Tascam cd500 User Manual

Hold the disc with its label side up and insert it part way 

into the disc slot. Push the disc in a little further and, just 

before it disappears, it should automatically be pulled 

into the player. After a disc is loaded, the player will read 

its information. If it is an audio CD, the display will show 

the total number of tracks and total playback time. If it is 

a data CD, the display will show the total number of tracks 

in the current directory.

You cannot load a disc when the power is off. 

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If the disc becomes caught or is otherwise difficult 

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to push, do not force it in. Press the EJECT button 

and remove the disc once before trying to reinsert it. 

(Forcing the disc into the player could damage the disc 

or even break the player.)
If a disc other than an audio CD is inserted or a disc is 

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inserted upside down, it will automatically be ejected.
8-cm CDs cannot be used with this unit. If an 8-cm CD 

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is inserted, it will automatically be ejected. If it is not 

automatically ejected completely, press the EJECT 

button. 

Press the EJECT button on the player or the remote to 

eject the disc part way. Pull the disc out the rest of the 

way by its edges. 

The EJECT buttons on the player and the remote do not 

function when the player’s power is off.

The eject block function allows you to disable the 

operation of the EJECT buttons on the player and the 

remote during playback and when paused in order to 

prevent playback from being interrupted accidentally by 

the pressing one of these buttons.
To turn the eject block function on, set the 

02 EJECT

 

menu item to 

BL

. 

The eject block function on/off setting is maintained even 

when the player’s power is turned off. 

The following procedures assume that the necessary 

connections have been completed, the player’s power has 

been turned on and a CD (audio or data) has been loaded.
To start playback, press the Á (play) [REPEAT] button on 

the player or the Á PLAY button on the remote. 
Stopping playback
Press the ª (stop) [INTRO CHECK] button on the player 

or the ª STOP button on the remote.
Pausing playback
Press the π (pause) [JOG] button on the player or the π 

PAUSE button on the remote. 
To restart playback, press the Á (play) [REPEAT] button 

on the player or the Á PLAY button on the remote.

In this manual, unless stated otherwise, explanations 

assume that continuous playback mode is enabled. (See 

“Playback modes” on page 23.) 

You can move (skip) to the previous or next track, or you 

can select a track directly by its track number.

Press the SKIP Â/¯ [INDEX/DIR SEARCH] button 

on the player or the SKIP Â/¯ button on the 

remote to select a track. What happens after you use SKIP 

buttons to select a track depends on whether the auto-

cue function is on or off. (See “Auto-cue function” on page 

24.) 
When stopped
If the auto-cue function is off, playback starts after the 

track is selected.
If the auto-cue function is on, playback pauses at the 

instant when sound begins in the track. To start playback 

after this, press the Á (play) [REPEAT] button on the 

player or the Á PLAY button on the remote.
During playback
The selected track will start playing back.