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Section 3 – Rear Panel connectors

3-2 – 1.00 – 06/97

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Page 1: ...terature accompanying the appliance The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the p...

Page 2: ...uld be used and be sure to re fit the fuse cover IF IN DOUBT CONSULT A COMPETENT ELECTRICIAN TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device...

Page 3: ...structure grounding of the lead in wire to an antenna discharge unit size of grounding conductors location of antenna discharge unit con nection to grounding electrodes and requirements for the groun...

Page 4: ...3 1 44 SYNC OUT 3 1 45 TDIF 1 DIGITAL I O 3 1 46 METER UNIT MU 8824 3 1 47 ANALOG INPUT 3 1 48 ANALOG OUTPUT 3 1 49 IN 3 1 4 Connections 4 1 Audio connections 4 1 4 1 1 Analog audio connections 4 1 4...

Page 5: ...g offsets 9 3 9 4 Digital dubbing 9 4 9 4 1 Synchronized formatting 9 5 9 4 2 Recording while formatting 9 5 9 5 Error messages 9 5 10 Operations related to timecode 10 1 ABS and SMPTE EBU timecode 10...

Page 6: ...2 14 1 4 Checking head search time 14 2 14 2 Memory backup 14 3 14 3 User setups 14 3 14 3 1 Saving user setups 14 3 14 3 2 Loading user setups 14 3 14 3 3 Resetting the memory 14 4 14 4 Checking ver...

Page 7: ...Table of Contents TOC 4 1 00 06 97...

Page 8: ...etter Fast frame accurate tape location and position ing end to end winding for a 120 tape is around 80 seconds Direct digital synchronization of up to 16 DTRS recorders 128 tracks without the use of...

Page 9: ...er digital or analog If you are working with more than one digital audio unit in your setup you should note that all units must be driven by the same central clock source word clock or word sync If di...

Page 10: ...be mounted with the front panel vertical 1 4 5 Electrical considerations Make sure that your local power supply matches the voltage requirements marked on the rear panel of the DA 98 If you are in any...

Page 11: ...ork tapes TASCAM does not endorse any specific tape or tape manufacturer TASCAM has licensed the use of the DTRS logo to tape manufacturers provided their tape meets the specifications required by DTR...

Page 12: ...ment 1 5 2 Available recording and playback time Depending on whether the tape has been pur chased for use with an NTSC P6 E6 or a PAL SECAM P5 E5 television system the same length of tape as far as v...

Page 13: ...Section 1 Introduction to the DA 98 1 6 1 00 06 97...

Page 14: ...andard reference levels 16dBFS 18dBFS and 20dBFS For full details of this see 8 7 Refer ence levels 8 Peak meters These 15 segment peak meters show the input level or the recorded signal level dependi...

Page 15: ...ng the LOC 2 key 23 When the function keys are used as number keys this key is used as a sign change key 15 DIGITAL IN switch and indicator This switch controls the input to the DA 98 When on indicato...

Page 16: ...icator will light The SHUTTLE control will then be active Turning the control to the right privides forward cueing and turning it to the left provides reverse cueing similar to rock and roll on open r...

Page 17: ...e DA 98 drops out of record mode 36 RECORD key If the PLAY key 35 is pressed while the RECORD key is held down recording will start on all armed tracks see 6 3 Preparing to record If the DA 98 is in p...

Page 18: ...r units 42 CONTROL I O This connector is used for control of the DA 98 by external equipment Consult your TASCAM dealer for full details of compatibility and the use of this connnector The pinout for...

Page 19: ...Section 3 Rear Panel connectors 3 2 1 00 06 97...

Page 20: ...e in TDIF 1 format To carry signals between a DA 98 and another DTRS unit use a PW 88D cable 1 meter long or a PW 88DL cable 5 meters long You may also use these cables to connect the DA 98 to other T...

Page 21: ...o change between clock sources and should be set to WORD when synchronizing to an external word clock The IN jack should be connected to the WORD SYNC OUT of the digital audio device from which the DA...

Page 22: ...nits must have their IDs set in order with no gaps in the numbering sequence Note that the diagram below does not show any audio connections o t r g o t r g o t r g Machine ID 1 master Machine ID 2 sl...

