Tascam MD-801R/P Mk II Basic operations, Inserting and ejecting discs, Playback of discs

This section gives you informstion about the basic operations using the MD-801.

It assumes that you have connected the MD-801 to all the other equipment that you will be using. If you have not already made these connections, read 2.3, "Rear panel" for details of the rear panel connections, and connect the other equipment appropriately.

4.1 Inserting and ejecting discs

Discs are inserted label side uppermost, in the direc- tion of the arrow marked on the disc. The display shows:

NO DISC

if the MD-801 is turned on without a disc in the drive.

As the disc is loaded, the display shows:

Disc Loading

When the disc has been loaded, the disc title, number of tracks, total running time, etc. are displayed.

Use the EJECT key [3] to eject discs.

Discs do not have to be ejected when the power to the MD-801 is turned off. No damage will be caused to discs if they are left in the unit at power-off or power on.

NOTE

Never turn the power off when the U-TOC is being written to disc (UTOC Writing). If you do, the disc may become unreadable.

When the MD-801 is turned on with a disc already loaded in the drive, the display will show:

TOC Reading

before showing the disc title, running time, number of tracks, etc.

4.2 Playback of discs

The following instructions apply to both pre- recorded and recordable MD media.

4.2.1 Playing back a whole disc

When the disc has been loaded, and the TOC has been read, use the PLAY MODE key so that the playback mode is not set to S I N G L E or A - B (see [22]).

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Press the PLAY key [6]. Playback will start from the beginning of the disc.

Stop playback with the STOP key [5].

Pause playback with the READY key [7] and restart it with the PLAY key.

NOTE

If the tracks being played back are less than three seconds in length, playback will be dis- continuous (“jumpy”).

4.2.2 Playback outputs

There are two sets of outputs provided on the MD-

801:the LINE balanced XLR-type at +4 dBu [40], and the MONITOR unbalanced RCA at –10 dBV

[38].

OUTPUT MODE DIP switch 2 [39] on the rear panel is used to synchronize these outputs so that material is always played back through both sets of outputs (off), or individually (on).

If the individual output option is chosen, the PLAY key on the MD-801 itself or the MONITOR key on the RC-801 will start playback through the MONITOR outputs only. In this case, the LINE out- puts are activated following a play or online com- mand from a remote controller (keyboard, RC-801, RC-8 or the serial or parallel controller).

If the the LINE outputs are used for playback, the MONITOR outputs may also be used for simulta- neous playback. OUTPUT MODE DIP switch 3 controls this. When set to off, the MONITOR out- puts are muted when the LINE outputs are in use. When set on, the MONITOR outputs are always used.

The PHONES jack [9] is always used.

The above applies to the analog outputs only, and does not refer at all to the digital outputs, which are always in use, regardless of the origin of the play- back command.

4.2.3 Monaural playback

OUTPUT MODE DIP switch 1 [39] is used to com- bine the left and right tracks and output them from both the left and right outputs equally.

The outputs affected are the LINE [40], MONITOR

[38]and PHONES outputs. The digital outputs are not affected by the position of this switch.

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