Tascam DS-D98 Owner's Manual page 10

DS-D98 recorder
1 Make sure the power to the DS-D98 is turned
off and the power cord is removed. Discon-
nect all other equipment from the DS-D98.
2 Unfasten the screws retaining the board at the
rear of the DS-D98
‚o‚t‚r‚g
3 Remove the board. Set aside the retaining
screws for later use.
4 Set the reference levels on the board as
requested by the customer, as described here.
SYNC BRANCH functions
The DS-D98 introduces a new concept for slave
units: branching. Using the
tor, connected to the
REMOTE IN/ SYNC IN
another DS-D98 unit, or any other TASCAM DTRS
unit, one DS-D98 can be used to control up 15 other
such branch units.
The first unit connected to the head of such a branch
must be set to have a machine ID of 2, and the other
branch units in the branch should have IDs following
this, in order. See 8.2, "Machine ID and master/slave
settings" in the DA-98HR manual.
Subsequent branch units are connected using the
to
SYNC OUT REMOTE IN/SYNC IN
standard with DTRS units. See 8.1, "Synchronization
connections" for details.
The last unit in the chain must be terminated.
When units are connected in this way, the transport
controls of the first unit in the branch are used to con-
trol the slave units, when these branch units are set to
chase (ABS chase, not timecode chase—see 8.2.3,
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connec-
SYNC BRANCH
of
chain, as is
5 Slide the board, component side uppermost,
into the slot, until you feel the fingers of the
board mesh with the internal socket.
6 Push the board firmly, but without excessive
sudden force, until it can go no further. The
rear panel of the board should now be flush
with the rear panel of the DS-D98.
7 Fasten the board in place using the screws
which retained the board removed in step 3.
8 Replace the DS-D98 in the rack, reconnect
the other equipment (including the analog
connections) and reconnect the power.
"Master/slave settings (CHASE mode)" for full
details of how to set this.
In addition, if the slave branch units are set to be in 2-
track mode (this means either DSD mode in the case
of DS-D98 units, or quad sampling frequency mode
in the case of DS-D98 or DA-98HR units), the fol-
lowing features are also available from the master
DS-D98:
• Level meters. The first branch slave (ID=2) uses
meters 3 and 4 on the master branch unit, slave
ID=3 uses 5 and 6, and slave ID=4 uses 7 and 8.
• indicators (the master unit
AVAILABLE TRACK
displays the status of the available tracks on the
branch slaves—green for DSD, red for quad sam-
pling frequency tracks). Assignments as for the
level meters.
• keys and indicators (assignments
REC FUNCTION
as for the meters)
• keys and indicators (assign-
INPUT MONITOR
ments as for the meters)