Tascam DA-40 owner manual Program mode, Character editing titling, Entering and editing titles

4 - SHIFT functions

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:

E d i t P R G M ?

NOTE

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.

Press ENTER to start editing the program steps:

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).

Use the SHUTTLE wheel to choose the program step number. There may be up to 30 steps in a pro- grammed playback sequence.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

If playback is stopped in the middle of programmed playback, the program will be canceled, and the word PROGRAM will disappear from the display.

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.

These titles are written at a point that coincides with START IDs. This allows them to be associated easily with program names.

NOTE

This feature is not supported by every DAT player and recorder. If titles are recorded on a tape, they will be shown on some other mod- els of TASCAM 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.

4.8.1 Entering and editing titles

Press EDIT until the display shows:

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).

The DATA dial is used to change the character. The characters available are:

Athrough Z, a through z, 0 through 9 and the following punctuation symbols: : ; < = > ? @ !

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