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Tascam RC-848 Owner's Manual page 16

Remote control unit

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CHAPTER3:
FEATURESANDCONTROLS
12. MENU switch
Ii'. DOWN and UP keys
Each time yo" press this switch, menu
will switch in
seqwnce
on the LCD screen. 'Ilx menu
will switch in
reverse order if yo" hold the MENU switch and press the
minus key.
Time points c"raly
recalled or read into the LOCATE
TIME window will dccrcment
or increment
by 1 frame
each time yo" press DOWN/UP,
so yo" c"" "fine tune"
you punch-in/out points or other time points,
13. ENTER key
Some menu-settings
arc stored into memory only when
ENTER is finally pressed. The key is also used to select
men" options,
18. PRE, POST, IN, and OUT
PRE and POST : The desired pre- and postroIl times for
punch- in recording
can be entered
into the LOCATE
TIME window
with the numeric
keys. Then pressing
PRE/POST after STR skxcs that time into the PRE/POST
"lenlory.
14. 4,
l
, and b indicators
"4"
and "b"
will light to show the direction in which
the t"pe is rolling "s yo" rotate the JOG/SHUTTLE
wheel
to the left or right. "w" will light solid when yo" detach
the hand from the wheel and the tape stops moving, It
will flash when a local SHUTTLE
wheel is operaed
on
the DA currently
under remote control and the remote
SHUTTLE
is overridden.
Pressing PRE c""ses the associated LED to st"rt blinking
and the LOCATE TIME display shows not the preroll
length but the point where the preroll will start from.
15. JOG/SHUTTLE
switch
and the wheel
Pressing
the switch
allows
yo" to "sc the inner JOG
wheel and the oar
SHUTTLE
knob for locating
and
pinpointing
" specific point on the tape inscrtcd to the DA
currently
"ndcr remote control at cominuously
variable
speeds dctcmined
by the "mo"nt of wheel/knob rotation
(from l/l6 up to 8 times nornul play speed),
IN and OUT : You don't need to go through the Rehearsal
setting procedure
(p.4 * 12) if yo" know in advance the
exact time points where tracks should punch in and o"t of
record. You can enter these points with the numeric keys,
and press STR then IN/OUT to store them into memory
as the punch-in/out
point. If yo" press IN or OUT law
on, the respective point is recalled from "xmory
into the
LOCATE TIME display,
Tlx IN and OUT points can aIso be used as independent
autolocating points.
19. RHSL switch
If yo" dcmch yo"r hand from the knob/wheel,
the tape
will stop, the machine
going into Pause (Still) mode,
Activating the JOG/SHUTTLE
switch during record also,
the transport will go into Pause (Still) mode,
Rehearsal
is the first stage of an automatic
insert or
punch- in recording. This key allows yo" to "preview" the
punch-in
recording
before it is actually
committed
to
tape. For ""xc see pages 4. I I & 12.
When the switch is off, yo" c"n "se the JOG wheel m
move the c"rsor
on so"~
specific
mcn"s
such "s the
"Machine
Offset" and the "Event", and the SHUTTLE
knob an
be used to select machines
or even& at those
"X""S.
20. AUTO IN/OUT switch
Lets the punch-in recording be exec"k?d acually
on upe
(p.4 * 13).
21. CLEAR key
This is used to disable the RHSL and AUTO IN/OUT
functions.
16. T key
When pressed, the TAPE TIME location "t that moment
is read into the LOCATE
TIME
window.
The time
location thus captwcd can then be stored into any of the
99 memories,
a specified by enwring " MEMORY NO,
with the numeric keys,
CLEAR is also used together with SHIFT to store men"
nxncs
for instant access, previously
discussed
on p"ge
2.10.
If yo" cntcr wrong numbers
into the LOCATE
TIME
window, press the CLR key (item 32).
TAPE TIMES read into the LOCATE TIME window with
the 7 key can also be stored into the IN, OUT, START,
and END registers by pressing the respcctivc keys.
22. CHASE switch
When this is pressed, the LCD screen reads "CHASE,"
asking yo" which of machines 2-6 yo" want to slave to
machine
1. Then, for example,
yo" c"n press 2 on the
keyp"d. Machine 2 will then be ""tolocated
to the same
time point "s machine I.
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