Tascam MD-801R/P Mk II - Manual (Page 17)

2 - Display
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mode, the R E P E AT indicator will be shown on the dis-
play. See 4.2.9, "Repeat playback" for further details
of this mode.
[27] INPUT LEVEL controls
These controls adjust the level of the signal at the
analog connectors selected using the
INPUT selec-
tion switch [28] (either the balanced inputs [36] or
the unbalanced inputs [37] ) when the ANALOG
INPUT switch [31] is set to UNCAL .
When these controls are at about the “12 o’clock”
position, they represent a nominal level for the unbal-
anced inputs (and for the balanced inputs if the trim-
mer potentiometers of the balanced inputs are still at
the factory positions).
If the REC MODE switch [30] is set to the MONO
position, the L (MONO) INPUT control is used to
control the level of the monaural signal.
NOTE
The level of signals received at the digital
inputs [32] and [34] cannot be adjusted.
[28] INPUT selection switch
Use this switch to choose between the unbalanced
analog inputs (
UNBAL [37] ), the balanced analog
inputs ( BAL [36] ) or digital input ( DIGITAL ).
[29] DIGITAL INPUT switch
Use this switch to choose between the AES/EBU
digital input [32] and the COAXIAL digital input
[34] when the INPUT selection switch [28] is set to
the DIGITAL position.
[30] REC MODE switch
Use this switch to choose between monaural and ste-
reo recording.
In monaural recording mode, the left and right sig-
nals are combined, and only the left
INPUT level
control [27] is used to control the level of the analog
signals.
In monaural recording, twice the recording time is
available on a disc than when recording in stereo.
[31] ANALOG INPUT switch
When an analog input has been selected using the
INPUT selection switch [28] , you can use this
switch to bypass the INPUT level controls [27] .
When this switch is in the CAL position, these con-
trols are bypassed, and have no effect. Signals are
neither boosted nor attenuated, and a nominal signal
will be received at the standard level of either +4 dBu
(balanced,
[36] ) or –10 dBV (unbalanced, [37] ).
A signal at the nominal analog level (0 dB) will show
as a reading of –16 dB on the unit’s meters (put
another way, there is 16 dB of headroom available on
the MD-801 relative to the nominal 0dB point).
2.2 Display
The different indicators and parts of the display are
shown here. We refer to the parts of the display
which light and show preset messages as “preset
indicators” or simply “indicators”.
(1) RESUME indicator
Lights when the resume mode is enabled from a
menu (see 3.6, "Resume setting").
(2) indicator
Lights when the entry of Japanese katakana charac-
ters ( is the word “katakana” written in
katakana characters) is enabled, and will light if the
TITLE key [16] is pressed when the MEMO IN/
CAPS indicator [23] is lit. Press the TITLE key once
more to turn this off, and return to the entry of alpha-
numeric characters.
(3) CAPS indicator
Lights when capital (uppercase) letters are being
used for title entry and editing (see
[23] ).
(4) EDIT indicator
Lights when the unit is in EDIT mode. See 5, "Edit-
ing operations" for details of editing operations.
(5) DATE indicator
Lights when the unit is displaying the date on which
a recording was made (the MD-801R records the
date automatically). See 4.2.18, "Setting the time and
date" for details of facility.
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