Tascam CD D1x4_owners Manual

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4 – Basic operations
Power-up procedure
When the unit is first powered up using the power 
switch 
1, it performs a self-check operation, and the 
screen shows the following:
followed by
:
If the self-check is passed, the display shows the first 
menu screen, otherwise an error message is 
displayed.
NOTE
Wait until this message is displayed after power-on 
before attempting any operations with the CD-D1x4.
Inserting discs
Press the eject button of the MASTER or any of the 
slave drives to open the appropriate disc tray if the 
drive is not opened automatically by the unit.
Place discs, recording side down, in the disc tray.
To insert the discs into the 
MASTER drive, you may 
find it useful to place the front of the disc into the 
disc tray first, and then seat the back of the disc into 
the tray.
You can close the disc trays by pressing the eject but-
ton on the drive.
NOTE
When inserting a disc into either the MASTER or slave 
drives, always wait until the drive indicator has gone 
out (the drive has recognized the disc) before attempt-
ing the next operation.
Also, take note that it may take some time between key 
presses, etc. before the unit is ready to perform the next 
stage in the operation. To avoid any possible error in 
operation, take your time when pushing keys, and 
always wait until the CD-D1x4 is ready before proceed-
ing to the next stage of an operation.
Power down
Before powering down the unit, eject discs from all 
drives (the eject mechanism requires power to work, 
and so you will not be able to eject the discs once 
power is turned off).NOTE
Do not turn off the CD-D1x4 while writing to, or erasing 
any target disc (e.g. part of the way through a disc copy 
operation). If you do, the disc will be corrupt, and unus-
able.
Modes
The different modes available are:
 Copying discs (
COPY START) with different 
verification modes available (see below)
 Test writing (
SIMULATION)
 Extracting individual audio tracks from a source 
disc (
Tr EXTRACTION)
 Confirming whether blank discs are inserted 
(
DISC ANALYZE)
Erasing (
DISC ERASE)—CD-RW discs only
 Play audio discs (
PLAY AUDIO)
 System setup, including write speed selection 
(
SETUP)These are accessed in the order shown by repeated 
presses of the 
MODE key. Use the ESCAPE key to go 
backwards through the list.
Details of these modes are given later in this manual.
When the required mode is shown on the display, 
press the 
ENTER key to enter the mode.
When copying, there are additional copy modes 
available, providing verification and readability 
checking, as described below.
Finalized discs Although audio data may be writ-
ten on a CD-R or CD-RW disc, a standard CD player 
will not be able to read the data (i.e. play back the 
Please wait...
TASCAM
CD-D1x4COPY START?
(FAST) 
						

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12 TASCAM CD-D1x4
audio) until a final table of contents (TOC) has been 
written at the start of the disc.
The process of writing this table of contents is known 
as “finalizing” and is performed automatically by the CD-D1x4. Once this has been done, no further data 
can be written to the disc. 
In the case of a CD-RW disc which has been final-
ized, the whole of the disc may be erased, and the 
disc re-used. 
Additional copy modes
This is an option accessed from the SETUP menu, 
allowing you to set the different copy modes. There 
are five such modes:
 Copying (
COPY), which copies the contents of a 
disc from the master drive to any slave drives with 
discs inserted.
 Verifying already copied data (
VERIFY). 
NOTE
The verify option is not available for the following 
types of disc: CD-DA (audio CDs), CD-ROM XA Form 2 
discs and CD-EXTRA discs.
 Copying with verification (COPY+V). Copying 
followed by verification (as above). The same 
restrictions apply to the verification process as 
apply to verification alone. During this process, the 
display shows 
COPY+V/C during the copy 
phase of the operation, followed by 
COPY+V/V 
during the verification phase.
 Read check (
RD CHECK). This provides a check 
as to whether the target discs can be read correctly 
after they have been copied.
NOTE
Note that when an audio disc is checked after copying 
or recording, no error will be shown unless the disc is 
very badly damaged (large audible errors). Any check-
ing on a disc containing errors may take a significantly 
longer time than checking a good disc.
 Copy with read check (COPY+R). Copying, fol-
lowed by the read check as described above. Dur-
ing this process, the display shows 
COPY+R/C 
during the copy phase, followed by 
COPY+R/R 
during the read check.
1Press the 
MODE key until the display shows:2Press 
ENTER, The screen should show:.
The bottom line of the screen may be differ-
ent, depending on the currently-set mode.
3Press 
ENTER again.
4Press the 
MODE key until the mode to be 
used appears on the screen (from the list 
above). Press 
ENTER to confirm the setting.
Pressing the 
ESCAPE key takes you back a 
level without changing anything.
5If you select the verification or read check 
operations, you should press 
ESCAPE until 
the screen shows:
or
6Press 
ENTER to start the operation. The 
drive trays open automatically. Put the discs 
to be verified or checked into the drives, and 
when this is done, the drives have been 
closed, and the unit has recognized all the 
discs (the drive indicators have gone out), 
press 
ENTER.
The verification or read check process then 
starts.
SETUP?
(MODE CHANGE)
>MODE SELECT?
(COPY)
VERIFY START?
RD CHECK START? 
						

