Start-Up & Shutdown; Starting Up The Unit; Selecting A Language; Setting The Built-In Clock - Tascam DR-05 Reference Manual

3–Preparation
Start-up & shutdown
CAUTION
• The unit goes in standby mode if shut down when the
unit is operating on AC power supplied through the AC
adapter (TASCAM PS-P520E, sold separately), or bus
power supplied from a USB port of a PC.
• Turn down the volume of the sound system connected to
the unit before starting up or shutting down the unit.
• Do not use headphones when starting up or shutting
down the unit. Otherwise, a large noise would cause
damage to headphones or your ears.

Starting up the unit

To start up the unit from the stopped state, press and
hold the ¤ (HOME) [8] button until TASCAM DR-05
(start-up screen) is displayed on the display.
Start -Up screen

Selecting a language

The first time you turn a new unit on after purchase,
the following setting must be made.
A screen appears to set the language shown on the
display.
Press the + or − button to move the cursor and select
(highlight with light letters on a black background) the
language to be shown on the display.
use English
English:
use Japanese
日本語:
use French
Français:
use Spanish
Español:
use German
Deutsch:
use Italian
Italiano:
use Russian
Русский:
use Chinese
中文:
After selection, press the 7 button to confirm it.
NOTE
You can change this setting with the SYSTEM screen
LANGUAGE item. (See "Setting the language" on page
47.)
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Setting the built-in clock

When the unit is started up for the first time (or when
the built-in clock is reset after being left unused
without batteries), the DATE/TIME screen appears before
the start-up screen to adjust the date and time.
Press the . or / button to move the cursor
(highlighted area), and use the + or − button to change
values.
Press the 7 button to fix the settings.
The start-up screen is displayed, and then the Home
screen appears after the unit has started up.
Date/time adjustment may be skipped by pressing the
7 button, and made later. (See "Setting the date and
time" on page 15.)

Shutting down

Press and hold the ¤ (HOME) [8] button until
LINEAR PCM RECORDER appears on the display.
The power turns off after the unit completes its
shutdown process.
CAUTION
Always use the ¤ (HOME) [8] button to shutdown
the unit.
Do not remove the batteries or disconnect the power
cable (AC adapter TASCAM PS-P520E or USB cable)
accidently while the unit is operating. If you do so, the
unit cannot shut down properly and all recordings,
settings and other data will be lost. Lost data cannot be
restored.

Resume function

The unit has resume function. When started up, the
unit is located to the position (time) where it left off
when shut down previously.
Á
If the button is pressed after start-up, the track the
unit was playing when shut down previously starts to
be played from the position (time) where the unit left
off when shut down.
NOTE
The required data are stored in the microSD card. The
resume function does not work if the card is exchanged
or formatted.