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Tascam DV-RA1000HD Owner's Manual

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D00927920A
DV-RA1000HD
High Definition Audio Master Recorder
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  • Page 1 » D00927920A DV-RA1000HD High Definition Audio Master Recorder OWNER'S MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Precautions

    CE Marking Information a) Applicable electromagnetic environment: E4 b) Peak inrush current: 12 A TASCAM DV-RA1000HD WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. For the customers in Europe WARNING This is a Class A product.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    An apparatus with Class I construction shall be con- nected to an AC outlet with a protective grounding connection. • Batteries (battery pack or batteries installed) should not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, fire or the like. TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Manufacturer: Sanyo Electric Co,Ltd. Laser output: CD/108 mW max DVD/66 mW max Wavelength: CD/782 nm DVD/658 nm TASCAM DV-RA1000HD CAUTION • DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING USING A SCREWDRIVER. • USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Deleting a project from disc ... 44 Formatting a disc ... 44 Recording files to disc ... 45 Recording mode ... 45 Playing back files ... 46 Play lists ... 46 TASCAM DV-RA1000HD ... 30 ... 30 ...31 ...31 ... 33 ...
  • Page 6 Storing library data ... 57 Naming library data ... 58 9 − Use with a computer Connecting the DV-RA1000HD to a computer ... 59 Disconnecting from Windows 2000 / XP systems ... 59 Disconnecting from Mac OS X systems ... 59 After “ejecting”...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    CD-R and CD-RW These discs enable you to record audio in CD-DA for- mat from the DV-RA1000HD. The DV-RA1000HD is also capable of creating audio compact discs (CDs) using audio tracks recorded on its hard disk, as well as copying audio CDs.

  • Page 8: Notes And Warnings

    1 − Introduction 9 - “Using with a computer” (p. 59) how to use the DV-RA1000HD when it is connected to a computer. Notes and warnings WARNING These warnings should be taken very seriously. They describe situations which can cause injury, or damage to equipment if the instructions are not fol- lowed.

  • Page 9: Environmental Considerations

    Handling of optical discs Observe the following: • Always place discs in the tray with their label facing upward (discs used in the DV-RA1000HD can only be played on one side). • To remove a disc from its storage case, press down on the center of the case, and lift the disc out, hold- ing it carefully by the edges.

  • Page 10: Never Use A Stabilizer Or Printable Discs

    The unit supports normal speed (1x – 4x) and hi-speed (4x – 10x) discs. It does not support ultraspeed discs (10x – 24x). TASCAM DV-RA1000HD NOTE Never use a disc that has had a stabilizer mounted to it. The residual adhesive may cause the disc to stick to the turntable of the unit.

  • Page 11: About Dvd±R And Dvd±Rw Discs

    DVD±RW disc can be re-written is 1,000, the actual number of rewrite operations possible on a disc when used in the DV-RA1000HD may be significantly less. This is not a limitation of the DV-RA1000HD. In actual practice in real-world environments, DVD±RW discs cannot be rewritten 1,000 times.

  • Page 12: Names And Functions

    Front panel q w e r t y u i o q w e r t y u i o POWER switch Turns on and off the power to the DV-RA1000HD. If you turn off the switch without perform- POWER...
  • Page 13 It is also used to reset the peak hold or as a delete key during character input in the naming process. KEYBOARD jack Connect a computer PS/2 keyboard (US standard layout) here to name files and projects, and to create project notes. TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...

  • Page 14: Remote Control Unit

    • MENU • CANCEL • F1 - F5 TASCAM DV-RA1000HD Figure 2.2: Remote control unit CLEAR ber entered at the 10's digit via the “Programmed playback” on page 30.) LOCATE key Displays the locate point list for location and edit- ing.

  • Page 15: Keys That Feature The Same Functions As The Switches On The Virtual Front Panel

    2 − Names and functions • FINALIZE • UNFINALIZE (UNFINAL.) • ERASE • FADE • REC MODE (RMODE) • A.TRACK (ATRK) • A.READY (ARDY) • A.CUE (ACUE) • REPEAT (RPT) • • SINGLE (SNGL) • SYNC REC (SYNC) TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...

  • Page 16: Connections

    When using DSD connections, all digital audio units in the system, including the DV-RA1000HD, must be synchronized to a common clock signal. On the DV-RA1000HD, if this signal is external, a .1 kHz signal should be supplied at the minal. Alternatively, the DV-RA1000HD can be set to act as the system clock master, at .1 kHz, with...

