Tascam DV-RA1000HD, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...DV RA1000HD High Definition Audio Master Recorder D00927920A OWNER S MANUAL...

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Page 3: ...tand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug...

Page 4: ...this product is com pletely confined in the protective housings The label required in this regulation is shown at 1 CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING USING A SCREWDRIVER USE OF CONTROLS OR...

Page 5: ...justing the input level 28 Selecting the reference clock 28 Naming files projects marks etc 29 5 CD playback recording Playback 30 Basic playback operation DVD HD 30 Display DVD HD 30 Programmed playb...

Page 6: ...tracks from a CD to the HD 53 8 Effects Setting up the effect position 55 Equalization 55 Dynamics processor 56 Effect libraries 57 Recalling library data 57 Storing library data 57 Naming library dat...

Page 7: ...lease take time to read this manual thoroughly to ensure you under stand how to properly set up and connect the unit as well as the operation of its many useful and convenient functions After you have...

Page 8: ...A warranty card 1 Contact your TASCAM supplier if any of these items are missing NOTE When transporting the unit always use the origi nal packing materials For this reason we strongly recommend that...

Page 9: ...lift the disc out hold ing it carefully by the edges Figure 1 2 Handling of discs Finger marks and dust should be carefully wiped off the disc s recorded surface with a soft cloth Unlike conventional...

Page 10: ...be playable on the unit This is in no way a limitation of the unit itself but of the difference between the different types of media and the methods used to read them The unit supports normal speed 1...

Page 11: ...on the screen If you plan to purchase discs in a bulk insert a sample disc into the tray to make sure that the disc is supported prior to purchase See Using a non supported disc on page 42 The check s...

Page 12: ...ckward and forward To change the LCD contrast rotate the JOG DATA dial while pressing and holding down the DISPLAY key 4 MONITOR key Switches between recording source monitoring and playback monitorin...

Page 13: ...n See About marks on page 39 o DISPLAY key Switches time display mode in the home screen See Display on page 30 p Soft function keys F1 F5 Use the soft function keys to perform the functions displayed...

Page 14: ...te keys on the remote control unit but are the same key on the main unit short press for skip long for search See Basic playback operation on page 30 j A B key Enables you to set and perform A B repea...

Page 15: ...se of the switches on the VFP screen feature additional corresponding switch names in parentheses For the function descrip tion see The virtual front panel VFP on page 23 FINALIZE UNFINALIZE UNFINAL E...

Page 16: ...output NOTE Strictly speaking the format used by these connec tors is called IEC 60958 4 or AES 3 1992 When working in Sampling Frequency 88 2 96 kHz mode there is an option of either using one XLR c...

Page 17: ...es you to transfer audio files on the HD of DV RA1000HD to the computer and transfer audio files on the computer to the DV RA1000HD See Use with a computer on page 59 CONTROL I O You can use RS 232C s...

Page 18: ...data directly The hard disk format is FAT32 DVD RW and DVD RW These discs also enable you to record audio data that is compatible with computer based digital audio worksta tions You can also write da...

Page 19: ...to select an item in the screen Use the JOG DATA dial to adjust a value or setting Press the ENTER key to confirm a setting or selection in the screen Navigating the screens To adjust the display cont...

Page 20: ...Reference clock 4 Meter 5 Disc type 6 Disc status 7 Audio format of the current project 8 Name of the current project 9 Name of the current file 0 Display mode of track time q Current track number w...

Page 21: ...ng menu of the DV RA1000HD 1 Press the MENU key The main menu appears 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or the F1 and F2 keys on the unit or the JOG DATA keys on the remote control unit to select highlight a de...

Page 22: ...R EQ LIBRARY FORMAT FILE LIST COPY ID PREFERENCE PLAY LIST CHECK version check VFP PLAY battery check REC CD etc medium check SYSTEM SETUP I O SELECT REFERENCE CLOCK CALENDAR PROJECT LIST PROJECT TEXT...

Page 23: ...nd a mark appears above the switch when the switch is turned off NOTE In this manual the procedure of selecting a switch in the virtual front panel and pressing the F5 key is referred to as pressing a...

