Tascam CD-D4000 manual

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    » CD-D4000 CD Duplicator ˛ O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres- ence of important operating and maintenance ([...]

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    2 TASCAM CD-D4000 Important Safety Precautions IMPOR T ANT (f or U .K. Customer s) DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. If nonetheless [...]

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    TASCAM CD-D4000 3 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CA UTION: … Read all of these Instructions. … Save these Instructions f or later use. … Follow all Warnings and Instructions marked on the audio equipment. 1) Read Instructions — All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. 2) Retain Instructions ?[...]

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    4 TASCAM CD-D4000 1 - Introduction The T ASCAM CD-D4000 CD duplicator provides you with a quick and simple method of copying your original audio material in CD format at more than real-time speeds, using easily-obtainable, lo w-cost CD-R media, with no auxiliary equipment or com- puter system required. It is especially useful for duplicating materi[...]

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    1 - Introduction TASCAM CD-D4000 5 1.2 P ar ts of the CD-D4000 The follo wing refer to front panel items only . The only rear panel feature is the po wer cord, which should be plugged into a po wer supply that matches the voltage sho wn on the rear panel label. 1 PO WER switc h Press this switch once to po wer on the unit, and again to turn it of f[...]

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    1 - Introduction 6 TASCAM CD-D4000 1.3 Basic operations 1.3.1 P ower -up procedure When the unit is first po wered up using the PO WER switch 1 , it performs a self-check operation, and the screen sho ws the follo wing: If the self-check is passed, the display will sho w the first menu screen, otherwise an error message will be displayed. 1.3.2 I[...]

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    TASCAM CD-D4000 7 2 - Modes The dif ferent modes av ailable are: • Copy • T est write • Compare CD-R OM • Play audio • Write speed selection These are accessed by pressing the MODE key . Details of these modes are gi ven belo w . When the required mode is sho wn on the top line of the display , press the ENTER ke y to enter the mode. When[...]

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    2 - Modes 8 TASCAM CD-D4000 2.2 T est write mode The test operation is functionally similar to the write operation, except that the writing of data to the sla ve disc is simulated. This is useful to mak e sure that data can be transferred at the selected rate between the master and slav e discs. 1 Press the MODE ke y until the display sho ws: 2 Pre[...]

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    2 - Modes TASCAM CD-D4000 9 2.4 Compare CD-R OM This mode is used for comparing a CD-R OM which has just been duplicated using the copy mode. It can- not be used for audio CDs. 1 Press the MODE ke y until the display sho ws the follo wing: 2 Press ENTER : 3 Make sure that the original disc is in the MASTER dri v e disc tray , and the copy disc is i[...]

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    2 - Modes 10 TASCAM CD-D4000 4 If the MODE ke y is pressed from the screen abov e, the display changes: Pressing the ENTER ke y will start playing the track before the current track. If the first track is currently being played, and the ENTER ke y is pressed, the last track will start playing. 5 Pressing the MODE ke y from the display sho wn abov [...]

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    TASCAM CD-D4000 11 482mm 465mm 435mm 290mm 288mm 76mm 88mm 16.5mm 3 - Specifications 3.1 Operational specifications 3.2 Ph ysical specifications 3.3 Dimensional drawing Unit Prof essional CD and CD-ROM duplicator T ypes of media that may be copied a a. Subject to appropriate copyright permission being obtained CD-D A (audio CDs) and CD-ROM (ISO96[...]

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    TEAC CORPORATION Phone: (0422) 52-5082 3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan TEAC AMERICA, INC. Phone: (323) 726-0303 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD. Phone: 905-890-8008 Facsimile: 905-890-9888 5939 Wallace Street, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1Z8, Canada TEAC MEXICO, S.A. De C.V Phone: 5-658-1943 Priva[...]