Tascam Cassette Player DA 45HR User Manual

D00410300A

DA-45HR

Digital Audio Tape Deck

OWNER’S MANUAL

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT

REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS

INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert

the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure

that may be of sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons..

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres-

ence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature

accompanying the appliance.

This appliance has a serial number

located on the rear panel. Please record

the model number and serial number

and retain them for your records.

Model number

Serial number

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK

HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS

APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

CAUTION:

"Note to CATV system installer:

…Read all of these Instructions.

This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer’s attention to

Section 820-40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding

and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the

grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as

practical.

…Save these Instructions for later use.

…Follow all Warnings and Instructions marked on the audio

equipment.

1) Read Instructions — All the safety and operating instructions should

be read before the product is operated.

2) Retain Instructions — The safety and operating instructions should

be retained for future reference.

Example of Antenna Grounding as per

National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70

3) Heed Warnings — All warnings on the product and in the operating

instructions should be adhered to.

4) Follow Instructions — All operating and use instructions should be

followed.

5) Cleaning — Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning.

Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for clean-

ing.

6) Attachments — Do not use attachments not recommended by the

product manufacturer as they may cause hazards.

ANTENNA

LEAD IN

WIRE

GROUND

CLAMP

ANTENNA

DISCHARGE UNIT

(NEC SECTION 810-20)

ELECTRIC

SERVICE

EQUIPMENT

GROUNDING CONDUCTORS

(NEC SECTION 810-21)

7) Water and Moisture — Do not use this product near water — for

example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub; in a wet

basement; or near a swimming pool; and the like.

GROUND CLAMPS

POWER SERVICE GROUNDING

ELECTRODE SYSTEM

8) Accessories — Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand,

tripod, bracket, or table. The product may fall, causing serious injury to a

child or adult, and serious damage to the product. Use only with a cart,

stand, tripod, bracket, or table recommended by the manufacturer, or sold

with the product. Any mounting of the product should follow the manufac-

turer’s instructions, and should use a mounting accessory recommended by

the manufacturer.

9) A product and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops,

excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the product and cart com-

bination to overturn.

(NEC ART 250. PART H)

NEC - NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

15) Lightning — For added protection for this product during a lightning

storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time,

unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system.

This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning and power-line

surges.

16) Power Lines — An outside antenna system should not be located in

the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits,

or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an

outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touch-

ing such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal.

17) Overloading — Do not overload wall outlets, extension cords, or

integral convenience receptacles as this can result in risk of fire or electric

shock.

18) Object and Liquid Entry — Never push objects of any kind into

this product through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points

or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill

liquid of any kind on the product.

19) Servicing — Do not attempt to service this product yourself as open-

ing or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other

hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

20) Damage Requiring Service — Unplug this product from the wall

outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following

conditions:

a) when the power-supply cord or plug is damaged.

b) if liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the product.

c) if the product has been exposed to rain or water.

d) if the product does not operate normally by following the operating

instructions. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating

instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in

damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to

restore the product to its normal operation.

e) if the product has been dropped or damaged in any way.

f ) when the product exhibits a distinct change in performance – this

indicates a need for service.

21) Replacement Parts — When replacement parts are required, be

sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the

manufacturer or have the same characteristics as the original part.

Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other

hazards.

22) Safety Check — Upon completion of any service or repairs to this

product, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine

that the product is in proper operating condition.

10) Ventilation — Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ven-

tilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it

from overheating, and these openings must not be blocked or covered. The

openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa,

rug, or other similar surface. This product should not be placed in a built-in

installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided

or the manufacturer’s instructions have been adhered to.

11) Power Sources — This product should be operated only from the

type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of

the type of power supply to your home, consult your product dealer or local

power company. For products intended to operate from battery power, or

other sources, refer to the operating instructions.

12) Grounding or Polarization — This product may be equipped with a

polarized alternating-current line plug (a plug having one blade wider than

the other). This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way. This is a

safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet, try

reversing the plug. If the plug should still fail to fit, contact your electrician

to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the

polarized plug.

13) Power-Cord Protection — Power-supply cords should be routed so

that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or

against them, paying particular attention to cords at plugs, convenience

receptacles, and the point where they exit from the product.

14) Outdoor Antenna Grounding — If an outside antenna or cable

system is connected to the product, be sure the antenna or cable system is

grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-

up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA

70, provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and

supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge

unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, con-

nection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding elec-

trode.

23) Wall or Ceiling Mounting — The product should be mounted to a

wall or ceiling only as recommended by the manufacturer.

24) Heat — The product should be situated away from heat sources such

as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other products (including amplifiers)

that produce heat.

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Table of Contents

2.5 Rear panel..........................................16

[33] DIGITAL (AES/EBU) INPUT/OUTPUT.16

[34] DIGITAL COAXIAL...............................16

[35] WORD IN and THRU (AUTO TERM)...16

[36] CONTROL I/O.......................................16

[37] REMOTE IN ..........................................17

[38] ~ IN ......................................................17

[39] BALANCED ANALOG inputs..............17

[40] UNBALANCED ANALOG inputs ........17

[41] UNBALANCED ANALOG outputs......17

[42] BALANCED ANALOG outputs ...........17

3 - Menu functions

3.1 Drum time (head time) ......................18

3.2 Auto ID level ......................................18

3.3 Auto ID time.......................................18

3.4 Record mute time..............................18

3.5 Reference level..................................18

3.6 Digital output format.........................19

3.7 Digital out word length .....................19

3.8 Dither..................................................19

3.9 Copy prohibit.....................................19

3.10 End ID...............................................19

3.11 HR time display ...............................20

3.12 Repeat mode....................................20

3.13 Pre-roll time .....................................20

3.14 End tally signal................................20

3.15 Auto rewind .....................................20

3.16 Fast forward mode..........................20

3.17 Parameter save................................21

3.18 Initializing settings..........................21

3.19 Viewing points at which block errors

have occurred.......................................21

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction to the DA-45HR

1.1 Features.............................................6

1.2 Unpacking and inspection...............6

1.3 Installation of the tape deck ............6

1.4 About DAT cassettes........................6

1.4.1 Head cleaning.................................... 7

1.5 Making connections .........................7

1.5.1 Making analog connections............. 7

1.5.2 Making digital audio connections ... 7

1.5.3 Making word synchronization

connections............................................. 7

1.5.4 Making control connections ............ 8

1.5.5 Power connections........................... 8

1.6 Block Diagram...................................8

1.6 Front and Rear panels

2 - Parts of the tape deck

2.1 Power and display ............................10

[1] POWER switch...................................... 10

[2] Cassette tray and OPEN/CLOSE

button....................................................... 10

[3] Display window..................................... 10

2.2 Recording mode and source

switches, etc.........................................10

[4] CLOCK switch....................................... 10

[5] RECORD MODE switch........................ 11

[6] Fs switch ............................................... 11

[7] INPUT selector switch.......................... 11

[8] DIGITAL INPUT selector switch .......... 11

[9] ANALOG INPUT selector switch ......... 12

[10] INPUT level controls........................... 12

[11] PHONES control and jack.................. 12

2.3 Tape controls ....................................12

[12] SKIP keys ............................................ 12

[13] REW and F FWD keys ........................ 12

[14] STOP key............................................. 12

[15] PLAY key............................................. 13

[16] PAUSE key .......................................... 13

[17] RECORD key....................................... 13

[18] REC MUTE key.................................... 13

[19] SHUTTLE wheel.................................. 14

[20] DATA dial ............................................ 14

2.4 Command keys .................................14

[21] COUNTER MODE................................ 14

[22] CHAR ................................................... 15

[23] MARGIN RESET.................................. 15

[24] DISPLAY.............................................. 15

[25] SKIP PLAY........................................... 15

[26] AUTO ID............................................... 15

[27] ENTER ................................................. 15

[28] MENU................................................... 15

[29] LOC 1................................................... 16

[30] LOC 2................................................... 16

[31] SINGLE PLAY...................................... 16

[32] SHIFT ................................................... 16

4 - Advanced functions

4.1 REPEAT..............................................22

4.2 CHECK ...............................................22

4.3 INS/+ and DEL/- .................................22

4.4 ID markers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR

and renumbering).................................22

4.4.1 Selecting an ID mode ........................23

4.4.2 Manually writing a START or

SKIP ID (i).................................................23

4.4.3 Writing a START or SKIP ID (ii) ........23

4.4.4 Writing an END ID..............................24

4.4.5 Erasing a START or SKIP ID.............24

4.4.6 Erasing an END ID.............................24

4.4.7 Erasing titles......................................24

4.4.8 Renumbering START IDs..................24

4.5 The EDIT key......................................25

4.6 Location memories ...........................25

4.6.1 Locating to location memories ........25

4.6.2 Setting location memories................25

4.6.3 Editing location memories................25

4.7 Program mode...................................26

4.8 Character editing (titling) .................26

4.8.1 Entering and editing titles ................26

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4.8.2 Writing the title to tape......................27

4.8.3 Checking a title ..................................27

4.8.4 Deleting a title ....................................27

4.8.5 Copying and pasting a title...............27

5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option)

