Tascam DA-40 manual

» D A -40 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 main[...]

2 TASCAM DA-40 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 the [...]

TASCAM DA-40 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 instr[...]

Table of Contents 4 TASCAM DA-40 1 - Introduction to the DA-40 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 .................................... 7 1.5 Making connectio[...]

Table of Contents TASCAM DA-40 5 [46] AUTO ID ............................................... 28 [47] INS/+ and DEL/- ................................... 28 [48] EDIT ..................................................... 28 [49] ENTER ................................................. 28 [50] MENU ................................................... [...]

6 TASCAM DA-40 1 - Introduction to the DA-40 The D A-40 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 manua[...]

1 - Introduction to the DA-40 TASCAM DA-40 7 Always store D A T cassettes in their plastic cases to pre vent dust damage. K eep them away from mag- netic fields (TV sets and monitors, speakers, etc.) Although 180-minute D A T cassettes are av ailable, we do not recommend their use, as the tape in these cassettes is thin, and may cause winding prob[...]

1 - Introduction to the DA-40 TASCAM DA-40 8 W ARNING Do not attempt to use the tape deck with an y remote control unit e xcept one designed especially f or use with this tape deck. The CONTROL I/O connector is for use with suit- ably-equipped control units (see CONTROL I/O [34] ). 1.5.5 P ower connections Make sure that your A C voltage supply mat[...]

Front and Rear panels 9 TASCAM DA-40 Front and Rear panels[...]

10 TASCAM DA-40 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 t[...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-40 11 [5] Fs switc h Use this switch to select the sampling frequency (44.1 or 48 kHz) when making analog recordings. When making digital recordings, the sampling fre- quency is automatically detected. When playing back tapes that hav e already been recorded, this switch has no ef fect. The sampling fre- quency [...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck 12 TASCAM DA-40 In the abov e example, the tape is currently on pro- gram 8, and must mov e two programs forward before the correct program (i.e. program 10) is reached. The flashing number on the right of the display should be used as the definiti ve indication of ho w many programs will be skipped (if the SKIP ke ys a[...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-40 13 If the selected digital input is interrupted or is incor- rect for any reason, the w ords DIGIT AL IN , sho wn on the bottom right of the display will blink to alert you of the fact. From the input monitor mode, pressing and holding the RECORD k ey and pressing the PLA Y key will start recording (the RECOR[...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck 14 TASCAM DA-40 NO TE If the D ATA dial is tur ned by mistak e, either leav e the tape deck alone f or fiv e seconds to cancel the operation, or press the STOP key . 2.4 Command keys These command ke ys hav e two modes: the primary mode, labeled in white abov e the key , is the most common use for the ke y . The secondar[...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-40 15 • Block Error Rate mode— the last digits of the display sho w E---- when out of play mode. When playback starts, the error rate for either the A or B track is displayed. The A or B track is selected using the MENU key while the error rate display mode is acti ve. • If titles have been recorded on the[...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck 16 TASCAM DA-40 [31] SHIFT This ke y is a latching k e y . When acti ve, the indicator beside and abov e the key lights, and the command ke ys take on their shifted functions, as indicated by the blue captions abov e them. See 4, "SHIFT functions" for details of these shifted functions. 2.5 Rear panel [32] DIGIT[...]

2 - Parts of the tape deck TASCAM DA-40 17 [40] (B ALANCED) ANALOG OUTPUTS These XLR connectors provide balanced outputs at a nominal +4 dBu le vel. The nominal impedance of these connectors is less than 10 k Ω . The trimmer beside each connector can be used to reduce the output le vel to match the lev el expected by the equipment connected to th[...]

18 TASCAM DA-40 3 - Menu functions The menu facilities on the tape deck allo w common settings to be made. Repeated presses of MENU [27] will cycle through the dif ferent menu items listed here in the order pre- sented here. Repeated presses of the DISPLA Y [23] key when the tape deck is in menu mode will display the dif fer - ent menu items in the[...]

