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TASCAM CD-400U
4 – CD/SD/USB playback
Playback area
The range of tracks that can be selected for playback on the
Home Screen is called the “playback area”.
When using audio CDs and CD-R/CD-RW discs (CD DA only) with
MP3 and WMA files, the entire disc is always set as the play area.
When using SD cards and USB flash drives, you can set folders as
the play area.
Limiting the play area makes selection of playback tracks easier
when you have numerous recorded files on an SD card or USB
flash drive.
Setting the playback area
When the current source is
USB
or
SD
, press the 9 [P.AREA] but-
ton with the shift mode active (SHIFT indicator lit) or press the
remote control P.AREA button to set the play area.
Play area
Folder icon
Meaning
All
Not shown
Play all the files on the medi-
um.
Folder
Shown
Play all the files in the folder
that contains the currently
selected file.
The icon appears at the right side of the Home Screen when
the play area is folder.
USB MP3
001
Basic playback operations
This section explains basic playback operations, including start-
ing, stopping and pausing.
This explanation assumes that you have already made necessary
connections, turned the unit on, loaded a medium that contains
audio files, selected the current source, and opened the Home
Screen on the display.
Playing tracks
Press the main unit PLAY button or the remote control
7
but-
ton to start playback.
Stopping playback:
Press the main unit STOP button or remote control
8
but-
ton.
Pausing playback:
Press the main unit PAUSE button or remote control
9
but-
ton.
Selecting tracks for playback
This is an explanation of how to select tracks if there are multiple
tracks when the current source is
CD
and an audio CD is loaded,
as well as when the current source is
USB
or
SD
and the play area
is "All".
The two ways to select tracks are moving (skipping) backward/
forward by track number and specifying track numbers directly.
NOTE
When the current source is
USB
or
SD
and the play area is fold-
er ( icon shown), the number buttons on the main unit and
remote cannot be used to designate tracks.
Skipping to earlier and later tracks
Turn the main unit MULTI JOG dial or use the remote control
.
/
/
[
l
/
;
] buttons to skip to the previous or next track.
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During track playback, turn the main unit MULTI JOG dial
counterclockwise or press the remote control . [
|
] button to
return to the track beginning. When already at the beginning
of a track, turn the MULTI JOG dial counterclockwise or press
the remote control . [
|
] button) to skip to the beginning of
the previous track.
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When at the beginning or middle of a track, turn the main
unit MULTI JOG dial clockwise or press the remote control /
[
;
] button) to skip to the next track.
After selecting a track, press the PLAY button or remote control
7
button to start playing it back. Instead of pressing the main
unit PLAY button or remote control
7
button, press the PAUSE
button or remote control
9
button to pause at the beginning of
the selected track.
NOTE
i
Only tracks in the current playback area can be played back.
i
The track number, file name and other file information for the
currently playing file appear on the display.
i
Turn the main unit MULTI JOG dial or use the remote con-
trol
.
/
/
[
l
/
;
] buttons as necessary to move between
tracks.
