Tascam MD-801R/P Mk II, MD-801P Mk II owner manual Front panel

2 - Front and rear panel features

This section, as well as giving a description of the controls and features of the MD-801, also provides many descriptions of basic operations.

The section on the rear panel also contains advice on setting up and connecting the MD-801 as part of an audio system.

[4] TRACK keys

These keys are used to move the playback position backwards or forwards a track at a time. Their use is detailed in 4.2, "Playback of discs".

[5] STOP key

This key stops playback or recording (MD-801R only). It is also used to cancel other operations.

2.1 Front panel

[6] PLAY key and indicator

			Used to start playback or recording (MD-801R only).
The following provides details of the basic functions			When the operation is taking place, the key’s indica-
associated with the front panel controls of the unit. If			tor lights.
further information on the use of a particular control			[7] READY key and indicator
is provided elsewhere in the manual, this is indicated.			Used to put the unit into play ready or record ready
[1] POWER switch
			(MD-801R only) mode. The indicator lights when
Press once to turn on the unit, and again to turn the			the unit is ready.
unit off.			To start the operation, press the PLAY key [6].
		R	If recording is taking place while the READY key is
	NOTE		pressed, the unit goes into record ready mode. The
	You should not turn the unit off while the U-
			current track number is incremented by one, to show
	TOC (1.1.3, "Random access and U-TOC") is		that the next recording will start a new track, if Post-
	being written. If power is disconnected from		script recording is turned on (see 3.15, "Post-script
	the unit the U-TOC is being written, the disc		recording").
	data will be corrupted, and the disc may		To cancel a ready operation, press the STOP key [5].
	become unreadable.
	Always remember to press the TOC WRITE	R	[8] RECORD key and indicator
	key [19] before turning off power to the unit, in		If the unit is stopped, pressing the RECORD key
	order to save your edits to disc.		will enter “input monitor” mode (the RECORD
			indicator lights) and Input Mon appears on
[2] Disc drive			the display. This is valid whether or not a disc is
			loaded in the drive.
Insert MiniDiscs into this slot, label uppermost, and
			In input monitor mode, the signals received at the
with the arrow pointing into the drive.
			appropriate connectors, as selected with the input
Use the EJECT key [3] to eject discs.
			switches ([28], [29] and [31]) are routed to the out-
[3] EJECT key			puts for monitoring as well as to the PHONES jack
Press this key to eject discs from the drive.			[9], and the unit’s meters are used to display the sig-
			nal levels. If the selected digital signal is not avail-
			able, the D-IN UNLOCK! message is
			displayed.
	NOTE
	If you press the EJECT key when the TOC		The input level of the signals input at the analog
	WRITE indicator [19] is lit, indicating that
			jacks may be adjusted using the INPUT LEVEL
	there are edits that have been made, but not
			controls [27].
	yet saved to disc as part of the U-TOC, the
			If the RECORD key is pressed and held down, and
	display will show TOC Edited!. If you
	press the EJECT key again, you can eject the		the READY key is pressed, the unit enters record
	disc, but all edits made since the last U-TOC		ready mode (a disc must be in the drive). Both the
	writing operation will be lost. If you want to		RECORD and READY indicators will light.
	save the edits to disc, press the TOC WRITE
	key.

TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II 2–2