3 - Menu functions
The menu facilities on the tape deck allow common settings to be made.
Repeated presses of MENU [27] will cycle through the different menu items listed here in the order pre- sented here.
Repeated presses of the DISPLAY [23] 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
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.
When setting values from a menu, turn the DATA dial [19] to change the displayed value. The new value will be shown flashing on the display.
Press ENTER [26] 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.
To exit the menu mode, press either the COUNTER MODE [20] or the MARGIN RESET [22] key.
3.1 Drum time (head time)
D r u m - T | 0 0 1 0 H |
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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.
3.2 Auto ID level
A t I D - L | - 4 8 d B |
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When the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID [25]), 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.
The options available are:
When the dd setting is made, and if a DAT deck is connected to the tape deck through the COAXIAL interface, the START IDs and SKIP IDs on the source deck are transferred over the coaxial connec- tion and recorded on the tape deck.
If a CD player is connected with dd set, when the start of a track is read, a START ID is written on the tape deck.
Note that if an analog connection is made between the tape deck and a CD or DAT recorder, and record- ing is carried out through the analog connections, if
ddhas been selected, the Auto ID level is automati- cally set to
NOTES
CD tracks of less than 18 seconds may not have their corresponding START IDs recorded properly.
In order to ensure accurate program search- ing, a gap of at least 9 seconds should be left between the end of one START ID and the beginning of the next.
The default value for this menu is
3.3 Auto ID time
A t I D - T 2 . 0 s e c
When the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID [25]), 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.
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.
The times available are: 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 0.5,
1.0and 1.5 seconds.
The default value is 2.0 seconds.
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