Teac MP-BT1 manual

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2 T ASCA M MP- BT1 Cont ents 1 – Introduction ...................................................... 3 Supplied accessories .................................................... 3 Manual con ventions .................................................... 3 Precautions for placement and use .............................. 3 Beware of condens ation ...[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 3 Precautions for placement a nd use The M P-B T 1 may be us ed in mo st area s, but to ma int ain top pe rfor ma nce, and prolong operat ing l ife, obser ve the fo llowing note s, prec autions a nd enviro nme ntal cond i- tions: A v oid exposing it to ext reme s of temper atu re a nd hum idit y and avo id mecha nical shock s and v[...]

4 T ASCA M MP- BT1 The M P-B T 1 use s a built-in lith ium ion bat ter y that ca n be rech arged by con nect ing t he un it to a computer w ith the i ncluded U SB cable . Y ou ca n also u se an A C ad apter ( sold sepa rately ) to p o wer the u n it and recha rge the bat ter y . W hen new , t he batt er y cha rge lasts ab out 8 hours. N O T E Whe n[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 5 2 – P ar t names and functions 1 Di splay ( LCD) The d isplay sho ws t he Home screen a nd the menus relate d to usi ng the met ronome and ma ki ng oper ation and effect set t ings. ( See “ H ome sc reen” on page 8. ) 2 Whe el Use to sel ec t i te ms and cha nge values when using menus a nd the effect se ction. 3 E[...]

6 T ASCA M MP- BT1 q / LIN E OUT ja ck Con nect hea dphones to t his jack to he ar t he pla yi ng t rack s and the s ound of a con necte d bass. Th is jack can a lso be use d as a li ne out put j ack. w INPU T volum e Use to adjust the i nput lev el o f the B ASS I N jack. e BAS S IN jac k Con nect a ba ss with a st a nda rd bass cable her[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 7 u MIX B AL A NCE (B ASS , PL A YB ACK) keys Use these keys to adjust t he balance b etwee n the vo lume of the bas s con necte d to the B ASS IN jack and t he pla yi ng t rack. D u ri ng adjust ment, t he bala nce stat us is show n at the bot tom of the display . Pre ss the B ASS key to inc reas e the relative l eve l of the b[...]

8 T ASCA M MP- BT1 1 Power The bat te r y ind icator appea rs when t he built-in lith ium ion bat ter y is u sed. T h ree ba rs show a f ull bat ter y . T his i ndicator bli n ks when t he batt er y nee ds to be re charged . 2 Player o per ati on ind icato rs The se ind icators show what the pla yer is doing. ¥ T r ack is playing π T r ack [...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 9 9 Play a rea The cu r re ntly se lect ed pla y a rea appe ar s. ALL Al l f iles i n the MUSIC f older FOLDER F iles i n a subf older o f the MUSIC fo lder P .LIST F iles a dded to t he pla ylist Pla yback t ra ck number/tot al numbe r o f t ra cks The cu r re nt tr ack numbe r and t he total nu mber of t rack s in t he sel ect[...]

1 0 T AS CAM MP- BT1 Us i ng the M P -BT 1 ’ s bass i nput jack and built-in ba ss effects , y ou ca n create a va r iety of el ect r ic bass t ones with ju st the M P -BT 1 . Y ou ca n also play bass along with an M P3 t rack on t he u nit. ( See t he “Pr act ice F u nction s ” chapte r on page 1 8 and the “ Using Effects” chapter on pag[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 1 1 By con nect ing t he MP-B T 1 to a comput er , you can copy music f iles (in M P3 form at ) f rom the c omputer to t he M P -BT1 , er ase f ile s on the M P -BT 1 a nd ed it f ol der s. T o t r ansfer music f iles st ored on a compute r to the M P -BT1 , use t he included USB cab le to con nec t the US B por t on t he un it to [...]