[43] OPEN/CLOSE.......................................28

[44] CAPS.....................................................28

[45] CHECK..................................................28

[46] POSITION .............................................28

[47] ID SELECT............................................28

[48] AUTO ID................................................28

[49] INS/+ and DEL/-....................................28

[50] EDIT ......................................................28

[51] ENTER ..................................................28

[52] MENU....................................................28

[53] Numeric keys .......................................28

[54] Cursor keys..........................................28

[55] COUNTER MODE.................................28

[56] MARGIN RESET...................................28

[57] CHAR ....................................................28

[58] DISPLAY...............................................28

[59] SKIP PLAY............................................28

[60] SINGLE PLAY...................................... 28

[61] REPEAT ............................................... 28

5.1 Remote control transport keys ....... 28

[62] SKIP keys............................................. 28

[63] MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 keys ................ 28

[64] SAMPLING MONITOR key.................. 28

[65] REW and F FWD.................................. 28

[66] LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys ....................... 29

[67] REC MUTE ........................................... 29

[68] STOP .................................................... 29

[69] PLAY .................................................... 29

[70] PAUSE.................................................. 29

[71] RECORD keys ..................................... 29

6 - Specifications

6.1 Audio specifications ........................ 30

6.2 I/O specifications.............................. 30

6.3 Physical specifications.................... 30

6.4 Dimensional drawing ....................... 31

6.5 Error messages ................................ 31

6.5.1 Warning messages............................ 31

6.5.2 Serious error messages ................... 31

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1 - Introduction to the DA-45HR

The DA-45HR Digital Audio Tape (DAT) deck is

referred to throughout this manual as “the tape

deck”.

1.3 Installation of the tape deck

The tape deck may be installed in most studio-type

environments, but to maintain optimum performance

and to maximize the life of the tape deck, the envi-

ronment should meet the following speciﬁcations:

Please make a note of the different sections of this

manual to assist you in locating the function you

need. The index should also be of use in helping you

to ﬁnd the correct section of the manual.

• the ambient temperature should be between 5˚ C

and 35˚ C (41˚ F to 95˚ F)

1.1 Features

• the relative humidity should be between 30% and

60% (non-condensing)

The tape deck provides the following features:

• the tape deck should not be located near any strong

magnetic ﬁelds (TV sets or monitors, speakers,

etc.)

• Superior quality digital-to-analog and analog-to-

digital conversion for maximum sonic ﬁdelity

The tape deck may be mounted in a standard 19 inch

EIA rack using the supplied rack mounting screws.

Make sure that the rack is strong enough to take the

weight of the tape deck (over 8 kg— 17 lbs.).

• 24-bit recording and playback for today’s digital

audio world

• Flexible word clock options for integration into

any digital audio system

• AES/EBU and SPDIF digital audio input and out-

put formats for full ﬂexibility

• Balanced (+4 dBu) and unbalanced (-10 dBV) ana-

log inputs and outputs

• Comprehensive display options, showing elapsed

time, time remaining on the tape, etc.

• Character entry and editing, allowing tape and pro-

gram titles to be displayed as the tape is played

• Optional wired remote control unit (RC-D45) for

control of all major functions

WARNING

If the tape deck is mounted in a mobile instal-

lation, and it is moved from a cold location to

a warm one, leave the tape deck turned on

with no tape inserted to allow the internal

temperature to stabilize before the tape deck

is used again (about one or two hours). This

will prevent any possible damage to the

heads, and other parts of the internal mecha-

nism.

• Shuttle facilities, allowing precise positioning of

the tape using audio cues

• Location to frame accuracy to location memories

• Comprehensive menu options, allowing many

everyday function settings to be set up and

memorized

1.2 Unpacking and inspection

When you ﬁrst receive the tape deck, be careful not

to damage it while unpacking it. Save the carton and

packing materials in case it must be transported later.

1.4 About DAT cassettes

If you have not used a DAT recorder before, here are

a few items of information about DAT cassettes and

their use with the tape deck which you may ﬁnd

useful:

In addition to the tape deck itself, the carton should

contain a rack mount screw kit and a detachable 2 m

(6 ft) power cord.

If any items are missing or appear to have been dam-

aged in transit, contact your TASCAM dealer at

once.

The cassette shell of a DAT cassette is designed to

prevent the tape from being touched by hand. Never

try to open the tape protection lid and touch the tape.

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Fingerprints on the tape may cause wear and damage

to the tape deck heads.

tions using the DISPLAY [24] key or the error dis-

play menu (3.19, "Viewing points at which block

errors have occurred").

DAT cassettes can only be loaded and unloaded

when the tape deck is switched on. Do not leave cas-

settes in the deck when the deck is switched off.

1.5 Making connections

Always store DAT cassettes in their plastic cases to

prevent dust damage. Keep them away from mag-

netic ﬁelds (TV sets and monitors, speakers, etc.)

NOTE

Before making any audio or word clock con-

nections to the tape deck, make sure that all

equipment is turned off.

Although 180-minute DAT cassettes are available,

we do not recommend their use, as the tape in these

cassettes is thin, and may cause winding problems,

and physical damage to the tape.

1.5.1Making analog connections

Use balanced cables to make connections between

the BALANCED INPUT (female) and OUTPUT

(male) XLR connectors of the tape deck, and the out-

puts and inputs of other audio equipment operating at

the professional +4 dBu level. The wiring standards

for the XLR connections are printed on the rear panel

of the tape deck (1 = ground, 2 = hot, 3 = cold)

DAT cassettes play in one direction only. Always

load DAT cassettes with the tape window uppermost,

and the arrow on top of the cassette pointing into the

tape deck, as illustrated below:

Use unbalanced cables to make connections between

the unbalanced input and output RCA connectors of

the tape deck and the outputs and inputs of audio

equipment operating at other levels.

1.5.2Making digital audio connections

Use cables wired in accordance with the AES/EBU

standard to connect the DIGITAL (AES/EBU)

INPUT (male) and OUTPUT (female) XLR connec-

tors of the tape deck to other digital audio equipment.

NOTE

Use unbalanced cables to connect the DIGITAL

(COAXIAL) INPUT and OUTPUT RCA connec-

tors of the tape deck to other digital audio equipment.

Start recording on a new blank tape from the

beginning of the tape. There is no need for a

lead-in section, and recording from the start

of the tape will record the subcode from the

start, allowing accurate positioning within the

tape.

NOTE

The use of analog cables is not recom-

mended for digital audio use, and TASCAM

cannot guarantee reliable performance if such

cables are used for digital audio connections.

Also note that DAT cassettes are ﬁtted with a sliding

write-protect tab to prevent accidental recording. The

cassette is write-protected when the tab is closed.

1.5.3Making word synchronization

connections

1.4.1Head cleaning

Use standard BNC-terminated cables to connect the

word in connector of the tape deck to the word clock

output of other device.

Never attempt to clean the head of a DAT deck in the

same way that you clean the head of an analog tape

deck. Always use a special DAT head cleaning cas-

sette. Follow the instructions on the cleaning cassette

for optimum performance.

NOTE

The head may need to be cleaned if you hear errors

(noise) on playback or while recording. You can

make a visual check of the error rates and error loca-

There is no dedicated word output. Since both

the AES/EBU and SPDIF formats contain a

clock signal, if the tape deck is to be used as

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the word clock master for a digital audio

setup, any word clock slaves should receive

the clock through the digital audio signal.

WARNING

Do not attempt to use the tape deck with any

remote control unit except one designed

especially for use with this tape deck.

1.5.4Making control connections

The optional RC-D45 remote control unit may be

connected to the REMOTE IN jack, using the 5 m

(approximately 16 ft) cable of the RC-D45.

The CONTROL I/O connector is for use with suit-

ably-equipped control units (see CONTROL I/O

[36]).

1.5.5Power connections

Make sure that your AC voltage supply matches the

voltage requirements of the tape deck (as printed on

the rear panel).

1.6 Block Diagram

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2 - Parts of the tape deck

Above the tape counter in the display are two bar-

graph peak level meters which show either the level

of the input signals, or the level of the signals

recorded on tape, depending on the current status of

the transport.

NOTES

As well as providing details of the settings

made with switches, etc., this section also

provides the information necessary for basic

operations of the tape deck. Although the

operation of the transport keys, etc. will be

familiar, there are some additional features of

this tape deck, and the operation of these fea-

tures may differ slightly from the way in which

they are implemented on other units. Please

consult 2.3, "Tape controls" for full details of

such features and their operation.

Other indicators in the display provide information

on the current status of the tape deck and of the tape

(e.g. clock status, sampling frequency, repeat status,

and the various IDs encountered when a tape is being

replayed).

NOTE

In this manual, we use the term “program” to

describe part of a recording between two

START IDs. This is equivalent to the term

“track” on a CD or MD. Since the term “track”

is already established with another meaning

in analog tape recording technology, the term

“program” is used here instead.

The operation of the optional RC-D45 remote

control unit is explained in 5, "RC-D45 remote

control unit (option)".

The more commonly-used functions of the

function keys (below the display) which are

labeled in white above the keys are also

described in this section. The less commonly-

used functions, labeled in blue above the

keys, are described in 4, "Advanced func-

tions".

2.2 Recording mode and source

switches, etc.

The following controls affect the recording mode,

and the selection of the signal source when making

recordings.

2.1 Power and display

[1] POWER switch

[4] CLOCK switch

Push once to turn the power on, and again to turn the

power off.

