Tascam DA-40 ユーザーズマニュアル

  TASCAM  DA-40

If the DATA dial is turned by mistake, either 
leave the tape deck alone for five seconds to 
cancel the operation, or press the STOP key.

These command keys have two modes: the primary 
mode, labeled in white above the key, is the most 
common use for the key. The secondary, or shifted, 
mode is labeled in blue above the key, and is only 
operative when the 

"SHIFT functions" for details of these secondary 
modes).

Use this key to cycle through the different tape 
counter modes available:

•

 time— the absolute time as recorded on the 

subcode of the tape. This is expressed in hours, 
minutes and seconds. If the tape is at an unrecorded 
location, the tape counter will show all dashes.

•

  time— the elapsed time since the last 

START ID which has been read from tape (the 
beginning of the program). If, when the display is 
in this mode, the tape is located to a point outside a 
START ID and playback restarts, the tape deck will 
be unable to determine the time since the start of 
the program and the display will show all dashes 

instead of a time value.

•

 time— the time remaining on the cur-

rently-loaded cassette; to minute accuracy. Cas-
settes from different manufacturers may vary 
slightly in length, resulting in different values 
being shown for tapes which are nominally the 

same length.

In LP mode, the counter shows one second of 
tape time for every second of real time in the 
ABS, PGM and REMAIN counter modes. For 
example, after one hour’s playback or record-
ing in LP mode, the counter will only show 30 

minutes. Bear this in mind when you are using 
the LP mode.

• Tape Counter mode— no indication is given on the 

display of the mode, and a 4-digit number is used 
to show the tape position. This value is relative to a 
user-definable reference “zero” point (see 

If characters have been recorded on the tape as a tape 
or program title, pressing this key will allow the tape 
deck to display these characters, scrolling across the 
display, as the START ID containing the title is 
played back. They will be replaced by successive title 
contents as they are read from tape. If characters are 
read from a START ID, the 

 indicator will 

light in the display to indicate this. If no characters 
have been recorded on the tape, pressing this key will 
have no effect.

Pressing this key resets the margin (available head-
room) to its lowest level of 40dB. Note that in some 
display modes, there is no visible effect when this 
key is pressed.

The margin is measured in 1 dB increments between 
40 dB and 20 dB and in 0.1 dB increments between 
19.9 dB and 0 dB.

If the time display is in the 4-digit tape counter 
mode, pressing this key will reset the tape counter.

Regardless of the current counter mode set by 

, 

this key is used to display other information. The 
options available, which are accessed by repeated 
presses of this key, are:

• Program number and Margin mode— where the 

current program number and margin in decibels are 
displayed:

• Frames mode— where frames are displayed as 

well as hours, minutes, and seconds. The frames 
used are “digital audio” frames, i.e. there are 100 
frames in every three seconds; 33 in the first sec-
ond, 33 in the next, and 34 in the third. The pattern 
then repeats itself.

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2 6

3 5

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6. 3

0 3

1 7

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6. 3

0 0 0 3

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9

6. 3

0 1

2 6

0

8

6 . 3

0 0

2 3

0 8

0

7

6

3

0 0

2 3

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