Tascam DA-78HR 4.3 Menus and sub-menus

4 - Menu interface, etc.

TASC AM D A-78H R

4.3 Menus and sub-menus

When the unit is in shift mode, the

REPEAT (MENU)

key is the “gateway” to the menus. This key is used

to show the top level groups of the menu tree:

When the MENU key is p resse d, one of th is grou p

names is displayed on the screen and the unit enters

menu mo de. When the MENU key is p resse d again,

the next menu group name in this list above is shown

(the list is “circ ular”, i.e. the first group na me follows

the last in the list).

Pressing and holdi n g down the SHIFT key and pre ss-

ing the MENU

key goes t o the previ ous menu group,

following the order described above. Once again, the

list is regarded as “circular”.

Note that the titles o f these top-level menu groups are

all followed by two dashes (--), showing that there

are submenus “under” this level.

4.3.1 Exiting menu mode

To exit menu mode, either:

• turn off t he sh i ft m o de ( p re s s th e SHIFT key so tha t

its indicator is no longer flashing)

• enter another shifted function (except for the

shifted MENU or S UB MENU functions)

4.3. 2 Sub- menus

When a menu is displayed, pressing t he shifted

CHASE key (SUB MENU) bri n gs up th e sub-m e nu

items associated with that particular top-level menu

group.

There are two different ways of displaying sub-menu

items:

• one is that the name of the parameter to be

adjusted, and the current value of the parameter are

displayed together.

• the other way is to that the name of the parameter is

displ ayed for one seco nd, and t he displa y then

changes to the current value of the parameter (this

is when the parameter name and/or the value are

too long to be displayed together).

Pressing the SUB MENU key cycles through the list

of sub-menu items in a top-level menu group (the list

is regarded as circular).

Pressi ng and holdi ng the SHIFT key and press i ng the

SUB MENU key cyc les thro ugh the s u b-men u i tems

in the reverse order.

4.3.3 Adjust ing parame ter values

In menu mo de, t he AUTO MO N and the ALL INPUT

keys perf orm the functio n of up an d d own keys (▲

and ▼) and they are used to change the values of

parameters in the sub-menu items.

As soon as the value of the parameter is changed on

the display, the parameter itself is changed (i.e. there

is no need to confirm changes with an ENTER key or

the equivalent).

If one of t he se keys is pr essed an d held dow n fo r half

a second, the key changes to a “repeat” mode. If the

key is held down for one second, the repeat mode

changes to a “fast repeat” mode, and the value of the

paramet er cha n ge s fas te r .

4.3.4 R esetting parameters to default

values

To reset a parameter value to the default value, press

and hold down the ▲ key and immediately after-

wards, press the ▼ key, or vice versa.

SYSTEM-- SYSTEM-- Basic system parameters a nd

functions

AUDIO. 1-- AUDIO1-- Parameters affecting the audio

fun ctions of th e DA-78H R

AUDIO. 2-- AUDIO2-- Additional audio features

TC-- TC-- Timecode para m eters (genera-

tor, display, etc.)

TC. CHS-- TC.CHS-- Parameters affecting t he time-

code cha s e m ode of t he DA-

78HR

TCG. REC-- TCG. REC--Ti mecode gener ator re cord ing

parameters)

MIDI-- MIDI-- Parameters concerned with the

MIDI functions of the DA-78HR

MAINTN-- MA INTN-- Maint enance, etc. paramet ers,

conce rned with th e DA-7 8HR

SYSTEM--

AUDIO. 1--

TC--

TC. CHS--

MIDI--

TCG. REC--

MAINTN--

SHIFT

+ MENU

AUDIO. 2--