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Tascam DA-45HR manual

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    » D A -45HR Digital A udio T ape Dec k 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 ma[...]

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    2 TASCAM DA-45HR Important Safety Precautions IMPOR T ANT (f or U .K. Customers) 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 th[...]

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    TASCAM DA-45HR 3 CA UTION: … Read all of these Instructions. … Save these Instructions f or later use . … Follow all W arnings 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 — The safety and operating ins[...]

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    4 TASCAM DA-45HR Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 - Introduction to the DA-45HR 1.1 Features ............................................. 6 1.2 Unpacking and inspection ............... 6 1.3 Installation of the tape deck ............ 6 1.4 About DAT cassettes ........................ 6 1.4.1 Head cleaning .................................... [...]

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    Table of Contents TASCAM DA-45HR 5 4.8.2 Writing the title to tape ...................... 27 4.8.3 Checking a title .................................. 27 4.8.4 Deleting a title .................................... 27 4.8.5 Copying and pasting a title ............... 27 5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option) [43] OPEN/CLOSE ........................[...]

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    6 TASCAM DA-45HR 1 - Introduction to the DA-45HR The D A-45HR Digital Audio T ape (D A T) deck is referred to throughout this manual as “the tape deck”. Please make a note of the dif ferent sections of this manual to assist you in locating the function you need. The inde x should also be of use in helping you to find the correct section of the[...]

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    1 - Introduction to the DA-45HR TASCAM DA-45HR 7 Fingerprints on the tape may cause wear and damage to the tape deck heads. D A T cassettes can only be loaded and unloaded when the tape deck is switched on. Do not leav e cas- settes in the deck when the deck is switched of f. Always store D A T cassettes in their plastic cases to pre vent dust dama[...]

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    1 - Introduction to the DA-45HR 8 TASCAM DA-45HR the word cloc k master f or a digital audio setup , any w ord clock sla ves should receiv e the clock through the digital audio signal. 1.5.4 Making control connections The optional RC-D45 remote control unit may be connected to the REMOTE IN jack, using the 5 m (approximately 16 ft) cable of the RC-[...]

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    TASCAM DA-45HR 9[...]

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    10 TASCAM DA-45HR 2 - Parts of the tape deck NO TES As well as pro viding details of the settings made with s witches, etc., this section also provides the inf or mation necessar y for basic operations of the tape dec k. Although the operation of the transport keys , etc. will be f amiliar , there are some additional features of this tape deck, and[...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-45HR 11 [5] RECORD MODE switc h Use this switch to choose between HR(24BIT) and STANDARD . The HR(24BIT) setting records with 24 bits of resolution. The STANDARD setting will record at 16 bits of resolution. Operating Tip It is not possible to record a tape partly in HR(24BIT) mode and par tly in STANDARD mode ([...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck 12 TASCAM DA-45HR [9] ANALOG INPUT selector switc h When the INPUT switch [7] is set to ANALOG , this switch is used to select between UNCAL and CAL . UNCAL means that the analog signal source works at an uncalibrated nominal le vel which is neither +4 dBu nor -10 dV , requiring the use of the input le vel controls to adj[...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-45HR 13 [15] PLA Y key Use this ke y to start playing when the tape is stopped or paused, or to start recording when the tape is in record pause mode (see belo w). The indicator abov e the key will light when the tape is playing back. In this case, the indicator will be the only transport indicator lit. The indi[...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck 14 TASCAM DA-45HR the RECORD indicator will flash, and all input to the tape will be muted. After a number of seconds (defined in the menu RecMut function—see 3.4, "Record mute time"), the tape deck will enter the record ready mode (the record and pause indicators will both be lit). Pressing and holding the [...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-45HR 15 [22] CHAR If characters hav e been recorded on the tape as a tape or program title, pressing this ke y will allo w the tape deck to display these characters, scrolling across the display , as the ST AR T ID containing the title is played back. The y will be replaced by successiv e title contents as they [...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck 16 TASCAM DA-45HR [29] LOC 1 Pressing this ke y will locate the tape to the first mem- ory location (set with this ke y in shifted mode). If the tape is playing when this ke y is pressed, the tape will resume playing when the location is reached, other- wise it will stop. When the ke y is pressed, the value stored in the[...]

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    2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-45HR 17 [37] REMO TE IN This 3.5 mm jack is used to connect the optional RC- D45 remote control unit. Do not use this jack to connect any remote control unit other than one designed especially for use with the tape deck. [38] ~ IN Use this to connect the tape deck to the A C po wer supply using the supplied cabl[...]

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    18 TASCAM DA-45HR 3 - Menu functions The menu facilities on the tape deck allo w common settings to be made. Repeated presses of MENU [28] will cycle through the dif ferent menu items listed here in the order pre- sented here. Repeated presses of the DISPLA Y [24] key when the tape deck is in menu mode will display the dif fer - ent menu items in t[...]