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5 – Disc copy
NOTE
You should own the copyright, or have obtained the 
appropriate permission from the copyright owner or 
the rightful licensor. Unauthorized recording, reproduc-
tion or distribution thereof, may result in severe civil 
and criminal penalties under copyright laws and inter-
national copyright treaties.
This procedure copies the material from the disc 
(either an audio CD or a CD-ROM) in the 
MASTER 
drive to the CD-R or CD-RW disc in one of the slave 
drives. 
Note, however, that when copying an audio disc, 
index markers greater than 1 will have their number 
set to 1 on the copied disc.
Setting the writing speed
The CD-D1x4 slave drives are capable of writing 
information to CD-R or CD-RW discs at one of three 
speeds: 
FAST 16, MEDIUM 8, or SLOW 4. 
The displayed nominal speed may differ sometimes 
from the actual speed of the writing operation, 
depending on circumstances. These circumstances 
(source material, target media, etc.) may also affect 
the maximum write speed.
The writing speed is used in copying, simulation and 
in track extraction operations and is set as described 
below.
Once the speed is selected, it is used in the CD copy-
ing and testing modes. It has no effect on the com-
pare operations.
1Press the 
MODE button until the display 
shows:2Press 
ENTER, and then press MODE until the 
screen shows:.
The bottom line of the screen may be differ-
ent, depending on the speed that it currently 
set.
3Press the 
ENTER key once more.
4Press the 
MODE key to cycle between FAST, 
MEDIUM, and SLOW mode. 
There is also an 
EXIT? option that allows 
you to exit without changing anything, and 
pressing the 
ESCAPE key also takes you back 
a level without changing anything.
5Press 
ENTER to confirm the speed selection.
NOTE
If you are in doubt what speed will work best, pick a 
slow speed first and experiment with the faster settings 
later. Usually, however, you should be able to copy most 
discs at the highest speed recommended for the partic-
ular brand of CD-R media you are using, as specified by 
the media manufacturer. 
You may find it useful to test the copy procedure 
before committing yourself to an actual copy, how-
ever. See “Simulation” on page 15 for details.
DisplaySpeed with different media
CD-R CD-RWHigh-speed 
CD-RW
a
a. Defined as 4-10x CD-RW
FAST 1616x 4x 10x
MEDIUM 88x 4x
4xb
b. Even though the display shows 8x, the drive is 
only capable of writing at 4x to CD-RW media 
in medium speed
SLOW 44x 4x 4x
SETUP?
(MODE CHANGE)
>WRITE SPEED?
(FAST)
>>FAST ?
(x16) 
						

