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TASCAM HS-8 

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HS-8

 

Release Notes

V1.11 changes 

After skipping takes or searching when the jog 

 

operation mode was enabled, jog playback would 

not resume on rare occasions. This problem has been 

corrected.
During the reading of a CF card, after pressing any 

 

key repeatedly, the reading of the CF card would not 

complete on rare occasions. This problem has been 

corrected. 
While copying a folder, the 

 

SLOT

 indicator for the CF 

card that is being written to now blinks, as it should.
Following the cancellation of copying a folder, attempts 

 

to erase a folder, for example, would not complete 

properly. This problem has been corrected. 
Changing the CF card slot, project or folder now causes 

 

synchronized playback with external timecode to be 

disabled.
When both auto cue and auto ready functions were 

 

on, resuming playback of a take that had been paused 

in the middle would result in playback starting from 

the beginning of the take. This problem has been 

corrected. 
When shuttle operations stops automatically, the dial 

 

position now resets as it should. 
Pressing the 

 

PLAY key during Auto Cue searching 

resulted in the key continuing to blink. This problem 

has been corrected. 
When using projects made with an HS-P82 or an HS-8 

 

that ran on an older system version, the setting values 

stored in the unit would be mistakenly used as is. This 

problem has been corrected. 
After starting the unit with serial connection mode 

 

set to “RS-422”, even if the serial connection mode 

was changed to “RS-232C” the signal setting was not 

changed. This problem has been corrected. 
When playing back after recording or skipping a take, 

 

a problem occurred in which a time that differed from 

the playback time was momentarily output from the 

TIME CODE OUT connector. This problem has been 

corrected. 
The precision of synchronized playback has been 

 

increased. 
Due to problems with file management, the unit would 

 

become hung-up on rare occasions. This problem has 

been corrected. 
 A playback error occurred during continuous playback 

 

when a short take followed a long take. This problem 

has been corrected.
If you searched forward to the end of a take, a noise 

 

would be output when the end was reached. This 

problem has been corrected.
When the time counter display was set to “T/C”, if you 

 

searched to the beginning of a take, the time counter 

display would momentarily show an incorrect time. 

This problem has been corrected. 

After completing the copying of a folder other than the 

 

current folder, an error message would be displayed on 

rare occasions. This problem has been corrected.
During playback with the auto ready function on, 

 

repeating forward search multiple times caused a 

playback error message to be shown. This problem has 

been corrected. 

Checking the firmware version

Before conducting a firmware update, check the firmware 

version currently installed in your HS-8. 
1  Turn the unit power ON. 
2  Press the MENU key on the front panel to open the 

MENU

 screen. 

3  Press the 

VERSION

 

INFO

 button. 

  Check the 

SYSTEM

 

VERSION

 here. If this firmware 

version is the same as or newer than the version 

that you intend to use for updating, there is no 

need to update the unit. 

Firmware update procedures

1  Download the latest version of the firmware from 

the TASCAM website (http://tascam.com/). 

2  Copy the downloaded firmware from the computer 

to the root folder of the CF card. 

3  After copying is completed, follow the correct 

procedures to dismount the CF card from the 

computer. 

4  Insert the CF card into CF card SLOT 1 on the front 

panel of the unit. 

CAUTION

For this procedure, always insert the CF card into CF card 

SLOT 1. You cannot update using CF card SLOT 2. In order to 

avoid transferring the file to CF card SLOT 2, do not put a CF 

card into SLOT 2. 

5  While pressing and holding the PAUSE and REC 

keys at the same time, turn the unit power on. 
The unit restarts in update mode, and the updater 

file is shown on the screen. 

 

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