Tascam HS-8 How to use

TASCAM HS-8 1
HS-8 Release Notes
D01135020B
Contents
Updates................................................................................................1
New functions ...................................................................................1
V1.20 additions...........................................................................1
V1.11 additions...........................................................................1
Maintenance items ..........................................................................1
V1.20 changes.............................................................................1
V1.11 changes.............................................................................3
Checking the firmware version ...................................................3
Firmware update procedures.......................................................3
Updates
Always use the most recent rmware for this unit.
Please visit the TASCAM website (http://tascam.com/) to
check for the latest rmware.
New functions
V1.20 additions
A tape emulation mode has been added for use with
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an editor/synchronizer that supports the SONY P2
protocol using the RS-422 connector.
Japanese folder and le names can now be displayed.
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Japanese input, however, is not supported by this unit.
Chase can now be turned ON and OFF via RS-232C.
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The SONY P2 protocol REC command is now supported.
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The
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OK / CANCEL buttons in pop-up windows can now
be operated using the Enter/Esc keys on an external
keyboard.
NOTE
For details about these features, please see the "HS-8
Firmware Update V1.20" document, which is also available
from the TASCAM website.
V1.11 additions
Keyboards with USB interfaces can now be connected
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to the unit.
Synchronized playback when the input timecode and
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the project timecode dier is now possible.
Maintenance items
V1.20 changes
When using an external keyboard, some characters (
•\ /
: ; , • ? “ < > | ) that are not allowed to be used with FAT
le system format disks could be input for le names.
This has been xed.
On the
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MARK LIST INFO screen, if MANUAL MARK
was selected and DELETE executed, all the MANUAL
MARK would not be deleted and one would remain.
This has been xed.
On the
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SYNC T/C screen, even if the frequency was
correct, 44.1kHz was not properly shown. This has been
xed.
When navigating the
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CREATE PROJECT screen,
sometimes the CREATE PROJECT button would be
unavailable, and the project could not be created. This
has been xed.
When the
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TC Chase on the SYNC page of the SYNC
T/C screen was ON , if the external timecode was
momentarily lost and then recovered after a jump, a
playback synchronization error of 200–400 μs would
occur. This has been xed.
When the
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TC Rechase setting on the SYNC page of
the SYNC T/C screen was OFF , the SONY P2 protocol
time code was not updated during TC Chase. This has
been xed.
Immediately after stopping recording, the time code
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time for the start of the recording was output as the
SONY P2 protocol time code. This has been xed.
The precision of the start time stamped in les has
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been increased when recording with TC GEN MODE
on the SETUP page of the SYNC T/C screen set to
REGEN or JAM SYNC .
iXML chunks were not always written with the correct
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size. This has been xed.
Negative value could be mistakenly written in iXML
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time stamps. This has been xed.
CF cards of 2 GB or less are now formatted as FAT16.
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Some mark point information could not be read. This
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has been xed.
If the le size of a recording exceeded 2 GB and there
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was less than one minute of remaining space on the CF
card, a Record Error would occur and the part over
2 GB would be recorded with incorrect audio data. This
has been xed.
If a link was turned ON when only the even numbered
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channel had solo or input monitoring enabled, the link
might not be correctly activated. This has been xed.
When loading a folder or take from another project,
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the setting le for the current project before being
changed was not updated. This has been xed.
Sometimes pop-up messages would not disappear.
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This has been xed.

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If an error occurred during the formatting of a CF card,
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an error warning pop-up message would not appear.
This has been xed.
With a CF card installed and the
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Reading Media pop-
up message showing, removing the card would cause
the HS-8 to be unable to mount additional CF cards.
This has been xed.
When starting with Master Clock set to
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CH1-2DIN
- CH7-8DIN or VIDEO , clock would initially be
mistakenly detected as unlocked, and, even if the
Master Clock locked, external clock synchronization
would not occur until the conrmation pop-up
disappeared. This has been xed.
When adjusting parameters, even when a
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Cannot
Change Now pop-up message was shown, some
parameters could still be changed. This has been xed.
The following pop-up messages have been changed.
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Old message New message Details Remarks
CFn not recommended format
for Recording/Playing.
When media loaded:
CFn formatting not optimal
for Recording/Search.
When recording starts:
CFn formatting not optimal
for Recording.
The media was not
formatted by this unit,
so proper recording
and search cannot be
guaranteed.
Format it for use with
this unit.
n = 1 or 2
This appears when
the card is formatted
with a cluster size
that is smaller than
the standard of this
unit.
CFn not recommended for
Recording/Playing.
(not UltraDMA)
When media loaded:
CFn not recommended type
for Recording/Search.
(not UltraDMA)
This card does not
meet the specications
required by the system,
so using it for proper
recording/search is not
guaranteed.
n = 1 or 2