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14 TASCAM CD-D1x4
Copying the disc
1If the display does not show COPY 
START?
 with the current speed under-
neath, press 
MODE until it does. Press the 
ENTER key
The 
MASTER drive tray opens. Load the 
master disc and close the tray.
2The trays of any slave drives which do not 
currently contain recordable discs will open.
Place target recordable discs in the slave disc 
trays (you don’t have to put a disc in every 
tray).
If you decide that you do not want to make a 
copy at this stage, press the 
ESCAPE key to 
return to the mode selection menu.
The display alternates
with:
Note that these two displays above do not 
appear if a target disc has already been 
loaded in all slave drives.
3When all the slave disc trays are filled and 
closed, wait until the discs are recognized by 
the drives (the indicators go out), the copy 
operation starts if all trays are filled. Note 
that if you are copying fewer than four discs 
at this time, you should press 
ENTER when 
you have loaded the slave drive with the last disc you will use to copy onto. The display 
then shows.
as the CD-D1x4 analyzes the source disc.
4The copying process proceeds, and the screen 
shows:
As copying progresses, the “bargraph” fills 
as the percentage does up. The time shown is 
the total time to be copied.
NOTES
Once a copy operation has started, although it can be 
stopped before the copy operation is complete, this will 
make the CD-R disc useless for any purpose.
Do not use warped discs or discs with off-center holes 
with the CD-D1x4.
While the copy operation is in progress, make sure that 
the CD-D1x4 is not subjected to vibration or mechanical 
shocks.
You may press and hold the ESCAPE key for 5 sec-
onds or more to abort the copying process. However, 
note that this will make the target discs unusable for 
further operations.
You can also press and hold the 
ESCAPE key for 5 
seconds or more to abort verification or read check 
processes. Aborting these processes will not spoil the 
target discs.
If you have selected one of the verification options 
together with the copy process (see “Additional copy 
modes” on page 12), the name of these processes will 
be shown on the display as the process is carried out.
5The drive trays open automatically when the 
copy procedure is finished.
INSERT
SOURCE DISC
INSERT
TARGET DISC
PRESS ENTER
TO START
ANALYZING SOURCE
COPY 15:26
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6 – Simulation
The simulation operation is functionally similar to 
the copy operation, except that the writing of data to 
the slave discs is simulated. This is useful to make 
sure that data can be transferred at the selected rate 
between the master and slave discs.
1Press the 
MODE key until the display shows:
2Press 
ENTER:
3If the source disc is not already loaded, place 
the source disc in the 
MASTER disc tray and 
close the tray. The trays of any slave drives 
which do not currently contain recordable 
discs will open.
with:
These do not appear if a target disc is already 
present in all slave drives.
4Place target recordable discs in the slave disc 
trays (you don’t have to put a disc in every 
tray).If you decide that you do not want to perform 
the simulation at this stage, press the 
ESCAPE key to return to the mode selection 
menu.
5Close the trays, wait for the indicators to go 
out, and the operation starts. Note that if you 
are simulating a write of fewer than four 
discs, you should press 
ENTER when you 
have loaded the slave drive with the last tar-
get disc you will use for the simulation.
The CD-D1x4 starts to read and analyze the 
source disc.
6The simulation process proceeds, and the 
screen shows:
As the process continues, the “bargraph” fills 
as the percentage does up.
7Pressing 
ESCAPE during a simulated copy 
halts the test copy process and returns to the 
main menu. Since the test process does not 
write to disc, the target discs are not affected 
in any way.
SIMULATION?
(FAST)
INSERT
SOURCE DISC
INSERT
TARGET DISC
PRESS ENTER
TO START
ANALYZING MASTER
SIMULATION 15:26
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7 – Other functions
Track extraction
This mode is used with audio CDs for extracting a 
number of tracks from a source disc and copying 
them to the target discs. It has no meaning with other 
types of disc.
1Press the 
MODE key until the display shows 
the following:
2Press 
ENTER to proceed with the track 
extraction. The 
MASTER drive disc tray 
opens automatically:
3Insert the source disc and close the master 
drive disc tray.). 
4Insert recordable target discs into the slave 
drive(s) (the drive trays open automatically). 
If you are not using every slave drive, simply 
close any empty trays. Close the trays and 
wait for all indicators to go out.
5Press 
ENTER (or ESCAPE to exit). The 
source disc is then analyzed to discover if it is 
an audio disc, and if so, how many tracks are 
on it:
6After this analysis, you can extract tracks 
one at a time. The bottom line shows the cur-
rent track which you can extract, followed by 
the total number of tracks on the source disc 
and the total time so far of the selected tracks 
in the list if the current track is selected. This 
allows you to judge in advance whether add-
ing a track will add too much data to the tar-
get disc:The screen above shows that the current 
track is track 2, out of a total of 14 tracks on 
the source disc.
7Press 
ENTER to add the currently-shown 
track to the list of tracks to be copied, and 
move to the next track on the source disc.
Press 
MODE to skip the currently-shown 
track (it will not be added to the list) and 
move to the next track in the list.
8When the last track is reached, the display 
shows
Press 
ENTER to continue with the extraction 
of the tracks that have been selected so far, or 
MODE to return to the start of the source CD 
again and remake the list.
NOTE
Note that END EXTRACTION? in this screen 
actually asks whether the selection process should be 
ended and the extraction process should start.
9If you have pressed ENTER to continue, the 
display shows 
SURE ?. Press ENTER again 
to confirm that the track copying will start.
10As copying of the tracks to be extracted 
progresses, the total time of the tracks to be 
copied, and a percentage of the copying done 
so far is shown on the display.
When the copy is finished, the display shows 
Tr Extraction?.
NOTE
Recording done in this way is performed in the Disc At 
Once (DAO) mode. A 2-second gap is added between 
tracks automatically.
You may press and hold the ESCAPE key for 5 sec-
onds or more to abort the copying process. However, 
note that this will make the target discs unusable for 
further operations.
Tr EXTRACTION?
(FAST)
INSERT
SOURCE DISC
INSERT
TARGET DISC
ANALYZING SOURCE
EXTRACT TRACK?
Tr 2/14 14:56
END EXTRACTION?
Tr 4 24:32
COPY 24:32
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Copy-protection
The CD-D1x4 allows copy-protection to be applied 
to audio discs produced using the unit.
There are three settings: 

