Tascam HS-20, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...HS 20 2 Channel Audio Recorder D01235620A OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...cations to this equipment not expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment For U S A WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT E...

Page 3: ...et of the unit before mounting CAUTION Leave 1U of space above the unit for ventilation Allow at least 10 cm 4 in at the rear of the unit for venti lation 1 Read these instructions 2 Keep these instru...

Page 4: ...er disposal of waste equipment can have serious effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment d The crossed out...

Page 5: ...Connecting headphones 29 Recording operation limitations 29 5 FILE LIST 30 Explanation of folder structure 30 Folder structure 30 File names 30 File formats 30 FILE LIST screen overview 30 Root folde...

Page 6: ...57 Starting recording 57 Stopping recording 57 Playback in take mode 57 Selecting a folder take 57 Setting input monitoring 58 Playback control in take mode 58 Using the call function in playlist mod...

Page 7: ...ck file selection screen 102 Operation mode selection OPERATION MODE 104 11 Mark and locate functions 105 Mark functions 105 Adding marks 105 Using keys to locate to marks 105 Mark list screen 105 Loc...

Page 8: ...F digital inputs and outputs Headphones output BNC timecode input and output possible using optional SY 2 BNC video reference NTSC PAL black burst and HDTV Tri level signals and word clock input outpu...

Page 9: ...holder or the rightful licensor your unauthorized recording reproduction or distribution thereof may result in severe criminal penalties under copyright laws and international copyright treaties If yo...

Page 10: ...ding during recording playback and data transfer Always cover their connectors when transporting them Do not leave connectors exposed Note about confirmed media This unit uses SD cards and CF cards fo...

Page 11: ...the color display 6 MENU key Press to open the MENU screen Press the MENU key while pressing and holding the HOME key to open the LOCK SETUP screen See Lock function on page 24 7 Color display This 3...

Page 12: ...nd pull the bottom of the display outward To put the display away press this button to unlock it and push the bottom inward o m and search keys Press one of these keys to search m key search backward...

Page 13: ...n page 85 z PARALLEL connector This is a 25 pin D sub connector for parallel control Connect a TASCAM RC SS20 or another external controller here x AC IN connector Connect the included power cord here...

Page 14: ...tput when operating 20V dielectric strength 35mA maximum current 1For RC SS20 assigned to CF indicator 2For RC SS20 assigned to CD indicator 3 5V maximum supplied current is 50 mA When REMOTE Select p...

Page 15: ...a to open the SYNC T C screen See Sync and timecode settings SYNC T C on page 81 6 Audio synchronization status button indicator When synchronized to a Master clock the SYNC indicator appears green Th...

Page 16: ...operation mode D IN NO SIGNAL shown The following settings can be made for the display of the level meters on the METER SETUP screen from the MENU screen o o Metering point o o Peak hold time o o Rel...

Page 17: ...is the name of the mark at the current time or the nearest preceding mark Touch this part while a mark name other than the auto mark is shown to open the mark name editing screen o INPUT MONITOR butt...

Page 18: ...ng will change when you change the folder The numerical part of the second half of the take name can be changed even during playback and recording The first half of the take name and the letter in the...

Page 19: ...NOTE A red progress bar that extends from the left end to the right end with a frequency of approximately five seconds is shown during recording l Take entry name button This shows the name and icon...

Page 20: ...Mark name This is the name of the mark at the current time or the nearest preceding mark Touch this part while a mark name other than the auto mark is shown to open the mark name editing screen b INP...

Page 21: ...d press the square button to the right of the slot and then reinsert the card Removing SD CF cards Turn the unit OFF or stop operations before removing an SD CF card CAUTION Never remove an SD CF card...

Page 22: ...he display until you hear a clicking sound CAUTION Do not push the display screen itself Adjusting display and indicator brightness Turn the DATA dial while pressing and holding the HOME key to adjust...

Page 23: ...n manufacturing technologies and 99 99 or more of the pixels are effective but sometimes pixels might not appear or might appear as red or black dots This is not a malfunction Turning the power ON and...

Page 24: ...recorded files will be incorrect Lock function Press the MENU key while pressing and holding the HOME key on the front of the unit to open the LOCK SETUP screen On this screen you can turn on off the...

Page 25: ...control the following pop up message appears External control locked Recording times This table below shows the total amount of recording time in hours and minutes possible on SD CF cards of various c...

Page 26: ...CLEAR key SD CF card preparation Card selection 1 Press the MENU key on the front panel to open the MENU screen 2 Touch the MEDIA MANAGE button to open the MEDIA MANAGE screen 3 Touch the SELECT butto...

Page 27: ...ront panel to open the MENU screen 2 Touch the MEDIA MANAGE button to open the MEDIA MANAGE screen 3 Touch the QUICK button next to the SD FORMAT or CF FORMAT item the following message appears on the...

Page 28: ...en 3 Select the master clock that you want to use from the MASTER item See Sync and timecode settings SYNC T C on page 81 Setting inputs and outputs Setting the inputs 1 Press the MENU key on the fron...

Page 29: ...in that folder becomes large For this reason the following things might occur o o When the total number of items in one folder exceeds about 20000 Recording of a new take might not be possible even wh...

Page 30: ...FILE LIST key on the front of the unit to open the AES31 file selection take selection or playlist selection screen according to the operation mode When one of these screens is open press the FILE LIS...

Page 31: ...load that folder Touch the OK button to show the contents of that folder o o Folder Name button Touch to select the corresponding folder The letter C appears in the icon which is also highlighted yell...

Page 32: ...iple takes o o MENU button This shows a pull up menu for selecting LOAD REBUILD EDIT TC EXPORT DELETE SORT MOVE and EDIT NAME o o Scroll buttons Use these buttons to scroll to the beginning or end of...

Page 33: ...name o o BS button Use this to erase the character to the left of the cursor o o DEL button Use this to erase the character to the right of the cursor o o Shift button Touch this to switch between nu...

Page 34: ...op up appears When rebuilding completes the pop up disappears NOTE If you select REBUILD when no folder has been selected on the root folder selection screen the entire selected card is rebuilt Deleti...

Page 35: ...This name already exists appears in a pop up window Touch the CLOSE button to return to the FOLDER NAME screen and enter a different name Immediately after a new folder is created it becomes the curr...

Page 36: ...dium two media are necessary When you export a folder the same directory structure is created at the export destination 1 Press the FILE LIST key on the front of the unit to open the AES31 file select...

Page 37: ...appears During deletion a progress bar is displayed in a pop up window When deleting is complete the pop up window will disappear CAUTION When you delete a folder all timeline data takes and playlist...

Page 38: ...ed on AES31 In timeline mode playback units are called regions and their extent is shown in the track area of the Home Screen Take mode functions The following functions can be used in take mode o o S...

Page 39: ...ns see Folder operations on page 35 NOTE If you want to record with a timeline that has a sampling frequency different from the current one follow the proce dures in Creating new AES31 editing informa...

Page 40: ...unit is recording The time counter starts at the same time When the elapsed time ABS time from the beginning of the timeline reaches 23 59 59 MM MM is the maximum number of frames RECORD stopped ABS t...

Page 41: ...nning of the first region recorded or the end of the last region This only works with the front panel keys NOTE Playback can also be controlled through the PARALLEL port Using the call function in tim...

Page 42: ...down menu 3 When you touch the SAVE button on the pull down menu the information will be saved on the selected card While saving the progress status will be shown in the pop up window When saving is c...

Page 43: ...ting time and sampling frequency 7 When you have finished making settings touch the CREATE AES31 button 8 Touch the OK button or press the DATA dial when the confir mation message appears on the pop u...