Page 23: ...Section 4 Connections 4 4 1 00 06 97...

Page 24: ...f the dis play will change to show the currently set values for the parameter beside the cursor When the cursor is beside the desired parameter press the ENTER key You can now change the val ues of th...

Page 25: ...mat all the fields will be reset to zero If there is more than one independent field in a menu screen use the cursor to point to the value that you want to reset to zero 5 1 6 Changing menu values fas...

Page 26: ...e function keys as number keys When the Function Key Mode parameter has been set to 10 Key see above you can use the function keys as number keys for direct entry of numerical data The function key nu...

Page 27: ...menu functions only rarely for instance whether the DA 98 is a master or a slave unit Some of the keys below the tape counter 9 through 13 and 18 through 22 can be used as soft keys providing instant...

Page 28: ...is is a feature designed to stop you formatting a tape accidentally 4 Now use the FORMAT Fs switch to select the sampling frequency either 44 1kHz or 48kHz The sampling frequency that you select depen...

Page 29: ...rocess remember that track copy ing in the digital domain will add no noise or dis tortion A digital copy is a clone of the original and no loss of quality is incurred 6 3 1 Write protecting cassettes...

Page 30: ...We suggest turning off the RECORD FUNCTION This will prevent you from accidentally hitting the RECORD key and going into record mode over writing what you have already recorded 2 Make sure that the IN...

Page 31: ...ress the AUTO MON key 19 the indicator will light 2 Arm the track s on which you will be recording use REC FUNCTION 3 Press the RHSL rehearsal key 9 The indicator will flash showing that the DA 98 is...

Page 32: ...alter both these times using the following method 1 Enter menu group 1 and move the cursor to the Pre Post menu option 2 Press ENTER to set the pre roll and post roll times 3 Use the LEFT and RIGHT ke...

Page 33: ...LOC 1 key 22 There is no need to press STOP first The tape will return to the punch in point minus the value specified in the punch in offset 6 6 4 Editing the pre roll and post roll times 2 Pressing...

Page 34: ...key 10 so that the indicator flashes and repeat the process described above 4 If you are satisfied with the punch in follow the steps below otherwise press LOC 1 to return to the punch in point press...

Page 35: ...Section 6 Basic operations 6 8 1 00 06 97...

Page 36: ...ust the level balance between off tape monitoring and the input source and are available from a number of modes as described in the table below 7 1 2 AUTO MON When replaying a track you will usually w...

Page 37: ...s while recording is in progress Confidence mode provides monitoringoff tape while recording for all tracks except those tracks whose INPUT MONITOR switch is active The monitoring of these tracks will...

Page 38: ...once The indicator will flash 4 Press the CONFIDENCE MODE key again within five seconds of pressing it for the first time The indicator will light steadily If you do not press the CONFIDENCE MODE key...

Page 39: ...Section 7 Monitoring modes 7 4 1 00 06 97...

Page 40: ...uracy 1 Go to menu group 0 If you are only checking the location points you can see the value of the location point on the bot tom line of the display screen As you move the cursor between Memo 1 and...

Page 41: ...addition to the MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 memo ries you can also assign 10 additional memories to the function keys The function keys must be in location memory mode see 5 2 Function key modes The tape transp...

Page 42: ...the tape will stop and playback will start immediately If you have pressed the AUTO PLAY key 12 before pressing the SHIFT key in step 1 the AUTO PLAY indicator is on replay will start automati cally...

Page 43: ...using function keys 9 or 10 3 By moving the cursor to the bottom right parameter shown here as Sample and using the UP and DOWN keys you can display and set the track delay in either samples or milli...

Page 44: ...Vari to Fix The VARI SPEED indicator by the tape counter 2 will go out 8 6 Shuttle operations The shuttle switch indicator and knob 26 are used to simulate the rock and roll location method on open r...

Page 45: ...will usually allow off tape monitoring However there may be times when you will want to mute all off tape sig nals when shuttling 1 Enter menu group 2 move the cursor to Shtl Mute and press ENTER 2 Us...

Page 46: ...select between Slow Medium and Fast 8 9 Sine oscillator The DA 98 incorporates a digital oscillator for lineup and signal tracing purposes This oscillator is a sine wave oscillator at either the stan...