Page 24: ...balanced RCA analog con nectors You can select from the following five reference levels Reference level Nominal level Maximal level 9dB 6dBu 15dBu 14dB 4dBu 18dBu 16dB 4dBu 20dBu 18dB 4dBu 22dBu 20dB...

Page 25: ...mind and you do not want to as sign the menu item to the function key press and hold the function key for at least one second 5 Press and hold the ENTER key for at least one second The setting is con...

Page 26: ...dia information The screen indicates the support information regarding the currently loaded DVD disc and the number of rewriting operations car ried out on the disc Figure 4 16 Media information Clock...

Page 27: ...ch the audio is sent and received DSD RAW which is the raw DSD bit stream or SDIF 3 no other options are avail able Consult the documentation for your other equipment to find out what format is most s...

Page 28: ...tor on the meter lights If a track is normalized to 0 1 dB for example on a DAW be fore recording at unity gain on the DV RA1000HD the OVER indicators may therefore light even though there is no clipp...

Page 29: ...lay highlight it so that it is shown in inverse video Press the F4 right key to start the naming process Use the JOG DATA dial to scroll through the set of cur rently available characters The availabl...

Page 30: ...e the key Release the MUTE key to unmute the signal While the signal is muted the MUTE key indicator lights up To skip the tracks backward or forward press the keys To perform cue search during playba...

Page 31: ...grammed playback off Pressing the PGM switch or PGM key for at least one second brings up the program screen NOTE If you turn programmed playback on while the recorder is in playback ready mode or pl...

Page 32: ...e and the JOG DATA dial to set the value of the pitch and speed up to 6 away from nominal Press ENTER to make the setting Pitch change DVD HD When the auto cue function is turned on cueing the playbac...

Page 33: ...ut the A B mode and the A and B points are not memorized CAUTION When using this function remember to shut down the unit properly see Shut down on page 19 before turning off the power to avoid possibl...

Page 34: ...econds If you plan to divide a recording into tracks repeatedly wait about 30 seconds until you press the RECORD key again CAUTION On a CD two seconds of silence automatically fol low such a track div...

Page 35: ...so used for the auto cue function see Auto cue on page 32 and auto matic track increment in level mode see Auto matic track increment in level mode on page 34 In DSD mode if you have selected an optio...

Page 36: ...ding can be rehearsed This allows false starts to be eliminated as the recording start time can be offset by up to 1 7 seconds in 0 01 second increments from the time when input signal level rises abo...

Page 37: ...ing the input when the DV RA1000HD is recording or in record ready mode Also note that the VFP MONO function see MONO on page 24 can be used to turn monaural monitoring on and off but this does not wo...

Page 38: ...the Virtual Front Panel see The virtual front panel VFP on page 23 to bring up a pop up message Press ENTER to unfinalize the disc or CANCEL to return to the VFP The screen shows an appropriate messag...

Page 39: ...marks About marks DVD RW HD A maximum of 99 marks can be added to a disc CD or to a project DVD RW HD to help with location etc These marks can be edited NOTE Although marks can be added to a CD reco...

Page 40: ...only in copy mode to duplicate data In order for the DV RA1000HD to read the information on a DVD RW disc control information referred as UDFMI UDF Management Information must be writ ten to the disc...

Page 41: ...nutes 13 5 hours 1417 minutes 23 6 hours Table 6 2 Sampling frequencies and recording times HD recording The total time recordable on the HD is significantly longer than the time recordable on a DVD R...

Page 42: ...RW disc the DV RA1000HD will automatically carries out the close oper ation NOTE DVD RW During a background format operation the CLOSE indicator for DVD RW or OPEN indicator for DVD RW flashes in the...

Page 43: ...en disc cannot be read or written on a computer 1 From the main menu select the DISC menu then press the ENTER key The DV RA1000HD displays a disc sub menu 2 Select OPEN then press the ENTER key A pop...

Page 44: ...c Reformatting a DVD RW disc on the DV RA1000HD will never result in an entirely blank disc but of course all previous data is removed during a format process CAUTION If you attempt recording many tim...

Page 45: ...rting a recording will create a new track On the other hand in overwrite mode restarting a recording will overwrite data from the current position in the same track For example if you stop then resume...

