Tascam RC-898 Menu group F

10.1 - Menu groups

10-7

Menu group F

Menu item Parameter(s) Val ues R eference

Key Mode Enables control

of all or one unit

All, Individual 7.2.2, “Key Mode”

Frame Display Shows or hides

the “frames”

fields

on, off 6.2, “Setting the pre-

cision”

Setup Load or save

Memory bank

Load, Save

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, F (factory)

4.5, “Storing and

recalling user set-

ups”

DispTime Absolute or rel-

ative time dis-

play

Absolute, Relative 6.3, “Setting a rela-

tive time reference”

Ke y Mo d e Fr a m e D i s p

Se t u p

Contents

Main TO THE USER For U.S.A i 1.00 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 RC-898 features 3 Connections 4 Menu and basic operations Table of Contents 7 Making settings on the DTRS units 8 Timecode functions 9 External control and settings 10 Menu and parameter reference 1 Introduction 1.1 Key features 1.2 Unpacking 1.3 About this manual Section 1.4 - Precautions and recommendations 1.4 Precautions and recommendations 1.4.1 Environmental conditions 1.4.2 Battery backup 1.4.3 Digital audio cables Section 1.5 - Accessories 1.5 Accessories Page Page Section 2.1 - Front panel 2.1 Front panel [1] REC FUNCTION keys [2] INPUT MONITOR keys [3] ALL SAFE key [4] ALL INPUT key and indicator [8] MACHINE number indicators (1 through 6, E1, E2) [9] LOCK STATUS indicators [10] OFFSET, PULL UP/DN, CONFIDENCE, DELAY, TC REC, VARI indicators [11] LCD display screen [12] Time Mode indicators Section 2.1 - Front panel [20] ENTER/LOAD key [21] PRESET key [22] F1 through F10 function keys [23] SHIFT key 2.2 Rear Panel [42] EXT 1 parallel and GPI port [43] EXT 2 - serial port [44] REMOTE OUT connector Section 2.2 - Rear Panel [45] DIP switches (1 & 2) [46] Contrast Section 3.1 - Connection to DTRS units 3 Connections 3.1 Connection to DTRS units 3.1.1 Machine IDs Section 3.2 - Connections (parallel units) 3.2 Connections (parallel units) 3.2.1 Connections (GPI event units) 3.2.2 Parallel control/GPI pinout 3.3 Connections (RS-422 units) 3.4 A note on system clocks 3.5 Memory and batteries Page Section 4.1 - Navigation 4 Menu and basic operations 4.1 Navigation 4.1.1 Invalid operations Section 4.2 - Data entry 4.2 Data entry 4.2.1 Resetting values to zero 4.2.2 Fast setting of values 4.2.3 Setting values using the VALUE display Section 4.3 - Selecting the unit controlled by the menus 4.3 Selecting the unit controlled by the menus 4.4 Commonly-used menus Section 4.5 - Storing and recalling user setups 4.4.1 Assigning menus to function keys 4.4.2 Recalling menus using the function keys 4.5 Storing and recalling user setups 4.5.1 Saving the current setup Section 4.5 - Storing and recalling user setups 4.5.2 Recalling a user setup or restoring factory settings Page Section 5.1 - Transport controls 5 Basic DTRS operations 5.1 Transport controls 5.1.1 Selecting the unit to which operations refer 5.1.2 Formatting tapes Section 5.2 - Monitoring 5.2 Monitoring 5.2.1 ALL INPUT 5.2.2 INPUT MONITOR keys 5.2.3 Shuttle monitoring 5.2.4 Shuttle muting Section 5.2 - Monitoring 5-4 5.2.5 Monitoring flowchart 5.2 - Monitoring 5-5 5.2.6 Monitoring tables Table 1: DA-88 and DA-38 Table 2: DA-88 and DA-38 shuttle modes (ALL INPUT off, AUTO MON on) Table 3: DA-98 Page Section 6.1 - Reference modes 6 Location functions 6.1 Reference modes 6.2 Setting the precision 6.3 Setting a relative time reference Section 6.4 - ABS setting 6.4 ABS setting 6.4.1 A note on ABS frame rate 6.4.2 Selecting Time Mode 00:00:00:00 