  • Page 17: Other Connections

    DV-RA1000HD will respond to the key presses on the remote control unit precisely. It does not require any batteries, and you do not need to point at the DV-RA1000HD for opera- tion. PHONES Connect a standard set of stereo headphones to this front panel 1/4"...

  • Page 18: Basic Operations

    4 − Basic operations HDD and ODD Drive mode The DV-RA1000HD is equipped with a DVD drive and hard disk drive. Since a DVD drive plays optical discs, such as CDs and DVDs, it is referred to as an “ODD (Optical Disc Drive)”...

  • Page 19: Shut Down

    Shut down In order to shut down the DV-RA1000HD safely with a disc loaded, follow the steps below. NOTE During the shut down process, the DV-RA1000HD writes all the UDFMI data to the DVD±RW disc. (See “Writing the UDFMI” on page 0.) With a disc loaded, press and hold the ) key for at least a second.

  • Page 20: The "Home" Screen

    4 − Basic operations The “home” screen The DV-RA1000HD has two types of “home screen”, depending on whether a CD or DVD±RW/HD disc is being used. “Home” screen content The home screens are view-only and non-editable. However, you can access the screens assigned to the switches by pressing the corresponding function keys.

  • Page 21: Menu Operations

    (often used as cursor keys) the screen (often used as cursor keys) Figure 4.3: Using the DV-RA1000HD menu system To enter the main setting menu of the DV-RA1000HD: Press the key. The main menu appears. MENU...

  • Page 22: Menu Tree

    HOME HOME MAIN MAIN VFP� VFP� PLAY PLAY INPUT LEVEL INPUT LEVEL LOCATE LIST LOCATE LIST EFFECT EFFECT TASCAM DV-RA1000HD SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM SETUP PROJECT PROJECT CREATE CREATE PROJECT LIST PROJECT LIST PROJECT TEXT PROJECT TEXT � � FILE LIST...

  • Page 23: The Virtual Front Panel (Vfp)

    The virtual front panel (VFP) The DV-RA1000HD allows access to many functions through the virtual front panel, providing a graphical representation of many of the keys and controls that might be hardware switches on other units. Note that many of these functions are hardware keys on the remote control unit.

  • Page 24: General Preferences

    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. Press the key, and use the MENU to select .

  • Page 25: Short Cuts For Screen Access

    (106-key (Japanese) keyboard). DSD seamless play eter turns DSD seamless playback A DSD file recorded on the DV-RA1000HD includes a small silent portion at the beginning of the file. The DSD seamless playback function will skip the playback of this silent portion.

  • Page 26: Clock/Calendar

    DVD/HD disc. These timestamps are not visible from the DV-RA1000HD, but may be viewed as part of the file metadata when the unit is connected to a computer. (See “Use with a computer” on page 59.)

  • Page 27: Selecting The Input Source

    + double-wire mode, and cannot be changed. Press ENTER to the system setup menu. The DV-RA1000HD is not equipped with a sampling rate converter. If you set the INPUT parameter to (S/PDIF). The put a signal with a sampling frequency of .1 kHz for CD recording.

  • Page 28: Adjusting The Input Level

    As mentioned earlier, only one clock sync source should be available within a system. The current clock selection is always shown on the home display. To select the clock source for the DV-RA1000HD: Press the key, and use the MENU...

  • Page 29: Naming Files, Projects, Marks, Etc

    DV-RA1000HD. WARNING Do not connect or disconnect such a keyboard to or from the DV-RA1000HD with the power turned on as this may damage the DV-RA1000HD or the key- board. Basically, you can use this keyboard in the usual way.

  • Page 30: Cd Playback & Recording

    5 − CD playback & recording Basically, the DV-RA1000HD works in the normal way as a CD player and in a very similar way to many CD recorder. However, there are a number of features that may not be immediately obvious.

  • Page 31: Repeat Playback Dvd Hd

    SNGL tual front panel, or using the SINGLE RC-RA1000, the DV-RA1000HD plays to the end of the current track only, and then stops playback. Auto space playback When the switch is turned on from the virtual front...

  • Page 32: Jog Playback Dvd Hd

    (See “Auto ready” below.) Auto ready This automatically cues up the playback position to the start of the next track after a track has been played and puts the DV-RA1000HD into the ready position (the key lights). READY TASCAM DV-RA1000HD Press the cancel the jog mode.

  • Page 33: Fades Dvd Hd

    If the DV-RA1000HD is in ODD mode or in HDD mode with a disc already loaded, the unit plays the proj- ect that was open prior to the last shut down, or from the last position if resume playback is selected.

  • Page 34: Auto Track Increment

    You can also divide a recording into tracks manu- ally by pressing the key during a record- RECORD ing. Note that the DV-RA1000HD is unable to create a track with a length of four seconds or less. Make sure that you press the key at intervals of...

