TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II
2–2
2 - Front and rear panel features
This section, as well as giving a description of the
controls and features of the MD-801, also provides
many descriptions of basic operations.
The section on the rear panel also contains advice on
setting up and connecting the MD-801 as part of an
audio system.
2.1 Front panel
The following provides details of the basic functions
associated with the front panel controls of the unit. If
further information on the use of a particular control
is provided elsewhere in the manual, this is indicated.
[1] POWER switch
Press once to turn on the unit, and again to turn the
unit off.
NOTE
You should not turn the unit off while the U-
TOC (1.1.3, "Random access and U-TOC") is
being written. If power is disconnected from
the unit the U-TOC is being written, the disc
data will be corrupted, and the disc may
become unreadable.
Always remember to press the
TOC WRITE
key
[19]
before turning off power to the unit, in
order to save your edits to disc.
[2] Disc drive
Insert MiniDiscs into this slot, label uppermost, and
with the arrow pointing into the drive.
Use the
EJECT
key
[3]
to eject discs.
[3] EJECT key
Press this key to eject discs from the drive.
NOTE
If you press the
EJECT
key when the
TOC
WRITE
indicator
[19]
is lit, indicating that
there are edits that have been made, but not
yet saved to disc as part of the U-TOC, the
display will show
TOC Edited!
. If you
press the
EJECT
key again, you can eject the
disc, but all edits made since the last U-TOC
writing operation will be lost. If you want to
save the edits to disc, press the
TOC WRITE
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 recording (MD-801R
only). It is also used to cancel other operations.
[6] PLAY key and indicator
Used to start playback or recording (MD-801R only).
When the operation is taking place, the key’s indica-
tor lights.
[7] READY key and indicator
Used to put the unit into play ready or record ready
(MD-801R only) mode. The indicator lights when
the unit is ready.
To start the operation, press the
PLAY
key
[6]
.
If recording is taking place while the
READY
key is
pressed, the unit goes into record ready mode. The
current track number is incremented by one, to show
that the next recording will start a new track, if Post-
script recording is turned on (see 3.15, "Post-script
recording").
To cancel a ready operation, press the
STOP
key
[5]
.
[8] RECORD key and indicator
If the unit is stopped, pressing the
RECORD
key
will enter “input monitor” mode (the
RECORD
indicator lights) and
Input Mon
appears on
the display. This is valid whether or not a disc is
loaded in the drive.
In input monitor mode, the signals received at the
appropriate connectors, as selected with the input
switches (
[28]
,
[29]
and
[31]
) are routed to the out-
puts for monitoring as well as to the
PHONES
jack
[9]
, and the unit’s meters are used to display the sig-
nal levels. If the selected digital signal is not avail-
able, the
D-IN UNLOCK!
message is
displayed.
The input level of the signals input at the analog
jacks may be adjusted using the
INPUT LEVEL
controls
[27]
.
If the
RECORD
key is pressed and held down, and
the
READY
key is pressed, the unit enters record
ready mode (a disc must be in the drive). Both the
RECORD
and
READY
indicators will light.
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