1 2 T ASCA M MP- BT1 Pre ss the M ENU key to ope n the menu a nd acce ss most of the MP-B T1 fu nct ions and set t ings. N O T E The ef f ec t sett ings sc re en is ac ce ssed by us ing the F X key rather tha n the ME NU key . Menu item Fu ncti on INFORMAT ION Sho w su m mar ies of cur r ent f ile in for mation, memor y usage and syst em set ti ngs[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 1 3 4 – Menus & Settings Operat ion example In t his ex ample, w e change t he fast for ward and r ev er se spe ed by using t he SETUP menu CUE/ REV SPEED item. 1 With the H ome screen open , press the ME NU key . The MENU screen w ith the l ist of menus appears . N O T E As s hown above, t he ¶ at the bot tom r ight of the [...]

1 4 T AS CAM MP- BT1 Basic tra c k pla yb ack func tions Use the ¥ /π , µ and ≤ keys to operat e the M P -BT 1 in t he sa me wa y t hat y ou would use a n ordi nar y C D pla yer or othe r music device. Playing a track Pre ss the ¥ / π key to st ar t playback o f a t ra ck that is stopp ed. Pausing a track Pre ss the ¥ / π key to paus e a t[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 1 5 5 – P la y ing and Se lecting T r ack s Th is i ndicator app ear s next to fo lder s that cont ai n subf olders. Th is i ndicator app ear s next to fo lder s that do not cont ai n subf olders. The follo wi ng BROWSE scree n sho ws what happ ens af te r the fol der n amed “ F avorite” has b een ope ned. The c ontents of th[...]

1 6 T ASCA M MP- BT1 Y ou can c reate a l ist of tra cks ( play list ) for p layback. Select “ PLAYLIST ” for the ARE A item on the PL A Y MODE scre en. T rack s that c an be selecte d and play ed f rom the Home scr een a re then l im ited to t hose ad ded to t he pla ylist. Using the playlist Adding track s to the playlist 1 Press the ME NU ke[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 1 7 5 – P la y ing and Se lecting T r ack s MOVE: Change the or der of tracks Select th is to cha nge the order of tr acks i n the playlist. 3 Select MOVE from the popup w indow and press the ENT ER key . The tr ack ’ s number is h igh l ighte d. 4 U se the wheel to mov e the tr ack to a di fferent posit ion i n the pla yl ist [...]

1 8 T ASCA M MP- BT1 Not only can you use t he MP-B T 1 to cha nge the te mpo of tra ck pla yback , y ou ca n do th is without cha nging t he pitch. Y ou ca n also cha nge the playback pi tch of a tr ack without cha ngi ng the te mpo. The se changes c an be ma de on the PB CONTROL scr een. W hen the Home sc reen is op en, pre ss the E NTER key to o[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 1 9 6 – Pr actice F unctions F ollo w the se proced ure s to rep eat playback o f a selected par t o f a t rack (loop playback ) . 1 Press the I /O ke y when a tr ack is playi ng or paused at the point where yo u want to set the I N poi nt (loop st art i ng point). 2 Press the I /O ke y aga in at the poi nt w hen you want to set [...]

20 T AS CAM MP- BT1 The M P-B T 1 ha s built- i n bass effect s. Pre ss the F X key to open t he EFF EC T scree n. As w ith other s creen s, us e the wheel to select item s and a djust set ti ng values and pr ess t he ENTE R key to conf ir m select ions. Use the MEN U key to ret u r n to previous ite ms or scr eens. As t he f igu re above sh ows, o[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 2 1 8 – Usi ng t he T uner The M P-B T 1 ha s a built- i n bass t u ner a nd an os cillator th at can out put any pitch bet w ee n C4 a nd B6 T o use t he t u ner f unc tions, pr ess t he MEN U k ey to op en the MENU scre en, a nd select and ope n the TUNER item. MODE Select f rom the fo llowi ng tu ner mo des. BASS Bass t u ni n[...]

22 T ASCA M MP- BT1 On t he SETUP scre en, you can ma ke var ious MP-B T1 set ti ngs, as well as i nit ializ e or f or mat t he u nit. Pr ess t he MEN U key to open t he MENU scree n, and t hen select a nd open t he SETUP item. The follo wi ng set ti ngs related to how the M P-B T 1 oper ates a nd its dis p lay behaves can b e made on t he SETUP sc[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 23 Use QUICK F ORM A T to for mat the M P -BT 1 ’ s f lash memor y quick ly . Form att i ng the u nit era ses al l f iles on t he un it, but the M US IC and U TILI TY fol der s and t he mp-g t 1 . sys f iles a re automat ically regener ated. 1 Select QUICK FORM A T and press the E NTER key to hi ghl ig ht Exec . 2 Press the EN TE[...]

