360 Systems DigiCart II Plus DR-2750 User manual

DIGITAL AUDIO HARD DISK RECORDER
OWNER’S MANUAL
MODEL DR-2750
SOFTWARE VERSION 3.xx
FIRST EDITION
SEPTEMBER 2000
PR O F E S S I O N A L D I G I T A L A U D I O
www.360systems.com
[email protected]

Safety Compliance
DigiCart/II Plus complies with the following safety standards:
•UL 1950, Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical
Business Equipment.
•EN 60950, Standard for Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical
Business Equipment.
EU Declaration of Conformity
Type of Equipment:
Professional Use Audio Equipment.
Conforms to the Following Standards:
•EN55103-1 (1997) (Emissions) Electromagnetic compatibility – Product family standard for
audio, video, audio-visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use.
•EN55103-2 (1997) (Immunity) Electromagnetic compatibility – Product family standard for
audio, video, audio-visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use.
FCC Compliance
This equipment complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not
installed and used in accordance with the owners manual, may cause interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in
which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
This device will accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation. The user is cautioned that changes made to the equipment without the approval of the
manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. It is suggested that only
shielded and grounded cables be used to ensure compliance with FCC rules.
Notice
This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirement of the Canadian Interference-Causing
Equipment Regulations.
Français:
Cet appariel numérique de la classe A respecte toute les exigences du Reglement sur le matériel
brouilleur du Canada.

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Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter One 3
Getting Started 3
Drives...............................................................................................3
Zip Removable Media..............................................................3
The Internal Hard Disk.............................................................3
Disk Storage Times..........................................................................4
The File ID System ..........................................................................4
Directories........................................................................................5
Cuts..................................................................................................5
Navigation........................................................................................6
Condensed Operating Guide 7
Navigation........................................................................................7
Selecting A Drive.....................................................................7
Selecting A Directory...............................................................7
Selecting A Cut ........................................................................7
Recording And Playing Cuts............................................................7
Setting Record Levels ..............................................................7
Recording .................................................................................7
Making A Digital Recording....................................................8
Checking Available Drive Space .............................................8
Playing A Single Cut................................................................8
Playing Multiple Cuts – Follow-On Play.................................8
Pause...............................................................................................9
Looping ............................................................................................9
Secondary Cues ..............................................................................9
Setup Menu Operations................................................................ 10
GENERAL PROCEDURE:......................................10
Utility Menu Operations ................................................................ 11
GENERAL PROCEDURE:......................................11
Edit Menu Operations................................................................... 11
GENERAL PROCEDURE:......................................11

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Find Operations .............................................................................12
Chapter Two 13
Controls and I/O 13
Installation......................................................................................13
Front Panel Controls......................................................................14
The SELECT Knob................................................................14
The POSITION Arrows .........................................................14
The RECORD Button.............................................................15
The PLAY Button ..................................................................15
The STOP Button...................................................................15
The UTILITY MENU Button................................................15
The SETUP MENU Button....................................................16
The EDIT MENU Button.......................................................16
The ENTER Button................................................................16
The CANCEL Button.............................................................16
The VIEW LIST Button.........................................................16
The SEC Button .....................................................................16
The PAUSE Button................................................................17
The LOOP Button ..................................................................17
The D-NET XFER Button......................................................17
The INPUT LEVEL Knobs....................................................17
The Peak Level Meters...........................................................17
The Rear Panel..............................................................................18
Rear Panel Interfaces..............................................................19
Serial Control .........................................................................19
Transport Controls .................................................................19
Transport Lamps/Tally Outputs.............................................19
Cue Output — Secondary ......................................................19
Alphanumeric Keyboard ................................................................20
Chapter Three 21
Operating Instructions 21
Recording Your First Cuts.............................................................21
Selecting A Drive ...........................................................................21
Checking Available Disk Space.............................................22
Setting Record Levels....................................................................22
Recording.......................................................................................23
Playing Audio Files........................................................................24
Selecting A Drive...................................................................24
Selecting A Directory.............................................................25
Selecting A Cut ......................................................................25
Playing A Single Cut..............................................................25
Playing Multiple Cuts — Follow-On Play.............................26
Pause.............................................................................................26
Pressing Pause In Play Mode.................................................26
Pressing Pause In Record Mode.............................................26

