Theta Digital Casablanca III, Owner'S Manual

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TAPE OUT Function
This feature simultaneously controls the routing of signals to the analog and digital audio, and video tape out
jacks.
Pressing the TAPE OUT button once displays the TAPE OUT menu, shown in figure 73 or 74, on the video
monitor display. The menu title “ TAPE OUT ” is displayed in the upper left. The INPUT NAMES shown in
this figure are for example only and will most likely differ from the users set up.
Figure 74 - Video Display of the TAPE
OUT Menu with Optional Tape Out DAC
installed and set to TAPE Figure 73 - Video Display of the TAPE
OUT Menu with Optional Tape Out DAC
installed and set to MAIN
To route a signal to the appropriate TAPE OUT jack(s), press the TAPE OUT button and press button # 1 to
assign an audio source to the audio TAPE OUT jacks and button # 3 to assign a video input jack to the video
TAPE OUT jacks.
Note : The composite/multi format and s-video circuits are completely independent as far as video signals go.
This is to say that a composite video input signal can be output only through the composite video outputs, S-
video input signals can be output only through the s-video outputs and multi format input video signals can
only be output via the multi format video output.
This menu is completely dynamic. When the audio source is from an analog jack, the digital tape out jacks are
disabled. This is indicated in both the OSD and VFD. When a digital input jack is selected as the source, it is
routed to both the analog and digital tape out jacks. When the main DACs are selected (default), this is
indicated in both the VFD and OSD. If the optional tape out DAC is not installed, the option to select it (via
button #
5 ) is not shown.
Note/Exception : An RF input signal will be routed to the analog audio tape out jacks only.
The control circuitry to the video tape out jacks is common to both composite and s-video. Example: when the
user routes the composite video signal from a composite input # 1 jack to the composite video tape out jack,
the s-video # 1 input simultaneously gets routed to the s-video tape out jack. If composite video # 2 input jack
is routed to the composite video tape out jack, then s-video input # 2 jack gets routed to the s-video tape out
jack, and so on. There is no multi format video tape out jack so these input signals cannot be recorded.
Button # 5 allows the user to select whether the signal at the analog TAPE OUT jack will be derived from the
main output DACs or the optional tape out DAC (if installed), by displaying MAIN or TAPE on the display. If
the optional tape out DAC has not been installed, there will be no option to edit above button # 5. This setting
is only relevant if the analog tape out source is set to a digital input jack. All analog inputs are routed directly
to the
TAPE OUT jacks, without A/D to D/A conversion.
Now the routing is completed, press TAPE OUT again to clear the video display. The MASTER VOLUME can
be controlled in this menu via the LEVEL LEFT / RIGHT buttons.
Please refer to page 45 for additional TAPE OUT features and options information.
CAUTION : It is not advisable to route a 5.1 source (DTS/AC-3) to the optional tape out DAC as this section
does not contain Dolby Digital or DTS decoding capabilities. Full scale noise will be output!
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