Use this switch to select between INT (the tape

deck’s internal clock), D-IN (the word clock received

through the digital audio inputs— either AES/EBU

or COAXIAL) or WORD (the word clock received

through the BNC word synchronization connector, as

described in 1.5.3, "Making word synchronization

connections").

[2] Cassette tray and OPEN/CLOSE

button

Always load DAT cassettes in the way illustrated on

page 7.

Press the open/close button to open the tray. If a cas-

sette is already loaded, it will be unthreaded, and the

words Tray Open!will ﬂash on the display.

After the tray is fully open, these words will be

shown (not ﬂashing).

When making recordings using digital audio connec-

tions from the source (the INPUT SELECTOR

SWITCH [7] is set to DIGITAL), this switch must be

set to D-IN or WORD, as appropriate. If the CLOCK

switch is set to INT when digital recording is being

attempted, the display will show CLKINTX, and

no recording is possible.

When the tray is open, and the open/close button is

pressed, the words Tray Closewill ﬂash on

the display. If a tape is correctly inserted in the tray

when it is closed, the display will show a counter

value.

WARNING

There must be one, and only one, word clock

source in a digital audio system. If there is

more than one word clock, or if a digital audio

device is not properly synchronized, damage

may be caused to speakers, etc.

[3] Display window

The different modes available for display are

described more fully below (COUNTER MODE

[21] and DISPLAY [24]).

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2 - Parts of the tape deck

When the tape deck is in record ready mode, as men-

tioned above, turning the DATA dial [20] allows the

selection of a program number other than 01,

meaning that this recording will start at the selected

number, and subsequent programs will be written

with numbers automatically incremented from this

selected value.

[5] RECORD MODE switch

Use this switch to choose between HR(24BIT) and

STANDARD. The HR(24BIT) setting records with

24 bits of resolution. The STANDARD setting will

record at 16 bits of resolution.

Operating Tip

It is not possible to record a tape partly in

HR(24BIT) mode and partly in STANDARD

mode (an error message will appear (see

6.5.1, "Warning messages"). If a tape has

been recorded in one mode, and it is required

to re-record it in another mode, the tape must

be rewound to the start, and the new record-

ing mode selected using this switch. The

RECORD key must be pressed and held, and

the PAUSE key pressed. Press and hold the

RECORD key once more, and press the

PAUSE key. The recording can now take

place in the selected mode.

NOTE

Valid program numbers are from 01 to 99. If

the above procedure is used to select a pro-

gam number at the high end of the range, and

the automatic increment procedure takes the

number above 99, the number will “wrap” to

00.The number 00 can cause problems when

searching and locating, and this should be

remembered when setting program numbers.

[6] Fs switch

Use this switch to select the sampling frequency

(44.1 or 48 kHz) when making analog recordings.

When making digital recordings, the sampling fre-

quency is automatically detected.

Note that it is not possible to enter input mon-

itor mode (see RECORD KEY [17]) if this

RECORD MODE switch is set to one record-

ing mode and the tape currently loaded in the

tape deck is has previously been recorded in

another. This helps to avoid the two modes

being mixed on one tape.

When playing back tapes that have already been

recorded, this switch has no effect. The sampling fre-

quency of a recorded tape is ﬁxed, and cannot be

changed.

[7] INPUT selector switch

The left (UNBAL) and center (BAL) positions of

this switch allow the selection between the unbal-

anced RCA jacks or the balanced XLR jacks

respectively.

NOTES

When recording with the switch set to the

HR(24BIT) position, the tape moves at twice

the normal speed. A tape which is labeled as

a 90-minute tape will therefore provide 45

minutes of recording time. The tape time that

is displayed in the HR(24BIT) mode is either

the ABS subcode, or actual elapsed time, as

set in 3.11, "HR time display".

The right (DIGITAL) position allows the selection of

the digital input jacks.

[8] DIGITAL INPUT selector switch

When the INPUT switch [7] is set to the DIGITAL

position, this switch is used to choose between the

RCA COAXIAL and the XLR AES/EBU digital

audio input sources.

If a tape has been recorded in HR(24BIT)

mode, it cannot be replayed on a DAT tape

deck that does not support this mode.

When recording digitally from a CD or other

material which contains fewer than 24 bits of

resolution and this switch is set to HR(24BIT),

the lower “extra” bits will be unused.

NOTE

Despite the name of the switch setting and

the connectors (AES/EBU), the XLR connec-

tors are capable of receiving SPDIF format

input, and the RCA COAXIAL connectors are

capable of receiving AES/EBU format. The

tape deck will automatically detect the input

format and adjust itself accordingly.

No setting is necessary to select the bit resolution for

playback— the tape deck recognizes the recording

mode in which the tape was recorded and adjusts

accordingly.

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2 - Parts of the tape deck

Repeated presses of these keys will move the tape

forwards or backwards by the appropriate number of

programs (pressing the skip forward key once will

move the tape to the beginning of the next program,

etc.).

[9] ANALOG INPUT selector switch

When the INPUT switch [7] is set to ANALOG, this

switch is used to select between UNCAL and CAL.

UNCAL means that the analog signal source works

at an uncalibrated nominal level which is neither

+4 dBu nor -10 dV, requiring the use of the input

level controls to adjust the recording level.

While the tape is locating, the display will show

(ﬂashing on the right) the number of programs which

must still be passed, and (on the left) the current pro-

gram number:

The CAL position is for use with analog sources

which are calibrated to use either the standard

+4 dBu or the -10 dBV level as a nominal level. The

input level controls are not used in this case.

PNO

ABS

00_H12_M46_S

0 8 + 0 2

In the above example, the tape is currently on pro-

gram 8, and must move two programs forward before

the correct program (i.e. program 10) is reached.

NOTE

If this switch is set to the CAL position, make

sure that no parts of the program material will

cause clipping.

When the start of the desired program is reached, the

tape deck will enter the play mode if the tape was

playing before the skip operation, otherwise it will

enter pause mode.

[10]INPUT level controls

[13]REW and F FWD keys

When recording from analog sources with the

ANALOG INPUT switch [9] set to UNCAL, these

controls adjust the level of the input signal to the left

and right tape tracks.

Use these keys to wind backwards or forwards fast

through the tape.

If the tape is stopped or paused, and one of these

keys is pressed, <<or >>will be shown on the

right of the display to indicate the direction of the

tape movement, if the margin is being displayed (see

DISPLAY [24]).

They have no effect when the switch is set to the

CAL position, or when recording from a digital

audio source.

[11]PHONES control and jack

Any standard pair of stereo headphones may be

plugged into this π-inch jack, and the level adjusted

with the rotary control.

If normal mode has been selected (3.16, "Fast for-

ward mode"), pressing either of these keys when the

tape is playing will start fast forward or rewind.

If the tape is playing when one of these keys is

pressed, and cue mode has been selected (3.16, "Fast

forward mode"), the tape enters a “cue” or “review”

mode, in which the tape is played forward or back-

ward at either three times or ﬁve times normal speed

(if the tape has been recorded in HR(24BIT) mode)

or twice or four times normal speed (if the tape has

been recorded in standard mode). The cue/review

speed can be changed by pressing the REW or F

FWD key again, and is shown on the display as

>>3/>>5(cue, HR(24BIT) mode), <<3/<<5

(review, HR(24BIT) mode), >>2/>>4(cue, stan-

dard mode), <<2/<<4(review, standard mode).

2.3 Tape controls

The following keys provide control of the tape trans-

port, recording modes, etc. Please read this section

carefully if you are not sure of transport operations

using the tape deck.

[12]SKIP keys

These keys are used to move the tape forward or

backward by a certain number of programs.

NOTE

A “program” on a DAT cassette starts with a

START ID marker. The audio portion of the

data recorded on a DAT cassette is not used

to determine the division into tracks.

[14]STOP key

Use this key to stop the transport from whatever

mode is currently selected. This includes the “input

monitor” mode (see [17] below).

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If all clock connections are in order, the display will

show ANALOG in, AES/EBUor

COAXIAL. The peak level meters will show the

signal levels received through the selected inputs.

[15]PLAY key

Use this key to start playing when the tape is stopped

or paused, or to start recording when the tape is in

record pause mode (see below).

In the case of the latter two digital options, the sam-

pling frequency (either 44or 48) will be shown. If

a digital input source is selected, and the sampling

frequency of the received signal is outside the allow-

able range (± 0.1%) the display will show the signal

source (AES/EBUor COAXIAL), followed

by a question mark. Input monitoring is possible, but

recording is not possible.

The indicator above the key will light when the tape

is playing back. In this case, the indicator will be the

only transport indicator lit.

The indicator may also be lit in combination with the

PAUSE indicator, showing that the unit will enter

playback mode almost instantly when the PLAY key

is pressed.

The signal source, followed by an X, will be shown

on the display if the source selected with the clock

switch [4] is not present or has no longer

synchronized.

If the REC indicator is lit together with the PLAY

indicator, the unit is recording.

If the tape is locating as the result of a command to

search for the beginning of a program (skip or pro-

gram play), and the unit was in play mode before this

search operation started, the PLAY indicator will

ﬂash, showing that the unit is in “auto play” mode,

and playback will restart when the location is

reached.

From the input monitor mode, pressing and holding

the RECORD key and pressing the PLAY key will

start recording (the RECORD and PLAY indicators

will both light).

From the input monitor mode, pressing and holding

the RECORD key and pressing the PAUSE key will

put the tape deck into record ready mode (the

[16]PAUSE key

Use this key to put the tape deck into pause mode, as

explained below.

