Tascam Digital Audio Tape Deck DA-45HR Owners Manual

3 - Menu functions
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3.17 Parameter save
Saves the following parameters so that they become 
the default parameters when the tape deck is next 
powered up:
• Single Play
• Skip Play
• Repeat Mode
When this menu item is first displayed, the right side 
of the display shows: 
----. To save the current 
settings, turn the DATA dial [20], so that the display 
shows 
Save, and press ENTER [27].
3.18 Initializing settings
Resets all menu values to their default settings except 
for the head...

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4 - Advanced functions
The more advanced functions of the tape deck are 
typically accessed by pressing SHIFT [32] so that 
the indicator is lit.
While the indicator is lit, the command keys take on 
their shifted function, labeled in blue above the key.
4.1 REPEAT
Repeated presses of the REPEAT key [21] cycle 
through the following:
• A-B repeat— the display shows REPEAT A-B— 
playback is repeated between the two location 
memory points (A refers to location memory point 
1, and B...

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• CHAR, which allows the writing of alphanumeric 
characters (up to 60) which are associated with a 
START ID on the tape, which will be shown on the 
display when that part of the tape is replayed. 
These can be used as tape (if written at the first 
START ID) or program titles.
NOTE
All these IDs are written in the subcode of the 
tape— they may be written and erased freely 
without affecting the audio portion of the tape 
in any way.
4.4.1 Selecting an ID...

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Press PLAY to preview the location of the ID point. 
The tape will rewind to the position, with the offset 
added or subtracted, and start playing back from the 
previewed ID position. While playing back, the word 
Posit will be shown on the display. When play-
back stops after a few seconds, the offset value will 
replace the word 
Posit, and may be re-adjusted 
as described above.
Repeat the adjustment of the ID point and the pre-
view of the point as many...

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You can start the tape’s program numbers from a 
value different from 
01 by turning the DATA dial. 
The program number selected with the DATA dial 
will flash (the flashing will continue for five 
seconds). 
Confirm the flashing program number with the 
ENTER key. If you press ENTER after the program 
number has stopped flashing, renumbering will start 
from 01.
The tape will rewind to the first START ID, and 
rewrite the ID in the same location as previously, but...

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4.7 Program mode
To play back a selection of programs in a defined 
order, press EDIT until the following is shown on the 
display:
NOTE
The program numbers for programmed play-
back are taken from the START IDs. If there 
are no START IDs recorded on the tape, or if 
they are out of sequence, programmed play-
back may not produce the expected results! 
The RENUM function (4.4.8, Renumbering 
START IDs) should be used to restore the 
sequence.
Press ENTER to start...

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"# $ % &' ( ) * + , - . / _ and the space 
character.
To change between uppercase and lowercase alpha-
betical characters, use the CAPS key. The word 
CAPS appears at the bottom left of the display when 
the “caps lock” is on.
The INS/+ and DEL/- keys are used to insert a space 
immediately following the cursor position, and to 
delete the character at the cursor position, 
respectively.
Since the title can be longer than the display can 
show at one...

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5 - RC-D45 remote control unit (option)
The optional RC-D45 remote control unit is plugged 
into the REMOTE IN [37] jack at the rear of the tape 
deck.
Most of the controls on the remote control unit dupli-
cate the controls on the main tape deck. The explana-
tion of the controls is given below:
[43] OPEN/CLOSE
Equivalent to [2] on the main unit.
[44] CAPS
Used to toggle between uppercase and lowercase 
when entering titles (see 4.8.1, Entering and editing 
titles).
[45] CHECK...

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[66] LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys
Equivalent to the LOC 1 [29] and LOC 2 [30] on 
the main unit.
[67] REC MUTE
Equivalent to the REC MUTE key [18] on the main 
unit.
[68] STOP
Equivalent to the STOP key [14] on the main unit.
[69] PLAY
Equivalent to the PLAY key [15] on the main unit.
[70] PAUSE
Equivalent to the PAUSE key [16] on the main unit.
[71] RECORD keys
To enter record ready, both of these keys must be 
pressed simultaneously. It is not...

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6 - Specifications
6.1 Audio specifications
6.2 I/O specifications
6.3 Physical specifications
Changes to specifications and features may be made 
without notice or obligaiton.
Tape Speed 8.15 mm/s (SP mode)
16.3 mm/s (HR mode)
Recording time (with 120-
minute cassette)120 minutes (SP mode)
60 minutes (HR mode)
Head drum speed 2,000 rpm (SP mode)
4,000 rpm (HR mode)
Fast wind time (forward 
and rewind)60 seconds end-to-end with 
120-minute tape
Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz...