HS-4000 Release Notes
TASCAM HS-4000 1
D01165720A
Contents
Updates ................................................................................................1
New functions ...................................................................................1
V1.21 additions ...........................................................................1
Maintenance items ..........................................................................1
V1.21 fixes.....................................................................................1
Checking the firmware version ...................................................2
Firmware update procedures .......................................................2
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
V1.21 additions
Playback of WAV les that are not BWF format is now
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supported.
Automatic recognition of external les has been added.
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Manual locating based on time code time has been
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added to take and playlist modes.
When a new project or session is created, the take
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name is reset to the default.
A progress bar has been added when recording in take
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mode.
When a digital input unlock event is detected, the
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input signal is no longer muted.
In order to allow you to conrm the status of
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condence monitoring on the Home Screen, a
condence monitoring button (icon) has been added
between the transport icon and the time display on the
Home Screen.
For Playlist mode, changes have been made to the
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operation of the
ADJUST
screen, and a rehearsal
playback function for audio monitoring has been
added.
Assignment changing has been made possible on the
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ENTRY
list screen.
The BC$STANDBY/END range can now be changed in
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one operation.
An on air mode that plays back les in the root folder
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has been added.
A BC$END operation mode setting has been added.
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SONY P2 REC commands are now supported.
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System setting backup and preset memory functions
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have been added.
ON/OFF settings have been added for Auto Marker
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PRE
/
REC
/
END
.
The bounce save destination can now be selected.
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A take copy function has been added.
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An
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ETHERNET
page has been added to the
REMOTE
SETUP
screen.
Network functions (FTP/Telnet/VNC) have been added.
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NOTE
For details, see “New functions added in rmware V1.21”
in the HS-4000 insertion sheet.
Maintenance items
V1.21 fixes
If loading a le fails during playback in timeline mode,
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playback will continue with silence instead of stopping.
If PreRec was ON and recording was started from “00:00”,
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recording would stop and a “
RECORD stopped. ABS
time is over 24h
” pop-up message would appear.
This has been xed.
When recording with the
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SYNC T/C
screen
SETUP
page
TC GEN MODE
item set to
REGEN
or
JAM SYNC
,
the precision of the start time added to the le at the
time of recording has been increased.
When the
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SYNC T/C
screen
SETUP
page
TC GEN
MODE
item was set to
TIME OF DAY
, if the unit’s
internal clock was adjusted, the time code generator
did not chase the time after the adjustment. This has
been xed.
When a PPL le is imported, even if there are
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mismatched entries (entries with missing les), the
remainder of the entries are now properly registered.
In some cases, marks could not be added to les that
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had not been created by this unit. This has been xed.
When reconrmation pop-up messages for various
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operations appeared on the
CF Manage
screen, the
physical key bindings were reversed. Pressing the
ENTER key would cancel the operation, and pressing
the EXIT/CANCEL would execute the operation. This
has been xed.
Pop-up messages would not disappear in some cases.
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This has been xed.
In dual playlist mode, when changing operation mode,
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for example, before the playlists had been saved, saving
was conrmed for the A and B playlists separately. Now
saving both A and B playlists is conrmed at the same
time.
If you use a
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e button on the
PROJECT
screen to load
a project with a dierent Sampling Rate or Timecode
setting, the values shown for the
Total Time
and the
Take Length
of the session were incorrect. This has
been xed.
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If the root directory of the CF card contained many les,
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the rmware update screen might not correctly show
the available update les. This has been xed.
In take mode, only one retake could be conducted. This
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has been xed.
Online playback has been xed, so that locate
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commands can no longer be received.
BC$ marks at the beginnings and ends of les might
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not function with BWF-J. This has been xed.
When the
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PLAY SETUP
screen
CONTROL
page
Auto
Cue
setting is ON, pressing the PAUSE key when
stopped at the beginning of a take will now start Auto
Cue search.
After changing the name of a project, RC-HS32PD keys
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would not show the take names. This has been xed.
When changing the operation mode after formatting a
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CF card, the CF card remain time display on the Home
Screen would not show
No Project
. This has been
xed.
In dual playlist mode, when loading a CF card that
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did not contain any project or session, the indicator
at the side of the CF card slot would continue to blink
and creating a new project or session would not be
possible. This has been xed.
After loading a project that did not contain any
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sessions, the color display and RC-HS32PD keys would
continue to show the project and session information
from before loading. This has been xed.
When importing an AES31 le, if the designated region
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size is longer than the audio le, the extra time will
now be added as silence.
The following setting values had been saved in CF card
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project setting les. They are now saved to the unit’s
built-in memory instead.
OUTPUT 1-4 SOURCE
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PLAY INHIBIT TIME
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MASTER T/C
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FADER MODE
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FADER START MODE
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FADER STOP MODE
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The WAV bext chunk size was 2 bytes larger than the
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standard size. This has been xed.
During recording, when the
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SYNC T/C
screen
SETUP
page
TC GEN MODE
item was set to
REC RUN
mode,
removing the CF card that was not set as the current
one would cause the TC generator to stop. This has
been xed.
In take mode, if you changed the operation mode
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when stopped after adding a mark, the mark would not
be added to the audio le. This has been xed.
In timeline mode, if you added a mark, a mark would
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also be added to the audio le. This has been xed.
In dual playlist mode, if you changed to take mode
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after adding an entry to player B, the mark list would
stop being shown. This has been xed.
When using BWF/WAV les that had been edited
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by something other than this unit, if you edited
mark information using this unit, marks would stop
appearing on the
MARK LIST
screen. This has been
xed.
In dual playlist mode, if you assigned the same take to
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the same entry in both players A and B, marks would
stop being shown in the
MARK LIST
screen. This has
been xed.
Operation stability has improved.
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Checking the firmware version
Before conducting a rmware update, check the rmware
version currently installed in your HS-4000.
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.
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If the 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
will be dierent.
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.
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