Tascam DA-40 2.3 Tape controls

2 - Parts of the tape deck

TASCAM DA-40

[5] 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.

When playing back tapes that have already been

recorded, this switch has no ef fect. The sampling fre-

quency of a recorded tape is ﬁxed, and cannot be

changed.

NOTE

When making long play recordings, settings

made with this switch have no effect. The

sampling frequency is ﬁxed at 32 kHz.

[6] 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.

The right (

DIGITAL

) position allo ws the selection of

the digital input jacks.

[7] DIGITAL INPUT selector switch

When the

INPUT

switch

[6]

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.

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.

[8] ANALOG INPUT selector switch

When the

INPUT

switch

[6]

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.

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.

NOTE

If this switch is set to the

CAL

position, make

sure that no parts of the program material will

cause clipping.

[9] INPUT level controls

When recording from analog sources with the

ANALOG INPUT

switch

[8]

set to

UNCAL

, these

controls adjust the le vel of the input signal to the left

and right tape tracks.

They have no effect when the switch is set to the

CAL

position, or when recording from a digital

audio source.

[10]PHONES control and jack

Any standard pair of stereo headphones may be

plugged into this 1/

-inch jack, and the le vel adjusted

with the rotary control.

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.

[11]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.

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.).

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:

PNO

ABS

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