Teac HS-4000 Addendum V1.22

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New functions added in firmware V1.22

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The following functions have been added in firmware V1.22.

Support for playback of regular WAV files

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Automatic recognition of external files added

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Manual locating based on timecode time has been added to take and

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playlist modes
When a new project or session is created, the take name is reset to the

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default
Progress bar when recording in take mode added

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Digital input unlocking no longer mutes the signal

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Confidence monitoring enabled/disabled/OFF status shown on the Home

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Screen
Playlist mode changes to ADJUST screen operations and addition of

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rehearsal playback function for audio monitoring
Assignment changing on the ENTRY list screen added

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Change BC$STANDBY/END range at once function added

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Addition of on air mode that plays back files in the root folder

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BC$END operation mode setting added

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SONY P2 REC command support

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System setting backup and preset memory functions added

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Auto Marker PRE/REC/END ON/OFF settings added

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Bounce save destination now selectable

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Take copy function added

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ETHERNET page added to the REMOTE SETUP screen

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Network functions (FTP/telnet/VNC) added

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Support for playback of regular WAV files

WAV files that are not Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) can now be played
back. In addition, if you edit the playback starting time (Start TC) of a WAV
file, a pop-up message appears explaining that the file will be automatically
converted to BWF format.

External file automatic recognition function

External files read from a CF card will now be recognized automatically.
Manual rebuilding is no longer necessary.

Confidence monitoring enabled/disabled/OFF status
shown on the Home Screen

A confidence monitoring button (icon) has been added between the trans­port icon and the time display on the Home Screen to allow its status to be
checked on the Home Screen.

Press this button to open the
where you can set confidence monitoring.

The confidence monitoring ON/OFF settings have not changed. See “Record­ing settings (REC SETUP)” in 10 – Internal settings on page 79 of the Owner's
Manual.

REC MODE

page of the

Confidence Monitor enabled

Confidence Monitoring is enabled when the settings are as follows.

Confidence Monitor: ON

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Fs: 44.1, 48, 47.952, 48.048 kHz (48 kHz±0.1%)

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Record function: Enabled for 2 tracks or less

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Confidence Monitor disabled

Even if Confidence Monitor is ON, it will be disabled if either the Fs or Rec
Function is as follows.

Confidence Monitor: ON

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Fs: 88.2, 96 kHz

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Record function: Enabled for 3 tracks or more

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REC SETUP

screen

Manual locate function based on timecode added to take
and playlist modes

When the time display mode is T/C , you can now locate manually based on
the timecode time in take and playlist modes.

Take name resets when new project/session created

When a new project/session is created, the
the Home Screen is now reset to the default

format “session name–T001”. (See “a NEXT TAKE NAME button” on page 20
of the Owner's Manual.)

NEXT TAKE NAME

Session Name

page setting of

value with the

Progress bar when recording in take mode

When recording in take mode, beneath the time display on the Home Screen,
a red progress bar has been added that repeatedly extends from left end to
right end in about 5 seconds (see the illustration below) to make watching
the recording status easy.

Confidence Monitor OFF

onfidence Monitor is OFF, it is always disabled

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Confidence Monitor: OFF

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Digital input unlocking no longer mutes the signal

Even if digital input is detected as being unlocked, the input signal is no
longer muted.

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Playlist mode changes to ADJUST screen operations
and addition of rehearsal playback function for audio
monitoring

When editing playlist mode entries, the contents and operation of the screen
opened by the

Additional items shown

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The following items have been added to the playback area display.

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Use the . and / buttons to change the entry being adjusted.

Editing the playback beginning and ending points

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ADJUST

button have been changed.

Standard level line (0 dB)
Adjusted level line
Various mark icons

Press the 1. HOME key on the front panel to open the Home Screen.

Touch a file name or title name button and then touch the 2.

ADJUST ENTRY
ADJUST XXX

button in the pull-down menu to open the

screen. (“

XXX

” is the entry number.)

NOTE

You can also open this by touching the MENU button and then touching the
ADJUST button in the pull-up menu when a take is selected on the ENTRY screen
or one of the key assign buttons on the left is selected on the ASSIGN screen.

Touch the 3.

Start End Point

tab to open that page (if not open).

NOTE

You can also open this by touching the MENU button and then touching the
ADJUST button in the pull-up menu when a take is selected on the ENTRY screen
or one of the key assign buttons on the left is selected on the ASSIGN screen.

