T ASCAM DA-6400/DA-6400dp
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C ontents
1 – Introduc tion ..............................................7
Features .................................................................................. 7
Included item s ..................................................................... 7
Con ventions used in this manual .................................. 7
T rademark s ............................................................................7
Precautions for placement and use .............................. 8
Notes about power supplies ........................................... 8
Beware of c ondensation ...................................................8
Cleaning the unit .................................................................8
Notes about SSD and HDD drives ................................. 8
Notes abo ut media ......................................................8
Precautions for use ...................................................... 8
Note about formatting ...............................................8
Using the TEA C G lobal Site .............................................. 8
User registration ..................................................................8
2 – Names and F unc tions of Pa r ts ................. 9
F ront panel ............................................................................ 9
Rear panel .............................................................. .............. 11
Note about the P AR ALLEL c o nnec tor ................. 12
Home Screen ...................................................................... 12
Menu str uc ture ..................................................................14
Basic Menu Scr e en operations .....................................16
Menu operation procedu res .................................. 16
3 – Preparation ..............................................17
Installing an SS D/HDD drive in the case ...................17
Loading and removing SS D/HDD cases ....................17
Loading an SSD / HDD case ......................................17
Removing an SSD /HDD case ..................................17
Using the secur it y screw ..........................................17
Connecting and disc onnec ting US B f lash drives ..18
Installing I/ O c ards ( s old separately) ..........................18
T urning the unit on and of f (put ting it in standby)
.18
Set ting the built - in clock date and ti m e ................... 19
Adjusting th e brightn ess ................................................19
Preparing S SD /HD D drives and USB flash drives
for use....................................................................................19
Connecting headphones ...............................................20
Setting headphones monitoring mode .............20
Set ting th e lo ck func tio n ...............................................21
4 – Recording ................................................22
Restrictions on recordi ng operations ........................22
Set tin g the mas ter clo ck ................................................. 22
Making word/video connector settings ...................23
Setting the reference lev el ............................................23
Set ting inpu t monitorin g ............................................... 23
Set ting input monitoring for specif ic channels 24
Mak ing recording chann el set tin gs ...........................24
Set ting the record function
for specif ic channels .................................................24
Set ting the recording f ile format ................................ 25
Setting the file name form at ........................................26
Editing t ex t ...................................................................26
Aut omatically incremen ting take numbers ............27
Increment ing take numbers manual ly ...................... 27
Adding ma rk s automatical l y when recordi ng ........ 27
Adding mark s manually wh en recording.................28
Adding ma rk s when recording .............................28
Set ting the pause mode func tion ............................... 28
Set ting inpu t signal routing ..........................................28
Making I/O card settings ................................................28
Set tings for IF-MA64/E X
and IF- MA64/B N cards .............................................29
Time code s ynchroni zed re cording ............................29
Recording duration ..........................................................29
5 –
W orking with Folders (BRO WSE screen)
.. 30
Ope ning the BR OWSE screen .......................................30
Navigating t he BROWSE screen ...................................30
Icons on the BROWSE scr e en ........................................30
Folder operation s ..............................................................30
T ake and file operations .................................................31
Editing folder , t ake and file names .............................31
Deleting folders, takes and files ..................................32
Copyi ng folder s, takes and files ...................................32
Rebuilding folders ............................................................33
Editing the start time code of a take ........................... 33
Crea ting new folders .......................................................33
Folder structure ov er v iew..............................................34
Folder structure .................................................................34
File name .......................................................................34
File for mat s .......................................................................... 34
6 – Pla yback ...................................................35
Files that can be pla yed back ........................................35
Basic playback operations .............................................35
Playing recordings .....................................................35
Selecting takes ................................................................... 35
Skipping to the pr evious/next take ..................... 35
Sele c ting takes dire ctl y ............................................35
Searching back ward and for ward ...............................35
Setting the pla y mode ....................................................35
Set ting the repeat mode ................................................ 35
7 – Internal Sett ings .....................................36
Setting the ti me code .......................................................36
TC S E TUP 1 pag e set tings .......................................36
TC S E TUP 2 pag e set tings .......................................37
P AR ALLEL conn ec tor set tings ......................................38
P AR ALLEL INP U T page set tings .............................38
P AR ALLEL OUTPUT page set tings ........................38
Net work function set tings .............................................39
Set ting th e SNT P func tio n .............................................40
Net work functions (FTP ser ver /telnet / VNC ) ...........42