2 4 T ASCA M MP- BT1 Use the INFORMATION screen t o view var ious i nfor mation about f iles , memor y us age and M P -BT1 system set ti ngs. Pre ss the M ENU key to ope n the MENU sc reen a nd select and op en INFORMAT ION . Use the wheel to sw itch bet w ee n the th re e INFORMA TION pages. FILE Currentl y act iv e M P3 f i le data MEMORY Built- [...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 25 1 1 – Effect Li sts Ef fect preset list Nam e Modu le 1 Modu le 2 Modu le 3 De scriptio n PowerBass Com presso r 7Band EQ Flan ger Power ful mid range wi th Comp resso r and Fla nger Rock B ass 7Band EQ Comp resso r Throu gh Heav y bot tom t one w ith comp resso r for Rock musi c. Coo l Slap 7Band EQ Throu gh Cho rus Coo l cho[...]

26 T ASCA M MP- BT1 Nam e Modu le 1 Modu le 2 Modu le 3 De scriptio n Dr illing 7Band EQ Distor tio n E xciter He avy D istor tion bas s sound u sing E xciter . Sha kinBa ss C ompres sor 7Band EQ Pha ser Uniq ue phase r bass s ound. Nosta lgy D istor tion 7Ban d EQ Reverb 70' s dis t or ted bas s tone. Spla sh Distor tio n 7Band EQ Flan ger Po[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 2 7 1 1 – Effect Li sts The ch ar t below e xplai ns the feat u res of the effect mod ules t hat make up t he MP-B T 1 effect pre sets. Most of the effect prese ts use t wo or th ree mo dules i n combinat ion to ach iev e sound s th at are even more int erest ing. If you hav e a spe cif ic sou nd in m ind , t r y dif ferent pres [...]

28 T ASCA M MP- BT1 The follo wi ng is a list of the popup me ssages t hat may appe ar on t he MP-B T 1 . Use t his lis t if one o f t hese popup mess ages appea rs a nd you w a nt to check the mea ni ng or con f ir m a prop er res ponse. Mes sage Mea ning a nd respo nse F i l e n o t f o u n d App ear s when the a udio f ile ca nnot be found o r t[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 29 Mes sage Mea ning a nd respo nse N o t C o n t i n u e d If any of these e rrors o ccur s, turn the MP-BT 1 power OFF a nd resta r t the unit. If the erro r mess age co ntinues to app ear , co ntact a TE AC Repair C enter . F i l e E r r o r F X R x F a i l e d F X B u s y C a n ' t S a v e D a t a M e m o r y E r r o r P l[...]

30 T ASCAM M P-BT1 1 3 – Recy cl ing the Batter y Th is u nit use s a lith ium ion bat ter y . Lith ium ion bat ter ies ar e a valuable, recyc lable resou rce. Bef ore dis posing of th is un it, please remove and recycle i ts bat ter y . How to remov e the rec hargeable bat tery Bef ore removi ng the bat te r y , t u r n the u nit power switch ON[...]

T ASCA M MP- BT1 3 1 Rated audio input and out put Bass I nput St and ard phone jack ( mono, u nbalanc ed) Input impe dance 1 M Ω Max imum i nput lev el + 1 0 d B V Head room 1 0 d B Phones/ Line O ut 1/ 8” ( 3 .5 m m ) st ereo ja ck Max imum out put 20 m W + 20 m W ( wit h 3 2 Ω he adphones c on nected) Audio per formance F re quency cha ract [...]

32 T ASCA M MP- BT1 The follo wi ng set ti ngs ar e sav ed when t he MP-B T1 pow er is t u r ned OFF . They a re the s ame when t he pow er is t u r ned ON again. 25.5 mm (1”) 78 mm (3.1”) 110 mm (4.3”) S tored setting s Dimension s • EFFECT s ett ings • T U NER set t ings • MET R ONOME set ti ngs • PB C ONT R OL set ti ngs • Loop p[...]

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