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Looping ......................................................................................... 27
Turning Loop On....................................................................27
Turning Loop Off...................................................................27
Cues.............................................................................................. 28
Secondary Cues ........................................................................... 28
Creating A Secondary Cue:....................................................28
Changing A Secondary Cue:..................................................28
Deleting/Erasing A Secondary Cue........................................28
Setup Menu Operations................................................................ 29
General Operations.................................................................29
Sample Rate And Format.......................................................29
Dolby AC-2 Coding.............................................30
Stereo And Mono Recording....................................30
Selecting Sample Rate And Format .........................30
Input Monitor .........................................................................31
Threshold................................................................................31
'Threshold' Recording With A Digital Input............32
Overwrite................................................................................33
Recording Time Limit............................................................33
Restart Mode ..........................................................................33
Time Display..........................................................................34
Sort Directory By ...................................................................34
Keyboard Type.......................................................................35
Keyboard Mapping Assignments .............................35
Remote Control......................................................................36
Cart Spindown (Time-Out) ....................................................36
Sync Source............................................................................37
Digital Output.........................................................................37
Audio I/O Interface Table........................................38
Digital Input Type..................................................................38
Audio Input Type ...................................................................39
Utility Menu Operations ................................................................ 40
General Procedure..................................................................40
Change Name.........................................................................40
Erase.......................................................................................41
Copy Original.........................................................................41
Copying A Cut..........................................................42
Copying A Stack.......................................................43
Copying A Directory................................................43
Copy Edited............................................................................45
Copying A Cut..........................................................45
Copying A Stack.......................................................45
Copying A Directory................................................45
Renumber Disk ......................................................................46
Assign Preset..........................................................................46
Assigning A Single Preset Using The RC-205; Or
RC-210/220 (Method 1): .....................................46
Assigning A Single Preset Using The RC-210/RC-
220 (Method 2):...................................................47
Assigning Multiple Presets On The RC-205, Or
RC-210/RC-220...................................................47
Viewing Presets Using The RC-205, Or RC-
210/RC-220..........................................................48
Playing Presets ........................................................48

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Clear Preset ............................................................................48
File Transfer...........................................................................48
Format Disk............................................................................49
Update Directories..................................................................50
Partition Drive........................................................................50
Edit Menu Operations....................................................................51
Head .......................................................................................51
Setting The Head Point “On The Fly” ....................52
Setting The Head Point While Stopped....................52
Tail .........................................................................................53
Setting The Tail Point “On The Fly”.......................53
Setting The Tail Point While Stopped......................53
Pre-Roll ..................................................................................54
Fade In....................................................................................54
Setting The Fade In “On The Fly”..........................54
Setting Fade In While Stopped.................................55
Fade Out.................................................................................55
Setting Fade Out “On The Fly” ..............................56
Setting Fade Out While Stopped..............................56
Output Gain............................................................................56
Find Operations .............................................................................57
Using The FIND Mode ..........................................................57
RC-205.....................................................................57
RC-210/220..............................................................57
The RC-210/220 Stack Dir Key ...............................57
Operation Of The Zip Disk Drive...................................................59
FRONT PANEL.....................................................................59
Handling Zip Disks ................................................................59
Zip Disk Loading ...................................................................60
Zip Disk Removal ..................................................................60
Formatting A Zip Disk....................................................................60
To Format A Disk: .................................................................60
Select An External Drive: ......................................................62
Chapter Four 63
Stack Mode 63
Stack Types...................................................................................63
Linear Stack............................................................................64
Music And Voice Editing .........................................64
Creating Spot Sets....................................................64
Rotating Stack........................................................................64
News Actualities.......................................................64
Automated Liners & IDs..........................................64
Special Effects..........................................................65
Compound Stack....................................................................65
Creating A Stack............................................................................65
Building A Quickstack...........................................................65
Saving A Stack.......................................................................66
Playing A Stack..............................................................................67
Playing A Linear Stack ..........................................................67
Using The Stop Button In A Linear Stack .............................67

