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TASCAM DR-680
Home Screen
1
Take name
When stopped or during playback, the name of the
currently loaded take is shown.
When recording or in recording standby, the name
of the take being recorded is shown.
Up to 11 characters are shown. Longer names are
scrolled.
2
Recorder operation status
The operation status of the recorder is shown with
one of the following icons.
: Stopped
: Playing back
: Paused
: Searching forward
: Searching backwards
: Recording
: Recording standby
: Skip forward
: Skip backward
3
Repeat icon
When the repeat function is ON, the repeat icon
appears.
4
Power supply status
When operating on battery power, a battery icon
appears.
Depending on the amount of remaining battery
power, a number of bars appear (
,
or
).
When the battery charge is very low, the last bar
disappears, the
icon blinks, and the unit’s
power will soon change to standby.
When using the included AC adaptor (PS-1225L),
the
icon appears.
NOTE
Even before the batteries lose their charge, a “Battery
Low” warning pop-up message might appear if you try
to start recording or conduct another operation that
requires considerable power.
5
Level meters
These show the levels of tracks 1–6 and the stereo
track.
When recording, if stereo track recording is ON
and the stereo track recording source is set to
DIGITAL IN, the stereo track meters become the
DIGITAL IN input level meters.
During playback of a multitrack file, the playback
levels of each track are shown.
When recording, the recording levels of each track
are shown.
When recording, if a signal is distorted at the input
stage, the area beneath its meter is highlighted.
If a recording level exceeds 2.0 dB below the
maximum level, a mark appears at the top of its
meter, indicating an overload.
Ch2: Signal is distorted at the input stage
Ch4: Recording level exceeds 2.0dB less than the
maximum level.
During stereo track playback, the meters for tracks
1 and 2 function as the L and R meters.
When a track is armed for recording, “
º
” appears
beneath its meter.
When a track is soloed, “ ” appears beneath its
meter.
NOTE
If a track is both armed for recording and soloed, only
“ ” appears beneath its meter.
6
Time (hours: minutes: seconds)
During playback, the elapsed playback time of the
take is shown.
Press the
DISPLAY
key on the front panel to
show the remaining time of the take as a negative
number.
When recording, the elapsed recording time of the
take is shown.
2 – Names and Functions of Parts
