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8 - Specifications

 

8–2

 

 TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II

 

8.2 Specifications

 

Changes in specifications and features may be made 
without notice or obligation.

In the following specifications, 0 dBV is referenced 
to 1 volt, and 0 dBu is referenced to 0.775 Vrms.

 

8.2.1 General MiniDisc

 

Not Audio!!

 

No digital audio is available 
when recording. Check the 
source disc.

 

Not Execute!

 

You attempted to perform an 
invalid editing operation. 
Read this manual to see 
what you might have done to 
cause this error message to 
appear.

 

PGM Empty!!

 

You are attempting pro-
grammed playback with no 
program steps specified.

 

PGM Full!!

 

You have attempted pro-
grammed playback with more 
than the maximum permissi-
ble number of tracks (see 
6.2.1, "Entering programmed 
playback").

 

PLL UNLOCK!

 

This indicates a system error. 
Try again with another disc. If 
the error persists, contact 
your TASCAM dealer.

 

Ready Error!

 

An error occurred while load-
ing the flash start buffer from 
disc (see 6.3, "Flash start"). 
Try loading the buffer again. 
If this error persists, try with 
another disc and check the 
installation of the optional 
BU-801 RAM buffer.

 

Rec Error!

 

Some error occurred while 
recording. This resulted in 
the recording process being 
stopped. Try again, using 
another disc.

 

Servo Error!

 

A disc error has occurred. 
Eject the disc and try again, 
or try with a different disc. If 
this error persists, contact 
your TASCAM dealer.

 

T_Protected!

 

The track has been pro-
tected, and cannot be written. 
Unprotect the track using the 
procedure described in 5.9, 
"Changing track attributes".

 

TOC Edited!

 

Not an error message—this 
message is shown when you 
try to eject a disc with 
changes made to the TOC 
(see the 

 

EJECT

 

 key expla-

nation—

 

[3]

 

).

 

Message

Meaning and possible 

remedy

R

R

R

 

TRK Illegal!

 

You have specified an illegal 
track number for an opera-
tion. Make sure that the track 
number matches the number 
of tracks on the disc, and that 
the track is a valid track for 
the operation you are 
attempting (i.e. it is not the 
first or the last track for some 
operations).

 

UTOC Fixed!

 

The U-TOC was found to be 
defective, but the MD-801 
successfully attempted a 
repair. This restored U-TOC 
was not saved to disc before 
a recording operation was 
attempted, causing this error 
to be displayed.

 

UTOC Full!

 

The U-TOC is too full (com-
plex) for you to save the edits 
that you have just made. You 
may want to clean up the U-
TOC (see 4.3.2, "Rebuilding 
the TOC").

 

W_Protected!

 

You have attempted a record 
or edit operation on a write-
protected disc.

 

Write Fail!

 

The U-TOC could not be writ-
ten. Try loading another disc 
to see if the error is in the 
disk or in the MD-801

Format

MiniDisc (MD) format, 2-channel stereo 
or mono using audio MiniDisc

Recording method

Magnetic field modulation overwriting

Maximum recording 
time

74 minutes (stereo), 148 minutes 
(monaural)

Sampling frequency

44.1 kHz

Compression system

ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic 
Coding) 

Modulation system

EFM (Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation)

 

Message

Meaning and possible 

remedy

R

R

R

Summary of Contents for MD-801P Mk II

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: ...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 pursuant to Part 15 of the F...

Page 3: ...rting 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...

Page 4: ...2 DETTE M RKAT ER SOM VIST P ILLUSTRATIONEN ANBRAGT P INDERSIDEN AF TOPD KSLET FOR AT ADVARE BRUGEREN OM AT YDERLIGERE FREMTR NGEN VIL V RE FORBUNDET MED FARE FOR AT UDS TTE SIG FOR LASERSTR LING ADVA...

Page 5: ...2 5 5 DATE indicator 2 5 6 TRACK TITLE indicator 2 5 7 DISC TITLE indicator 2 6 8 TRACK NO display and indicator 2 6 9 Time display and indicators 2 6 10 PGM NO 2 6 11 Dot matrix alphanumeric display...

Page 6: ...Erasing a track 5 2 5 4 Combining tracks 5 2 5 5 Moving tracks 5 3 5 6 A and B point erase operations 5 3 5 6 1 Normal A B erase 5 4 5 6 2 Erasing to the end of a track 5 4 5 6 3 Erasing from the star...