RECORD and PAUSE indicators will both light).

If the tape is stopped or playing, pressing the

PAUSE key will put the tape deck into paused play

mode (the PLAY and PAUSE indicators will both

light).

NOTES

If the tape deck is left in record ready mode

for three minutes or longer, it will automati-

cally enter the input monitor mode (the head

drum will stop spinning).

If the tape deck is in “input monitor” mode (see [17]

below), pressing and holding down the RECORD

key and pressing the PAUSE key will put the tape

deck into record ready mode (the PAUSE and

RECORD indicators will both light).

It is possible to enter input monitor mode with

a write-protected cassette inserted, or with no

cassette inserted. However, if a cassette pre-

viously recorded in one mode (HR(24BIT) or

STANDARD) is inserted, and the RECORD

MODE switch is set to the other mode, input

monitoring is not possible. Correct this, by

replacing the cassette with another, or as

described in RECORD MODE SWITCH [5].

From the record ready mode, pressing the PLAY key

will start recording (the PLAY and RECORD indi-

cators will both light).

If the tape deck is left in pause mode for some time

(three minutes or so), it will drop back into stop

mode.

It is also possible to enter the record mode

directly from the stop mode by pressing and

holding the RECORD key and pressing the

PLAY key. It is also possible to enter the

record ready mode directly from the stop

mode (RECORD key and PAUSE key).

[17]RECORD key

Use this key for recording, as described here.

Press this key once to enter the “input monitor”

mode. In this mode, the display gives information

about the current status of the tape deck and the con-

nections, ensuring that clock signals, digital audio

connections, etc. are properly made before recording

starts.

[18]REC MUTE key

Use this key to record a period of silence on the tape.

If the tape deck is recording, and this key is pressed,

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the RECORD indicator will ﬂash, and all input to

the tape will be muted. After a number of seconds

(deﬁned in the menu RecMutfunction—see 3.4,

"Record mute time"), the tape deck will enter the

record ready mode (the record and pause indicators

will both be lit).

NOTE

If the DATA dial is turned by mistake, either

leave the tape deck alone for ﬁve seconds to

cancel the operation, or press the STOP key.

Pressing and holding the key for a few seconds will

mute the input, and will put the tape deck into record

ready mode as soon as the key is released.

2.4 Command keys

These command keys have two modes: the primary

mode, labeled in white above the key, is the most

common use for the key. The secondary, or shifted,

mode is labeled in blue above the key, and is only

operative when the SHIFT indicator [32] is lit (see 4,

"Advanced functions" for details of these secondary

modes).

[19]SHUTTLE wheel

Turn this wheel to move the tape backwards (coun-

terclockwise) or forwards (clockwise). Turning the

wheel further from the center will make the tape

move faster in the appropriate direction.

The tape may be shuttled both forwards and back-

wards, from half-speed to eight times normal speed,

when the tape has been recorded in HR(24BIT)

mode, and from normal speed to twelve times normal

speed when the tape has been recorded in standard

mode.

[21]COUNTER MODE

Use this key to cycle through the different tape

counter modes available:

• ABS time— the absolute time as recorded on the

subcode of the tape. This is expressed in hours,

minutes and seconds. If the tape is at an unrecorded

location, the tape counter will show all dashes.

When entering characters for program titles, and

editing memory locations, etc., this control acts as a

cursor control (counterclockwise to move the cursor

to the left, and clockwise to move it to the right).

PNO

MARG

ABS

00_H26_M35_S

0 9

6.3

[20]DATA dial

• PGM time— the elapsed time since the last

This dial is used for two major functions.

START ID which has been read from tape (the

beginning of the program). If, when the display is

in this mode, the tape is located to a point outside a

START ID and playback restarts, the tape deck will

be unable to determine the time since the start of

the program and the display will show all dashes

One is to change the value of data in menus and

parameter settings.

It can also be used, however, to select an absolute

program number at which playback should start

(compare this with the SKIP keys, which are used to

select a program number relative to the current

number).

instead of a time value..

PNO

MARG

PGM

03_M17_S

0 9

6.3

While the tape is stopped or paused, and a menu or

edit function is not displayed, turn the data dial.

• REMAIN time— the time remaining on the cur-

rently-loaded cassette; to minute accuracy. Cas-

settes from different manufacturers may vary

slightly in length, resulting in different values

being shown for tapes which are nominally the

PNO

ABS

00_H03_M08_S

0 2 > 0 4

The program number following the >sign ﬂashes.

Program numbers can be from 01through 99, and

turning the DATA dial past the limit will start at the

other end of the list.

same length.

PNO

MARG

0 03_M

0 9

6.3

REMAIN0

• Tape Counter mode— no indication is given on the

display of the mode, and a 4-digit number is used

to show the tape position. This value is relative to a

user-deﬁnable reference “zero” point (see

MARGIN RESET [23]).

Press the PLAY key within ﬁve seconds of turning

the DATA dial to locate to the start of the program

and start playing.

Press the PAUSE key within ﬁve seconds of turning

the DATA dial to locate to the start of the program

and put the tape deck into pause mode.

PNO

MARG

0 1 2 6

0 8

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• 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-

[22]CHAR

If characters have been recorded on the tape as a tape

or program title, pressing this key will allow the tape

deck to display these characters, scrolling across the

display, as the START ID containing the title is

played back. They will be replaced by successive

title contents as they are read from tape. If characters

are read from a START ID, the CHAR indicator will

light in the display to indicate this. If no characters

have been recorded on the tape, pressing this key will

have no effect.

CAM” is used as the title):

ABS

00_H23_M08_S

T A S C A_.M

[25]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.

[23]MARGIN RESET

Pressing this key resets the margin (available head-

room) to its lowest level of 40dB. Note that in some

display modes, there is no visible effect when this

key is pressed.

[26]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 margin is measured in 1 dB increments between

40 dB and 20 dB and in 0.1 dB increments between

19.9 dB and 0 dB.

If the time display is in the 4-digit tape counter

mode, pressing this key will reset the tape counter.

The number of the new START ID is one greater

than the last ID successfully read from tape. How-

ever, 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

renumber function to restore the sequence (see 4.4,

"ID markers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR and

renumbering)".

[24]DISPLAY

Regardless of the current counter mode set by [21],

this key is used to display other information. The

options available, which are accessed by repeated

presses of this key, are:

• Program number and Margin mode— where the

current program number and margin in decibels are

displayed:

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").

PNO

MARG

ABS

00_H23_M08_S

0 7

6_.3

• Frames mode— where frames are displayed as

[27]ENTER

well as hours, minutes, and seconds. The frames

used are “digital audio” frames, i.e. there are 100

frames in every three seconds; 33 in the ﬁrst sec-

ond, 33 in the next, and 34 in the third. The pattern

then repeats itself.

This key is used to conﬁrm entries made in the menu

and EDIT settings.

It is also used, when in EDIT mode (see 4,

"Advanced functions"), to enter the EDIT functions).

ABS

00_H23_M08_S

_ 3 2_FP 0 9

When recording subcode (START, SKIP, END IDs

and CHAR title information), it is used to start the

writing of this information to tape.

• 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.

[28]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".

ABS

00_H23_M08_S

A 0 0 1 7

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the menu system (see 3.7, "Digital out word length").

The format of data received (AES/EBU or SPDIF) is

automatically detected.

[29]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.

[35]WORD IN and THRU (AUTO TERM)

These BNC connectors provide an input for an exter-

nal word clock (selected using the CLOCK switch

[4] set to the WORD position) at the IN connector,

which is re-transmitted from the THRU connector.

There is no need to provide any termination for the

THRU connector if no connection is made to it.

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).

[36]CONTROL I/O

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.

This 15-pin ’D’-sub connector is used for connection

to a suitably-equipped controller.

[30]LOC 2

As well as the mode described in the table below, this

connector can also be used as a serial connector.

Please contact your TASCAM distributor for details

of this facility.

This key functions in exactly the same way asLOC 1

[29] above, except that the second location memory

is used rather than the ﬁrst.

[31]SINGLE PLAY

The pinouts of this connector are given below:

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.

number

Signal

Function

STOP

External com-

mand reception;

active when low

(at ground poten-

tial for 30 ms or

more)

[32]SHIFT

FWD PLAY

F.FWD

This key is a latching key. When active, the indicator

beside and above the key lights, and the command

keys take on their shifted functions, as indicated by

the blue captions above them.

REW

PAUSE

See 4, "Advanced functions" for details of these

shifted functions.

REC PLAY

SERIAL

Ground

—

2.5 Rear panel

FWD PLAY

TALLY

OUT

Transmit trans-

port status indica-

tion signals in

open collector

(maximum allow-

able voltage 15 V

and maximum

allowable current

80 mA)

[33]DIGITAL (AES/EBU) INPUT/OUTPUT

These XLR connectors, wired in accordance with the

AES/EBU standard, provide digital audio input and

output facilities with the data being output in either

AES/EBU or SPDIF format (as selected in 3.6, "Dig-

ital output format"). The format of data received

(AES/EBU or SPDIF) is automatically detected.