Touch the 3.
screen.

Touch the 4.
the number buttons to adjust the Start TC.

Editing the fade-in/fade-out lengths and levels

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Press the 1. HOME key on the front panel to open the Home Screen.

Touc h a file name or title name button and then tou ch the 2.

ADJUST ENTRY
ADJUST XXX

Touch the 3.
above.

After selecting the 4.
DATA dial to change the setting.

Setting values:

Fade In/Out Length: 0-30 seconds (0.1 seconds/step when turning; 1.0

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seconds/step when pressing and turning)
Level range: – ∞ to +10 dB

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Start TC Fade/Level

EDIT

button to open the

ton in the pull-

but

screen. (“

Start TC Fade/Level

XXX

” is the entry number.)

Fade In, Fade Out

tab to open the following

EDIT START TC

down menu to

tab to open the screen shown

or

screen, and use

Level

knob, turn the

ope n the

Touch a time display unit to highlight it yellow. The corresponding 4.
cursor will blink.

When a time field is selected, you can use the dial to adjust the
Start/End position.

If the selected field is increased/decreased past its maximum/
minimum, the next higher/lower field will also be increased/de­creased by 1.

Select the frame field to edit at frame precision, and select the 5.
sample field to edit at sample precision.

Touch the
tion as the Start/End position.

Touch the
mark list screens.

Touch the 6.
to decide whether or not the BC $STAN DBY and END mark times
are loaded as the start and end points. Touch the OK button in the
pop-up window to load the B C$S TAND BY and END mark times as
the Start and End points.

Touch the
and end points to the beginning and end of the file.

CURRENT

EDIT

BC$

RESET

button to capture the current playback posi-

button to switch between the number button and

button to open a conrmation pop-up window

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button in the pop-up window to reset the start

NOTE

When changing the playback start and end time, settings will automatically be
restricted so that the total length between the start and end is longer than the
total fade-in and fade-out length. If the length between BC$STANDBY and END is
shorter than the total fade-in and fade-out time, the fade-in and fade-out times
will be cleared.

Editing the playback starting time

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Press the 1. HOME key on the front panel to open the Home Screen.

Touch a file name or title name display and then touch the 2.

ADJUST ENTRY
ADJUST XXX

button in the pull-down menu to open the

screen. (“

XXX

” is the entry number.)

NOTE

When changing the fade-in and fade-out lengths, their settings will automati­cally be restricted so they are less than the total length between the playback
start and end.

Rehearsal playback operation

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Using the transport on this screen allows rehearsal playback.
The . and / keys function the same as regular transport controls
except they can be used to move between the file beginning, Start point,
End point and file ending.

PREVIEW

Use the

If you change the

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will become the current playback position. If you make a change dur­ing playback, playback will continue after moving to the new play­back position.

If you change the

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position will change as follows. If you make a change during playback,
playback will continue after moving to the new playback position.

When changing End
Point

When changing Fade
Out length

Rehearsal playback when PREVIEW OFF

The recording is played back without being changed by the

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Fade Out

You can move to parts of the file outside the Start/End Point range.

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When you reach the End Point during playback, playback will stop

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and the Start Point will become the playback position.
Press the PLAY key to start playback from the Start Point.
Use the ,, / and SHIFT+/ keys or the JOG/SHUTTLE dial
to move past the End Point.

button to change the rehearsal playback contents.

Start

End

Point or

point or

Fade Out

Fade In

length, the

Length, the current playback

Start

PREVIEW OFF PREVIEW ON

2 seconds before
Fade Out start posi­tion

2 seconds before
Fade Out start posi­tion

Level Adjust

and

2 seconds before End
Point

2 seconds before
Fade Out start posi­tion

settings.

point

Fade In

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Rehearsal playback when PREVIEW ON

Playback is only possible between the Start and End points.

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Moving outside these points is not possible.

Fade In

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signal.

NOTE

In order to prevent the rehearsal playback sound from being sent to the broad­cast main line from the main outputs (rear panel LINE XLR outputs), the follow­ing operations are restricted.

If the online function is set to Switchable and the online playback mode is ON,

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the Adjust screen cannot be opened. (When in dual mode, this restriction applies
when the online playback mode of the corresponding player is ON.)

When the Adjust screen is open, you cannot turn the online playback mode ON.

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(This restriction applies only to the player being adjusted when in dual mode.)