  • Page 35: Dvd±Rw Hd

    (see “Auto- matic track increment in level mode” on page ). • In DSD mode, if you have selected an option that is lower than – dB, the DV-RA1000HD will use the – dB setting. dial to set the JOG/DATA key to confirm the setting.
  • Page 36 34.) Setting the sync delay parameter ( Synchronized recording can be started earlier or later than the point at which the DV-RA1000HD detects an audio signal level that is higher than the specified threshold. The setting range is between −1.70 and +1.70 seconds (in steps of 0.01 second).

  • Page 37: Monitoring Dvd Hd

    5 − CD playback & recording Note that this function is automatically turned on (i.e., indicator is monitoring the input) when the DV-RA1000HD is recording or in record ready mode. Also note that the VFP page 24) can be used to turn monaural monitoring on and off (but this does not work in DSD mode).

  • Page 38: Finalizing Discs

    ) or a faster erase ( Full Erase ) process and bring up a pop-up message. Erase TASCAM DV-RA1000HD The screen shows an appropriate message while final- ization is taking place (about a minute). No cancellation is possible until the finalization is complete.

  • Page 39: About Marks

    DISPLAY key brings up the MARK dial to scroll through the LOCATE when the editing is complete. ) to delete the highlighted mark ENTER TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...

  • Page 40: Dvd±Rw/Hd Playback & Recording

    Organization of projects and files On the DV-RA1000HD, a project consists of up to 99 audio files—the same number as the maximum number of tracks on a Red Book CD-DA.

  • Page 41: Recording Times And Track Lengths

    DV-RA1000HD in record ready mode in a few minutes. If you insert a brand new disc, the DV-RA1000HD will work in the background when the unit is not recording or playing to format an unrecorded area on the disc.
  • Page 42 • Start recording after the background format operation is complete. If you attempt to record during a background format operation, the DV-RA1000HD may try to record data in an unfor- matted area on the disc. ” CLOSE •...

  • Page 43: Close And Open Operations For Dvd-Rw Discs

    Close and open operations for DVD-RW discs Close operation You must perform the “close” operation when using a DVD-RW disc on the DV-RA1000HD to enable your computer to read data from the disc. If you perform the full format operation with a DVD-RW disc, the DV-RA1000HD will automatically carry out the close operation.

  • Page 44: Changing The Current Project

    When a disc that has already been used is formatted, a new project is automatically added to the disc. Reformatting a DVD±RW disc on the DV-RA1000HD will never result in an entirely blank disc (but of course, all previous data is removed during a format process).

  • Page 45: Recording Files To Disc

    You cannot use DVD±RW discs which have been formatted on a computer for recording with the DV-RA1000HD. In the same way as when the DV-RA1000HD is recording CDs, pressing will create a track division. Also, to create several tracks from one recording (for example, when mak-...

  • Page 46: Playing Back Files

    6 − DVD±RW/HD playback & recording Playing back files Use the DV-RA1000HD in much the same way as a CD player when playing back the files recorded on a DVD±RW disc or HD. Repeat functions, etc. will work as with CDs.

  • Page 47: Erasing A File

    Select the EDIT sub-menu from the main menu. Renaming a file When the DV-RA1000HD records files, it numbers them in sequence, starting at 0, which is probably not very useful in the future. To rename files, and provide them with meaningful...

  • Page 48: Dividing Files

    TASCAM DV-RA1000HD Figure 6.11: Confirming a file divide operation The DV-RA1000HD enters pause mode, and the first three seconds of the file following the divi- sion point are played back as a loop. Use the JOG/DATA the new file starts at the point you want.

  • Page 49: Copy Function

    DVD±R discs. NOTE Refer to “ – Use with a computer” on page  for information on copying files between the computer and the HD of DV-RA1000HD or a DVD±RW disc formatted by the DV-RA1000HD. press the ENTER key.

  • Page 50: Same Project Name In The Destination

    Continue to select overwriting or canceling for each project in the list. When all duplicate issues are resolved, press the The DV-RA1000HD displays a screen that re- quests confirmation of the copy operation. Follow the instructions on the screen to perform the copy operation.

  • Page 51: Copying Files And Projects From The Hd To Dvd

    After the copy operation is complete, the DV-RA1000HD initiates a procedure to quit copy mode. Copying files and projects from the HD to DVD You can copy data from the HD of DV-RA1000HD to a DVD±RW or DVD±R disc. Select HD to DVD in the copy menu screen.