Page 44: ...ed AES31 file is selected you cannot select the EDIT NAME button on the pull up menu 5 Touch the Enter button or press the DATA dial on the AES31 NAME screen NOTE If the entered file name already exis...

Page 45: ...he unit s power for example NOTE Repeated recordings or editing may greatly consume the memory used in managing regions or editing history In this case Cannot Edit System limit reached appears in a po...

Page 46: ...ion pop up window is displayed touch the OK button or press the DATA dial The current IN and OUT points are deleted and the IN mark and OUT mark disappear from the mark area Selecting a complete regio...

Page 47: ...ain open Cutting the data in the selection Cut You can erase the selection and move the following data forward NOTE The data cut is saved in the copy buffer When the whole fade in out area is included...

Page 48: ...4 Touch the SET SELECT button and select the range that you want to erase using the SET IN SET OUT and SELECT Region buttons on the pull up menu 5 Touch the EDIT button to open the pull up menu 6 Tou...

Page 49: ...window is shown In this case the EDIT pull up menu will remain open Inserting a selected file into the set position Insert File You can insert the entire contents of a 2 channel BWF WAV file at the s...

Page 50: ...on is complete the Home Screen will open after a pop up window is shown and the EDIT pull up menu is closed Inserting silence at the set position Insert Mute You can insert silence at the set position...

Page 51: ...n will open after a pop up window is shown In this case the EDIT pull up menu will remain open Pasting the data of a selected file into the set position Paste File You can paste an entire 2 channel BW...

Page 52: ...ile name touch the RENAME button or touch the CANCEL button to cancel 8 When pasting is complete the Home Screen will open after a pop up window is shown and the EDIT pull up menu is closed Setting fa...

Page 53: ...enu will remain open Setting the playback level in the selected region Level You can set the playback level for a region after fade in and before fade out 1 Press the HOME key on the front of the unit...

Page 54: ...by the following actions Turning off the unit Loading a folder Loading AES31 editing information Changing the operation mode Redoing an edit REDO After undoing an edit you can redo it 1 Press the HOM...

Page 55: ...ay area The range between the IN mark and OUT mark will be edited and is shown in light blue Bouncing the interval 8 Touch the Bounce I O button to open a pull up menu 9 Touch the BOUNCE button on the...

Page 56: ...a folder in the root directory on page 33 to input the folder name NOTE You cannot use the symbol at the beginning of a folder name 3 Touch the Enter button or press the DATA dial 4 Touch the OK butt...

Page 57: ...f you press the PLAY key while holding the REC key during playback you cannot overwrite a recording CAUTION When in recording standby the parallel control signals output are high for TALLY_RECORD and...

Page 58: ...on blue touch the OFF button to turn it off OFF button blue Playback control in take mode Press the PLAY key to start playback Press the PAUSE key to start playback standby Press the PLAY key to end r...

Page 59: ...Screen Then touch the TAKE List button in the pull down menu to open the take selection screen for the current folder 3 Select the take for which you want to edit the start time 4 Touch the MENU butto...

Page 60: ...the take selection screen to open the pull up menu 3 Touch the UPLOAD to FTP button on the pull up menu to open a confirmation pop up window Touch the OK button or press the DATA dial to upload the s...

Page 61: ...to open the pull up menu Take selection screen with pull up menu open 3 Touch the MOVE button on the pull up menu to open the TAKE MOVE screen 4 Use the DATA dial and scroll buttons to move the selec...

Page 62: ...or MARK key while pressing and holding the SHIFT key moves to the next mark point When the position is determined touch the Divide button at the lower left of the screen To cancel dividing touch the...

Page 63: ...ke The yellow icon indicates the first take to be used in the combination which was as selected in step 3 5 A confirmation message appears and an interval of 4 seconds in total before and after the ta...

Page 64: ...be erased by the following actions Turning this unit off Loading a folder Changing the operation mode Recording Redoing the previously undone take edit REDO After undoing an edit you can redo it 1 Pre...

