TASCAM DA-302 Owners Manual - Page 4

Section 1 : Introduction Thank you for purchasing the TASCAM DA-302. To meet the requirements of professional applications, the DA-302 is provided with the following functions. ... A variety of dubbing modes (normal/high speed/program/append) ... Dual recording ... Continuous recording/playback (with more than one deck) possible ... Tape duplication using more than one deck ... Subcode data recording/editing Before using your new deck, read this manual over carefully to be sure that you understand how to operate it correctly and know how to take advantage of its many functions. After reading this manual, keep it on hand for future reference. Table of Contents Important Safety Precautions 2 Safety Instructions 3 Section 1 : Introduction 4 1-1. Configuration 5 1-2. Memory backup 5 1-3. Installation and operation precautions 5 1-4. Condensation 5 Section 2 : DAT cassettes 6 2-1. Structure of a DAT cassette 6 2-2. Loading a DAT cassette 6 Section 3 : Block diagram 7 Section 4 : Features and controls 9 4-1. Front panel 10 4-2. Rear panel 13 4-3. RC-D302 remote control unit 14 Section 5 : Recording 15 5-1. Normal recording 15 5-1-1. Recording analog input signals 15 5-1-2. Recording digital input signals 15 5-2. Dubbing 16 5-2-1. Making an identical tape including subcodes 16 5-2-2. Dubbing a tape from the middle 16 5-2-3. Making a tape with the program order changed 16 5-3. Dual recording 17 5-4. Continuous recording 17 Section 6 : Playback 18 6-1. Normal playback 18 6-2. Continuous playback 18 6-3. Skip playback 18 6-4. Single playback 18 6-5. Repeat playback 19 6-6. Program playback 19 Section 7 : Recording/editing of subcode data......... 20 7-1. Subcode data 20 7-2. Start ID 20 7-2-1. Recording the Start ID automatically.......... 20 7-2-2. Recording the Start ID manually 20 7-2-3. Erasing the Start ID 21 7-3. Skip ID 21 7-3-1. Recording the Skip ID 21 7-3-2. Erasing the Skip ID 22 7-4. End ID 22 7-4-1. Recording the End ID 22 7-4-2. Erasing the End ID 22 7-5. Program numbers 22 7-5-1. Recording the program number 22 7-5-2. Erasing the program number 22 7-5-3. Renumber 22 7-6. ABS time 23 7-7. Program time 23 Section 8 : Convenient functions 24 8-1. Rec muting 24 8-2. Skip search 24 8-3. Direct search 24 8-4. Locating function 24 8-4-1. Setting the memo point 24 8-4-2. Correcting the memo point 24 8-4-3. Locating a memo point 24 8-5. Blank search 25 Section 9 : Using more than one DA-302 26 9-1. Continuous recording with more than one DA-302 26 9-2. Duplicating 27 9-3. Continuous playback with more than one DA-302 27 Section 10 : Menu 28 Section 11 : Specifications 30 Section 12 : Warning Indications and Error messages 32 12-1. Warning Indecations during operation 24 12-2. Error Messages 24 Section 13 : Optional Accessories 33 4