Page 7: ...of the MD together with an area reserved for user recording Full explanations of the principles of magneto opti cal recording may be found in a number of excellent reference works but briefly during t...

Page 8: ...he shutter and touch the surface of the disc Do not keep MiniDiscs in excessively dusty loca tions in direct sunlight in areas subject to high temperatures or high levels of humidity If the cartridge...

Page 9: ...erial 1 3 1Unpacking the unit When you unpack the unit as well as the unit itself and this manual you should find Power cord Rack mount kit Warranty card If any items are missing contact your TASCAM d...

Page 10: ...kup time This indicates how long There are no features which are unique to the MD 801P model only When characters are shown on the unit s dot matrix display the following typeface is used Input Mon Al...

Page 11: ...1 Hookup Examplel TASCAM MD 801R P Mk II 1 5 1 5 Hookup Examplel...

Page 12: ...2 1 TASCAM MD 801R P Mk II 2 Front and rear panel features...

Page 13: ...TE key 4 TRACK keys These keys are used to move the playback position backwards or forwards a track at a time Their use is detailed in 4 2 Playback of discs 5 STOP key This key stops playback or recor...

Page 14: ...the value 13 SHUTTLE wheel This wheel can be used for shuttle playback for wards or backwards when the unit is in play or play ready mode Since the MD 801 is a digital audio device the sound output d...

Page 15: ...may be occasions where the two values shown do not always match exactly To turn off the time display in the lower part of the display press theTIME key until the disc or track title is shown rather t...

Page 16: ...d in the stop and the play ready modes Both the display preset indicators and the alphanu meric part of the display are used to show the current playback mode status as follows SINGLE SINGLE MODE Sing...

Page 17: ...e is available on a disc than when recording in stereo 31 ANALOG INPUT switch When an analog input has been selected using the INPUT selection switch 28 you can use this switch to bypass the INPUT lev...

Page 18: ...disc 13 EOM Lights briefly at the end of each track or at the end of the disc 14 Peak level meters Display the signal level on playback or when record ing MD 801R only NOTE The OVER indicator indicat...

Page 19: ...mmers are set to the standard 4 dBu level 37 ANALOG INPUTS UNBALANCED These RCA connectors accept unbalanced signals at the 10 dBV level The nominal impedance is 8 k 38 ANALOG OUTPUTS MONITOR These RC...

Page 20: ...onnector to attach either an optional RC 801 remote contoller or an optional RC FS10 20 remote controller Consult your TASCAM dealer for details of availability 47 REMOTE PARALLEL connector Use this c...

Page 21: ...nu has been opened with the SHUTTLE wheel the display changes See 4 2 13 Varispeed mode for details of pitch control operations 3 3 Auto cue The auto cue facility allows you to cue the playback positi...

Page 22: ...After the menu has been opened with the SHUTTLE wheel the display changes The time may be set from 1 to 99 seconds in 1 sec ond steps or set to off NOTE The EOM tally signal is always transmitted whe...

Page 23: ...ow the sub menus SHUTTLE wheel to open them 3 11 1Baud rate From the main menu the first sub menu allows the setting of the communications speed baud rate When this sub menu is opened the baud rate ca...

Page 24: ...value is 54 dB 3 14Copy ID When recording an MD on the MD 801 the copy ID of the recorded MD can be set for different purposes The three settings available are Copy Free Free allows unlimited digital...

Page 25: ...ing of the disc Stop playback with the STOP key 5 Pause playback with the READY key 7 and restart it with the PLAY key NOTE If the tracks being played back are less than three seconds in length playba...

Page 26: ...indicator goes out 4 2 6Playback between two location points 1 Enter the location points as described above 2 Press the PLAY MODE key 22 so that the display shows A B 3 Press LOC A DEL 24 The unit wi...

Page 27: ...taken place If repeat is active the unit will enter play ready mode at the start of the next track REPEAT continue the start of the track which is being repeated REPEAT SINGLE or the A repeat point RE...

Page 28: ...y mode press the MEMO IN CAPS key 23 so that the indicator is lit 2 Press theTITLE key 16 The word DATE will light in the display and the date will be shown for example 98y 12m 25d followed by the tim...

Page 29: ...ows Complete and theTOC WRITE indicator 19 lights press the TOC WRITE key to write the new TOC to disc NOTE Depending on the condition of the disc how many edits have been performed etc it may take a...

Page 30: ...the next TRACK key 4 Recording will continue but the track number is incremented by one and the track division is written at the point where the next TRACK key was pressed 4 3 5 Post Script recording...