Page 65: ...menu NOTE You can also press the e button for a folder to load it If it is not the current folder a pop up window appears confirming that you want to load it Touch the OK button 5 Touch the OK button...

Page 66: ...rrently loaded playlist Changing a playlist name later You can change playlist names later 1 Press the FILE LIST key on the front of the unit to open the playlist selection screen 2 Select the playlis...

Page 67: ...u can also load a playlist by touching its e button 5 Touch the OK button or press the DATA dial when a confir mation pop up message appears After loading completes the Home Screen opens Deleting a pl...

Page 68: ...ame button Touch to select the corresponding entry Touch this button to open the take list on the right side When this list is open you can touch a take name button to assign that take to the selected...

Page 69: ...ent folder name button This shows the name of the folder that is shown in the current take list display area Touch this button to show the folder list in the take list display area y Take name list bu...

Page 70: ...takes in the folder where the playlist is can be added to the playlist If the take that you want to add does not appear use the scroll buttons or DATA dial to scroll through the list until the take a...

Page 71: ...ry by touching the take name that appears yellow in the take list on the right side or by touching the MENU button and then touching the CLEAR button on the pull up menu Editing entry titles 1 Press t...

Page 72: ...g time of the file Editing the playback Start End point using the number buttons and mark list screen 1 Touch the EDIT button to open the EDIT START POINT or EDIT END POINT screen Use the FRAME EDIT b...

Page 73: ...e selected entry Touch the EDIT button for the START TC item to open the EDIT START T C screen where you can change the playback starting time Use the FRAME EDIT button on the EDIT START T C screen to...

Page 74: ...Start Point or Fade In Length the playback position will move to the Start Point If you change it during playback playback will continue after jumping to the new playback position o o If you change th...

Page 75: ...ENTRY list screen ASSIGN File Screen Naming a playlist and saving it On the ENTRY List or ASSIGN File screen after touching the MENU button to open the pull up if you touch the SAVE AS button instead...

Page 76: ...ck Press the PAUSE key to start playback standby Press the PLAY key again to resume playback Press the STOP key to stop playback Press the MARK key or MARK key to switch entries Press and hold the m k...

Page 77: ...d to the recording mode REC MODE o o Single default Recording on only the selected media current media o o Mirror Recording on two media simultaneously 8 8 Setting button appearance REC mode setting B...

Page 78: ...f the current media will be created on the other media If you start recording with Mirror set takes with the same name will be recorded in the matching folders on both media When set to Mirror no reco...

Page 79: ...ded files the following pop up window appears There are no uploaded takes to delete The following pop up window appears Press the CANCEL button to open a pop up confirmation window Setting buttons Dis...

Page 80: ...time touch the knob and adjust the value using the DATA dial The setting range is 1 10 minutes default 5 minutes default value o o Sync Unlock Use this to add a mark when synchronization with the mast...

Page 81: ...flash start keys and fader start function of the TASCAM RC HS20PD remote control sold separately and play and flash start commands from external control RS 232C RS 422 parallel keyboard Setting range...

Page 82: ...tween 23 59 59 29 and 23 59 59 29 Default 00 00 00 00 NOTE TC Chase can also be turned ON and OFF by pressing the SHIFT and CALL keys at the same time TC Rechase When ON this function re synchronizes...

Page 83: ...pen the START TIME screen SETUP page Make settings related to the timecode generator on this page STATUS Set the current timecode frame type TC GEN MODE Use theses buttons to set the timecode generato...

Page 84: ...Disable Enable default FADER Start MODE Set whether or not fader starting which allows you to start playback by raising the fader from when in playback standby is enabled when the fader start functio...

Page 85: ...o AUX2 Function Set the function of PARALLEL connector pin 18 AUX2 default MARK SKIP o o AUX3 Function Set the function of PARALLEL connector pin 19 AUX3 default MARK RS 232C page Make RS 232C serial...

