the character string. Up

to 60 characters can be entered.

The

SHUTTLE

wheel is used as a cursor to move

left and right through the string (the cursor position is
marked by a flashing character at the cursor posi-
tion— if no character is visible at the cursor position,
the cursor changes to a flashing block).

The

DATA

dial is used to change the character. The

characters available are:

through

and the

following punctuation symbols:

;