Recording The First Tracks (I); Recording The Basic Tracks (Ii); Replaying The First Tracks; Input Selection - Tascam DA-78HR Owner's Manual

Hi8 cassette write tabs work in the opposite manner
to DAT cassettes, and "closed" means "write-
protect".
If the tape is write-protected, eject the tape, open the
write-protect tab, replace the cassette, and try again.
• Sony Hi8 cassettes (and those from some other
manufacturers) have the words "SAVE" (write-pro-
tected) and "REC" (write-enabled) molded into the
cassette shell by the protection tab.

5.2.4 Recording the first tracks (i)

1 Arm the tracks on which you wish to record.
Press the REC FUNCTION
the indicator will start flashing.
2 Adjust the input signal levels so that the track
meters read high, but the
not light.
3 Hold down the
RECORD
PLAY key. The tape will start moving and
recording will start.
The REC FUNCTION
tracks will light steadily.
When you start recording, the point at which
recording starts is automatically stored into
memory for punch-in purposes.
4 To stop recording and stop the tape, press the
STOP
key. You can also press the
which will continue the tape movement, but
stop recording.

5.2.5 Recording the basic tracks (ii)

This is an alternative method of recording basic
tracks on a blank, formatted tape.
1 Arm the tracks and adjust the levels as
described in [1] and [2] above (5.2.4, "Record-
ing the first tracks (i)").
REC FUNCTION
The
tracks will flash.
2 Press the
PLAY
key. The tape will start moving.
3 When you reach the point at which you want to
start recording, press the
The REC FUNCTION
tracks will light steadily.
The point at which recording starts is automat-
ically stored into memory for punch-in
purposes.
key of these tracks;
OVER segment does
key, and press the
indicators of all armed
PLAY
key,
indicators of all armed
RECORD
key.
indicators of all armed
5 - Basic operations
4 Stop recording as described above.

5.2.6 Replaying the first tracks

When you have positioned the tape at the beginning
of the recording you have just made (or at the pre-roll
point), you can start playing back the tape.
1 Turn off the
RECORD FUNCTION
track you have just recorded (not compulsory,
but recommended, as this will prevent you
from accidentally hitting the
going into record mode, overwriting what you
have already recorded).
2 Rewind the tape to the point that you started
PLAY
recording and press

5.3 Input selection

This section describes how to choose all analog or all
digital input sources when recording with the DA-
78HR. For other routing procedures, see below
(5.3.2, "Input patchbay routing").
1 Press the
SHIFT key so that the unit is in shift
mode ( SHIFT indicator is flashing).
2 Press the
MENU
key until the display shows
( AUDIO1--
3 Press the
SUB MENU
briefly shows
changes to the current setting.
4 To change between all analog and all digital
inputs, press the and
( ALL ANALG – all analog) or
DGTL
– all digital).
In the above two settings, the inputs are
mapped to the tracks on a one-to-one basis (i.e.
input 1 is routed to track 1, input 5 is routed to
track 5, etc.).

5.3.1 Digital input selection

If 7 and 8 are selected for digital input, the
IN) menu item allows you to choose between the
TDIF-1 input and the SPDIF (
COAXIAL
If the SPDIF ( ) input is selected, these sig-
nals ( and ) can then be routed to any track (see
below, 5.3.2, "Input patchbay routing").
NOTE
If the SPDIF ( COAXIAL ) input is selected, it is not
possible to use the other six channels of the TDIF-1
digital input. It is, however, possible to record analog
switch of the
RECORD key and
.
).
key until the display
( IN PATCH ) and then
keys (
( ALL
D
(
COAXIAL ) input.
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