Page 86: ...ated to NETWORK communication on this page STATUS Shows the MAC Address of this unit and the current IP Address Password Press the Change button to open the CHANGE PASSWORD screen IP MODE Use these bu...

Page 87: ...selection to the next number Example Shown on screen 192 168 1 1 Input 1234 234 168 1 1 The first 1 is pushed out Input 234 168 1 1 Changing the password setting Touch the Change button located near...

Page 88: ...ETUP screen is set as LOCK you cannot connect via FTP If the External LOCK setting is enable when an FTP connection is active that FTP connection will be discon nected If you change the setting on the...

Page 89: ...Telnet with this unit are as follows IP Address The IP Address of this unit is shown on the NETWORK page of the REMOTE SETUP screen Port number 23 Password The default password is HS 20 Uppercase and...

Page 90: ...to LOCK viewing in the VNC viewer application is possible but mouse and keyboard operations will be ignored If you change any setting on the NETWORK page of the REMOTE SETUP screen while a VNC connect...

Page 91: ...Settings 0 sec 1 sec 2 sec default and inf hold forever Release Time Use this to set the release time Touch this knob and use the DATA dial to adjust the time Settings Slow Normal default and Fast NOT...

Page 92: ...t button and write it to the built in memory If there are no System Backup files a pop up window indicating that the import cannot be performed is shown Load Factory Preset Touch the Load button to lo...

Page 93: ...unit to automatically synchronize the date and time with an Internet time server STATUS This shows the current status of the system in regards to SNTP o o Current Time This shows the current date and...

Page 94: ...and turn the DATA dial to set it Setting range 00 00 00 09 to 23 00 23 09 01 00 step Default 00 00 00 09 NOTE Since SNTP server access might be busier at the top of each hour this unit will access the...

Page 95: ...e The content of the last displayed media folder appears the second time and later SD card NOTE Touch the button to return to the media selection screen Touch the button to move to the current folder...

Page 96: ...n is displayed o o File update date and time o o File size o o Sampling frequency o o Bit length number of channels o o Length START T C Copying a folder file 1 Press the MENU key on the front panel t...

Page 97: ...To change the folder file name touch the RENAME button For how to enter a name see Editing the name of a folder in the root directory on page 33 To cancel copying touch the CANCEL button 8 A pop up wi...

Page 98: ...ton on the pull up menu 6 Touch the OK button or press the DATA dial when the confir mation pop up message appears 7 When a reconfirmation message appears in a pop up window touch the OK button or pre...

Page 99: ...SB FORMAT Use to format a USB flash drive QUICK button This only formats the management information of the USB flash drive FULL button Initialize the entire USB flash drive device MEDIA COPY This copi...

Page 100: ...button MENU button pull up menu RELOAD button Discard all changes and reload the timer event infor mation file SAVE button Save the timer event information file to the media If a timer event has been...

Page 101: ...TA dial to adjust them 4 CANCEL button Touch this to discard all changes and return to the TIMER EVENT LIST screen 5 Event Repeat Interval Time fields Use these to set the the interval between repeat...

Page 102: ...yback screen touch the Playback File button to open one of the following three file selection screens SELECT TAKE screen Select a file for playback from media loaded in the unit on this screen FTP Ser...

Page 103: ...the unit will download set folders files from the FTP server On the TIMER EVENT SETUP screen touch the Delete DL button to open the following screen Download Target This shows the path of the file fo...

Page 104: ...ht When the left or right end is not being displayed appears at that end o o The button only appears when inputting FTP path names When shifted it becomes the input button Operation mode selection OPE...

Page 105: ...tion Error auto mark is added another event of the same type will not cause a mark to be added until at least 10 seconds have passed Using keys to locate to marks Press the MARK or MARK key while pres...

Page 106: ...se the total includes REC END and PRE when prere cording marks that are created during recording Deleting marks 1 Select the mark that you want to delete on the MARK LIST screen MARK LIST screen 2 Tou...

