T ASCAM HS-20
5
C onten ts
1 – Introduc tion ..............................................8
Features .................................................................................. 8
Included item s .....................................................................8
Con ventions u sed in this manual .................................. 8
Intel lec tual propert y rights ............................................. 9
Precautions for placement and use .............................. 9
Beware of c ondensation ...................................................9
Cleaning the unit ...............................................................10
Cleaning the display ..................................................10
About USB flash drives, SD cards and CF cards ......10
Precautions for use ....................................................10
Note abou t conf irmed m edia ................................ 10
SD card write protection .........................................10
About formats .............................................................10
2 – Names and functions of parts ................ 11
F ront panel .......................................................................... 11
Rear panel .............................................................. .............. 13
P AR ALLEL conn ec tor .................................................14
RS - 23 2C c onnec tor ....................................................14
RS - 4 22 connector ( attache d to optional SY - 2
board) ............................................................................. 14
Home Screen ......................................................................15
In timel ine mode ........................................................15
In take and playlist modes ......................................18
Flash star t scre en ........................................................20
3 – Preparation ..............................................21
Inser ting and removing SD and C F cards ................. 21
Inser ting SD/ CF cards ................................................21
Removing SD / CF cards ............................................. 21
Securi t y screws ...........................................................22
Protect switch for SD cards .....................................22
About the display ..............................................................22
Adjusting th e display angle .................................... 22
Adjusting display and indicator brightness ...... 22
Cautions related to d isplay use .............................22
T urning the power ON and OFF ...................................23
Set ting the time of the built -in clock .........................24
Lock f unc tion ...................................................................... 24
Recording tim es ................................................................ 25
4 – Basic operation .......................................26
SD /C F card prepar ation ..................................................26
Card sele c tion ..............................................................26
For mat tin g SD/CF car ds ........................................... 27
Set ting the mas ter clo ck ................................................. 28
Setting inputs an d outputs ...........................................28
Setting the in puts ......................................................28
Setting reference lev els ...........................................28
Connecting headphones ........................................29
Recording operat ion limitat ions .................................29
5 – FIL E LIST ...................................................30
Ex planation of fol der struc ture .................................... 30
Folder structure ................................................................30
File names .....................................................................30
File for mat s .......................................................................... 30
FILE LIST scre en over view ..............................................30
Root folder selec tion screen ..................................30
Folder selection screen ............................................ 31
AES3 1 f ile s elec tio n screen .....................................31
T ake sele c tion scre en ................................................ 32
Playlist sel ec tion s creen ........................................... 32
Editing the name of a folder in the root
direc tor y ........................................................................33
Loading a f older in the root dire ctor y ................33
Rebuilding folders in t he root director y ............34
Dele ting a fol der in the ro ot direc tor y ...............34
Folder operation s ..............................................................35
Crea ting new folders ................................................. 35
Loading a folder..........................................................35
Rebuilding folders .....................................................36
Exp orting a folder ......................................................36
Deleting a folder .........................................................36
Moving b et ween f ile list scree ns .................................37
6 – Overview of operation modes ...............38
Timeline mode func tions ...............................................38
T ake mode functions .......................................................38
Pla ylist mode functions ..................................................38
Selec ting the operation mode .....................................38
7 – Timeline mode ........................................39
Preparing t o recor d ..........................................................39
Basic prepara tions......................................................39
Crea ting new folders ................................................. 39
Recording mode settings ........................................ 39
Setting the file format ..............................................39
Other recording settings .........................................40
Recording in timeline mo de .........................................40
Locate to the recordi ng star t position ................40
Re cor d ............................................................................40
St opping recor ding ...................................................40
Pla yback in timeline mode ............................................40
Selec ting a folder .......................................................40
Set ting inpu t monitoring ........................................ 41
Locate to the pla yback star t p osition .................41
Pla yback control in timeline mode ...................... 41
Using the call function in timeline mode .......... 41
Reading, saving and creating AE S3 1 editin g infor-
mation ................................................................................... 41
Loading AE S3 1 editin g information ....................41
Saving AES3 1 editing info rmation .......................42