00:45:00:00 .00:30:00:00 00:15:00:00 6.5 Location operations 01:22:58:02 01:23:03:02 6.5.1 Setting the location pre-roll value 6.5.2 Auto play Section 6.5 - Location operations 6.5.4 Manual entry of a location point 01:25:34:12 6.5.5 Editing a location 6.5.6 Storing the location in a memory 6.6 Repeating a section Section 6.7 - Punch operations 6.7 Punch operations ot in 6.7.1 Setting punch points 6.7.2 Checking punch points 6.7.5 Setting pre-roll and post-roll times 6.7.6 Crossfade times 6.7.7 Rehearsing the punch recording 6.7.8 Performing the punch recording Page Section 7.1 - Track operations 7 Making settings on the DTRS units 7.1 Track operations 7.1.1 Track delay 7.1.2 Track copying Section 7.2 - Unit-related functions 7.2 Unit-related functions 7.2.1 Chasing to ABS sync 7.2.2 Key Mode 7.2.3 Chasing with an offset 7.2.4 Auto Offset function Section 7.2 - Unit-related functions 7.2.5 Checking the offset 7.2.6 Clock selection 7.2.7 Output timing 7.2.8 Varispeed (pitch control) 7.2.9 Input selection 7.2.10 Word length 7.2.11 Dither Section 7.2 - Unit-related functions 7.2.12 Confidence mode 7.2.13 Reference levels 7.2.14 Meter modes 7.2.15 Sine oscillator Page Page 8 Timecode functions 8.1 Primary timecode xx:20:00:00 xx:10:00:00 xx:00:00:00 Section 8.1 - Primary timecode functions xx 00:57:00:00 8.1.3 Selecting a timecode type 8.1.4 Setting the generator start time 8.1.5 Starting and stopping the generator 8.1.6 Checking the generator progress 8.1.7 Recording the timecode on a DTRS timecode track Section 8.1 - Primary timecode functions 8.1.8 Chasing to external timecode 8.1.9 Chasing with a timecode offset. 8.1.10 Auto Timecode Offset function 8.1.11 Independent clock settings 8.2 Advanced timecode 8.2.1 Timecode output source Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions 8.2.2 Synchronization of timecode 8.2.3 Pull up and pull down 8.2.4 Error bypass 8.2.5 Rechase mode 8.2.6 Fast LTC 8.2.7 MIDI Timecode output 8.2.8 Park position Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions 8.2.9 Individual recording status while chasing timecode 8.2.10 Video resolve Page Page Section 9.1 - Controlling the parallel port device 9 External control and settings 9.1 Controlling the parallel port device 9.2 Controlling GPI devices 9.2.1 Setting up GPI devices 9.2.2 Setting the trigger points 9.3 Controlling the serial port (9-pin) 9.3.1 Selecting the serial port device 9.3.2 Location pre-roll on the serial unit Section 9.3 - Controlling the serial port (9-pin) 00:00 59:59 9.3.3 Serial unit timing source 9.3.4 Split mode on the serial unit 9.4 Other DTRS control 9.4.1 Choosing a control protocol 9.4.2 Track mapping functions 9.4.3 Timecode track mapping 9.4.4 Remote track arming 9.4.5 Device emulation 9.4.6 Recording delay Section 9.4 - Other DTRS control functions 9.4.7 Fast wind speed 9.4.8 Cue-up tally 9.4.9 MMC ID Page Page 10-1 10 Menu and parameter reference 10.1 Menu groups Menu group 0 Menu item Parameter(s) Val ues Reference Section 10.1 - Menu groups 10-2 Menu group 1 Menu group 2 10-3 Menu group 3 Menu group 4 Section 10.1 - Menu groups 10-4 Menu group 5 Menu group 6 10-5 Menu group 7 Menu group 8 Section 10.1 - Menu groups 10-6 Menu group 9 Menu group E Menu group A Menu group F Section 10.2 - Alphabetical list of menu items 10-8 10.2 Alphabetical list of menu items Section 10.3 - Specifications 10-9 10.3 Specifications 10.4 Dimensions Page Page Page Page Page TEAC CORPORATION 3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan Phone: (0422) 52-5082 RC-898