C ont ents
IMPORT ANT SAFETY PRECA UTIONS ..................... 2
IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .................... 3
Safety Information ................................................. 4
Quick Start Guide ................................................... 7
1 – Introduction ...................................................... 9
Main features .................................................................................9
Included items ..............................................................................9
Conv entions used in this manual ..........................................9
Recycling the lithium ion battery ....................................... 10
Intellectual propert y rights ................................................... 10
SD cards ........................................................................................ 11
Precautions f or use .............................................................. 11
Precautions f or placement and use ................................... 11
Beware of condensation ........................................................ 11
Cleaning the unit ...................................................................... 11
User registra tion ........................................................................ 11
2 – Names and F unc tions of Parts ....................... 12
T op pane ...................................................................................... 12
Fr ont panel .................................................................................. 13
Rear panel .................................................................................... 13
Left side panel ............................................................................ 14
Right side panel ......................................................................... 14
Bottom panel ............................................................................. 14
Remote control (T ASCAM RC-10) ........................................ 15
Home screen............................................................................... 16
Recording screen ...................................................................... 17
Menu item list ............................................................................ 18
Using menus ............................................................................... 1 8
Basic operation .......................................................................... 19
3 – Prepar ation for Use ......................................... 20
Preparing the po wer ................................................................ 20
Po wer source options ......................................................... 20
Using the lithium ion battery ........................................... 20
Using AA batteries ............................................................... 20
Using both types of batteries together ........................ 20
Using an AC adaptor (sold separ ately) ......................... 21
Using an external battery pack (sold separately) ..... 21
Preparing the r emote control............................................... 21
Installing the battery ......................................................... 21
When to change the battery ............................................ 21
Cautions about the use of the battery ......................... 21
Using the remote c ontrol ( T ASCAM RC-10) ..................... 22
Wireless use ........................................................................... 22
Wired use ................................................................................ 22
Enable wired remote c ontrol use .................................. 22
Precautions f or use of the remote control .................. 22
T urning the power on and off .............................................. 23
Starting up the unit ............................................................. 23
Shutting down ...................................................................... 23
Battery settings ......................................................................... 23
Setting the date and time ...................................................... 23
Inser ting and removing SD cards ....................................... 24
Inser ting the card ................................................................. 24
Removing the card .............................................................. 24
SD card write prot ec tion ................................................... 24
Preparing an SD car d for use ................................................ 24
Using the built-in speaker ..................................................... 25
Connecting monitors and headphones ........................... 25
Mode selection .......................................................................... 25
Setting the mode ................................................................. 2 5
Confirming the mode ....................................................... 25
Restrictions when using HS mode ............................... 26
4 – Recording ........................................................ 27
Setting the mode ..................................................................... 27
Selecting file format, sampling frequency , and
maximum file size ..................................................................... 27
Available r ecording time display .................................... 27
Setting where files are sav ed ................................................ 28
Setting the analog input ........................................................ 28
Recording with the built-in mics (UNI/OMNI) ............ 28
Recording with external mics (XLR) ............................... 28
Using phantom pow er ...................................................... 29
Recording from external equipment (LINE 1) ............ 29
Recording from external equipment (LINE 2) ............ 29
Setting the digital input ......................................................... 30
Making analog input settings ............................................. 30
Adjusting the analog input level ......................................... 31
Manually adjusting the analog input level ................. 31
Using the level contr ol function ................................... 32
Recording .................................................................................... 32
Dividing files and creating new files while rec ording . 33
Creating new files manually while rec ording (track
incrementing) ........................................................................ 33
Creating new files automatically while r ecording
(automatic track incremen ting) ...................................... 33
Automatically cutting silenc es during recording ..... 33
Dividing a file manually (DIVIDE) ........................................ 33
Recording playback and input sounds together
(overdubbing) ............................................................................ 34
Select the file you want to over dub .............................. 34
Monitoring input signals .................................................. 34
Adjusting the input and playback sound lev els ........ 34
Recording an ov erdub ........................................................ 34
Automatic r ecording (A UTO REC) ....................................... 35
Enabling automatic recor ding ......................................... 35
Automatically adding marks when r ecording
(MARK)...................................................................................... 35
Automatically pausing r ecording (P A USE) .................. 36
Start new files automatically during recording ( TRK
INC) ............................................................................................ 36
Mark function ............................................................................. 36
Adding marks manually during recor ding and
playback .................................................................................. 36
Moving to a mark position ................................................ 37
Clearing Marks ...................................................................... 37
Recording the moment bef ore pushing RECORD (PRE
REC) ................................................................................................ 37
Delaying the start of recording (REC DELA Y) .................. 37
Recording duration .................................................................. 38
5 – W orking with Files and F olders (BROWSE
Screen) ............................................................. 39
Screen navigation ..................................................................... 39