Tascam2488 User’s Guide

							
 TASCAM 2488 Additions and Changes to User’s Guide 1
Additions and changes to the TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
Since the original 2488 manual was produced, there 
have been a number of changes and revisions which 
should be noted carefully  before attempting to use 
your 2488.
Notes on the use of the CD-RW drive
Media types Do not use 12x or high-speed (over 
12x) CD-RW media with the 2488, as these types of 
media are not supported. Only use 1x–4x CD-RW 
discs.
Damaged media If a disc is scratched or dirty, 
the 2488 may not operate properly. If this happens, 
shut down the unit, and rest art it. Do not attempt to 
re-use the defective disc.
Compatibility with players In common with 
other CD recorders, the 2488 can produce CD-RW 
discs, but such discs may not be playable on ordinary 
CD players (as mentioned on page 63 of the  User’s 
Guide ). For compatibility with other CD players, we 
strongly recommend that you use only CD-R media.
Recorded disc types The 2488 recognizes for 
reading (and in the case of CD-RW media, erasing) 
only CD-ROM MODE1 or CD-DA discs. Other 
types of disc recorded using different standards can
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not be read or erased by the 2488,
Ejecting discs It is important that you do not press 
the CD-RW drive eject button while the drive is oper
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ational. If you do, it may  cause problems in the oper-
ation of the 2488. We therefore recommend that you 
always use the 
CD EJECT menu item (“CD EJECT” on 
page 67 of the User’s Guide ) to eject discs.
Notes on the hard disk format
As described in “Disk management and file import/
export” on page 65, the 2488 uses two disk formats 
in its internal hard disk.
The FAT partition, used fo r USB data transfer, is 
4
 GB in size and the size cannot be changed.
The TASCAM native partitions take up the remain-
der of the disk, and may be 4, 8, 16 or 32 GB in size. 
A maximum of four partitions may be allocated. 
Note that it is possible to  allocate four smaller parti
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tions, and therefore leave part of the hard disk space  unused. TASCAM native partitions cannot be 
accessed from a host computer using USB.
Supported operating systems In “The 2488 
and USB” on page 73 of the 
User’s Guide , it is men-
tioned that MacOS 9.0 and above is supported. We 
strongly recomme nd that for best results, MacOS 9.2 
is used. Upgrade from 9. or 9.1 if necessary.
Formatting As mentioned in “Formatting the 
disk” on page 66, you should not turn off the 2488 
while formatting the hard di sk, as this may prevent 
the 2488 from booting. 
						

							
Additions and changes to the TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
2 TASCAM 2488 Additions and Changes to User’s Guide
Corrections and additions to the manual
Page 18, step 8 Instead of “or press and hold 
SHIFT and press EQ”, read “or use SHIFT and YES 
to turn the EQ on, and use 
SHIFT and NO to turn the 
EQ off”.
Page 59, “Pre-mastering”, step 2 The screen 
shows 
PreMastering, not MASTERING.
Page 62, “TAO recording”, step 7 Instead of 
“The top line of the display  gives an indication of the 
time remaining for the opera tion”, read “A progress 
bar is shown on screen”.
Page 64, “Playing bac k CDs using the 
2488” 
As explained in “Playing back CDs using the 
2488” on page 64, the REW and F FWD keys are 
used to skip playback fo rward and backward a track 
at a time. They cannot be used for search functions 
within tracks.
Page 65, “Disk management” Note that the 
FAT partition is FAT-32, not FAT-16 as described in 
the manual.
Page 66, “Formatti ng the disk” The infor-
mation given in the manual  is incorrect. The data on 
the FAT partition is erased, al ong with the data on the 
native TASCAM partitions,  when the disk is format
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ted.
Pages 68, 70 and 74, USB mode Note the 
following procedure to close (exit) USB mode.
1Disconnect the 2488 from the computer, fol-
lowing the notes in “The 2488 and USB” on 
page 73.
2Press and hold down the EXIT key.
3When the popup message appears, press the 
ENTER key to exit (close) the USB mode.
Note that when USB mode is active, the HD indica-
tor lights steadily. It is th erefore very important that 
you follow step 1 above, to  ensure the disk is not in 
use.
Page 79, “Metronome” Use the CLICK key, 
not the screen setting, to  turn the metronome on 
(indicator lights orange) and off (indicator goes off).
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