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H D - P 2
Portable Stereo Audio Recorder
OWNER'S MANUAL
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Important Safety Precautions CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an eq
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Important Safety Instructions • Do not expose this apparatus to drips or splashes. 1 Read these instructions. • Do not place any objects filled with liquids, such as 2 Keep these instructions. vases, on the apparatus. 3 Heed all warnings. • Do not install this apparatus in a confined space such as a book case or similar unit. 4 Follow all instructions. • The apparatus draws nominal non-operating power 5 Do not use t
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Table of Contents Media Speed Check ....................................19 Table of Contents Media Cleanup ..........................................19 Introduction Reformat Media .........................................19 Introduction ................................................5 Scan Media .................................................19 Document Conventions .............................5 Software Update ........................................20 About this manual ....................
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Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the TASCAM HD-P2 many useful and convenient functions. After you have Portable Stereo Audio Recorder. Before using the finished reading this manual, please keep it in a safe unit, please take time to read this manual thoroughly place for future reference. to ensure that you understand the operation of its Introduction The HD-P2 records audio as standard Broadcast Wave The HD-P2 is a compact, lightweight Portable High Files non-destructively. This
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System Organization File System Projects Projects are a means of organizing files and settings is not saved to the CF media. This is accomplished by for a specific situation or recording. When a new examining each audio file’s timestamp and creation project is created, you have the option to choose the date, with the play sequence of files ordered by time- current system settings for the project or use a proj- stamp and overlapping segments resolved to the most ect template. These settings contr
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System Organization File System Format When a new CF card is first inserted into the HD-P2 a By default the HD-P2 names new projects, files, and screen pops up offering to format the media. There are markers using PROJ, TAKE, and MARK name pre- two reasons for this. fixes. You can change these four letter defaults in the System and Project Settings menus. Projects, files, and The first is to ensure that the optimal FAT (File markers can be renamed at any point using the built-in Allocation Table
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The HD-P2 Interface Keys Keys are primarily organized into menu navigation and transport functions. Transport Keys and Hold Switch REW – Rewinds timeline – pressing this during rewind RETAKE – Undoes last record: moves file to trash, toggles between fast and faster speeds; audible skip- deletes markers, and repositions time to where the last rewind when used during play. record began. F FWD – Forwards timeline – pressing this during fast HOLD – Locks keys to prevent accidental use. forward to
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Audio Switches, Inputs & Outputs Audio Switches Located on top of the HD-P2, next to PHANTOM can be turned on to provide 48V phantom the data wheel are switches for con- power to the microphone inputs. trolling the analog audio inputs and MIC controls whether the left mic input is from the dynamics. internal microphone or from the normal input source. The input switches (LINE/MIC) switch Turning on LOW CUT provides a -18dB/oct, 100Hz low- between the XLR and RCA jack cut filter to the analog
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Power Setup Power The HD-P2 can be powered from the supplied AC (IEEE.1394) connection when attached to a host com- power adapter, from eight standard AA batteries (alka- puter with a powered (6-pin) 1394 port. Each of these line strongly recommended), or from the FireWire power sources is described below. AC Power The HD-P2 comes with an AC adapter that is designed to work in the country where it was sold. Batteries The HD-P2 has a compartment on the bottom that Approximate Battery Life hol
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Operation Power Control Once power is connected to your HD-P2, turn it ON or any reason, the HD-P2 does not respond to a power OFF by momentarily pressing the spring-loaded power off attempt, a forced power-down is accomplished by switch. The HD-P2 will power up immediately. If, for holding the power switch engaged for seven seconds. Inserting and Removing Media The Compact Flash media can be inserted into the main menu, before removing media to avoid data cor- media slot when the HD-P2 is po
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Operation Continued from the previous page Playing Audio Press the PLAY key and audio at the current location To locate to the beginning of recorded audio, hold on the timeline is played back. The HD-P2’s play- STOP and press REW. Hold STOP and press FFWD to go back engine is based on a 24 hour day and will play to the end of all recorded audio. The LOCATE Ô / audio from time 00:00:00.00 to 23:59:59.59. If time- keys, by default, locate to previous or next markers code mode is not enabled,
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Monitoring The HD-P2 features a headset jack and phones adjust Summed mode can be useful if you are doing mono knob. In the Project Menu, Settings page there is an recordings sometimes from the left and sometimes the option for choosing the type of headset monitoring. right. Follow Record Mode sets the headphone moni- The choices include Stereo, Mono Left, Mono Right, toring mode to match the project’s channel settings. Mono Summed, and
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Menu Navigation The HD-P2’s settings and utilities are accessed back to the operational screen, press the MENU key at through a menu system. To activate the menu system, any time. press the MENU key and the main menu is shown. To go Main Menu Project Menu – Used to access all of the settings and operations for the current project. Not accessible when media is not present. Change/New Project – Used to create new projects or load existi
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Figures 14a and 14b are expanded views of all of the project settings and timecode sub-menus (timecode settings are explained in detail in the Timecode sec- tion of this manual).The following are details about the Project Settings menu items: Sample Rate – 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 or 192 kHz. This can- not be changed once any audio has been recorded into this project. All audio files in a project must be of the same sample rate. Chann
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Project Files Menu REW/FFWD/STOP/PLAY This menu shows a list of all active files in the project. screen you use the keys to audition SELECT Highlight a file and press to enter the File Edit the current file. The timeline shows where you are in screen. the file. The top left and right time fields indicate the current In and Out points of the file. When you first The File Edit screen is the only screen that disables the visit this screen the
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Change/New Project By default the HD-P2 automatically makes the first project whenever new media is used. To make addi- tional projects, or switch between projects, use the Change/New Project menu from the Main menu. In Figure 18 the menu shows the currently loaded project (Project 09) and any other projects on this Compact Flash card. If you select a non-loaded proj- ect, like Project 02, the sub-menu provides the choices of Loading t
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Set System Time Figure 21 shows the current time stored in the real- time clock chip of the HD-P2. A backup lithium bat- tery powers this clock. The screen shows the status of this battery. Figure 21 - Set System Time Screen Power Management Figure 22 shows the power readings screen. This information screen shows the state of the HD-P2 power system. It reports on the current voltage lev- els of the three sources of power for the HD-P2.
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Media Information Media Information reports information on the type of CF card/media that is in use. Figure 25 shows a 512 MB CF card from Toshiba. It has been formatted as a FAT-16 storage device for optimal performance of this size of media. Figure 25 - Media Information Screen Media Speed Check This performs a quick write/read speed check on the inserted CF media. The results are approximate and should be used only as a general g
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HD-P2 Screens and Menus Continued from the previous page Software Update Figure 29 - Software Update Screen w/o Update Figure 30 - Software Update Screen w/Update From time to time new software may be released for The HD-P2 stores two software versions in non-vola- the HD-P2. To update the HD-P2 software you will tile flash memory. There is the default system version, copy the update file (e.g. UPDATE_1_1.BIN) to a CF which came from the factory and cannot be changed, card and insert it into the