Page 31: ...ying the source As soon as the signal level goes above the threshold the MD 801 will go from record ready to record mode If the MD 801 is in record mode it will drop back to record ready mode as soon...

Page 32: ...s is a special case when making copies between two MD 801 units Titles may be copied in either the analog or the digital copying modes A special optional cable PW 1XMD is required to link the two seri...

Page 33: ...ion to disc by press ing the TOC WRITE key 19 NOTE A disc must not be write protected when sav ing edits to disc The display shows W_Protected if you attempt to write a U TOC to a protected disc By ej...

Page 34: ...theTRACK keys or any other con venient way of locating to the track 2 After pressing the EDIT key turn the DATA dial until the display shows 3 Turn the SHUTTLE wheel clockwise to change the display 4...

Page 35: ...operty of the MD recording system 5 5 Moving tracks This function allows you to edit the running order of the tracks and re place a track in a different position This can also be used with the combine...

Page 36: ...the A point has been set it is erased the indicator goes out The B point will be at the position where the erase took place 5 6 1Normal A B erase In this editing operation both the A and B points are...

Page 37: ...int A If any of these conditions are not met the display will show A B Error 1 Mark the A and B points 2 Press the EDIT key and turn the DATA dial until the display shows 3 Turn the SHUTTLE wheel cloc...

Page 38: ...which this function does not restore such data and the Not Execute message will appear NOTES Tracks and sections of less than 12 seconds in length may not be restored When restoring a track or tracks...

Page 39: ...ach title can be up to 99 characters long and titles too long to fit on the display are scrolled The total number of characters which can be included as titles on a disc disc and track titles is 1 792...

Page 40: ...r following the position where a character is to be inserted 2 Press the LOC B INS key 24 A space will appear into which you can enter a character 5 11 3Changing characters If a character has been wro...

Page 41: ...aster MD 801 is in stop mode the DISC TITLE indicator will light in the display and you can copy the title for the whole disc If the master MD 801 is in play or play mode the TRACK TITLE indicator wil...

Page 42: ...pins 6 and 11 7 1 1Tally indicators The Tally pins of the REMOTE PARALLEL con nector may be used to connect LEDs etc for visual remote indication of the status of the functions which are associated wi...

Page 43: ...g this you should make sure that the value in the EOM track menu is set to off see 3 8 EOM track and that the EOM disc value is set to over 60 seconds see 3 7 EOM disc To connect two units for sequent...

Page 44: ...cording was not available Re check the connections etc to the MD 801 R R Disc Error The disc inserted is of the wrong type it may be an MD data disc or the U TOC has become damaged or is other wise un...

Page 45: ...tected The track has been pro tected and cannot be written Unprotect the track using the procedure described in 5 9 Changing track attributes TOC Edited Not an error message this message is shown when...

Page 46: ...acks nominal 10 dBV full scale 16 dB Maximum input level 6 dBV Nominal impedance 8 k AES EBU output XLR 3 32 type AES3 1992 format R R R COAXIAL output RCA pin jack IEC60958 consumer format SPDIF AES...

Page 47: ...8 Dimensional drawing 8 4 TASCAM MD 801R P Mk II 8 3 Dimensional drawing RC 8 Remote Control Unit RC 801 Remote Control Unit Option 216mm 200mm 58mm 1 5 6 m m 2 0 1 m m 1 4 m m 4mm 21mm 201mm 22mm...

Page 48: ...6 2 COAXIAL DIGITAL INPUT 2 8 DIGITAL OUTPUT 2 8 Combining tracks 5 2 Communications serial 3 3 Complete disc erasing 5 7 Compression ATRAC 1 1 Copy ID 3 4 Copying disc and track titles 5 9 title toge...

Page 49: ...acters 5 8 Introduction 1 1 J JOG key and indicator 2 3 Jog loop length 3 1 Jog mode 4 3 JOG DATA dial 2 3 Joop length jog 3 1 K Katakana indicator 2 6 Keyboard PS 2 track and disc title editing 6 3 u...

Page 50: ...connector 2 9 Remote control of the MD 801 7 1 REPEAT indicator 2 7 REPEAT key and indicator 2 5 Repeat playback 4 3 Replace recording 4 6 Restoring erased material 5 6 RESUME indicator 2 6 Resume set...

Page 51: ...and indicator 2 7 Track number incrementing 4 6 Track search operations 4 3 Track title copying together with audio 4 8 TRACK TITLE indicator 2 6 Track titles copying 5 9 Transport operations general...

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