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TASCAM DA-40
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 dif fer-
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)
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
When the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID
[25]), signals which exceed this level, after a period
of relati v e 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: -48dB, -54dB,
-57dB -60dBand dd. The dd setting
detects the digital start of a track.
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
dd has been selected, the Auto ID level is automati-
cally set to -54dB. This is also the case if a digital
device other than a DAT recorder or a CD player is
attached to the tape deck.
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 -48dB.
3.3 Auto ID time
When the AUTO ID function is enabled (AUTO ID
[25]), signals which exceed the level set in 3.2,
"Auto ID le vel" will automatically start the recording
of a START ID, if the signal has remained below the
le vel 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 av ailable are: 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 0.5,
1.0 and 1.5 seconds.
The default value is 2.0 seconds.
Drum-T 0010H
AtID-L -48dB
AtID-T2.0sec