Tascam Remote Control Unit RC-898 Owners Manual

Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions
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3) Transfer the value from the LOCATE TIME/
VA L U E
 display to the LCD display by holding 
down the SHIFT
 key and pressing the ENTER/
LOAD
 key.
If you need to “fine-tune” this value, you can use 
the UP
 and DOWN
 keys to adjust the value of the 
offset while monitoring the playback of the units.
8.1.10 Auto Timecode Offset function
In addition to the manual offset entry, it is also 
possible to set a timecode offset automatically by 
following the...

Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions  
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1) From menu group 5, move the cursor to 
OutTc Src and press SELECT
:
2) Use the UP
 and DOWN
 keys to select between 
the four options available:
8.2.2 Synchronization of timecode
When timecode (including MTC) is output 
from a DTRS unit, it may be synchronized to 
either the analog or digital outputs, depending on 
which is in used at the time. This is necessary 
because of the nature of the digital-to-analog cir-
cuitry employed in the DTRS units.
1)...

Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions
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When the DA-98 is chasing timecode, it can be set 
to lock to timecode once and run freely, or it can 
constantly monitor the timecode, and issue 
“speed-up” and “slow-down” messages to its 
transport to stay in sync. However, if an external 
or video clock is used as the clock source, the 
playback output will be muted while the DA-98 is 
adjusting the speed. If you select the rechase mode 
(which you may wish to do if there are gaps in the 
timecode), you...

Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions  
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The park position can be viewed, and set manually 
in the following way:
1) From menu group 4, move the cursor to 
Park 
Posi
, and press SELECT
.
2) If the cursor is moved to the time field, it can be 
edited with the UP
 and DOWN
 keys.
Alternatively, the numeric keypad can be used to 
enter a numerical value directly, and entered with 
the SHIFT
 + ENTER/LOAD
 combination. Any 
values for hours and minutes which are entered 
will be discarded.
The...

Section 8.2 - Advanced timecode functions
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1) From menu group 5, move the cursor to Vid 
Rslv
 and press SELECT
:
2) Use the UP
 and DOWN
 keys to switch the video 
resolve feature 
on or off.
3) If video resolve is on, select the synchronization 
mode from between 
free and re-sync.
Video Resolve
Machine 1
on/off Mode
off free
NOTE
The video resolve capability is also available on DA-88 fit-
ted with the SY-88 , but it is controlled by a DIP switch on 
the synchronizer board. It therefore cannot be...

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Section 9.1 - Controlling the parallel port device
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9 – External control and 
settings
This section covers the control of DTRS and other 
units.
9.1 Controlling the parallel 
port device
When a unit is connected to the EXT 1
 port [42] 
of the RC-898, the transport may be controlled 
usig the RC-898 transport controls. The pinouts 
for these transport controls are given in 3.2.2, 
“Parallel control/GPI pinout”.
To select the “parallel” unit for control:
1) Press the MACHINE
 key [31].
The LOCATE...

Section 9.3 - Controlling the serial port (9-pin)  
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• Enter the starting memory number of your 
“block” minus one in the MEMORY NO.
 
display.
• While playing back the program material 
which will be used with the GPI events, use the 
CUE STR
 key [39] to add repeated cue points 
to the list, as described in 6.5.8, “Repeated 
entry of location points”. 
• Alternatively, key in these cue points manually 
from a cue list.
• Adjust the fine timing of these trigger points 
using the jog dial, if...

Section 9.3 - Controlling the serial port (9-pin)
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1) From menu group 7, move the cursor to 
9pinLocPr and press SELECT
:
2) Use the numeric keypad to enter a time in 
minutes and seconds between 
00:00 and 
59:59.
3) Press and hold down the SHIFT
 key and press 
the ENTER/LOAD
 key to transfer the value to 
the display screen.
Alternatively, you can use the UP
 and DOWN
 
keys to alter the values of the minutes and seconds 
fields.
9.3.3 Serial unit timing source
The RS-422 device can be set to...

Section 9.4 - Other DTRS control functions  
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function allows toggling the serial unit recording 
capability.
1) From menu group 7, move the cursor to 
9pinRecAc (9-pin recording acceptable) 
and press SELECT
:
2) Use the UP
 and DOWN
 keys to choose between 
on and off.
When this parameter is set to on, the REC 
FUNCTION
 keys which usually control tracks 41 
through 48 (DTRS 6) will now control the E2 
device logical analog and digital tracks (no matter 
what the tracks actually are) as marked.
The...