Where can I get info on an elderly Tascam DA-30?
Hi, folks
I've acquired an elderly Tascam DA-30 (not the MkII version), and am looking for user manuals and service/repair manuals/schematics.
Do any of you know where I might get these from?
It seems a shame to consign this recorder to the trash, I'd like to make some use of it.
Thanks for listening
D.
The DA-30 is a great DAT- it's worth maintaining. I have one, and I have a pretty big pdf manual collection, but not for that one. The DA-30 predates the era when Tascam made PDFs of their manuals. A few ideas:
Try the websites I've listed here, they scan manuals, look under "m" for manuals:
http://www.silentway.com/directory-audio-engineering-recording-studios-music-business-links
You can get some operational questions answered in similar-era DAT manuals, like the DA-30mkII, DA-20, DA-20mkii and DA-40. (The DA-45HR was the 24-bit DAT.)
I posted some for download here:
http://clients.silentway.com/sw/manuals/DA-20mkII_manual.pdf
http://clients.silentway.com/sw/manuals/DA-20mkII_addendum.pdf
http://clients.silentway.com/sw/manuals/DA-40_manual.pdf
One thing to note: The DA-30 was pin-3 hot (the DA-30mkII was pin-2 hot).
For more see this article:
http://www.silentway.com/recording-tricks-tascam-da-30-da-30mkii-da-20-dat-recorders
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