Tascam DA-38 - Manual (Page 21)

SECTIONS: PLAYBACK
This section of the manual is divided into six major
subheadings : basic playback procedure, shuttling the
tape, variable speed playback, setting locating points,
repeat playback, and delaying tracks.
5-2. Shuttling the Tape
The SHUTTLE function allows you to rock the reels to
identify specific points on a tape.
5-1. Basic Playback Procedure
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• Hook up your system by referring to a hook-up example
shown in Section 1 if necessary.
WARNING
Make all connections with power OFF.
Y Switch power ON.
A machine ID number (" < d n o. i" for example) and
other indications will show on the display. (The
machine ID number is explained in Section 4.)
2 insert the Hi8 tape into the DA-38.
“ L u F I d - - " shows to indicate the tape is being
loaded.
^ To begin playback, press PLAY. The button will light
solidly.
^ To stop playback, press STOP.
IMPORTANT
The DA-38 is designed to operate with Hid tapes
only. Do not use any other tapes.
Do not use tapes once used in other machines than
the DA-38 or DA-88, tapes used for video recording
for example.
Use 120-minute or shorter tapes. The DA-38
detects the thickness of tapes and automatically
ejects tapes thinner than 8.5 pm (tapes used in
150-minute or longer cassettes).
Y Press the SHUTTLE switch and the associated LED
will light.
• As you rotate the knob to the right, the tape runs
forward, and as you rotate the knob to the left the
tape runs in reverse.
• Play speed varies depending on the amount of knob
rotation, from 1/4 up to 8 times the normal play
speed,
• Bringing the knob back to the center position puts
the transport into pause mode and no sound is
heard,
* Press the SHUTTLE switch to disable the function
and stop the tape. The associated LED will turn off.
NOTES
While shuttling the tape, the monitor output level is
automatically attenuated by about 12 dB from the
level during normal play.
If you leave the shuttle function in pause mode for
about 10 seconds with the knob at the center posi­
tion, the function is automatically disabled and the
associated LED turns off.
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