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Tascam RC-848 Owner's Manual page 55

Remote control unit

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1 IO-I
PRELIMINARY
I
1 IO-2
RECORDING
TIMECODE
ON THE DA-88
1
0 ABS-to-Timecode
Switching
The
DA-SS/SY-88
system
defaults
to ABS-time
controlled
mode.
To switch
the system
to timecode
cowrolled
mode, access the Time Mode menu (Group 3)
and select LTC with he plus or minus key.
0 Using the Timecode
Generator
built into the
SY-88
1. Generator Start Time Setting
I. Press MENU to access the Gen Start Time menu
0 Timecode
Format Selection
You czm select a timecode for machine I (maser DA-88).
You can also select a timecode for a slave if it is DA-88
Version 4.00 with SY-88 and "LTC" is selected
at the
Time Mode menu.
One and the sane
type of timecode must be used by
all the master
and slave
machines.
Or else you
cannot get the correct synchronization.
The SY-88 defaults to 29.97 Drop frame type. To select
other optional code types :
1. Press MENU until the LCD screen reads:
2. Display the desired code type with the plus or minus
key.
0 Clock Selection
Depending
on the application
or the master machine to
which your DA-88 is slaved, select the appropriate clock
by pressing
the CLOCK
switch
as many
times
as
"XeWlry.
2. Set the desired generator
start time in any of three
ways :
Press the +/- key to cntcr the desired generator
start time, To move the cursor, turn the JOG wheel
or hold 8HlFT and press the +/-key,
Use the numeric
keys at the "Gen Start Time"
menu to enter the desired starting
time into the
LOCATE
TIME window,
then hold SHIFT and
press ENTER, 01.
Type numbers
directly
in the Gcn Start Time
menu, as explained below.
If you press the plus (+) key at the same time as the
minus (-) key at the Gen Start Time screen, whatever
numbers have been entered are reset to zeros.
To type numbers directly in the Gen Start Menu :
(I) Hold the CLR key and press the * key,
OO:OO:OO:OO will start blinking
in the LOCATE
TIME window,
to show that you arc in Direct
Keying-in mode.
(2) Press numbers on the numeric keypad and they
are directly entered in the Gen Smrt Time menu.
If you entered wrong numbers, press both the plus
(+) and the minus (-) keys at the same time. The
display will be reset to zero.
(3) Press ENTER to save the setting.
If you press
ESCAPE instead
of ENTER,
the
entered
numbers
are cleared
and the display
is
switched back to the initial screen.
2. Timecode
Recording
Once the timecode format and generator
s&irt time have
been set to your requiremen&,
you can record Wecode
on a dedicated
track (in the subcode
area) of the tape
inserted into the DA-88.
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