F.FWD TALLY

REW TALLY

STOP TALLY

OUT

REC/PLAY

TALLY

[34]DIGITAL COAXIAL

PAUSE TALLY

OUT

These RCA connectors provide digital audio input

and output facilities with the data being output in

either AES/EBU or SPDIF format (as selected in 3.6,

"Digital output format"). The bit length is set using

TAPE END

TALLY

a. See 3.14, "End tally signal"

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2 - Parts of the tape deck

[37]REMOTE IN

[40]UNBALANCED ANALOG inputs

This 3.5 mm jack is used to connect the optional RC-

D45 remote control unit.

These RCA connectors provide unbalanced inputs at

a nominal –10 dBV level. The nominal impedance of

these connectors is greater than 50 kΩ.

Do not use this jack to connect any remote control

unit other than one designed especially for use with

the tape deck.

[41]UNBALANCED ANALOG outputs

These RCA connectors provide unbalanced outputs

at a nominal –10 dBV level. The nominal impedance

of these connectors is less than 700 Ω.

[38]~ IN

Use this to connect the tape deck to the AC power

supply using the supplied cable.

[42]BALANCED ANALOG outputs

Make sure that the power supply voltage matches the

voltage requirements of the tape deck as marked on

the rear panel. If there is any doubt, consult your

TASCAM dealer.

These XLR connectors provide balanced outputs at a

nominal +4 dBu level. The nominal impedance of

these connectors is less than 27 Ω.

The trimmer beside each connector can be used to set

the output level precisely to match the level expected

by the equipment connected to the tape deck.

[39]BALANCED ANALOG inputs

These female XLR connectors provide balanced

inputs at a nominal +4 dBu level. The wiring of these

connectors is:1 = ground, 2 = hot, 3 = cold. The nom-

inal impedance of these connectors is greater than

25 kΩ.

The “standard” setting (and the condition in which

the unit is shipped from the factory) is with these

trimmers set to maximum (fully clockwise).

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3 - Menu functions

The menu facilities on the tape deck allow common

settings to be made.

3.3 Auto ID time

Repeated presses of MENU [28] will cycle through

the different menu items listed here in the order pre-

sented here.

A t I D - T

2 . 0 s e c

When the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID

[26]), signals which exceed the level set in 3.2,

"Auto ID level" will automatically start the recording

of a START ID, if the signal has remained below the

level for the period set in this parameter immediately

before exceeding the trigger level.

Repeated presses of the DISPLAY [24] key when

the tape deck is in menu mode will display the differ-

ent menu items in the opposite order to the one in

which they are presented here.

NOTE

Since the tape deck does not read track numbers, etc.,

from digital audio sources, this function should be

used to divide CD tracks and assign new program

numbers at the start of each track. Set the “gap time”

as appropriate for the program material.

When attempting to access the menus with

the MENU key, the display mode should not

be the Block Error rate display mode. In this

display mode, pressing the MENU key

changes between the A and B tracks.

The times available are: 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 0.5,

1.0and 1.5seconds.

When setting values from a menu, turn the DATA

dial [20] to change the displayed value. The new

value will be shown ﬂashing on the display.

The default value is 2.0seconds.

3.4 Record mute time

Press ENTER [27] to conﬁrm the value.

If the DATA dial is turned, but no changes are to be

made to the displayed value, press the MENU key

again to return the display to the previous value.

R e c M u t

2 s e c

Sets the length of the silent period when the REC

MUTE key [18] is pressed, the input signal to the

tape is muted, and a period of silence is recorded.

To exit the menu mode, press either the COUNTER

MODE [21] or the MARGIN RESET [23] key.

The values available are: 4, 5, 6, 7, 2and 3

seconds.

3.1 Drum time (head time)

The default value is 4seconds.

D r u m - T

0 0 1 0 H

3.5 Reference level

Reports the time (in hours) that the head drum has

been in use. Use this information to help schedule

head cleaning, following the interval between clean-

ings as recommended by the cleaning cassette.

R e f - L V

- 1 6 d B

Matches the input and output reference levels of ana-

log audio equipment to the digital reference standard

in use for the recording project, meaning that when a

nominal level (either +4 dBu or –10 dBV) analog

signal is input, this will show as the selected refer-

ence level on the tape deck’s meters. The converse is

true when analog signals are output from the tape

deck (i.e. a signal at the selected reference level will

be output at the appropriate nominal analog level).

3.2 Auto ID level

A t I D - L

- 4 8 d B

When the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID

[26]), signals which exceed this level, after a period

of relative silence (as set in 3.3, "Auto ID time") will

automatically start the recording of a START ID at

the point where the signal exceeds this level.

Three options are available: -16dB(TASCAM),

-18dB(European), and -20dB(SMPTE).

The options available are: -48dB, -54dB,

-57dBand -60dB.

The default value is -16dB, and the symbol on

the display meters (between the 18 and 14) will light

when this value is selected.

The default value is -48dB.

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In the STANDARD mode, any dither settings made

are applied to the signal as it is recorded.

3.6 Digital output format

The triangular (Tri.) setting reduces noise more

effectively than the rectangular (Rect.) , but

F o r m a t

A E S E B U

both reduce the signal-to-noise ratio compared to the

offsetting, triangular more than rectangular.

There is no rule for using dither—different circum-

stances demand different settings.

Sets the format of the digital audio data output from

both digital audio outputs (the AES/EBU XLR con-

nector and the COAXIAL RCA connector).

The options available are AESEBU(AES/EBU

The default setting here is off.

format) and Consmr(SPDIF format).

3.9 Copy prohibit

The default is AESEBU.

Sets the level of copy protection for tapes recorded

using this tape deck.

3.7 Digital out word length

C o p y I D

F r e e

D o u t H R

2 4 b i t

The menu items control the writing of the copy pro-

tection bit in the subcode of the recorded material.

The options available are: Free(no copy protec-

tion is applied to the recorded material), 1gen

(one generation only of digital copying is possible

from tapes produced when this setting is made), and

Prohbt(no digital copying at all is possible).

The second option is equivalent to the SCMS system

implemented on consumer DAT recorders.

When a tape has been recorded in HR(24BIT) mode,

it may be necessary to play back the material at 16-

bit resolution.

Note that the format of the digital audio data will

always be output in the format as selected above (3.6,

"Digital output format") from both connectors (AES/

EBU and COAXIAL).

The options available are 24bitand 16bit.

The default value here is Free.

The default value is 24bit.

3.10End ID

3.8 Dither

E n d - I D

N o

W R

D i t h e r

o f f

Sets whether an END ID is automatically written

whenever recording stops.

Dithering is the technique used to improve resolution

at low levels, with resulting loss of quantization

The two options available are: No WR(no END

ID is written when recording stops) and AutoWR

(an END ID is automatically written when recording

stops). When an END ID is written, the display

shows WR-EE.

noise . It is particularly useful when playing back

audio recorded with higher number of bits than the

destination is capable of receiving.

When playing back a recording made in 24-bit HR

mode, dithering may be used if the internal D/A con-

vertors are used. There is no effect if dithering is

selected, and 16-bit output word length is selected.

When playing back and an END ID is encountered,

EEis shown on the display, and playback stops. The

tape then either stops or rewinds, depending on the

setting made in 3.15, "Auto rewind".

1. A full discussion of dither and other digital

audio techniques is outside the scope of this

manual. However, a good starting point for

learning about this, and other aspects of digital

audio, is John Watkinson’s The Art of Digital

Audio, pub Focal Press

The default value is No WR.

2. These names refer to the shape of the proba-

bility curve describing the noise applied to the

original signal as part of the dither process.

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3 - Menu functions

The values available are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4and 5

seconds.

3.11HR time display

The default value is 0seconds.

H R - T M

T a p e T M

3.14End tally signal

When recording or playing back in the HR(24BIT)

mode, the tape moves at twice the normal speed. The

tape counter can use the subcode recorded on the

tape as its reference, meaning that the displayed time

passes twice as fast as real time, or it can display real

time.

E n d T L Y

T - E n d

Controls the timing of the tape end tally signal trans-

mitted through the CONTROL I/O [36] port. The

signal can either be transmitted at the end of the tape,

or at a ﬁxed interval before the tape end.

The selected display mode is used in PGM Time

mode and REMAIN Time mode (see COUNTER

MODE [21]). A * symbol appears at the top of the

display when real time mode is selected.

The values available are: T-End(the tally signal

will be transmitted at the end of the tape), 1min,

2minand 3min(the tally signal will be trans-

mitted before the end of the tape is reached).

The options available in this menu are: TapeTM

(using the ABS time in the tape subcode), or

RealTM(using real time for the tape counter).

The default value is T-End.

The default value is TapeTM.

3.15Auto rewind

NOTE

A t - R e w

o f f

This menu item only applies to tapes

recorded in the HR mode; it has no relevance

to tapes recorded in standard mode.

This menu item determines whether the tape will be

automatically rewound when the end of the tape or

an END ID is reached in play mode.

The two options available are: off(the tape will

not be rewound when the end of the tape or an END

ID is reached) and on(the tape will be automati-

cally rewound when the end of the tape or an END

ID is reached).

3.12Repeat mode

R e p e a t

1 0 T M S

This menu item controls the number of times that the

playback will repeat when the repeat mode is set (see

4.1, "REPEAT").

The default value is off.

3.16Fast forward mode

The options available are: 10TMS(the playback

will repeat 10 times) and UnLimt(the playback

will repeat indeﬁnitely until stopped).

