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  TASCAM DA-40
 
2 - Parts of the tape deck
 
NOTES
 
As well as providing details of the settings 
made with switches, etc., this section also 
provides the information necessary for basic 
operations of the tape deck. Although the 
operation of the transport keys, etc. will be 
familiar, there are some additional features of 
this tape deck, and the operation of these fea-
tures may differ slightly from the way in which 
they are implemented on other units. Please 
consult 2.3, "Tape controls" for full details of 
such features and their operation.
The operation of the optional RC-D45 remote 
control unit is explained in 5, "RC-D45 remote 
control unit (option)".
The more commonly-used functions of the 
function keys (below the display) which are 
labeled in white above the keys are also 
described in this section. The less commonly-
used functions, labeled in blue above the 
 
 
2.1 Power and display
 
[1] POWER switch
 
Push once to turn the power on, and again to turn the 
power off.
 
[2] Cassette tray and OPEN/CLOSE 
button
 
Always load DAT cassettes in the way illustrated on 
page 7.
Press the open/close button to open the tray. If a cas-
sette is already loaded, it will be unthreaded, and the 
words 
 
Tray Open!
 
 will flash on the display. 
After the tray is fully open, these words will be 
shown (not flashing).
When the tray is open, and the open/close button is 
pressed, the words 
 
Tray Close
 
 will flash on 
the display. If a tape is correctly inserted in the tray 
when it is closed, the display will show a counter 
value.
 
[3] Display window
 
The different modes available for display are 
described more fully below (
 
 
 and 
 
 
Above the tape counter in the display are two bar-
graph peak level meters which show either the level 
of the input signals, or the level of the signals 
recorded on tape, depending on the current status of 
the transport.
Other indicators in the display provide information 
on the current status of the tape deck and of the tape 
(e.g. sampling frequency, repeat status, and the vari-
ous IDs encountered when a tape is being replayed).
 
NOTE
 
In this manual, we use the term “program” to 
describe part of a recording between two 
START IDs. This is equivalent to the term 
“track” on a CD or MD. Since the term “track” 
is already established with another meaning 
in analog tape recording technology, the term 
 
“program” is used here instead.
 
2.2 Recording mode and source 
 
switches, etc.
 
The following controls affect the recording mode, 
and the selection of the signal source when making 
recordings.
 
[4] RECORD MODE switch
 
Use the switch to select between
 
 
 
LP
 
 (long play) and 
 
SP
 
 (standard play). In standard play mode, the sam-
pling frequency is as selected with the 
 
FS
 
 switch 
below. In long play mode, the sampling frequency is 
fixed at 32 kHz. In the long play mode, the tape 
speed is halved, meaning that a tape labeled as a 90-
minute tape will therefore provide 180 minutes of 
recording time.
 
NOTES
 
If you are using a tape that has already been 
recorded in one mode, and you are making a 
recording using another mode, we suggest 
that you record the whole tape in the new 
mode, with no input signal, before making the 
audio recording.
Recording in long play mode is only possible 
from analog sources, or if the digital source 
 
has already been recorded at 32 kHz.
 
No setting is necessary to select the mode for play-
back— the tape deck recognizes the mode in which 
the tape was recorded, and adjusts itself accordingly.