Page 47: ...rding quantization noise at low levels when the input word length is set to 20 or 24 bits Though you will lose a little in the signal to noise ratio total harmonic distortion figures will be improved...

Page 48: ...ecording silence There may be times when you wish to prevent any signal from reaching an armed track in other words when you record you are recording silence onto the track 1 Enter menu group 1 move t...

Page 49: ...power on message You can set a power on message of up to 20 char acters letters numbers and some punctuation which will be displayed when the DA 98 is turned on The default message is TASCAM To set a...

Page 50: ...be turned on for the ID to be set The values for the IDs of these models start at 1 and go up to 16 The switch on the back of the DA 88 is only oper ative when the unit is turned off It is marked fro...

Page 51: ...nd follow the transport commands of the master When a slave unit is locked to the master unit its CHASE indicator will light steadily 4 To turn off chase mode on a slave unit press the CHASE switch or...

Page 52: ...r both tapes is being played back 5 Press either the UP or DOWN key at the correct offset time to capture and store the offset The current difference between the master and slave tapes will be be disp...

Page 53: ...connections as described in 9 1 Synchronization connections Remember to terminate the slave unit 2 Connect the DIGITAL I O 45 of the master unit source to the DIGITAL I O of the slave target Use only...

Page 54: ...hin five seconds to select format mode If you wait more than 5 seconds the indicator will stop flashing If you press the CLEAR key 11 while the FORMAT indicator is lit steadily you will cancel the for...

Page 55: ...Section 9 Synchronization with other DTRS units 9 6 1 00 06 97...

Page 56: ...ystem in ABS mode When multiple DTRS units are connected together in DTRS sync mode the master unit always outputs ABS tim ings to the slave unit s 10 1 2 Tape timecode TC stands for timecode and is s...

Page 57: ...e will be used as the tape timecode source 10 2 2 ABS setting If you have selected ABS in the menu above the ABS subcode time from the tape will be used as the timecode with the start of the tape havi...

Page 58: ...ee minutes of timecode pre roll before the nominal start of the piece at 01 00 00 00 With ABS 13 selected once the tape is posi tioned approximately 13 minutes from the start the timecode will restart...

Page 59: ...rate 29 97 do not form a simple mathematical ratio and the sampling frequencies of either 44 1kHz and 48kHz are therefore affected on transfer back to film To avoid this pull up and pull down functio...

Page 60: ...yback speed The 5 Frame setting means that timecode infor mation is not output continuously Here the DA 98 reads the timecode from the tape as it is spool ing outputs 5 consecutive frames at normal sp...

Page 61: ...to select a source for the timecode recording from the following options Generator TC Tape and External TC If you select Tape the source of the tape time code will also be shown as determined in the t...

Page 62: ...he tape counter will light 12 Press and hold the PLAY and press the RECORD key and the tape will start recording The TC REC indicator will light steadily The display will change from Stop to Run Press...

Page 63: ...hat follows on seamlessly from the originally recorded timecode The assembly function reads a few seconds of timecode from tape and then uses this to jamsync the internal generator which then stripes...

Page 64: ...recorded on any other recorders syn chronized with the DA 98 a timecode generator video synchronized with the DA 98 If your analog recorder cannot chase to external timecode you must first record the...

Page 65: ...As well as the sample clock the timecode can be referenced to a video clock i e the start of each timecode frame is synchronized with each frame boundary received at the VIDEO IN terminal or can be i...

Page 66: ...on keys in the number key mode see 5 2 2 Using the function keys as num ber keys to enter the offset and the leading sign directly If this value is set to anything other than 00 00 00 00 00 the OFFSET...

Page 67: ...0 7 7 Automatic park position setting When the DA 98 is acting as a timecode slave it can automatically determine the optimum park pre roll position to sync with the master 1 Go to menu group 4 move t...

Page 68: ...the master As well as selecting rechase you can also select the length of the rechase window This means that if the difference between internal and incom ing timecode is greater than the value of thi...

Page 69: ...ted with TC as well as SYNC and have TC rather than ABS selected as the timing reference this default behavior can be overridden using the function described here 1 Go to menu group 4 move the cursor...

