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TASCAM  US-1641

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to 

the  presence  of  important  operating  and  maintenance  (servicing)  instructions  in 

the literature accompanying the appliance.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended 

to  alert  the  user  to  the  presence  of  uninsulated  “dangerous  voltage”  within  the 

product’s  enclosure  that  may  be  of  sufficient  magnitude  to  constitute  a  risk  of 

electric shock to persons.

CAUTION:  TO  REDUCE  THE  RISK  OF  ELECTRIC  SHOCK,  DO  NOT  REMOVE  

COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING 

TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR 

SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS 

APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

This  appliance  has  a  serial  number 

located on the rear panel. Please record 

the  model  number  and  serial  number 

and retain them for your records.

Model number
Serial number

For the customers in Europe

WARNING

T h i s  i s  a  C l a s s  A  p r o d u c t .  I n  a  d o m e s t i c 
e nv i r o n m e n t ,  t h i s  p r o d u c t  m ay  c a u s e  r a d i o 
interference in which case the user may be required 
to take adequate measures.

Pour les utilisateurs en Europe

AVERTISSEMENT

I l  s'a g i t  d'u n  p r o d u i t  d e  C l a s s e  A .  D a n s  u n 
environnement  domestique,  cet  appareil  peut 
provoquer  des  interférences  radio,  dans  ce  cas 
l'utilisateur  peut  être  amené  à  prendre  des  mesures 
appropriées.

Für Kunden in Europa

Warnung

Dies ist eine Einrichtung, welche die Funk-Entstörung 
nach  Klasse  A  besitzt.  Diese  Einrichtung  kann  im 
Wohnbereich  Funkstörungen  versursachen;  in 
diesem  Fall  kann  vom  Betrieber  verlang  werden, 
angemessene Maßnahmen durchzuführen und dafür 
aufzukommen.

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  FCC  Rules.  These  limits 
are  designed  to  provide  reasonable  protection 
against  harmful  interference  when  the  equipment 
is  operated  in  a  commercial  environment.  This 
equipment  generates,  uses,  and  can  radiate  radio 
frequency  energy  and,  if  not  installed  and  used  in 
accordance  with  the  instruction  manual,  may  cause 
harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation  of  this  equipment  in  a  residential  area  is 
likely to cause harmful interference in which case the 
user will be required to correct the interference at his 
own expense.

CAUTION

Changes  or  modifications  to  this  equipment  not 
expressly  approved  by  TE AC  CORPOR ATION 
for  compliance  could  void  the  user's  authority  to 
operate this equipment.

For U.S.A.

CE Marking Information
a)  Applicable electromagnetic environment: E4
b) Peak inrush current: 8.0 A

In North America use only on 120V supply.

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Summary of Contents for US-1641

Page 1: ...D01002220A US 1641 16x4 96k 24 bit USB Audio MIDI Interface OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...domestique cet appareil peut provoquer des interf rences radio dans ce cas l utilisateur peut tre amen prendre des mesures appropri es F r Kunden in Europa Warnung Dies ist eine Einrichtung welche di...

Page 3: ...ufacturer 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 this apparatus during lightning storms or when u...

Page 4: ...ck mounting kit to mount the unit in a standard 19 inch rack as shown below Remove the feet of the unit before mounting NOTE Leave 1U of space above the unit for ventilation Allow at least 10 cm 4 in...

Page 5: ...ing the firmware for the US 1641 13 Installing Cubase LE 4 14 Settings on your computer 16 4 Control Panel settings 17 Overview 17 Driver settings 17 Audio Performance Windows PC case 17 Sample Clock...

Page 6: ...conventions Controls and keys on the US 1641 are written like this MENU We use the term key to describe the push button controls on the US 1641 This typeface is used to designate on screen controllers...

Page 7: ...ed from a cold to a warm place or used after a sudden temperature change there is a danger of condensation vapor in the air could condense on the internal mechanism making correct operation impossible...

