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8 TASCAM HD-P2 Owner's Manual
The HD-P2 Interface
Keys
Keys are primarily organized into menu navigation
and transport functions.
Menu keys and Shuttle/Data wheel
The rest of the keys are used for navigating the
HD-P2’s menu interface. The main screen of the
HD-P2 has two modes: Operation Mode and Menu
Mode. The
MENU
key is used to toggle between these
two modes. When in menu mode the following keys
are active:
MENU
– Toggles between Menu and Operational mode.
SELECT
– Selects/activates the currently highlighted
menu item.
CANCEL
– Deselects/escapes the current item or screen.
DISPLAY
– Shortcut for Contrast & Brightness adjust-
ment menus (always active).
Figure 2 - Menu keys and Shuttle/Data wheel
PROJECT
– Shortcut to Project Menu.
SHUTTLE/DATA
– Moves time forwards/backwards and
navigates up/down through menu items and settings.
Transport Keys and Hold Switch
REW
– Rewinds timeline – pressing this during rewind
toggles between fast and faster speeds; audible skip-
rewind when used during play.
F FWD
– Forwards timeline – pressing this during fast
forward toggles between fast and faster speeds; audi-
ble skip-fast forward when used during play.
STOP
– Stops any transport motion, turns off monitor.
PLAY
– Plays timeline beginning at the current timeline
location.
PAUSE
– Turns on input monitoring mode (
PAUSE
indi-
cator slow blink,
REC
indicator solid).
REC
– Initiates new record and turns on monitoring (
REC
indicator solid).
LOCATE
Ô/
– Locates to the previous (
Ô
) or
next (
) marker/file in time.
MARKER
– Drops a new marker at the current time.
RETAKE
– Undoes last record: moves file to trash,
deletes markers, and repositions time to where the last
record began.
HOLD
– Locks keys to prevent accidental use.
TIMECODE
– Turns on timecode chase when timecode is
enabled.
Figure 1 - Transport Keys and Hold Switch
Most of these keys have alternate “shifted”
functionality. The main transport keys (
REW
,
F FWD
,
STOP
,
PLAY
,
PAUSE
,
REC
) also work when you are in
menu screens. Hitting
REC
while in the menus will
automatically switch back to the operational screen.