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

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mode, the indicator will be shown on the dis- play. See 4.2.9, "Repeat playback" for further details of this mode.

R[27] INPUT LEVEL controls

These controls adjust the level of the signal at the analog connectors selected using the INPUT selec- tion switch [28] (either the balanced inputs [36] or the unbalanced inputs [37]) when the ANALOG INPUT switch [31] is set to UNCAL.

When these controls are at about the “12 o’clock” position, they represent a nominal level for the unbal- anced inputs (and for the balanced inputs if the trim- mer potentiometers of the balanced inputs are still at the factory positions).

If the REC MODE switch [30] is set to the MONO position, the L (MONO) INPUT control is used to control the level of the monaural signal.

NOTE

The level of signals received at the digital inputs [32] and [34] cannot be adjusted.

R[28] INPUT selection switch

Use this switch to choose between the unbalanced analog inputs (UNBAL [37]), the balanced analog inputs (BAL [36]) or digital input (DIGITAL).

R[29] DIGITAL INPUT switch

Use this switch to choose between the AES/EBU digital input [32] and the COAXIAL digital input [34] when the INPUT selection switch [28] is set to the DIGITAL position.

R[30] REC MODE switch

Use this switch to choose between monaural and ste- reo recording.

In monaural recording mode, the left and right sig- nals are combined, and only the left INPUT level control [27] is used to control the level of the analog signals.

In monaural recording, twice the recording time is available on a disc than when recording in stereo.

R[31] ANALOG INPUT switch

When an analog input has been selected using the INPUT selection switch [28], you can use this switch to bypass the INPUT level controls [27].

When this switch is in the CAL position, these con- trols are bypassed, and have no effect. Signals are

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neither boosted nor attenuated, and a nominal signal will be received at the standard level of either +4 dBu (balanced, [36]) or –10 dBV (unbalanced, [37]).

A signal at the nominal analog level (0 dB) will show as a reading of –16 dB on the unit’s meters (put another way, there is 16 dB of headroom available on the MD-801 relative to the nominal 0dB point).

2.2 Display

The different indicators and parts of the display are shown here. We refer to the parts of the display which light and show preset messages as “preset indicators” or simply “indicators”.

(1) RESUME indicator

Lights when the resume mode is enabled from a menu (see 3.6, "Resume setting").

(2)indicator

Lights when the entry of Japanese katakana charac-

ters (is the word “katakana” written in katakana characters) is enabled, and will light if the TITLE key [16] is pressed when the MEMO IN/ CAPS indicator [23] is lit. Press the TITLE key once more to turn this off, and return to the entry of alpha- numeric characters.

(3) CAPS indicator

Lights when capital (uppercase) letters are being used for title entry and editing (see [23]).

(4) EDIT indicator

Lights when the unit is in EDIT mode. See 5, "Edit- ing operations" for details of editing operations.

(5) DATE indicator

Lights when the unit is displaying the date on which a recording was made (the MD-801R records the date automatically). See 4.2.18, "Setting the time and date" for details of facility.

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