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Playing A Rotating Stack.......................................................67
Viewing A Stack ....................................................................67
Viewing A Stack — While It Plays........................................68
Copying A Stack ....................................................................68
Converting A Linear Stack To A Cut.....................................68
Stack Edit Mode............................................................................ 69
Scan Mode..............................................................................69
Insert.......................................................................................70
Append ...................................................................................70
Looping A Linear Stack.........................................................71
Remove...................................................................................71
Truncate..................................................................................72
Change Stack Type.................................................................72
Chapter Five 73
File Transfer Network 73
Features........................................................................................ 73
Transfer Rates.........................................................................74
Electrical Specification For D-Net Transfers.........................74
AES-3ID.................................................................................74
AES-3.....................................................................................74
D-NET Setup................................................................................. 75
Receiver Names And Destination Names..............................75
Wildcard Transfers.................................................................75
Assigning A Receiver Name..................................................76
Mail Box And Destination Location Transfers......................76
File Receiver...........................................................................77
Echo Function.........................................................................78
Selecting The I/O Connector..................................................79
Making A File Transfer.................................................................. 79
Transfer Messages....................................................................... 82
Source Display During Incomplete Transfer..........................82
Source Display During Aborted Transfer ..............................82
Receiver Display During Transfer .........................................83
Receiver Display After A File Is Received With Errors........83
Receiver Display During Error Occurrence...........................83
D-Net Implementation On Instant Replay And Shortcut.......84
Idle State D-Net Messages.....................................................84
Chapter Six 85
Maintenance Guide 85
System Maintenance And Repair................................................. 85
System Reliability.......................................................................... 86
Other Reliability Factors........................................................86

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Cleaning.........................................................................................86
Appendix A 88
Interface Schematics 88
Audio Connector Wiring........................................................88
Keyboard Connector ..............................................................88
Remote Control And Cue Out Connector..............................88
Appendix B 90
Serial Control Protocol 90
Host Device Message Summary ............................................90
Hardware Format....................................................................90
Data Format............................................................................91
Pinout for the Serial Port:.......................................91
Appendix C 92
Technical Specifications 92
General Specifications............................................................92
Physical Dimensions..............................................................93
Audio Specifications..............................................................93
Zip Drive & Cartridge Reliability..........................................94
Environmental Limits (Operational)......................................94
Environmental Limits (Storage & Shipping).........................94
Index 95

DigiCart/II Plus Owner's Manual Notices vii
Warranty and Repair Policy
DigiCart II Plus is warranted against defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year
from date of original purchase. This warranty includes parts and labor. This warranty excludes
units that have been modified, repaired by unauthorized personnel, or damaged by rough handling,
abuse, improper operation, dirt, or static electricity.
360 Systems assumes no liability whatsoever for real or consequential damages, loss of profits,
inconvenience or any other losses due to non-operation of DigiCart II Plus recorders. 360 Systems’
sole liability under this limited warranty shall be the repair or replacement of defective product or
components. Products being returned under warranty shall be sent to 360 Systems or one of its
foreign service centers, freight prepaid, in the original or equivalent packaging. Please call 360
Systems for a return authorization number before returning any merchandise for any reason.
Product Improvements and Upgrades
360 Systems reserves the right to make changes and/or improvements to its products, without
incurring any obligation to incorporate such changes or improvements in units previously sold or
shipped.
Trademarks
The following trademarks may appear in this manual:
§is a registered trademark of 360 Systems.
§DigiCart is a registered trademark of 360 Systems.
§Quickstack is a trademark of 360 Systems.
§Zip® is a registered trademark of Iomega Corp.
§Dolby® is a registered trademark of Dolby Licensing Corp.
§All other product and brand names and any registered and unregistered trademarks
mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive
property of their respective owners.
Copyrights
Software contained in this product is copyrighted by 360 Systems, Microware Systems Corp.,
Iomega Corporation and Dolby Laboratories.
Patents
Designs incorporated in this product are the subject of current or pending United States and foreign
patents.

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DigiCart II Plus Owner's Manual
The information contained in this Owner’s Manual is subject to change without notice or
obligation, and is furnished for informational use only.
MODEL DR-2750 OWNER’S MANUAL
FIRST EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2000.
SOFTWARE VERSION 3.xx
© 2000, 360 Systems. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved.
Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of
360 Systems. Reproduction or reverse engineering of copyrighted software is prohibited.
Company Address
Please use the following addresses for shipping and correspondence. At the Corporate Office in
California, the switchboard is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Pacific
Time.
Corporate Office and Customer Services
5321 Sterling Center Drive
Westlake Village, CA 91361-4613 USA
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail [email protected]
Website www.360systems.com
Cautions
Please heed the following important cautions regarding the DigiCart II Plus:
•Do not remove the cover. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified
service personnel.
•DigiCart II Plus recorders contain a hard disk drive. While today’s hard disks are very
reliable, they may be vulnerable to shock. Please handle with care, and exercise caution
not to drop or bump the recorder — damage to the internal hard disk may result. Ensure
that power is off before moving the unit.
•To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.