Tascam DR-100MKII User Manual

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TASCAM DR-100MKII
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8 – Settings and Information
Battery information page (BATTERY)
On the 
BATTERY
 page, usage information about the 
batteries in the recorder is shown. 
Li-Ion: 
Shows the amount of power remaining in the recorder’s 
lithium-ion rechargeable battery. 
The number to the right of the   icon shows whether this 
is being used as the main (
1
) or secondary (
2
) battery power 
source.
AA: 
Shows the amount of power remaining in the recorder’s 
AA batteries.  The number to the right of the   icon shows 
whether this is being used as the main (
1
) or secondary (
2
battery power source. 
ALKALI
 or 
Ni-MH
 shows the type of AA batteries in the 
recorder.
Alkaline batteries: 
ALKALI
Ni-MH batteries: 
Ni-MH
NOTE
When using an AC adaptor or TASCAM BP-6AA external 
• 
battery pack, the   icon is always shown instead of 
the remaining charge in the lithium-ion rechargeable 
battery.
When the lithium-on battery is set as the main battery 
• 
and is in use, the remaining charge of the AA batteries 
might not be shown correctly depending on other 
conditions. (See “Setting the main battery source (MAIN)” 
on page 50.)
Operation settings (SETUP) 
On the 
SETUP
 screen, you can make various settings 
to make the unit easier to operate according to the 
environment where you are using it and other conditions. 
On this screen you can also initialize the unit and format SD 
cards. 
Follow these procedures to open the 
SETUP
 screen. 
1  Press the MENU button to open the 
MENU
 screen.  
2  Use the wheel to select the 
SETUP
 menu and press 
the ENTER/MARK button to open the 
SETUP
 menu 
screen.
  Use the items on the 
SETUP
 screen to make the 
following settings. 
Use the . and / buttons and the wheel to set each 
item. 
Search speed setting 
CUE/REV SPD
 sets the forward and backward search speed 
used when you press and hold the .// buttons.
Setting options: 
X2
X4
X8
 (default), 
X10
 
Automatic power OFF setting 
AUTO OFF
 sets the amount of time until the recorder turns 
OFF automatically after the last action or operation when 
running on battery power.  
Setting options: 
OFF
 (default, does not turn off 
automatically), 
3min
5min
10min
30min
Automatic backlight OFF setting 
BACKLIGHT
 sets the amount of time until the backlight 
turns OFF automatically after the last operation when 
running on battery power.  
Setting options: 
OFF
 (always unlit), 
5sec
 (default), 
10sec
15sec
30sec
ALWAYS
 (always lit) 
Display contrast setting 
CONTRAST
 sets the display contrast.  
Setting range: 
1
20
 (default value: 
6
Backlight brightness setting 
DIMMER
 sets the backlight brightness.  
Setting options: 
HIGH
 (default), 
LOW
Restoring default settings 
Use the 
INITIALIZE
 item if you want to restore the various 
settings of this device to their factory defaults.  
1  Use the wheel to select 
INITIALIZE
 and press the 
ENTER/MARK button to select 
Exec
.  
2  Press the ENTER/MARK button again to open a 
confirmation popup message.   
3  Press the ENTER/MARK button again to initialize 
the recorder. Press the STOP [8] button to cancel 
initialization.