Owner`s manual

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Contents
Using the Unit Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Important Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
What You Can Do with the R-26 . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview of the R-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Items in the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Getting Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Preparing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . .20
Installing Batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Connecting the AC adaptor . . . . .22
Using External Power Sources . . .23
Turning the Power On/O . . . . . .24
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Preparing an SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Inserting an SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Removing an SD card . . . . . . . . . . .26
Formatting an SD Card . . . . . . . . .27
Connecting Headphones or Speakers . 29
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Work Flow for Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Selecting the REC MODE . . . . . . . .31
Selecting the REC SOURCE . . . . . .31
Setting the Sampling Rate . . . . . .33
Setting the Recording Format . . .34
Pre-recording Settings . . . . . . . . . .34
Choosing the Project Naming
Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Using the AUTO START Function 35
Setting the File Type . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Internal Mic Settings . . . . . . . . . . .36
ANALOG IN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Plug-in Mic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Setting the Recording Level and Mic
Directionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Selecting the Internal Mic Mode 42
Setting the Input Sensitivity
and Input Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Automatically Setting the
Sensitivity and Indicate the
Optimal Input Level . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Basic Operation for Recording
and Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assigning a Marker During Recording .50
Manual Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Specifying the Interval or Level
for Automatic Marking . . . . . . . . .50
Splitting the Project During Recording 51
Splitting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Specifying the Project Size for
Automatic Splitting. . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Using the R-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Recording an Acoustic
Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Recording a Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Recording Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Recording a Concert . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basic Playback Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Selecting the Playback Mode . . .62
Repeat Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Combination of PLAY MODE
and REPEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Monitor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Assigning Markers in a Project . .65
Repeatedly Playing a Portion
of a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Changing the Playback Speed . .67
Types of Files that can be Played 67
Managing Projects and Folders . . . . . . . . . 68
Basic Operation in the Finder . . . . . . . . .68
Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70