Tascam CD-500, Owner'S Manual

TASCAM CD-500/500B

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When in shift mode (when the 

SHIFT

 indicator is lit), 

press the 

1 [FLASH]

 button to turn the flash start 

function on and off. 

w

  CLEAR [1-10/11-20] button

Press this button to cancel the input of a number 

button. 
Press and hold when the program menu is open to 

clear the program.
Press this button to switch between track and flash 

start program numbers 1-10 and 11-20.

e

  DISPLAY [LOCK] button

Press this button when the playback time is shown to 

switch the playback time display mode (track elapsed 

time, track remaining time or total remaining time). 

(See “Changing the playback time display mode” on 

page 31.) 
When in menu mode, press this button to exit menu 

mode.
When in shift mode (when the 

SHIFT

 indicator is 

lit), press and hold this button to turn the panel lock 

function on and off. This function prevents the use of 

the buttons to avoid misoperation.

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  SHIFT button and indicator 

Press this button to activate shift mode. When the 

shift mode is active, the indicator lights and the shift 

functions of other buttons are enabled. (Shift functions 

are shown below buttons with white lettering on a 

dark blue background.) 
Press the 

SHIFT

 button again to deactivate the 

shift mode. (The 

SHIFT

 indicator is not lit when 

deactivated.) 
Press this button when in menu mode to exit menu 

mode.

t

ª

 (stop) [INTRO CHECK] button

Press to stop playback. 
If the incremental playback function is activated, press 

this button during playback to pause at the beginning 

of the next track. 
When stopped, activate shift mode (

SHIFT

 indicator 

lit), and press this button to activate the intro check 

mode. When this mode is activated, press the 

Á

(play) 

[REPEAT]

 button to play the first 10 seconds of each 

track in succession. (See “Intro check mode” on page 

26.)

NOTE

Even when shift mode is active (

SHIFT

 indicator lit), 

pressing this button during playback will stop playback.

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  CALL [PLAY MODE] button

Press this button to return to the point where playback 

was last started and pause. 
When in shift mode (when the 

SHIFT

 indicator is 

lit), press this button to switch the playback mode 

(ordinary, single, program or random). (See “Playback 

modes” on page 23.)

Ordinary

single

program

random

u

Á

 (play) [REPEAT] button and indicator 

When stopped, press this button to start playback. (The 

indicator lights during playback.)
When paused, press this button to resume playback.
During playback, press this button to return to the 

point that was previously set. (See “Skip back playback” 

on page 29.) 
When in shift mode (when the 

SHIFT

 indicator is lit), 

press this button to turn the repeat playback function 

on or off. (See “Ordinary repeat playback” on page 25.)
When in shift mode (when the 

SHIFT

 indicator is lit), 

press and hold this button for more than a second 

during playback or when paused to turn the A-B 

repeat function on. (See “A-B repeat playback” on page 

25.)

i

π

 (pause) [JOG] button and indicator 

Press during playback to pause (indicator lights). 
When the auto-cue function is on, press when stopped 

to pause at the instant when sound begins in track 1. 

When the auto-cue function is off, press when stopped 

to pause at the beginning of track 1. 
When in shift mode (when the 

SHIFT

 indicator is lit), 

pause the unit to enable jog mode. (Alternatively, 

activate shift mode when already paused.) (See “Using 

the jog function to search” on page 22.)

2 – Names and Functions of Parts