Teac FW-1884 Setup Guide - Manual (Page 14)

5 – Connections
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TASCAM FW-1884 Setup Guide
Word sync setting
In a digital audio setup, there should be one and only
word sync clock.
The FW-1884 may act as the word sync master for
the whole system, or it may act as a slave, taking the
sync from the optical input (ADAT or TOS format),
from the
COAXIAL input or from the dedicated
WORD SYNC input. These are marked on the front
panel clock source ( CLOCK SRC ) as: INT (internal),
ADAT (ADAT optical input), SPDIF (stereo digital S/
PDIF or AES/EBU input) and WCLK (word sync
input).
This is how you select the sync source:
1 Press and hold the CLOCK key. The keys
denoting the currently-selected clock source
and sampling frequency (
CLOCK RATE ) light.
2 While holding the CLOCK key, press the
appropriate clock source key and the appro-
priate sampling frequency (
CLOCK RATE )
key. These light as they are selected.
As an alternative, you can use the software control
panel to select the clock source and sampling fre-
quency:
When the sync source is being correctly received
from the selected source, the
CLOCK status indicator
lights steadily. A fast flashing status indicator shows
a disconnected sync source (or the selected unit is not
functioning as a sync source). A slowly flashing indi-
cator shows that the sync source cannot be used by
the FW-1884 (it is not possible to lock to the sync),
possibly because the clock is out of range.
Other connections
Word sync connection
Use the BNC connectors to connect incoming word
sync to the FW-1884 (
WORD SYNC IN ). This con-
nector has an impedance of 75
Ω. If you are using this
clock, set up the sync source to CLOCK as described
above.
The FW-1884 can also act as the word sync master
for a system, and this reference sync signal is trans-
mitted from the
WORD SYNC OUT BNC connector.
In this case, the clock source should be set to INT
(internal).
Footswitch
Connect an optional footswitch (e.g. the TASCAM
RC-30P) to the
FOOT SW jack).
You can use this footswitch as a punch controller
with your DAW software, or assign it to transmit a
specific MIDI command.