1GENERATION (single-generation copying), 
where one digital copy (“child”) can be made from 
the recorded disc, but no digital copies (“grandchil-
dren”) can be made from the child.

FREE (may be freely copied), where no copy-pro-
tection is applied to the recorded disc.

PROHIBIT (copy prohibited) which prevents 
any digital copies being made from the recorded 
disc1Press the 
MODE button until the display 
shows:
2Press 
ENTER, and then press MODE until the 
screen shows:
3Press 
ENTER, and then use the MODE key to 
choose between 
1GENERATION, FREE 
and 
PROHIBIT as explained above.
4Press 
ENTER to confirm the setting.
Audio playback
Since it is impossible to make a bit-by-bit compari-
son of audio CDs, this function is provided for you to 
“audition” a CD copy, using a pair of headphones 
connected to the headphone jack of the 
MASTER or 
one of the slave drives.
Any standard headphones with a 3.5 mm stereo jack 
may be used. The volume is adjusted using the 
drive’s volume control (turn to the right to increase 
the volume, and to the left to decrease the volume).
1Press the 
MODE key until the display shows 
the following:
2Press 
ENTER:
3Press ENTER to select the MASTER drive, or 
keep pressing 
MODE until the display shows 
the number of the slave drive you want to 
use, and then press 
ENTER.
4The disc tray of the selected drive opens 
automatically, and you should then insert the 
disc and close the tray.
5Press 
ENTER to start playback. While the 
disc is being played back:
Use the 
ESCAPE key to stop playback
Press and hold the 
MODE key to rewind 
through a track (playback is muted)Press and release the 
MODE key to go back a 
track
Press and hold the 
ENTER key to fast for-
ward through a track (playback is muted)
Press and release the 
ENTER key to go for-
ward a track
The display shows the current track and the 
number of tracks on the disc, as well as the 
elapsed time on the current track:
While playback is stopped:
Use the 
ESCAPE key to go up one level in the 
menu system.
Press and release the 
MODE key to move 
backward a track
Press and release the 
ENTER key to go for-
ward a track
When playback is stopped, the display shows 
the total number of tracks on the disc, as well 
as the total recorded time of the disc:
NOTE
If the copied CD contains audio errors, you will be able 
to hear them, but no message will appear on the dis-
play. If a copied CD contains audible errors, you may 
want to consider re-recording at a lower speed, which 
will almost certainly reduce the error rate.
SETUP?
(MODE CHANGE)
>COPY ID?
(1GENERATION)
PLAY AUDIO?
SELECT DRIVE
MASTER?
TRACK 02/12
PLAY 03:13
TRACK 12/12
TIME 54:23 
						

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Erasing discs
This applies to CD-RW media only. You cannot erase 
CD-R discs that have been recorded.
1Press the 
MODE key until the display shows:
2Press 
ENTER. The display shows SURE ?. 
Press 
ENTER for the next stage, otherwise 
press 
MODE. If there is a slave drive into 
which a target disc has not been loaded, the 
display alternates:with
3Insert any discs to be erased in the slave 
drives, close the trays and wait for the indica-
tors to go out. Then press 
ENTER.
As the discs are erased, the display shows:
NOTE
You should take care that you do not leave any CD-RW 
discs that you want to retain in the slave drive trays!
Finding out about your CD-D1x4
In the event of any questions about your CD-D1x4, 
you may need to discover the drive type and firm-
ware versions of the five drives installed in the unit.
1Press the 
MODE button until the display 
shows:
2Press 
ENTER, and then press MODE until the 
screen shows:3Press 
ENTER. The display shows information 
(maker, model and firmware version) about 
the master drive (this may be different from 
that shown here):
4Press 
MODE to see similar information about 
slave drives:
You can press 
ESCAPE to go up a level at any 
time during this enquiry.
Finding out the main unit version number
1Press the MODE button until the display 
shows:
2Press 
ENTER, and then press MODE until the 
screen shows:3Press 
ENTER. The screen shows the model 
and major firmware version (the number 
shown may differ from the one shown here):
DISC ERASE?
(CD-RW)
INSERT
TARGET DISC
PRESS ENTER
TO START
DISC ERASE...
Please wait...
SETUP
(MODE CHANGE)
>DRIVE INQUIRY?
MASTER
TEAC
MASTER
CD-540E
MASTER
3.0A
DRIVE 1
TEAC
SETUP
(MODE CHANGE)
>F/W VERSION?
CD-D1x4
Ver 1.00 
						

