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Section 2 – Front Panel controls
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2 – Front Panel controls
[1] Power switch
Turns the power to the DA98 on and off. When the
DA-98 is turned off, settings will be retained in
memory (see 14.2, “Memory backup”).
[2] Tape counter and status indicators
The tape counter gives the time in hours, minutes,
seconds and frames.
The status indicators show the current status of
various DA-98 functions. The legends of these
indicators are abbreviated for reasons of space.
Here is a list of their full meanings, together with
the pages on which the functions are more fully
described:
[3] Tape loading slot
Only use Hi8 ME or MP tapes as specified on
page 1-4. The DA-98 will automatically eject all
other tapes.
[4] EJECT key
Ejects any loaded cassette. A cassette can only be
ejected when the transport is stopped.
[5] Display screen
This 20-character by 4-line LCD screen shows the
menus and the parameters that can be set in the
menus.
[6] FORMAT/Fs indicators and switch
The
FORMAT
indicator shows that a tape is being
formatted. The
44.1KHz
and
48KHz
indicators
show the sampling frequency currently in use.
The
FORMAT/Fs
switch controls the formatting of
tapes and allows selection of the sampling fre-
quency used for recording (see 6.1, “Formatting a
tape” for full details).
[7] REF LEVEL (reference level
indicators)
These LEDs are used to indicate three standard
reference levels: –16dBFS, –18dBFS and
–20dBFS. For full details of this, see 8.7, “Refer-
ence levels”.
[8] Peak meters
These 15-segment peak meters show the input
level or the recorded signal level, depending on
the monitoring mode currently in operation (see 7,
“Monitoring modes”).
Legend Meaning Page
PB CONDITION
Playback condition 14-1
ABS
Absolute tape time is being
used as the time reference
10-1
REC INHI
Recording is inhibited (the
cassette’s write-protect tab
is set)
6-2
TC
Timecode time is being
used as the time reference
10-1
OFFSET
Machine offset is in opera-
tion
9-2
TRACK COPY
Shows that the DA-98 is in
TRACK copy mode
8-9
PULL UP/DN
Shows pull up or down for
drop-frame synchronization
10-4
TAPE TC
Lights when the DA-98 is
reading timecode from the
tape
10-2
TC GEN
Lights when the internal
timecode generator is gen-
erating
10-6
DELAY
Lights when one or more of
the tracks is delayed
8-4
VARI SPEED
Lights when the DA-98’s
vari speed function is
enabled
8-5
SHTL MUTE
Shows that the shuttle mute
function is in operation
8-6
EXT TC
Lights when the DA-98 is
receiving external timecode
10-2
WARNING
Do not use a tape which has been used for record-
ing video. Always use either new tapes or tapes
which have been used in a DTRS recorder.
NOTE
When using digital recording equipment, there is
no headroom above the 0dB mark and no tape sat-
uration is possible. Any signal which causes the
“OVER” segment to light will cause audible dis-
tortion. For this reason you should take care not to
let recording levels exceed this level.