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    3 - Menu functions TASCAM DA-45HR 19 3.6 Digital output f ormat Sets the format of the digital audio data output from both digital audio outputs (the AES/EBU XLR con- nector and the CO AXIAL RCA connector). The options av ailable are AESEBU (AES/EBU format) and Consmr (SPDIF format). The default is AESEBU . 3.7 Digital out w ord length When a tape [...]

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    3 - Menu functions 20 TASCAM DA-45HR 3.11 HR time display When recording or playing back in the HR(24BIT) mode, the tape mov es at twice the normal speed. The tape counter can use the subcode recorded on the tape as its reference, meaning that the displayed time passes twice as fast as real time, or it can display real time. The selected display mo[...]

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    3 - Menu functions TASCAM DA-45HR 21 3.17 P arameter save Sav es the follo wing parameters so that they become the default parameters when the tape deck is ne xt po wered up: • Single Play • Skip Play • Repeat Mode When this menu item is first displayed, the right side of the display sho ws: ---- . T o sa ve the current settings, turn the D [...]

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    22 TASCAM DA-45HR 4 - Advanced functions The more adv anced functions of the tape deck are typically accessed by pressing SHIFT [32] so that the indicator is lit. While the indicator is lit, the command ke ys take on their shifted function, labeled in blue abov e the key . 4.1 REPEA T Repeated presses of the REPEA T ke y [21] cycle through the foll[...]

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    4 - Advanced functions TASCAM DA-45HR 23 • CHAR, which allo ws the writing of alphanumeric characters (up to 60) which are associated with a ST AR T ID on the tape, which will be shown on the display when that part of the tape is replayed. These can be used as tape (if written at the first ST AR T ID) or program titles. NO TE All these IDs are w[...]

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    4 - Advanced functions 24 TASCAM DA-45HR Press PLA Y to previe w the location of the ID point. The tape will re wind to the position, with the offset added or subtracted, and start playing back from the pre viewed ID position. While playing back, the word Posit will be sho wn on the display . When play- back stops after a fe w seconds, the offset v[...]

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    4 - Advanced functions TASCAM DA-45HR 25 Y ou can start the tape’ s program numbers from a v alue different from 01 by turning the D ATA dial. The program number selected with the DATA dial will flash (the flashing will continue for five seconds). Confirm the flashing program number with the ENTER key . If you press ENTER after the program n[...]

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    4 - Advanced functions 26 TASCAM DA-45HR 4.7 Pr ogram mode T o play back a selection of programs in a defined order , press EDIT until the follo wing is shown on the display: NO TE The program n umbers f or programmed pla y- back are tak en from the ST ART IDs. If there are no ST AR T IDs recorded on the tape, or if they are out of sequence , prog[...]

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    4 - Advanced functions TASCAM DA-45HR 27 "# $ % &' ( ) * + , - . / _ and the space character . T o change between uppercase and lowercase alpha- betical characters, use the CAPS key . The word CAPS appears at the bottom left of the display when the “caps lock” is on. The INS/+ and DEL/- ke ys are used to insert a space immediately[...]

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    28 TASCAM DA-45HR 5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option) The optional RC-D45 remote control unit is plugged into the REMO TE IN [37] jack at the rear of the tape deck. Most of the controls on the remote control unit dupli- cate the controls on the main tape deck. The e xplana- tion of the controls is gi ven belo w: [43] OPEN/CLOSE Equi valent to [[...]

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    5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option) TASCAM DA-45HR 29 [66] LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys Equi valent to the LOC 1 [29] and LOC 2 [30] on the main unit. [67] REC MUTE Equi valent to the REC MUTE key [18] on the main unit. [68] ST OP Equi valent to the ST OP key [14] on the main unit. [69] PLA Y Equi valent to the PLA Y key [15] on the main unit. [70] P A[...]

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    30 TASCAM DA-45HR 6 - Specifications 6.1 A udio specifications 6.2 I/O specifications 6.3 Ph ysical specifications Changes to specifications and features may be made without notice or obligaiton. T ape Speed 8.15 mm/s (SP mode) 16.3 mm/s (HR mode) Recording time (with 120- minute cassette) 120 minutes (SP mode) 60 minutes (HR mode) Head drum sp[...]

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    6 - Specifications TASCAM DA-45HR 31 6.4 Dimensional drawing 6.5 Err or messages There are two types of error message: warning (informa- tional) and more serious messages. 6.5.1 W arning messages These simply gi ve an indication of a situation which is easily resolved: CLKINX —An attempt is being made to record digi- tally , with the CLOCK switch[...]

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