Page 46: ...ich can then be used for location pur poses See Editing files on page 47 However when recording to DVD RW HD these marks are written to UDFMI as part of the project Setting marks If you copied audio f...

Page 47: ...e file to the end of another it is possible to remove unwant ed heads and tails using the editing functions See Dividing files on page 48 1 Select the EDIT sub menu from the main menu 2 From this sub...

Page 48: ...the JOG DATA dial to trim the division point so that the new file starts at the point you want 3 Press ENTER to set the division point and split the file The name of the second file is automatically...

Page 49: ...is not inserted into the tray or if you press the CANCEL key at the confirmation popup message the disc tray automatically opens and a popup message requests that you insert a copy source disc into t...

Page 50: ...ect or deselect a highlighted file press the F1 key To select all files press the F2 ALL SEL key To deselect all selected files press the F3 ALL REL key To display the project selection screen press t...

Page 51: ...ject 4 After you select a project press the ENTER key If a project in the destination DVD uses the same name as the selected source project the DV RA1000HD displays a duplicate project screen that lis...

Page 52: ...ts that you insert a disc For more information see Selecting a copy mode and copy source on page 49 Figure 7 6 Selecting a source project 3 Select files to copy First select a project that contains th...

Page 53: ...that requests that you insert a disc If you do not wish to create another audio CD press the CANCEL key The DV RA1000HD initiates a procedure to quit copy mode During this procedure the DV RA1000HD di...

Page 54: ...dial to select a character You can also input characters using a keyboard connected to the PS 2 connector 8 When you finish editing the text press the ENTER key The unit displays a message that reques...

Page 55: ...DV RA1000HD incorporates two signal proces sors a 3 band equalization stage and a dynamics pro cessor These can be inserted either before the final recording process or on playback These effects can b...

Page 56: ...uencies of the two crossover points of the three band effects can be set the slope of the filters is 6 dB octave The dynamics processor always comes after the EQ effect 1 From the effect setting scree...

Page 57: ...le the EQ setting screen or dynamics setting screen is displayed press and hold the ENTER key for at least one second The DV RA1000HD displays the EQ library screen or dynamics library screen Figure 8...

Page 58: ...ers 2 Following the instructions in Naming files projects marks etc on page 29 edit the library data name You can use up to 20 characters for a library data name 3 When you finish editing the name pre...

Page 59: ...con nected to a PC All front panel controls are disabled except the CANCEL key see below Use the computer s system to eject a disc Connecting the DV RA1000HD to a computer With Windows 2000 and Windo...

Page 60: ...files between a com puter and the HD you can transfer audio files in the BWF or DSDIFF format between a DVD RW disc formatted with the DV RA1000HD and a computer by inserting the DVD RW disc into the...

Page 61: ...output level 10 dBV Maximum output level 6 dBV Phones output stereo Connector 1 4 stereo jack T L R R S GND x 1 Max output power 80 mW 80 mW 30 Digital I O PCM inputs XLR Connector 3 pin XLR female x...

Page 62: ...8 3 Output frequencies kHz 44 1 48 88 2 96 double speed all 6 Data format 16 bit 44 1 kHz CD DA 24 bit 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2 96 kHz to DVD RW or HD Output impedance 75 20 Nominal output level 0 5 Vpp t...

Page 63: ...performance Frequency response All modes 20 Hz 20 kHz 0 5 dB at 40 kHz 1 dB 1 dB Fs 88 2 96 kHz at 50 kHz 3 dB 1 dB DSD mode at 70 kHz 3 dB 1 dB 2 dB Fs 176 4 192 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion typical...

Page 64: ...etc 64 TASCAM DV RA1000HD Dimensional drawing Figure 10 1 Dimensions of the DV RA1000HD 483 mm 465 mm 435 mm 76 mm 88 mm 95 mm 15 mm 357 mm 331 mm 11 mm 483 mm 465 mm 435 mm 76 mm 88 mm 95 mm 15 mm 35...

Page 65: ...A Fade Fade In Out Play On Mute DV RA1000HD Block Diagram dB Mono Mono On Meter Off Stereo Stereo 9 14 16 18 20 9 14 16 18 20 3Band EQ Dither Meter Input Type G R Crossover 3Band Compressor Expander 1...

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