Tascam CD-500, Owner'S Manual

TASCAM CD-500/500B

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Using the remote control: 

Press the 

PITCH

 button to turn the pitch control function 

on. Use the 

+

 and 

−

 buttons to adjust the setting in the 

range between −16% and +16%. 

Setting the pitch adjustment 

increment

To set the adjustment increment for pitch control 

playback (pitch step) use the 

12 P-STEP

 menu item. 

Options (%): 

0.1

 (default value), 

0.5

, 

1.0

NOTE

The pitch step setting is retained even when the power is 

turned off. 

Changing the playback speed 

without changing the pitch (KEY 

ORIG) 

Ordinarily, when using the pitch control function, the 

speed changes along with the pitch. When the original 

key function is on, however, the pitch does not change 

even when the playback speed is changed. 
Use one of the following procedures to turn the original 

key function on/off. 

Press the 

• 

KEY ORIG

 button on the remote. 

Use the 

• 

01 Origin

 menu item (default value: 

OFF

).

When the original key function is on, 

KEY ORIG

 appears 

at the bottom of the display. 

NOTE

The original key function on/off setting is retained even 

when the power is turned off. 

Program playback 

By setting a program in advance, you can set the unit to 

play tracks in the order that you want. Up to 100 tracks 

can be added to the program. To use program playback 

to play tracks in the program order, set the playback 

mode to program playback mode and start playback. (See 

“Selecting the playback mode” on page 23.) 

Program setting mode

Use the following procedures to enter program setting 

mode and add tracks to the empty program.

NOTE

You can add tracks to the program regardless of the 

• 

current playback mode. 
You can add the same track to the program multiple 

• 

times. 
The program setting is retained even when the power 

• 

is turned off or the disc is ejected. The player can 

remember one program for up to 100 discs. 

Using the front panel buttons: 
1  When playback is stopped, select the 

04 Prog

menu item, and press the PITCH [MENU] knob to 

enter program setting mode. The display appears 

as follows. 

Track number

Program number

2  Use the number buttons or SKIP 

Â

/

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 [INDEX/

DIR SEARCH] buttons to select the number of 

the track that you want to add at the currently 

displayed program number. The selected track 

number blinks. 

3  Turn the PITCH [MENU] knob to the right or press 

the SEARCH 



 [A.READY] button to add the 

selected track. The next program number is shown. 

4  Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add tracks as desired.

NOTE

After selecting a track, turning the 

PITCH [MENU]

 knob to 

the right or pressing the 

SEARCH 



[A.READY]

 button 

adds the track to the program. If you exit program setting 

mode without doing this, the track selected just before 

will not be added to the program. 

5  When you are done adding tracks to the program, 

press the PITCH [MENU] knob to exit program 

setting mode.

Using the remote control: 
1  When stopped, press the PGM button to enter 

program setting mode. The display appears as 

follows. 

Track number

Program number

6 – Various Playback Functions