Tascam DR-100MKII User Manual

time appear on the recording screen. In addition, the 
name of the file being played back appears at the 
bottom of the screen.

The following popup message appears if the selected 
file cannot be played back.  

4  Press the STOP [8] button to stop recording.

You cannot overdub when the recording format is MP3. 
Select 

WAV 16bit

 or 

WAV 24bit

 regardless of the format of 

the playback file. (See “Selecting the file format, sampling 
frequency, and maximum file size” on page 27.)
When overdubbing the sampling frequency will match the 
sampling frequency of the playback file regardless of the 
sampling frequency setting.

This function allows the unit to respond to input sound 
levels and start and pause recording, as well as set marks 
and create new files, for example. 
This function is convenient for recording only when people 
are speaking during meetings, creating marks for finding 
the starts of songs and dividing files after recording, and 
automatically dividing files. 
To set the automatic recording function, press the AUTO 
button to open the 

AUTO REC

 screen.

Make the following settings on this screen. 
MODE
Set the automatic recording function mode. The mode 
options are 

MARK

 (default), 

PAUSE

 and 

TRK INC

. 

MARK

 : 

Automatically adds marks during 
recording

PAUSE

 :

Automatically pauses during recording

TRK INC

 :  Automatically creates new files during 

recording

START LEVEL
Signal is judged to have been input when it exceeds this 
level. Options are 

OFF

, 

–6dB

, 

–12dB

 (default), 

–24dB

 and 

–48dB

.

END LEVEL
Signal is judged to have stopped when it becomes less 
than this level. Options are 

OFF

, 

–6dB

, 

–12dB

, 

–24dB

 (default) 

and 

–48dB

.

END DELAY
Time until the signal is determined to have stopped. The 
setting range is 

1sec

–

5sec

 (default: 

5sec

).

If you press the 

• 

AUTO button when recording or in 

recording standby, the current AUTO REC setting can be 
checked. 
When AUTO REC is on, the 

• 

RECORD [0] button will 

blink more rapidly than usual In recording standby.
When overdubbing, you cannot use the automatic 

• 

recording function.

When the input signal exceeds the 

START LEVEL

 recording 

begins automatically. 

The MODE setting does not affect this function.
1  Press the AUTO button to open the 

AUTO REC

START LEVEL

4  Press the RECORD [0] button while holding down 

START LEVEL

5  Press the STOP [8] button to stop automatic 

The unit can be set to automatically add marks to files 
during recording after they become less than the 

END 

LEVEL

 setting and the 

END DELAY

 time passes. Marks can 

also be automatically added when the input signal exceeds 
the 

START LEVEL

 setting again.

AUTO REC

MODE

MARK

START LEVEL