F F - K e y

N o r m a l

This menu item determines whether the F FWD and

REW keys will act as cue and review keys, respec-

tively, if they are pressed while the tape deck is in

play mode. The two settings are Normal(the

unit will go from play mode to fast wind) and Cue

(the unit will enter cue/review mode when the fast

wind keys are pressed).

The default value is 10TMS.

3.13Pre-roll time

P r e R o l

0 s e c

Sets a pre-roll time, so that the tape will locate to a

ﬁxed point before either of the location memories

when the appropriate key (LOC 1 [29] or LOC 2

[30]) is pressed. The setting made here has no effect

on locating to the START IDs of programs using the

SKIP keys [12] or the DATA dial [20].

The setting made here also applies to fast wind com-

mands made through the CONTROL I/O [36] con-

nector, and using the optional RC-D45 remote

control unit.

The default value is Normal.

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3 - Menu functions

If the screen shows Init.in error, turn the DATA

dial again so that the display shows ----.

3.17Parameter save

P - M o d e

3.19Viewing points at which block

errors have occurred

- - - -

Saves the following parameters so that they become

the default parameters when the tape deck is next

powered up:

ABS

00_H23_M08_S

_ 3 2_F# 1

• Single Play

• Skip Play

This display is shown if the MENU key is pressed

once more following the reset screen above.

• Repeat Mode

This displays up to ﬁve points in ABS time format

where more than one block error has occurred within

a frame. Turn the DATA dial to view the ﬁve points at

which these errors have occurred. Turning the dial

clockwise after error #5 will show the total number

of such errors (up to a total of 99 errors).

When this menu item is ﬁrst displayed, the right side

of the display shows: ----. To save the current

settings, turn the DATA dial [20], so that the display

shows Save, and press ENTER [27].

3.18Initializing settings

While a block error time is shown on the display,

pressing the LOC 2 key will write the error location

to the second location memory and start locating the

tape to that point.

* D a t a *

- - - -

Resets all menu values to their default settings except

for the head time, (see 3.1, "Drum time (head

time)"), which cannot be reset.

While any of the locations or the total number of the

tape errors menu is shown on the display, the infor-

mation can be cleared by pressing the MARGIN

RESET key. Ejecting the tape will also clear this

data.

To reset the values to default, turn the DATA dial

[20] so that the display shows Init.and press

ENTER [27].

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4 - Advanced functions

The more advanced functions of the tape deck are

typically accessed by pressing SHIFT [32] so that

the indicator is lit.

4.3 INS/+ and DEL/-

These keys may be used in addition to the data dial to

increment and decrement values in the menus (see 3,

"Menu functions").

While the indicator is lit, the command keys take on

their shifted function, labeled in blue above the key.

NOTE

4.1 REPEAT

Remember that menus are unshifted func-

tions. To use these keys as increment and

decrement keys in the menus, the SHIFT indi-

cator must be lit, which means that the SHIFT

key must be pressed after the menu has been

entered.

Repeated presses of the REPEAT key [21] cycle

through the following:

• A-B repeat— the display shows REPEAT A-B—

playback is repeated between the two location

memory points (A refers to location memory point

1, and B refers to location memory point 2). The

points must ﬁrst be set (see 4.6, "Location memo-

ries"), the tape located to a position between the

two location memory points, and playback started

from there.

They are also used or incrementing and decrement-

ing numeric values in the edit screens (see 4,

"Advanced functions").

When these keys are used for editing values, pressing

and holding down these keys will repeat the incre-

ment or decrement operation.

• Single repeat— the display simply shows

REPEAT— a program will be repeated; use the

DATA dial or the INS/+ and DEL/- keys to select a

program number, and then press PLAY to start

repeated play of that program . While the program

is being played back, the word REPEAT will ﬂash

in the display. If the REPEAT setting is being made

while the tape is playing back, the program which

starts with the next START ID encountered during

playback will be repeated.

When entering characters (see 4.8, "Character edit-

ing (titling)"), the INS/+ key inserts a blank space

into the character string immediately before the cur-

sor position. The DEL/- key deletes the character at

the cursor position.

4.4 ID markers (START, SKIP, END,

CHAR and renumbering)

• All repeat— the display shows ALL REPEAT—

the complete contents of the tape will be repeated

If the REPEAT setting is being made while the tape

is playing back, ALL REPEAT will start as soon as

an END ID or the end of the tape is encountered.

These ID markers are used to control tape operations

when they are read on playback. Brieﬂy:

• START IDs are nine seconds in length. They are

used to mark the beginning of a program and are

usually in continuous sequence (from 01 to 99). If

they somehow get out of sequence, the renumber

facility is used to correct this.

• No repeat— the display does not show any repeat

information

• SKIP IDs are one second in length, and are used in

skip play mode (see SKIP PLAY [25]) to skip past

unwanted sections of tape

The number of times that the selected portion (A-B,

program or tape) is repeated is set by the repeat menu

option described in 3.12, "Repeat mode".

• END IDs are nine seconds in length, and are used

to mark the “logical” end of a tape (even though

there may be tape remaining, playback will stop

when an END ID is encountered). There should,

naturally, only be one END ID on a tape.

4.2 CHECK

This key [22] is used when entering characters for

tape or program titles. It allows the checking of titles

which are longer than the display allows, and scrolls

them across the display. See “Character editing

(titling)” on page 26

The above three ID types are recognized by every

kind of DAT deck and player.

This tape deck also provides another kind of subcode

ID marker:

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4 - Advanced functions

• CHAR, which allows the writing of alphanumeric

characters (up to 60) which are associated with a

START ID on the tape, which will be shown on the

display when that part of the tape is replayed.

These can be used as tape (if written at the ﬁrst

START ID) or program titles.

Protectwill appear in the display when

the ID SELECT key is pressed.

4.4.2Manually writing a START or SKIP

ID (i)

With the tape deck playing a tape where audio has

previously been recorded, or recording, select either

the STARTWRT or SKIPWRT option as described

above.

NOTE

All these IDs are written in the subcode of the

tape— they may be written and erased freely

without affecting the audio portion of the tape

in any way.

When the tape reaches the point where an ID is to be

written, press ENTER [27].

The ID will be written at the point where the

ENTER key is pressed. While the ID is being writ-

ten, START WRT or SKIP WRT (as appropriate)

will ﬂash on the display and output will be muted (if

the tape deck is in playback mode).

4.4.1Selecting an ID mode

Repeated presses of the ID SELECT key will cycle

through the following options:

• START WRT— a START ID will be written

• SKIP WRT— a SKIP ID will be written

• END WRT— an END ID will be written

In playback mode, the display will also show WR-

STor WR-SK, and the playback will be restored

after the ID has been written.

• START ERASE— the START ID immediately

before the current location will be erased

The PLAY and RECORD indicators will both light

while the ID is being written.

• SKIP ERASE— the SKIP ID immediately before

the current location will be erased

NOTE

• END ERASE— the tape will move forward to the

Do not press the STOP key while writing sub-

code IDs. This will cause the IDs to be of

indeterminate length, resulting in possible

future operational problems.

next END ID, which will be erased

• CHAR ERASE— the character information

immediately before the current location will be

erased

• RENUM— the tape will be rewound, and all

START IDs will be renumbered in sequence, start-

ing at 1.

4.4.3Writing a START or SKIP ID (ii)

With the tape playing, press the POSITION key.

The current tape location in ABS time will be dis-

played, together with the characters Posit,

showing that the POSITION key has been pressed.

WARNING

When one of the above ID modes is shown in

the display, pressing ENTER may start the ID

writing or editing operation. When writing or

editing IDs is not required, therefore, press ID

SELECT repeatedly until none of the above

ID modes is shown on the display/

0 0_H2 3_M1 7_s

P o s i t

After two seconds, the time that which the

POSITION key was pressed will be shown to frame

accuracy, together with an offset value of 00at the

right of the display.

The ERASE and RENUM modes cannot be selected

while the tape deck is recording.

0 0_H2 3_M1 7_S

_ 1 8_F

0 0

While IDs are being written, erased or renumbered,

all transport controls except STOP are disabled.

The PAUSE indicator will light, and the PLAY indi-

cator will start to ﬂash.

NOTE

Use the INS/+ and DEL/- keys or the DATA dial to

adjust the offset backwards or forwards by up to 50

frames in either direction.

If there is no cassette inserted, or if the cas-

sette is write-protected, the message Rec

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Press PLAY to preview the location of the ID point.

The tape will rewind to the position, with the offset

added or subtracted, and start playing back from the

previewed ID position. While playing back, the word

Positwill be shown on the display. When play-

back stops after a few seconds, the offset value will

replace the word Posit, and may be re-adjusted

as described above.

After the ID has been erased, the deck will continue

playing the tape.

NOTE

If a START ID is erased, the program num-

bers will not be continuous. The renumbering

function may be used to restore the

sequence.

Repeat the adjustment of the ID point and the pre-

view of the point as many times as necessary.

4.4.6Erasing an END ID

Use the ID SELECT key to choose either a START

ID or a SKIP ID to write at the selected position, if

the display does not already show the desired ID

type.

Select END ERASE as the ID mode (see 4.4.1,

"Selecting an ID mode").

Move the tape to a little after the END ID, and press

ENTER.

When the ID point has been located satisfactorily,

press ENTER. The display will show WR-STor

WR-SK, depending on whether a START or SKIP

ID is being written.