Page 70: ...10 6 Video resolution The CLOCK switch of the DA 98 30 should be pressed until the VIDEO indicator lights 11 1 2 Emulation The DA 98 is able to emulate a number of differ ent units so that when a Devi...

Page 71: ...s in 9 pin protocol mode the transport locates to the desired position and then goes into pause mode What is then returned to the controller depends on the following setting 1 Go to menu group 6 move...

Page 72: ...oller itself 1 Go to menu group 6 move the cursor to Trk Map track mapping and press ENTER The lines above show the analog and digital tracks to which the DA 98 tracks on the bottom line are currently...

Page 73: ...o 127 units can be des ignated as the MIDI Timecode Master for the whole chain This MIDI ID is not the same as a MIDI Channel number even though some units manuals may refer to it as a channel number...

Page 74: ...MC command is transmitted to the DA 98 When the DA 98 has located and starts playback or recording the MTC is transmitted back to the sequencer which locks in and starts at the correct point In this w...

Page 75: ...Section 11 External control 11 6 1 00 06 97...

Page 76: ...group 0 Menu item Parameter s Values Reference Track Delay Time Track Delay time Unit 1 through 8 All 200 through 7200 samples 4 through 150 msec default 0 sample msec 8 3 Track delay Track Copy Trac...

Page 77: ...Values Reference Shuttle Mute Enabled off or on 8 6 2 Shuttle mut ing TDIF Word Length Length in bits of incoming data 16 bit 20 bit 24 bit 8 10 2 Selecting word length Analog In Out Reference Level R...

Page 78: ...enable disable 11 1 8 Remote track arming Menu item Parameter s Values Reference TC Chase Indiv Rec Enabled enable disable 10 7 11 Individual recording while chasing timecode Rechase mode Mode Window...

Page 79: ...ting the frame rate Output TC Timing Output refer ence Analog Digital 10 4 4 Timecode output timing Output TC Source Source of time code output TAPE ABS or TC Track External regen External reshape 10...

Page 80: ...ing Fast Wind Speed Referenced to play speed x 100 x 8 11 1 5 Fast wind speed Cueup Tally Message to remote Stop Still 11 1 4 Cue up tally Menu item Parameter s Values Reference MTC Output Output Fast...

Page 81: ...ue 10 5 2 Recording timecode using the generator Fs Shift Mode Pull up down parameters off Pull Down 30NDF Pull Up 29 97NDF Pull Up 29 97 DF Pull Down 30DF 10 3 1 Pull up and pull down Fs shift TC Rec...

Page 82: ...Tape TC Gen TC Abs Diff 10 7 8 Absolute and relative differ ence Rel Diff Menu item Parameter s Values Reference Sys Ver There are no user settable values in this menu Moving the cursor to the menu i...

Page 83: ...Rel Diff E Dr Total F Remote Track Arming 3 Emulation Device 6 Servo Ver F Error Bypass 4 Setup 9 Ext TC E Shuttl e Mute 2 Fast LTC Mode 5 Sine Oscillator 2 Fast Wind Speed 6 Sync Ver F Front Ver F Sy...

Page 84: ...y use these tapes If a client brings in a different model of timecode based machine and tape from a project studio the DA 98 s timecode facilities are used Usually though timecode synchronization is n...

Page 85: ...SCAM 302 13 2 Post production work In the post production world the DA 98 excels thanks to its flexible and sophisticated synchronization capa bilities which give it more control than ever before The...

Page 86: ...ine facilities can also benefit from the extensive range of pull up and pull down sampling frequencies allowing easy synchronization even with the non integer ratios imposed when converting standard 2...

Page 87: ...secondary recorder role in the larger studio Digital dubbing involves no loss of quality so project studio tapes may be duplicated as often as required and the quality of the tapes produced at home is...

Page 88: ...A 98 are also of great value to the smaller studio allowing the integration of the DA 98 with existing MIDI systems synchronized using MIDI Time Code and through MMC integration effectively turning th...

Page 89: ...Section 13 Example setups 13 6 1 00 05 30 97...