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V1.11 changes
After skipping takes or searching when the jog
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operation mode was enabled, jog playback would
not resume on rare occasions. This problem has been
corrected.
During the reading of a CF card, after pressing any
•
key repeatedly, the reading of the CF card would not
complete on rare occasions. This problem has been
corrected.
While copying a folder, the
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SLOT indicator for the CF
card that is being written to now blinks, as it should.
Following the cancellation of copying a folder, attempts
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to erase a folder, for example, would not complete
properly. This problem has been corrected.
Changing the CF card slot, project or folder now causes
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synchronized playback with external timecode to be
disabled.
When both auto cue and auto ready functions were
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on, resuming playback of a take that had been paused
in the middle would result in playback starting from
the beginning of the take. This problem has been
corrected.
When shuttle operations stops automatically, the dial
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position now resets as it should.
Pressing the
•PLAY key during Auto Cue searching
resulted in the key continuing to blink. This problem
has been corrected.
When using projects made with an HS-P82 or an HS-8
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that ran on an older system version, the setting values
stored in the unit would be mistakenly used as is. This
problem has been corrected.
After starting the unit with serial connection mode
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set to “RS-422”, even if the serial connection mode
was changed to “RS-232C” the signal setting was not
changed. This problem has been corrected.
When playing back after recording or skipping a take,
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a problem occurred in which a time that diered from
the playback time was momentarily output from the
TIME CODE OUT connector. This problem has been
corrected.
The precision of synchronized playback has been
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increased.
Due to problems with le management, the unit would
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become hung-up on rare occasions. This problem has
been corrected.
A playback error occurred during continuous playback
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when a short take followed a long take. This problem
has been corrected.
If you searched forward to the end of a take, a noise
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would be output when the end was reached. This
problem has been corrected.
When the time counter display was set to “T/C”, if you
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searched to the beginning of a take, the time counter
display would momentarily show an incorrect time.
This problem has been corrected.
After completing the copying of a folder other than the
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current folder, an error message would be displayed on
rare occasions. This problem has been corrected.
During playback with the auto ready function on,
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repeating forward search multiple times caused a
playback error message to be shown. This problem has
been corrected.
Checking the firmware version
Before conducting a rmware update, check the rmware
version currently installed in your HS-8.
1 Turn the unit power ON.
2 Press the MENU key on the front panel to open the
MENU screen.
3 Press the VERSION INFO button.
Check the SYSTEM VERSION here. If this firmware
version is the same as or newer than the version
that you intend to use for updating, there is no
need to update the unit.
Firmware update procedures
1 Download the latest version of the firmware from
the TASCAM website (http://tascam.com/).
2 Copy the downloaded firmware from the computer
to the root folder of the CF card.
3 After copying is completed, follow the correct
procedures to dismount the CF card from the
computer.
4 Insert the CF card into CF card SLOT 1 on the front
panel of the unit.
CAUTION
For this procedure, always insert the CF card into CF card
SLOT 1. You cannot update using CF card SLOT 2. In order to
avoid transferring the le to CF card SLOT 2, do not put a CF
card into SLOT 2.
5 While pressing and holding the PAUSE and REC
keys at the same time, turn the unit power on.
The unit restarts in update mode, and the updater
file is shown on the screen.

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CAUTION
If the above screen does not appear, turn the power o
once, and then turn the power on again while pressing and
holding the PAUSE and REC keys. Keep pressing the PAUSE
and REC keys rmly until the above screen appears
NOTE
The screen shown above lists rmware update les
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contained in the root folder of the CF card inserted in the
unit’s CF card SLOT 1. The rmware copied in step 2 should
appear. “No Update File” appears instead if there is no
update le.
A maximum of ve lines of rmware les are shown. If the
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number of les exceeds this maximum, use the scrollbar
with the up and down arrow buttons that appears on the
right side of the screen or the DATA dial to scroll through
the list.
6 Touch the name of the firmware file that you want
to use to update. The following screen appears.
The left side shows the number of the current
version, and the right side shows the number of
the update version.
NOTE
The screen above is just an example. The actual display
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will be dierent.
7 Touch the YES button to start the update.
CAUTION
Do not turn the power o while updating.
8 After updating completes, Complete and PLEASE
POWER OFF appear at the bottom of the screen.
Turn the power off once and then restart the unit.
9 See “Confirming the firmware version” above and
confirm that the SYSTEM VERSION (firmware
version) is the newest one. This completes
updating the unit.