The tape will move back to the END ID and will

erase it (the RECORD and PLAY indicators will

both light). While the ID is being erased, the words

END ERASE will ﬂash in the display.

The edited point can also be used here as a location

memory (use the MEMO 1 or MEMO 2 key).

4.4.7Erasing titles

The writing of the ID can be canceled at any time

after POSITION has been pressed by pressing

STOP.

If characters have been recorded on tape, the boxed

word CHAR will appear on the bottom of the display

(below the seconds digits).

4.4.4Writing an END ID

To erase the characters which have been previously

recorded as program titles, select CHAR ERASE as

the ID mode (see 4.4.1, "Selecting an ID mode").

Writing an END ID will stop the tape. If an END ID

is written in the middle of recorded material, the

material following the END ID will be inaccessible

until the END ID is erased.

Move the tape to a little after the end of the START

ID containing the characters to be erased,

An END ID can be written from the record, or the

record pause mode.

Press ENTER; the display will show ER-CH, and

the tape will start moving back until the START ID

containing the characters is located on tape. The

character information will then be erased (the

RECORD and PLAY indicators will both light), but

the START ID containing the title characters and the

audio information will be retained. While the erase

operation is taking place, the words CHAR ERASE

will ﬂash in the display.

Select the END WRT option as described in 4.4.1,

"Selecting an ID mode".

Press ENTER. The END ID will be written at the

point that ENTER is pressed.

4.4.5Erasing a START or SKIP ID

Select the START ERASE or SKIP ERASE option

as described in 4.4.1, "Selecting an ID mode".

4.4.8Renumbering START IDs

If START IDs have been written to a tape after audio

recording has taken place, or if START IDs have

been removed from a sequence, the program num-

bers will not form a continuous series.

Locate the tape to a little after the START or SKIP

ID to be erased.

Press ENTER. The tape will move backwards to ﬁnd

the ﬁrst appropriate ID, and ER-STor ER-SK

as appropriate is shown in the display.

To renumber the programs, select RENUM as the ID

mode.

When the ID has been located, the START ERASE

or SKIP ERASE shown in the display will start

ﬂashing, and the RECORD and PLAY indicators

will light.

The right side of the display will show #01(ﬂash-

ing), showing that the ﬁrst START ID will be renum-

bered as 01.

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4 - Advanced functions

You can start the tape’s program numbers from a

value different from 01by turning the DATA dial.

The program number selected with the DATA dial

will ﬂash (the ﬂashing will continue for ﬁve

seconds).

• Editing of the ﬁrst memory location

• Editing of the second memory location

• Editing of a programmed sequence of programs for

subsequent playback

• Editing of a string of characters to be used as a tape

or program title

Conﬁrm the ﬂashing program number with the

ENTER key. If you press ENTER after the program

number has stopped ﬂashing, renumbering will start

from 01.

• Writing a string of characters to tape

Repeated presses of EDIT will cycle through these

options.

The tape will rewind to the ﬁrst START ID, and

rewrite the ID in the same location as previously, but

with the number selected above.

To exit the EDIT mode, press COUNTER MODE or

DISPLAY (as with all SHIFTed modes, pressing the

SHIFT key so that the SHIFT indicator goes out will

exit the SHIFT mode).

When this is done, the number at the right of the dis-

play will change to the number which is one greater

than the starting program number, and the tape will

move forward to the next START ID and renumber it

in the same way.

The ENTER key is used to select the operation.

4.6 Location memories

While a START ID is being rewritten, the word

RENUMwill ﬂash in the display, and the PLAY

and RECORD indicators will light.

4.6.1Locating to location memories

Once a memory location has been set, as explained

below, use the LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys to locate to

the memory location points (as explained in LOC 1

[29]).

If the current START ID already has a number, this

will be shown to the left of the #mark on the

display:

PNO

4.6.2Setting location memories

0 0_H2 3_M1 7_s

0 2 # 0 3

Press the MEMO 1 or MEMO 2 key. The current

location will be stored to frame accuracy, regardless

of whether or not the frame display mode is currently

in operation, in memory location 1 or 2 as

appropriate.

If the current START ID is unnumbered, this is repre-

sented by a pair of dashes in the PNO location on the

display.

All program titles are retained during the renumber-

ing process.

4.6.3Editing location memories

The renumbering process continues until the end of

the tape or an END ID is reached.

Press EDIT until the display shows either M1?or

M2?at the right, together with the location value

stored in that location memory.

NOTE

Valid program numbers are from 01 to 99. If

the above procedure is used to select a pro-

gam number at the high end of the range, and

the renumbering increments a program num-

ber above 99, the number will “wrap” to 00.

The number 00 can cause problems when

searching and locating, and this should be

remembered when setting program numbers.

0 0_H2 8_M5 3_S

2 9

M 1 ?

Press ENTER to start editing the location memory.

The word Editwill appear at the right of the dis-

play, and the right digit of the frames ﬁeld will start

to flash.

0 0_H2 8_M5 3_S

2 9 E d i t

Use the SHUTTLE wheel to move the cursor (ﬂash-

ing digits) between the frames, seconds, minutes and

hours ﬁelds.

4.5 The EDIT key

The EDIT key (SHIFTed MENU [28]) allows the

Use the INS/+ and DEL/- keys and the DATA dial to

following operations to the performed:

increment or decrement the ﬂashing value ﬁeld.

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4 - Advanced functions

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.

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:

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.

E d i t

P R G M

NOTE

If playback is stopped in the middle of programmed

playback, the program will be canceled, and the word

PROGRAM will disappear from the display.

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.

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.

Press ENTER to start editing the program steps:

These titles are written at a point that coincides with

START IDs. This allows them to be associated easily

with program names.

S t e p 0 1

P n o

E E

Use the DATA dial to choose a program number

(shown at the right of the display).

NOTE

Use the SHUTTLE wheel to choose the program

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

grammed playback sequence.

This feature is not supported by every DAT

player and recorder. If titles are recorded on a

tape, they will be shown on TASCAM DA-

45HR 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.

Enter the last program step with the program number

EE(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.

4.8.1Entering and editing titles

Press EDIT until the display shows:

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.

E d i t

C h a r

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).

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:

The DATA dial is used to change the character. The

characters available are:

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.

Athrough Z, a through z, 0through 9and the

following punctuation symbols: :;<=>?@!

26 TASCAM DA-45HR

4 - Advanced functions

"#$%&'()*+,-./_and the space

character.

Use the CHAR key to display the last title which has

been read from tape. While the title is displayed, all

other tape counter numerals are replaced by the char-

acters in the title. The title will scroll across the dis-

play if it is too long to ﬁt in the display.

To change between uppercase and lowercase alpha-

betical characters, use the CAPS key. The word

CAPS appears at the bottom left of the display when

the “caps lock” is on.

4.8.4Deleting a title

Locate the tape to a little past the point where the

title is recorded on tape.

The INS/+ and DEL/- keys are used to insert a space

immediately following the cursor position, and to

delete the character at the cursor position,

respectively.

Use the ID SELECT key to select the CHAR

ERASE mode (4.4.1, "Selecting an ID mode").

Since the title can be longer than the display can

show at one time, the ﬁrst characters of the title are

shown, and the rest is then scrolled from right to left.

Press ENTER. The display will show ER-CH, and

the tape will rewind to a little before the point where

the title has been recorded.

4.8.2Writing the title to tape

The title will then the erased. The words CHAR

ERASE will ﬂash in the display while the title is

actually being erased.

Locate the tape to a point following the end of the

START ID which will be associated with the title that

has just been entered.

4.8.5Copying and pasting a title

Press EDIT until the display shows:

The title which was last been read from tape can be

copied and used as the basis for new titles. This can

be useful if you are producing a lot of programs with

similar titles (different mixes or takes of the same

piece, for instance).

W r i t e

C h a r

Press ENTER, and the tape will start moving back

until before the start of the previous START ID, and

then start recording the characters. The words

CHAR WRTwill ﬂash in the display while

recording is taking place.

Once the title which will be copied has been read

from tape (the CHAR indicator in the display must

be lit), press EDIT until the display shows:

4.8.3Checking a title

E d i t

C h a r

When replaying a tape on which titles have been

recorded, the boxed word CHAR appears under the

seconds ﬁeld at the bottom of the display as soon as

the ﬁrst title is read from tape.

Press the MEMO 2 key to recall and paste the last

title into the editing area. The title may then be edited

and written to tape in the usual way.

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5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option)

The optional RC-D45 remote control unit is plugged

into the REMOTE IN [37] jack at the rear of the tape

deck.

Repeated presses of a key will cycle through the

characters associated with the key. For instance, the

2 key, when pressed once, will enter 2in the title.

Pressing it again will enter d(or Dif the CAPS

mode is active), pressing it one more time will enter

eand pressing it again will enter f. If it is pressed

one more time, it will enter 2.

Most of the controls on the remote control unit dupli-

cate the controls on the main tape deck. The explana-

tion of the controls is given below:

[43]OPEN/CLOSE

[54]Cursor keys

Equivalent to [2] on the main unit.

These keys are used to move the cursor left and right

when entering and editing program titles.

[44]CAPS

Used to toggle between uppercase and lowercase

when entering titles (see 4.8.1, "Entering and editing

titles").

[55]COUNTER MODE

Equivalent to the COUNTER MODE [21] on the

main unit.