3 - Menu functions TASCAM DA-40 19 3.4 Recor d mute time Sets the length of the silent period when the REC MUTE key [17] is pressed, the input signal to the tape is muted, and a period of silence is recorded. The v alues av ailable are: 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 2 and 3 seconds. The default v alue is 4 seconds. NO TE The time set here is real time, r ather t[...]

3 - Menu functions 20 TASCAM DA-40 NO TE The time set here is real time, r ather than the time shown on the tape counter , which in LP mode is half that of real time. Accordingly , in LP mode, if the time is set to 4 seconds , this will be the pre-roll time, e ven though only 2 seconds show on the tape counter . The default v alue is 0 seconds. 3.1[...]

3 - Menu functions TASCAM DA-40 21 total number of such errors (up to a total of 99 errors). While a block error time is sho wn on the display , pressing the LOC 2 key will write the error location to the second location memory and start locating the tape to that point. While any of the locations or the total number of the tape errors menu is sho w[...]

22 TASCAM DA-40 4 - SHIFT functions These functions of the tape deck are typically accessed by pressing SHIFT [31] so that the indica- tor 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 key [20] c ycle through the follo wing: • A-B [...]

4 - SHIFT functions TASCAM DA-40 23 • CHAR, which allows 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 written[...]

4 - SHIFT functions 24 TASCAM DA-40 Use the INS/+ and DEL/- keys or the D ATA dial to adjust the of fset backwards or forwards by up to 50 frames in either direction. 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 vie wed ID positi[...]

4 - SHIFT functions TASCAM DA-40 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 number[...]

4 - SHIFT functions 26 TASCAM DA-40 4.7 Pr ogram mode T o play back a selection of programs in a defined order , press EDIT until the follo wing is sho wn 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 , program[...]

4 - SHIFT functions TASCAM DA-40 27 "# $ % &' ( ) * + , - . / _ and the space character . T o change between uppercase and lowercase alpha- betical characters, use the CAPS ke y . 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 fol[...]

28 TASCAM DA-40 5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option) The optional RC-D45 remote control unit is plugged into the REMO TE IN [35] 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: [41] OPEN/CLOSE Equi valent to [2][...]

5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option) TASCAM DA-40 29 [56] DISPLA Y Equi valent to the DISPLA Y [23] on the main unit. [57] SKIP PLA Y Equi v alent to the SKIP PLA Y [24] on the main unit. [58] SINGLE PLA Y Equi valent to the SINGLE PLA Y [30] on the main unit. [59] REPEA T Equi valent to the shifted COUNTER MODE [20] on the main unit. 5.1 Remote[...]

30 TASCAM DA-40 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) 4.075 mm/s (LP mode) Recording time (with 120- minute cassette) 120 minutes (SP mode) 240 minutes (LP mode) Head drum sp[...]

6 - Specifications TASCAM DA-40 31 6.4 Dimensional drawing 6.5 Err or messages There are two types of error message: warning (informational) and more serious messages. 6.5.1 W arning messages These simply gi ve an indication of a situation which is easily resolved: AES/EBU X —The digital audio signal recei ved at the AES/EBU input has been select[...]

Index A - O 32 TASCAM DA-40 A A-B repeat 22 ABS time 14 Adjusting output levels 17 AES/EBU 11 AES/EBU connections 7 AES/EBU output 19 All repeat 22 Analog connections 7 AUTO ID 18 Auto play 12 Auto rewind 20 B Balanced connections 7 11 16 selection 11 Balanced inputs 16 Balanced outputs 17 Block error rate display 18 Block error rate display mode 1[...]

Index P - X TASCAM DA-40 33 Output format 19 Output levels, adjusting 17 P Pause 12 PGM time 14 Phones 11 Playback 12 Position key 23 Power switch 10 Pre-roll value 19 Program number 25 Program number display mode 14 Program time 14 Programmed playback 22 26 R Rack mounting 6 RCA connectors 7 11 RC-D45 remote control unit 7 16 28 REC MUTE 13 Record[...]

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