Page 90: ...ss the ESCAPE key 27 until it appears 2 Within menu group 9 move the cursor so that it is by Cleaning 3 Press ENTER 4 Press the UP or DOWN key to set the cleaning mode to on If a tape has already been...

Page 91: ...hear it Use this display to show where the tape is in error and which head is causing errors In this way you can pinpoint the cause of trouble If playing another tape seems to remove the errors the p...

Page 92: ...ser setups 1 Go to menu group 9 move the cursor to Setup and press ENTER 2 To store the current setup use the UP and DOWN keys so that the bottom line reads Save 3 Move the cursor to 1 2 or 3 and pres...

Page 93: ...to quote the version number of the DA 98 s internal software components to a TASCAM representative 1 Use the cursor keys 25 so that the cursor is by menu group F and then press ENTER 27 2 Within menu...

Page 94: ...htened before replacing the DA 98 in the rack 15 1 2 Remote control RC 848 The RC 848 Multi unit Remote Controller can be used with the DA 98 as well as the DA 88 and DA 38 DTRS recorders However note...

Page 95: ...be used with the DA 98 at the time of writing this manual are given in the table below 15 1 6 CONTROL I O connector pinout Cable Purpose PW SD1 IF 88 SDIF 2 PW SD2 SDIF 2 IF 88 Cable Purpose PW 88D 1...

Page 96: ...ower consumption 62W Number of recording tracks 8 Sub code ABS track SMPTE EBU timecode facility Sampling frequency 44 1 kHz 48 kHz Recording resolution 16 bits linear Error correction Double encoded...

Page 97: ...5 pin Timecode input XLR 3 balanced Input impedance 10 k Input level 0 5 Vp p to 10 0V p p Timecode output XLR 3 balanced Output impedance 100 Output level 2 0 V p p Video INPUT THRU NTSC or PAL Negat...

Page 98: ...specifications and reference 06 97 1 00 15 5 Timecode offset Up to 24 hours jamsync capability ABS to SMPTE conversion facility with offset Video sync Video frame resolvable even when VIDEO not select...

Page 99: ...B 1A 19 18 17 16 15 c4 0 0 0 0 1F 1E 1D 1C c5 0 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 c6 0 2D 2C 2B 2A 29 28 27 c7 0 34 33 32 31 30 2F 2E c8 0 3B 3A 39 38 37 36 35 c9 0 0 0 0 3F 3E 3D 3C c10 0 46 SEARCH 45 VARIABLE PL...

Page 100: ...LECTED TIME CODE SOURCE 45 TIME STANDARD 44 COMMAND ERROR LEVEL 43 COMMAND ERROR 42 RESPONSE ERROR 41 UPDATE RATE 40 SIGNATURE r11 0 4D RECORD STATUS 4C RECORD MODE 4B FAST MODE 4A STOP MODE 49 VELOCI...

Page 101: ...Note ON x x Note OFF x x After Key s x x Touch Ch s x x Pitch Bender x x 1 88 x x Control Change True 0 127 Prog x x Change True 1 128 System Exclusive o o 1 System Song Pos x x Song Sel x x Common Tu...

Page 102: ...ing error rates 14 2 Checking head search time 14 2 Checking head time 14 2 Checking location points 8 1 Condensation 1 3 Confidence mode 7 2 Control connections 4 2 Control protocol 11 1 Crossfade ti...

Page 103: ...ster slave settings 9 1 9 2 ME tapes 1 4 Memory backup 14 3 Menu groups 5 1 Menu operations 5 1 Meter ballistics 8 7 Meter unit 4 3 15 1 Meters 8 7 MIDI functions 4 3 MIDI ID 11 4 MIDI Implementation...

Page 104: ...2 8 6 Shuttle muting 8 6 Sine oscillator 8 7 Soft keys 5 4 see Function keys 5 4 Software upgrades 14 4 Software version numbers 14 4 Sony P2 protocol 4 2 Source monitoring 7 1 Synchronization PW 88S...

Page 105: ...er setups 14 3 V Vari speed 8 5 Video clock 10 10 Video clock connections 4 2 Video frame clock 11 1 Video resolution 10 10 Viewing incoming timecode 10 4 W Word clock connections 4 2 Word length 8 8...

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