[45]CHECK

[56]MARGIN RESET

Equivalent to the shifted CHAR [22] on the main

Equivalent to the MARGIN RESET [23] on the

unit.

main unit.

[46]POSITION

[57]CHAR

Equivalent to the shifted SKIP PLAY [25] on the

main unit.

Equivalent to the CHAR [22] on the main unit.

[47]ID SELECT

[58]DISPLAY

Equivalent to the shifted AUTO ID [26] on the main

unit.

Equivalent to the DISPLAY [24] on the main unit.

[59]SKIP PLAY

[48]AUTO ID

Equivalent to the SKIP PLAY [25] on the main unit.

Equivalent to the AUTO ID [26] on the main unit.

[60]SINGLE PLAY

[49]INS/+ and DEL/-

Equivalent to the SINGLE PLAY [31] on the main

unit.

Equivalent to the shifted MARGIN RESET [23]

and DISPLAY [24] on the main unit.

[61]REPEAT

[50]EDIT

Equivalent to the shifted COUNTER MODE [21]

on the main unit.

Equivalent to the shifted MENU [28] on the main

unit.

[51]ENTER

5.1 Remote control transport keys

Equivalent to the ENTER [27] on the main unit.

[62]SKIP keys

[52]MENU

Equivalent to the SKIP keys [12] on the main unit.

Equivalent to the MENU [28] on the main unit.

[63]MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 keys

[53]Numeric keys

Equivalent to the shifted LOC 1 [29] and LOC 2

These keys may be used for a variety of purposes.

[30] on the main unit.

When playing back a tape, entering a program num-

ber using these keys, and pressing PLAY will locate

the tape to that program and start playing. If PAUSE

is pressed rather than PLAY, the tape will be located

to the start of the program and the deck will enter

pause mode.

[64]SAMPLING MONITOR key

Equivalent to pressing the RECORD key on the

main unit once (see 17, "RECORD key").

[65]REW and F FWD

When editing and entering titles, these keys may be

used as a convenient way of entering characters.

Equivalent to the REW and F FWD keys [13] on the

main unit.

28 TASCAM DA-45HR

5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option)

[66]LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys

[69]PLAY

Equivalent to the PLAY key [15] on the main unit.

Equivalent to the LOC 1 [29] and LOC 2 [30] on

the main unit.

[70]PAUSE

Equivalent to the PAUSE key [16] on the main unit.

[67]REC MUTE

[71]RECORD keys

Equivalent to the REC MUTE key [18] on the main

unit.

To enter record ready, both of these keys must be

pressed simultaneously. It is not possible to enter

record mode directly, and this helps to prevent acci-

dental recording.

[68]STOP

Equivalent to the STOP key [14] on the main unit.

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6 - Specifications

Analog outputs (balanced

XLR-3-32 type)

Nominal output level +4dBu

(FS=–16/–18/–20 )

6.1 Audio speciﬁcations

Maximum output level +20/+22/

+24 dBu

Tape Speed

8.15 mm/s (SP mode)

All level measurements made

with trimmer set to maximum

value

16.3 mm/s (HR mode)

120 minutes (SP mode)

60 minutes (HR mode)

2,000 rpm (SP mode)

4,000 rpm (HR mode)

Recording time (with 120-

minute cassette)

Nominal impedance <27

Ω

Analog outputs (unbal-

anced RCA)

Nominal output level –10 dBV

Maximum output level +6 dBV

(2 Vrms)

Head drum speed

Nominal impedance <700

Ω

Fast wind time (forward

and rewind)

60 seconds end-to-end with

120-minute tape

Headphone π-inch stereo

jack

^{(2 x 50 mW into 32}Ω)

Sampling frequency

Recording resolution

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

Digital output (balanced

XLR-3-32 type)

IEC958 Type I (AES/EBU)

IEC958 Type II (SPDIF)

16-bit linear (SP mode)

Rounded 24-bit AD conversion

Digital output (unbalanced

RCA)

IEC958 Type I (AES/EBU)

IEC958 Type II (SPDIF)

24-bit linear (HR mode)

Digital input (balanced

XLR-3-31 type)

IEC958 Type I (AES/EBU)

Frequency response

±0.5 dB

20 Hz to 20,000 Hz (SP mode)

20 Hz to 20,000 Hz (HR mode)

>105 dB (SP mode)

Digital input (unbalanced

RCA)

IEC958 Type II (SPDIF)

S/N ratio

>112 dB recording, >105 dB

overall (HR mode)

WORD SYNC IN

WORD SYNC THRU

Parallel I/O port

BNC, 75

Ω

^{BNC, 75}Ω, auto-terminating

15-pin ’D’-sub connector

For use with RC-D45 only

Dynamic range

>100 dB (SP mode)

>113 dB recording, >105 dB

overall (HR mode)

REMOTE CONTROL

3.5 mm mini-jack

Total harmonic distortion

(1 kHz @ FS – 0.1 dB)

<0.005% (SP mode)

<0.002% recording, <0.004%

overall (HR mode)

6.3 Physical speciﬁcations

Voltage requirements:

USA/Canada 120 VAC ‘60 Hz

Europe/UK 230 VAC @ 50 Hz

Australia 240 VAC @ 50 Hz

Channel separation

Wow and ﬂutter

>95 dB (1kHz @ FS)

Unmeasurable (<0.001%)

a. If the DA-45HR’s DA convertors are used for

replay, conversion is carried out at a rounded 8

times oversampled 20 bits, with the option of

dithering.

Power consumption

Weight

40 W

8.3 kg (18.25 lbs)

Dimensions (w x h x d)

482 x 140.5 x 368 mm (19 x 5.5

x 14.5 in

6.2 I/O speciﬁcations

Supplied accessories

Optional accessories

Power cord

Rack mounting kit

Analog inputs (balanced

XLR-3-31 type)

Nominal input level +4dBu

(FS=–16/–18/–20 dBu)

Maximum input level +20/+22/

+24 dBu

RC-D45 wired remote control

unit

Changes to speciﬁcations and features may be made

without notice or obligaiton.

^{Nominal impedance >10 k}Ω

Analog inputs (unbal-

anced RCA)

Nominal input level –10dBV

Maximum input level +6 dBV

(2Vrms)

^{Nominal impedance >50 k}Ω

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6 - Specifications

6.4 Dimensional drawing

482mm

456mm

27mm

11mm

330mm

432mm

RecProtect—The cassette’s sliding write-pro-

tect tab is in the write-protect position.

6.5 Error messages

TapeMode HR, TapeMode NOR, —

An attempt is being made to record on a tape which has

previously been recorded using an incompatible mode

(HR or normal)

There are two types of error message: warning (informa-

tional) and more serious messages.

6.5.1 Warning messages

Tape Fs32k, Tape Fs32kLP—A tape

recorded at 32k or with the LP mode cannot be played

back using the DA-45HR

These simply give an indication of a situation which is

easily resolved:

CLKINX—An attempt is being made to record digi-

tally, with the CLOCK switch set to INT. Set the

CLOCK switch to the appropriate setting (D-IN or

WORD)

6.5.2 Serious error messages

Any of the following error messages indicates a serious

error, which you should never see in normal operation. If

any of these appears, ﬁrst try any countermeasures listed

here. If the message does not disappear after trying the

countermeasure, you should contact your TASCAM dis-

tributor for testing and repair of your tape deck.

AES/EBU X—The digital audio signal received at

the AES/EBU input has been selected as an input

source, but has become unsynchronized or is not present.

COAXIAL X—The digital audio signal received at

the COAXIAL unbalanced input has been selected as an

input source, but has become unsynchronized or is not

present.

DSP Com. Err.

Mecha. Com. Er.

Loading Err—Eject the tape, power down the

tape deck, power it up again, and reinsert the tape as

described in 1.4, "About DAT cassettes". If this fails, con-

tact your TASCAM dealer.

AES/EBU ?—The digital audio signal received at

the AES/EBU balanced input is more than 0.1% outside

the standard sampling frequency and cannot be recorded

(though it can be monitored).

Drum Error—Condensation may have occurred

on the head drum. Remove the cassette, and leave the

tape deck switched on for one or two hours. See the

warning note in 1.3, "Installation of the tape deck"

COAXIAL ?—The digital audio signal received at

the COAXIAL unbalanced input is more than 0.1% out-

side the standard sampling frequency and cannot be

recorded (though it can be monitored).

Capstan Error

SVMemo.RDE

SVMemo.WRE

Tape Top& Tape End—The tape is at the

start or end, and an attempt has been made to move past

this point

Tape Cut!—The tape has broken.You may be

able to remove the damaged cassette, but this is usually

best left to a qualiﬁed service technician, as the tape may

be wound in a complex path around delicate mechanical

parts of the tape deck.

End-ID—The presence of the END ID prevents the

attempted operation

A/D Error—The RECORD key has been

pressed and the analog input levels are too high for a

recording to be made successfully. Press the STOP key,

lower the analog input level, and press the RECORD

key again.

Memo.Data Er—The memorized menu set-

tings (3.17, "Parameter save") are no longer stored in

memory. Try re-making these settings. If the problem

persists, contact your TASCAM dealer.

TASCAM DA-45HR 31

DA-45HR

TEAC CORPORATION

Phone: (0422) 52-5082

3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan

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Phone: (213) 726-0303

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Phone: 01923-819699

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Phone: 0611-71580

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Phone: 01.42.37.01.02

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