Start-Up & Shutdown; Starting Up The Unit; Shutting Down; Setting The Date And Time - Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24 Owner's Manual

Start-up & Shutdown
CAUTION
Turn down the volume of the sound monitoring 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

Press and hold the STANDBY/ON button on the rear
panel for a few seconds.
When the unit starts, the startup screen appears briefly
followed by the Home screen.
Start-up screen
Home screen
When the unit starts up, it defaults to
mode of the Recorder mode, regardless of the mode used
last before shutting down.

Shutting down

Make the following preparations before shutting down
the unit.
Stop the recorder. (The unit cannot be shut down
•
during a recording and other procedures.)
Return to the Home screen.
•
If the unit is connected to a computer, disconnect the
•
USB cable after performing the necessary procedure on
the computer to disconnect the unit.
After making these preparations, press and hold the
STANDBY/ON button on the rear panel until the following
screen appears.
Multi Track
4 – Preparation
The power is turned off (standby) after the unit
completes its shutdown process, including saving various
information from your session.
CAUTION
When the power is on, do not cut the power to the
•
unit by, for example disconnecting the power cord. All
settings made since the last time you saved will not be
saved. If you cut the power while an SD card is being
accessed, all recorded songs and data may be damaged
and cannot be recovered.
NOTE
When the power is turned off (standby), the currently
•
loaded song is saved. When the power is turned on
again, the last song used is reloaded in the same state
it was when the power was turned off (standby). You
can even undo and redo previous operations.

Setting the date and time

Using its internal clock, this unit remembers the date and
time when a song or file is recorded.
1. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU
button to open the
MENU
2. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)
buttons to select (green highlight)
and then press the F4 (t) button.
The screen appears.
PREFERENCE
3. Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select (blue
highlight)
Date/Time
button.
The screen appears.
DATE/TIME
screen.
PREFERENCE
, and then press the F4 (t)
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