General Preferences - Tascam DV-RA1000HD Owner's Manual

4 − Basic operations
(recording mode)
RMODE
HDD recording mode between "normal" and "over
write" modes. (See "Recording mode" on page 45.)
(sync rec)
SYNC Sets the synchronized recording func-
tion to off, rehearsal, or on. (See "Synchronized record-
ing" on page 35.)
CD page
FINALIZE Finalizes CD-R and CD-RW discs, writing the
TOC, and allowing them to be played on regular play-
ers. (See "Finalizing discs" on page 38.)
(unfinalize)
Removes the TOC from CD-RW
UNFINAL.
discs, allowing further recording on them. (See
"Unfinalizing discs" on page 38.)
Erases all tracks from CD-RW discs.
ERASE

General preferences

There are a number of preferences that can be applied
to the DV-RA1000HD in order to help adapt the unit to
your working style.
1
Press the key, and use the
MENU
to select . Press
SYSTEM SETUP
2
Use the dial to select
JOG/DATA
.
ENTER
Figure 4.9: The preference screens
3
Use the through
F1 F4
igate around the screen, and the
(except for the short cut parameter) to change
the highlighted parameter, as detailed below.
4
Press to return to the system setup menu
ENTER
after changing the settings.
Meter release
( METER RELEASE TIME
be set to , , or
Slow Mid
Meter hold time
(
PEAK HOLD
set to , 1 or 2 seconds (
OFF
which the peak reading is held until this parameter is
reset.

TASCAM DV-RA1000HD
Switches the PCM DVD/
dial
JOG/DATA
.
ENTER
PREFERENCE . Press
keys as cursor keys to nav-
dial
JOG/DATA
) This parameter can
.
Fast
) This parameter can be
or ) or , in
1s 2s HOLD
Etc. page
MONO Turns mono monitoring on and off (except the
DSD mode).
(noise-shaped dithering)
NSD
be turned on and off (only when recording CDs).
(See "Dithering" on page 37.)
(pitch control)
PITCH Turns the pitch control on and
off. Pressing this switch for at least one second brings
up the pitch change setting screen. (See "Pitch change"
on page 32.)
(oscillator)
Turns the oscillator output on and off.
OSC
Pressing this switch for at least one second brings up
the oscillator screen. (See "Oscillator" on page 37.)
Calendar display
(
CALENDAR
(month/date/year) or
M/D/Y
date) for the date format shown in the calendar screen.
(See "Clock/calendar" on page 26.)
Time zone
( TIME ZONE ) allows you to set up your local
time zone (expressed relative to GMT). This may be
useful if the discs containing your files are moved to
different time zones.
Reference level
(
REF.LEVEL
headroom from the digital saturation level (0 dB) to the
analog nominal level.
This setting applies only to the balanced XLR analog
I/O jacks (and not to the unbalanced RCA analog con-
nectors).
You can select from the following five reference levels.
Reference level Nominal level
–9dB +6dBu
–14dB +4dBu
–16dB +4dBu
–18dB +4dBu
–20dB +4dBu
Table 4.10: Reference level
Resume playback
(
RESUME
be set to resume playback or recording from the point
where it stopped when the
This point is retained even when the unit is powered
off. Select either or
ON OFF
TIP
You can press and the
STOP
return to zero.
Allows dithering to
) You can select
(year/month/
Y/M/D
) This is the amount of
Maximal level
+15dBu
+18dBu
+20dBu
+22dBu
+24dBu
) The DV-RA1000HD can
key is pressed.
STOP
for this option.
key together to