TASCAM DA-302 Owners Manual - Page 25

Section 9 : Using more than one DA-302 9-1. Continuous recording with more than one DA-302 One input source can be recorded continuously on more than one DA-302 beginning with the first deck, then the second deck, and so on. 1 Connect DA-302s as shown in the figure. ·The connections marked with * in the figure shows the connections for analog signal recording. When recording digital signals, connect the recording source to the master deck's DIGITAL INPUTS 1 connector and the DIGITAL CASCADE OUTPUT connector to the slave deck's DIGITAL INPUTS 1 connector. SOURCE ∗ MASTER ∗ SLAVE WR-7000 ∗∗ ∗ SLAVE Amplifier Speakers 2 Set the first DA-302 to Master Deck and the other DA- 302s to Slave Deck. Set decks to master/slave deck with "Control" in the menu. (úp.28) 3 For all connected DA-302s, perform procedures 2 to 4 in the "5.4 Continuous recording". 4 Press the REW key on Deck 1 in the master deck to rewind the tapes in Deck 1 in the master deck and the slave decks to the beginning. ·Only the REW key on Deck 1 of the master deck controls the slave decks. 5 Press the REW key on Deck 2 in the master deck to rewind the tape in Deck 2 in the master deck to the beginning. 6 Set Deck 1 in the master deck to the Record mode to start recording. When Deck 1 reaches the ABS time of Deck 1 set with "Seqtime", Deck 2 starts recording. When Deck 2 reaches the ABS time of Deck 2 of the master deck, Deck 1 in the second deck receives the command from the EXT CONTROL IN connector and starts recording. This process continues from deck to deck, enabling continuous recording. 7 To stop recording, press the STOP key on the deck which is currently recording. ... After recording, each deck automatically rewinds the tape to the beginning either 3 minutes after the time set with "Seqtime" or when the tape end is reached. Example: First deck settings (master ) Seqtime: 2H00M00S Second deck settings (slave) Seqtime: 2H00M00S Third deck settings (slave) Seqtime: 2H00M00S With these settings, the recording operation is as follows. (1) When the ABS time of the first deck's Deck 1 reaches 2H00M00S, Deck 2 of the first deck starts recording. (2) When the ABS time of the first deck's Deck 2 reaches 2H00M00S, Deck 1 of the second deck starts recording. (3) When the ABS time of the second deck's Deck 1 reaches 2H00M00S, Deck 2 of the second deck starts recording. (4) When the ABS time of the second deck's Deck 2 reaches 2H00M00S, Deck 1 of the third deck starts recording. (5) When the ABS time of the third deck's Deck 1 reaches 2H00M00S, Deck 2 of the third deck starts recording. (6) When the ABS time of the third deck's Deck 2 reaches 2H03M00S or the tape is reached to its end, all operations are complete. ·If "Loop" in the menu of the master deck is set to "On"(úp.28), Deck 1 of the first deck starts recording when the ABS tme of the third deck's Deck 2 reaches 2H00M00S. In this case, change the tape if required. 26