Tascam CD-500, Owner'S Manual

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TASCAM CD-500/500B

the display. 

2  Press the PITCH [MENU] knob on the player or the 

REPEAT button on the remote at the beginning of 

the interval that you want to repeat (A point). 

A-B

will blink at the top of the display.

3  Once again, press the PITCH [MENU] knob on the 

player or the REPEAT button on the remote at 

the end of the interval that you want to repeat (B 

point). 

  Repeat playback between the A and B points will 

begin, and 

A-B

 will stop blinking and continue to 

appear at the top of the display. 

4  To end A-B repeat playback, press the 

ª

 (stop) 

[INTRO CHECK] button on the player or the 

ª

 STOP 

button on the remote. 

NOTE

A-B repeat playback cannot be used with a data CD. 

• 

Once playback reaches the B point, playback will restart 

• 

from the A point. 
A-B repeat playback across more than one track is not 

• 

possible.

Intro check mode 

The Intro Check mode allows 10-second track beginnings 

to be played in succession. Use the following procedures 

to enable this mode.

Using the front panel buttons: 
1  When stopped and in shift mode (SHIFT indicator 

lit), press the 

ª

 (stop) [INTRO CHECK] button. 

INT

appears on the right side of the display. 

M

S

F

Appears

2  Disable shift mode (SHIFT indicator not lit) and 

press the 

Á

 (play) [REPEAT] button to activate the 

intro check mode starting from the next track. 

3  Press the 

ª

 (stop) [INTRO CHECK] button again to 

stop the play and disable intro check mode.

Using the remote control: 
1  When stopped or paused, press the remote INTRO 

CHECK button to enable intro check mode. 

INT

appears on the right side of the display.

M

S

F

Appears

NOTE

  If you press the INTRO CHECK button on the 

remote control during playback, 

INT

 appears on 

the right side of the display and intro check starts 

immediately. 

2  If stopped or paused, press the 

Á

 PLAY button to 

start intro check. 

3  Press the 

ª

 STOP button to stop playback and 

disable intro check mode.

  Press the INTRO CHECK button again to disable 

intro check mode and continue playback. 

Power on play function

By using a commercially-available external timer, you 

can make the player turn on at desired times and start 

playback.

1  First, connect the power of this unit so that it 

receives power from the timer.

2  Load the disc that you want played back. 
3  Set the 

07 P onPL

 menu item to 

ON

 (default 

value: 

OFF

).

4  Leave the POWER switch of this unit set to ON, turn 

the power off from the timer and set the timer to 

turn on at the desired time. At the set time, the 

timer should supply power to the player, turning it 

on, and playback should begin automatically.

NOTE

The power on play function on/off setting is retained even 

when the power is turned off. 

Pitch control playback

Using its pitch control playback function, this unit can 

vary the pitch (and speed) of playback. 
Follow these procedures to use pitch control playback. 
When this function is on, 

PITCH

 and the setting value 

appear in the PITCH display area on the right side of the 

display. 

M

S

F

Current value

Using the front panel buttons: 

Press the 

PITCH [MENU]

 knob to turn the pitch control 

function on. Turn the 

PITCH [MENU]

 knob to adjust the 

setting in the range between −16% and +16%. 

6 – Various Playback Functions