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  TASCAM CD-D1x4 19
4Press MODE to view the hardware informa-
tion (the maximum speed available and the 
model hardware serial number):
5Press 
MODE once more to view the number 
of discs successfully copied (
OK) and the number of discs for which copying has been 
attempted (
TOTAL) so far. Note that discs 
on which track extraction has been per-
formed are not included in these totals.
The Session Mode option
The SESSION MODE option should always be 
left as 
CLOSE.There is one exception to this: if you are adding data 
to audio discs using a computer to make CD-EXTRA 
discs. Consult the reference manual of your computer 
CD-R software for details.
Cascading
When two units are cascaded, the master unit can use 
up to four slave drives of the slave unit.
1With the two power switches on each unit 
turned OFF, use the supplied cascade cable 
to link the two units.
2Set the switch on the rear of one unit to 
MASTER, and on the other to SLAVE. Note 
that if you set both to 
MASTER or both to 
SLAVE, neither unit will work properly.
3Turn on the rear power switches and then 
turn on the front power switches (always 
turning on the slave first).The slave unit shows 
Slave Mode on the 
display.
The slave front panel controls and display are dis-
abled, except for the drive eject keys, headphone 
jacks and volume controls (which can be used at the 
appropriate points in the different procedures).
When the cascade master is cycling through the slave 
drives, it uses eight drives instead of four (slave drive 
1 on the slave unit becomes drive 5, etc.).
All other operations are carried out as usual.
NOTE
If you turn off the SLAVE unit when two units are con-
nected in cascade mode, the 
MASTER unit cannot be 
used.
H/W INFO x16
1110800000000000
OK 1321
TOTAL 1334 
						

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8 – Error messages and troubleshooting
To clear an error
When an error is shown, the unit beeps continuously 
to attract your attention. To clear the error and stop 
the beeping, open the drive mentioned in the error 
message.
Error messages
ERROR SOURCE alone, or ERROR DRIVE 
x
 alternating with ERROR SOURCE may be 
shown in the case of a dirty, damaged or scratched 
disc being loaded into the 
MASTER drive. Check that 
the disc is properly loaded, and clean the disc if nec-
essary
In other cases, 
ERROR DRIVE x or ERROR 
SOURCE 
is shown on the top line, with one of the 
errors below shown on the bottom line if one of the 
drives encounters an error during a process. 
x refers 
to the number of the slave drive.
CODE xxxx is shown if an internal error occurs. 
Make a note of the number represented by 
xxxx 
and contact your TASCAM supplier (the number is 
used by the service engineers, and may be shown 
together with another message).
SOURCE ANALYZE is shown if an error occurs 
while analyzing the source disc. Check the master 
drive loading, and clean the disc if necessary.
VERIFIY ERROR is shown if an error occurs 
while verifying a recorded disc. Try again with 
another disc.
DISC ERROR is shown when an unrecognizable 
disc (for example one that was created when power 
was turned off during a copy operation) is inserted.
DISC TYPE is shown if the source disc to be 
copied is of the wrong type to be copied (or it may be 
copy-protected). Only copy discs as specified in this 
manual.
JOB ABORTED indicates a process halted by 
you before it has come to an end. No action neces-
sary.
DATA SIZE is shown in verification operations if 
there is a difference between the source and target 
discs.
TIME OUT indicates a time-out error with one of 
the drives. Try again.
CAPACITY ERROR indicates that the target 
disc is the wrong size for the data you are trying to 
copy. Make sure the target disc is the right size for 
the data you are copying. The standard maximum 
length of an audio CD is set at 74 minutes. However, 
some commercial CDs are recorded with a running 
time a little longer than this. 
If any of these errors occur, correct the problem, if 
possible (replace the offending disc correctly in the 
disc tray, try again with a different disc, etc.) before 
attempting the copy operation again.