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Section 15 – Options, specifications and reference
15-2 – 1.00 – 06/97
The meter can be rack mounted using the RM-
8824 rack mount angle accessory or mounted on
the RC-848 using the MK-8824 mounting kit.
No settings are necessary on the DA-98 to use this
meter unit.
15.1.4 Digital audio convertors
TASCAM supply two types of convertor which
allow conversion between TDIF-1 and other digi-
tal audio formats.
The IF-88AE converts between eight audio chan-
nels of TDIF-1 and AES/EBU (SPDIF), and the
IF-88SD converts between eight audio channels of
SDIF-2 and TDIF-1.
The cables used to connect the IF88-SD to the
SDIF-2 device are:
15.1.5 Cables
As mentioned, TASCAM cannot accept any
responsibility for damage caused by the use of the
wrong cables.
Always consult your TASCAM dealer to see if
there is a ready-made cable to meet your needs.
The TASCAM cables to be used with the DA-98
(at the time of writing this manual) are given in
the table below:
15.1.6 CONTROL I/O connector pinout
Cable Purpose
PW-SD1 IF-88
→
SDIF-2
PW-SD2 SDIF-2
→
IF-88
Cable Purpose
PW-88D 1 m (3 ft.) DA-98
↔
DTRS digital dub-
bing cable
PW-88DL 5 m (15 ft.) DA-98
↔
DTRS digital dub-
bing cable
PW-88S 1 m (3 ft.) DA-98
↔
DTRS sync cable
PW-2D 2m (6 ft.) analog balanced audio I/O cable
(e.g. DA-98
↔
M1600)
PW-4D 4m (12 ft.) analog balanced audio I/O cable
(e.g. DA-98
↔
M1600)
PW-10D 10m (30 ft.) analog balanced audio I/O
cable (e.g. DA-98
↔
M1600)
PW-1ES 1m (3 ft.) standard 9-pin RS-422 cable
PW-5ES 5m (15 ft) standard 9-pin RS-422 cable
PW-88M External meter connecting cable
Pin
No.
Signal
Pin
No.
Signal
1 PLAY 20 SUB GND
2 FFWD 21 SERIAL OUT
3REW 22–
4 AUX 1 23 SERIAL IN
5STOP 24–
6REC 252 FS
7AUX 2 26FLAG 1
8 CHASE 27 FLAG 2
9– 28C2
10 SUB GND 29 2F SYNC
11 PLAY TALLLY 30 F SYNC
12 FFWD TALLY 31 –
13 REW TALLY 32 SRCK
14 STOP TALLY 33 –
15 REC TALLY 34 LOAD
16 LOCK TALLY 35 –
17 AUX 1 TALLY 36 SUB GND
18 AUX 2 TALLY 37 SUB 5 V (max 50mA)
19 ACTIVE SENSE
Cable Purpose