Teac MMR-16 v4.0 - Manual (Page 13)

TASCAM MMP-16 Owner’s Manual • Chapter 1 • General Information MMP-16 15
Front Panel
The MMP-16 front panel contains 44 soft-touch keys with most of the common dubber and audio
playback functions available through one or two keystrokes. There are also five large illuminated motion
control buttons (Play, Stop, FF, Rew, Reverse Play) for track playback and “play head” locating, and an
Online button for setting the MMP-16 offline (as a local machine) or online (as a synchronized slave or a
master machine). When the MMP-16 is set as a slave, it can chase SMPTE time code (LTC), biphase
(film tach), a TimeLine Lynx™ module, or another MMP-16 or MMR-8.
A 40-character (two line by 20-character) LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) serves as the MMP-16 status and
control text window. The top line typically shows the machine status and current time code or feet/frames
location, while the bottom line shows various time code registers (In, Out, memory, slip. etc.) and accepts
input from the front panel. The entire display may also alert the operator to any machine or user error
conditions. Text can be scrolled horizontally or vertically, using the Wheel or arrow keys, for entering
Panel/Display state and setup information, or for finding and loading projects and tracks.
There are dedicated front panel LED peak meters that always display monitor level information for the
track outputs during playback. Each meter contains seven green, yellow and red LEDs plus a CLIP/Hold
LED for easy at-a-glance level monitoring. An additional 70 status LEDs instantly identify current
synchronization modes, bus control modes, sample and frame reference settings, and transport status.
Rear Panel
The MMP-16 rear panel contains all the audio and synchronization connections. To minimize connector
footprint, female DB-25 connectors are used for the audio connections. The sixteen analog audio outputs
are divided between two female DB-25 connectors, each providing eight channels of audio. Each analog
connector mounts on a separate card within the chassis, and is labeled to show which channels (1-8 or 9-
16) are present. The connectors are pin-compatible with the TASCAM DA-88 analog audio connector.
The digital output card allows direct digital audio transfers out of the MMP-16. Because it uses standard
AES/EBU digital signal conventions, there are four stereo digital audio outputs with odd-even track pairs
per connector. Tracks 1+2 are on the first AES/EBU connection, tracks 3+4 on the second AES/EBU
connection, and so on. Note that these connectors carry AES/EBU digital signals using the standard DA-
88 analog audio cable and are NOT pin-compatible with the TASCAM DA-88 TDIF digital audio format
connector cable.
Built-in biphase control allows the MMP-16 to automatically lock to and chase biphase devices
without having to use an external biphase to SMPTE LTC adapter. Up to four biphase input
signals can be simultaneously connected to the MMP-16. The active biphase input is linked to the active
Sync Group assignment and is determined by menu selection (Setup Menu 100). A biphase throughput
connector passes through the selected incoming biphase signal. A biphase throughput connector passes
through the selected incoming biphase signal. Software Setup Menu 300 bank parameters (frame rate,
pulses per frame, input type) allow various biphase devices to be used with the MMR-8. The biphase
connector is not intended for public telecommunications network connection.
Video post-production work can be done with any industry-standard playback device. The MMP-16
supports SMPTE/EBU Linear Time Code, Word Clock, Video sync, MIDI Time Code, MIDI Machine
Control input, and Sony 9-pin serial in and out (P2- protocol).