Fade Out

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Level Adjust

and

settings affect the playback

NOTE

Touch the CANCEL button in the pop-up window to return to the le ASSIGN
screen or ENTRY list screen.

Changing assignments on the ENTRY list screen

Touch an entry name button on the
which can be used to change assignments, on the right side.

ENTRY

screen to open the take list,

Change the BC$STANDBY/END range in one operation

A new function allows you to change the BC$STANDBY–BC$END mark
range in one operation.

In playlist mode, open the pull-up menu on the le 1.
or

ENTRY

screen.

ASSIGN

screen

Touch the 3.
ing pop-up window message.

In the conrmation pop-up window, touch the 4.
ton to change the BC$STANDBY–BC$END mark range.

CAPTURE ALL

button pop-up window to open the follow-

CAPTURE ALL

NOTE

Touch the CANCEL button in the pop-up window to return to the le ASSIGN
screen or ENTRY list screen.

In the pop-up window that appears after step 1, if you touch the 5.

RESET ALL

pears.

button, the following pop-up window message ap-

but-

Touch the 2.
pull-up menu, to open the following pop-up window message.

CAPTURE BC$

button, which has been added to the

Touch the 6.
entry's starting and ending times to the beginning and end of the
le.

RESET ALL

button in the pop-up window to reset the

NOTE

Touch the CANCEL button in the pop-up window to return to the le ASSIGN
screen or ENTRY list screen.

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On air mode plays back files in the root folder

The on air mode operation mode has been added. This mode plays back
audio files in the CF card root folder. (The sampling frequency of the files
must match the unit setting.) The following screens have changes for this
mode.

To switch to on air mode, select 1.
added to the
activate on air mode and return to the Home Screen.

OPERATION MODE

ON AIR MODE

screen.

Touch the

, which has been

SET

button to

O N A I R F s

O N A I R F s

screen.

button at the top left of the screen to open

Touch the
the

NOTE

After you change the sampling frequency (Fs), only les that match the selected

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Fs will be shown.
The maximum number of audio les with the selected Fs that can be recognized

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is 100. If the number of les with the same Fs exceeds 100, the rst 100 in le
name order will be recognized.

Even if the Fs matches the setting, les with 5 or more channels and other les

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that cannot be played back by this unit will not be recognized.

Touch the 4.
Checked les will be used for on air playback.

Remove a check mark, making the box grey, to deselect the file
for on air playback.

Touch a le name button to select it as the current take. 5.

SELECT

buttons on the left side to check/uncheck les.

In on air mode, the Home Screen shows the names of the next 2.
two upcoming takes in the information field. Touch the informa­tion eld or the take name button to open a pull-down menu, and
touch the

ON AIR LIST

button to open the

ON AIR LIST

screen.

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When in on air mode, you can also push the PROJECT key to open the ON AIR
LIST screen.

The on air list screen shows the audio les that match the set sam-3.
pling frequency in the root directory of the CF card in file name
order.

When in on air mode, change the sampling frequency on the

CLOCK

page of the

the Home Screen to open the

SYNC T/C

screen.

SYNC T/C

Touch the

screen.

SYNC

button on

NOTE

Select a le for playback by touching its le name button.

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After starting up, changing the Fs or activating on air mode, the rst le in the list

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will be selected as the current take for playback.

Touch the 6.
back from the beginning of the selected le and stops at the ap­propriate mark.

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During playback, the take name button of the file being played
back appears green.

CREDITS

When the Follow BWF-J setting is ON, playback continues from the
beginning of the file to the first BC$STANDBY mark.

When the Follow BWF-J setting is OFF, playback continues from
the beginning of the file to the first mark.

button to start credit playback, which plays

NOTE

If the selected le does not have one of the necessary marks, playback will con-

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tinue until the end of the le and then stop.
The SELECT buttons can only be used when playback is stopped and the ON AIR

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button is OFF.
The ON AIR button only functions when playback is stopped.

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The take name and CREDITS buttons can only be used when the ON AIR button is

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OFF and playback is stopped or when the ON AIR button is OFF and during credit
playback. They cannot be used when the ON AIR button is ON or during ordinary
playback.

The LENGTH column item for each le shows the length of the playable area of

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the le. At the top right, beneath the "LENGTH" column name, the total playable
time of all the les that could be played back is shown.

During credit playback, press the CREDITS button to stop playback (toggle credit

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playback ON/OFF).
The term “credits” is also commonly used in Japan for the audio played at the

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introduction of a program.