Page 8: ...phone jacks function as unbalanced guitar input jacks when the select switches are set to the GUITAR position and function as balanced line input jacks when the switches are set to the LINE IN positi...

Page 9: ...The received MIDI messages will be transmitted to the computer E INPUTS 11 14 jacks and LEVEL switches These are TRS 1 4 phone balanced line input jacks Use the LEVEL switches to set the nominal leve...

Page 10: ...use a system with at least 512 MB of memory However additional memory will enhance the operation of digital audio application software This product has been tested for use with typical computers that...

Page 11: ...a USB cable Insert the included driver installation CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your computer Click the Install US 1641 Driver button when the menu screen below appears If this screen does not app...

Page 12: ...ith the USB cable When the screen below appears the installation is complete Click the Reboot now button to restart the computer After the computer has restarted select Start Settings Control Panel th...

Page 13: ...ware will be updated to the computer via a USB cable The firmware updater varies with the firmware version of the unit For PC Windows XP users Connect the US 1641 to the computer via a USB cable Run t...

Page 14: ...utton The system displays the License Agreement for end users Read the contents then select I accept the tems in the License Agreement if you agree to the terms Click the Next button 1 2 3 The system...

Page 15: ...on 8 The system displays a screen indicating that the Syncro Soft installation is complete Click the Finish button to finish the installation procedure NOTE When you start Cubase LE 4 for the first ti...

Page 16: ...rams Processing digital audio places a consider able load on your computer This means that if you are running other applications especially graphics or Internet tools at the same time as your audio ap...

Page 17: ...er buffer size will reduce the audio signal delay when you monitor the input signal but will require your computer to perform the processing faster If the process ing does not occur in time e g if the...

Page 18: ...t of the US 1641 to your speakers via an amp or headphones so you will be able to monitor the audio signals coming into the US 1641 or signals being output from your computer Mic Connect your micropho...

Page 19: ...als selectable in the US 1641 Control Panel On the other hand you can input S PDIF signals to the DIGITAL IN jack Headphones Connect a set of stereo headphones to the PHONES jack 1 4 stereo phone jack...

Page 20: ...rt is auto matically selected If necessary you can change the device port The device port pull down list indicates all available input ports for the US 1641 1 2 3 4 Select the Outputs tab then set the...

Page 21: ...desired input bus in the Input field located in the upper right corner Click the REC FUNCTION button to turn it on the button indicator will light 1 2 Press the REC button in the transport section to...

Page 22: ...ubase LE 4 22 TASCAM US 1641 Mixdown Move the left and right locators to specify the region that you want to mix down From the File menu choose Export Audio Mixdown 1 2 In the Export Audio Mixdown dia...

Page 23: ...pling rate of your project be set to 48 kHz If your ultimate objective is to create a CD TASCAM recommends that the sampling rate be set to 44 1 kHz from the beginning To specify the sampling rate cho...

Page 24: ...put impedance 10k Nominal input level with the Gain knobs set at maximum 42dBu Nominal input level with the Gain knobs set at minimum 4dBu Headroom 16dB With the LINE IN GUITAR switch set to GUITAR Ty...

Page 25: ...Balanced Tip hot Ring cold Sleeve ground Output impedance 100 Nominal output level 4dBu Maximum output level 24dBu PHONES jack analog Connector 1 4 stereo phone jack Tip L Ring R Sleeve ground Maximu...

Page 26: ...minimum gain maximum input level excluding GUITAR IN Crosstalk 1kHz 90dB Host computer compatibility Operating system Windows 32 bit Windows XP SP2 or 32 bit Vista Macintosh Mac OS X version 10 4 or l...

Page 27: ...IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS TASCAM US 1641 27 8 Specifications TASCAM US 1641 27 Dimensions...

Page 28: ...5939 Wallace Street Mississauga Ontario L4Z 1Z8 Canada TEAC MEXICO S A De C V Phone 52 555 581 5500 www tascam com Campesinos No 184 Colonia Granjes Esmeralda Delegacion Iztapalapa CP 09810 Mexico DF...

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