Tascam DA-45HR, Owner'S Manual

4 - Advanced functions

  TASCAM DA-45HR 

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• CHAR, which allows the writing of alphanumeric 

characters (up to 60) which are associated with a 
START ID on the tape, which will be shown on the 
display when that part of the tape is replayed. 
These can be used as tape (if written at the first 
START ID) or program titles.

NOTE

All these IDs are written in the subcode of the 
tape— they may be written and erased freely 
without affecting the audio portion of the tape 
in any way.

4.4.1 Selecting an ID mode

Repeated presses of the 

ID SELECT

 key will cycle 

through the following options:

•

START WRT

— a START ID will be written

•

SKIP WRT

— a SKIP ID will be written

•

END WRT

— an END ID will be written

•

START ERASE

— the START ID immediately 

before the current location will be erased

•

SKIP ERASE

— the SKIP ID immediately before 

the current location will be erased

•

END ERASE

— the tape will move forward to the 

next END ID, which will be erased

•

CHAR ERASE

—  the character information 

immediately before the current location will be 
erased

•

RENUM

— the tape will be rewound, and all 

START IDs will be renumbered in sequence, start-
ing at 1.

WARNING

When one of the above ID modes is shown in 
the display, pressing ENTER may start the ID 
writing or editing operation. When writing or 
editing IDs is not required, therefore, press ID 
SELECT repeatedly until none of the above 
ID modes is shown on the display/

The 

ERASE

 and 

RENUM

 modes cannot be selected 

while the tape deck is recording.

While IDs are being written, erased or renumbered, 
all transport controls except 

STOP

 are disabled.

NOTE

If there is no cassette inserted, or if the cas-
sette is write-protected, the message 

Rec 

Protect

 will appear in the display when 

the ID SELECT key is pressed.

4.4.2 Manually writing a START or SKIP 

ID (i)

With the tape deck playing a tape where audio has 
previously been recorded, or recording, select either 
the 

START WRT

 or 

SKIP WRT

 option as described 

above.

When the tape reaches the point where an ID is to be 
written, press 

ENTER [27]

.

The ID will be written at the point where the 

ENTER

 key is pressed. While the ID is being writ-

ten, 

START WRT

 or 

SKIP WRT

 (as appropriate) 

will flash on the display and output will be muted (if 
the tape deck is in playback mode).

In playback mode, the display will also show 

WR-

ST

 or 

WR-SK

, and the playback will be restored 

after the ID has been written.

The 

PLAY

 and 

RECORD

 indicators will both light 

while the ID is being written.

NOTE

Do not press the STOP key while writing sub-
code IDs. This will cause the IDs to be of 
indeterminate length, resulting in possible 
future operational problems.

4.4.3 Writing a START or SKIP ID (ii)

With the tape playing, press the 

POSITION

 key.

The current tape location in ABS time will be dis-
played, together with the characters 

Posit

, 

showing that the 

POSITION

 key has been pressed.

After two seconds, the time that which the 

POSITION

 key was pressed will be shown to frame 

accuracy, together with an offset value of 

00

 at the 

right of the display.

The 

PAUSE

 indicator will light, and the 

PLAY

 indi-

cator will start to flash.

Use the 

INS/+

 and 

DEL/-

 keys or the 

DATA

 dial to 

adjust the offset backwards or forwards by up to 50 
frames in either direction.

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