ROLAND AR-200
Owner's Manual

Recording Audio

The different grade settings are shown in the following table. RDAC-Grade ANNOUNCE LONG2 LONG1 STANDARD HIGH S-HIGH SW 1 ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON SW 2 OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF SW 3 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON
If the type of card does not provide the recording time you want, change the RDAC mode or RDAC grade setting to use less card capacity, then perform recording again.

3

Turn on the power of the AR-200.
* Use a narrow-tipped object to set the MODE switches to ON or OFF.

RDAC-Mode (Signal Processing Format)(REC MODE SW 4, 5)
The RDAC mode is a type of digital data processing system for recording. On the AR-200, you can select from among four modes.
fig.rec-04

Sound quality LINEAR MODE3 MODE2 MODE1 : : : :
16 bit PCM Recording About 2.5 times the recording time of Linear. More than 2.5 times the recording time of Linear. About 4 times the recording time of Linear.

Amount of card memory consumed
Large

"Card Audio Recording Time Chart" (P.53)

High

Small

LINEAR enables recording at the highest sound quality, but uses the most space on the card. MODE1 uses up the least card space, and is suited to long recording times. Select an RDAC mode that matches the circumstances of use.

Procedure

1 2

Turn off the power of the AR-200. Set the SW 4 and 5 REC MODE switches on the AR-200�s bottom panel.
The different grade settings are shown in the following table. RDAC-Mode MODE 1 MODE 2 MODE 3 LINEAR SW 4 OFF ON OFF ON SW 5 OFF OFF ON ON

3
20

Turn on the power of the AR-200.
* Use a narrow-tipped object to set the MODE switches to ON or OFF.