  • Page 52: Creating An Audio Cd Using A Project On The Hd

    Creating an audio CD using a project on the HD You can create an audio CD using project files on the HD of DV-RA1000HD as source material. Each file creates a track on the CD. You can also insert two sec- ond of silence between tracks.

  • Page 53: Copying Tracks From A Cd To The Hd

    Copying tracks from a CD to the HD You can copy the tracks on a CD into a 44.1kHz/24-bit project on the HD of DV-RA1000HD. The tracks are copied in BWF format. Copy IDs on a CD are used for tracks in the project play list.
  • Page 54 ALL REL. ) key. When you finish selecting tracks, press the key. The DV-RA1000HD displays a screen that en- ables you to edit the name of the files that will be duplicated in the specified project. Figure 7.12: File name The default file name is “YYYYMMDD_hhmm_TT.wav”.

  • Page 55: Effects

    The DV-RA1000HD incorporates two signal proces- sors: a 3-band equalization stage and a dynamics pro- cessor. These can be inserted either before the final recording process or on playback. These effects can be used on playback to simulate the effects of pre-mastering effect processing before the...

  • Page 56: Tascam Dv-Ra1000Hd

    Use the keys to navigate, and the dial to change values. JOG/DATA TASCAM DV-RA1000HD NOTE Since each band is capable of boosting the level by 1 dB in the digital domain, you should take care not to overload the outputs.

  • Page 57: Effect Libraries

    (compressor) or falls below the threshold (expander). Effect libraries The DV-RA1000HD effect libraries, located on the HD, enable you to store and recall effect (EQ and dynamics) settings that can be shared by all projects. The EQ library and dynamics library each feature a preset library that stores preset data and a user library that can store user-defined settings.

  • Page 58: Naming Library Data

    You can now move the cursor to individual char- acters. Following the instructions in “Naming files, projects, marks, etc.” on page 29, edit the library data name. TASCAM DV-RA1000HD • You can use up to 20 characters for a library data name. key to When you finish editing the name, press the key.

  • Page 59: Use With A Computer

    The DV-RA1000HD appears as a mass storage unit (on some Microsoft systems, it may initially appear as an “unrecognizable device”; this will also happen if the DV-RA1000HD is not in USB mode when it is con- nected to a PC). All front panel controls are disabled (except the ENTER key (see below).

  • Page 60: Transferring Audio Files

    9 − Use with a computer Transferring audio files You can transfer audio files (BWF or DSDIFF format) between a computer and the HD of DV-RA1000HD via a USB connection. • After you transfer a computer’s file to the HD of DV-RA1000HD, you must add the file to the play list on the HD by restructuring the play list.

  • Page 61: 10 − Specifications, Etc

    16-bit (44.1 kHz, CD-DA), 24-bit (44.1 kHz/48 kHz, 88.2/96 kHz to DVD±RW or HD) Input impedance 75 Ω ±20% Nominal input level 0.5 Vp-p Minimum signal level 0.2 Vp-p Intrinsic jitter <0.025UI (4 ns @ 48 kHz) 10 − Specifications, etc. TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...

  • Page 62: Other Connections

    44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 (PCM) / 44.1 (DSD) WORD SYNC THRU Connector Output voltage 5 V TTL equivalent Output impedance < 10 Ω USB 2.0 USB 2.0 Hi-speed Female B-type connector for connection to personal computer TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...

  • Page 63: Audio Performance

    Standard PS/2 mini-DIN connector Compatibility 101-key (US) keyboard or 106-key (Japanese) PS/2 keyboard a. Contact your TASCAM distributor for full details of how to use this connector if you wish to implement remote control. Audio performance These figures all measure analog-to-analog performance.

  • Page 64: Dimensional Drawing

    10 − Specifications, etc. Dimensional drawing 483 mm 483 mm 465 mm 465 mm 435 mm 435 mm Figure 10.1: Dimensions of the DV-RA1000HD TASCAM DV-RA1000HD 357 mm 357 mm 15 mm 15 mm 331 mm 331 mm 11 mm...

  • Page 65: Block Diagram

    10 − Specifications, etc. Block diagram Figure 10.2: Block diagram TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...
  • Page 66 Notes TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...
  • Page 67 Notes TASCAM DV-RA1000HD...
  • Page 68 DV-RA1000HD TEAC CORPORATION Phone: +81-422-52-5082 3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan TEAC AMERICA, INC. Phone: +1-323-726-0303 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD. Phone: +1905-890-8008 Facsimile: +1905-890-9888 5939 Wallace Street, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1Z8, Canada TEAC MEXICO, S.A. De C.V Phone: +52-555-581-5500 Campesinos No.

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