Page 107: ...from the smallest one o o To input a specific digit touch it to make its background yellow then use the number buttons or the DATA dial to enter two digits at a time o o Touch the CURRENT q button to...

Page 108: ...actual time and locate to it Input an amount of time to go forward from the current time Input an amount of time to go backward from the current time Input the time using the number buttons You can al...

Page 109: ...by connecting an IBM PC compatible keyboard with a PS 2 or USB interface Connect PS 2 keyboards to the KEYBOARD connector on the front of the unit Connect USB keyboards to the USB connector on the fr...

Page 110: ...annot be used in names Japanese kana cannot be used The letter in the second half of the next take name can only be an uppercase letter from the alphabet List of keyboard operations In addition to inp...

Page 111: ...the Home Screen blinks when stopped 5 To resume recording or playback with timecode synchroni zation repeat steps 3 and 4 6 Either of the following operations will turn synchronization off o o While...

Page 112: ...matically in the root directory 4 Insert that media into the media slot of a computer for example If this media was formatted by this unit it will be recognized by the computer as a drive named HS 20...

Page 113: ...media o o If the maximum number of recordable takes or the maximum take number has been reached change the recording folder o o If the total number of items in the folder including files and subfolde...

Page 114: ...MM Read Error An error occurred when reading the card MM SD CF or USB flash drive MM to MM Copy failed Copying all of one media to the other was not possible MM SD CF or USB flash drive MM SD CF or U...

Page 115: ...o an entry that take is copied to the current folder In this case a file with the same name as the copied take already exists in the current folder RENAME button change the name and copy the file CANC...

Page 116: ...i nation Do you want to overwrite that folder MM SD or CF Cannot Export Selected Take already exist in Export destination Cannot export as the selected take already exists in the export destination Ca...

Page 117: ...elected take n number of selected takes Take changes to Takes if n is 2 or more Copying Folder The folder is being copied Copying File The file is being copied Copying Take The take is being copied Ta...

Page 118: ...ds to be rebuilt as the content has been changed via FTP Edit Completed The editing operation has completed EDL Load completed but there are some wrong regions Loading AES31 editing information has co...

Page 119: ...em so correct recording cannot be guaranteed Occurs when REC Mode is set to Mirror Mirror REC is not available MM formatting not optimal for Recording Mirroring is not available because the media has...

Page 120: ...delete the selected file nnnnnnnn name of a file to delete PLEASE CONFIRM Delete this Folder nnnnnnnn Reconfirms that you want to delete the selected folder nnnnnnnn name of a folder to delete PLEASE...

Page 121: ...to prevent misoperation Renaming folder pppppp to nnnnnn The folder is being renamed ffffffff old folder name ffffffff new folder name Save changes in Current EDL ssssssss Is it okay to save changes t...

Page 122: ...rted to BWF format The file format was converted to BWF This message appears when the Start timecode in the WAV file was edited This name already exists Another folder or take already has that name Th...

Page 123: ...0 316 Vrms 1 dB Maximum input level 6 dBV 2 0 Vrms 1 dB 8 8 ANALOG OUT L R BALANCED Connectors XLR 3 32 1 GND 2 HOT 3 COLD Output impedance 100 or less Nominal output level 4 dBu 1 23 Vrms 1 dB 6 dBu...

Page 124: ...9 compliant 8 8 TIMECODE OUT attached with optional SY 2 board Connector BNC Signal voltage amplitude 2 Vp p Output impedance 600 Format SMPTE 12M 1999 compliant 8 8 WORD VIDEO IN Connector BNC Input...

Page 125: ...76 4 192 kHz JEITA recording and playback 8 8 Distortion ANALOG IN to ANALOG OUT 0 005 or less JEITA recording and playback 8 8 S N ratio ANALOG IN to ANALOG OUT 100 dB or more JEITA recording and pla...

Page 126: ...126 TASCAM HS 20 17 Specifications Block diagram 6...

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