Tascam 500b User Manual

The resume function on/off setting is retained even when 

the power is turned off. 

During playback or when paused, press the CALL [PLAY 

MODE] button on the player or the CALL button on the 

remote to locate to the point when playback last started 

and pause playback. However, when this function is used 

with a data CD, playback pauses at the beginning of the 

track that was playing when playback was last started.

When the incremental play function is on, pressing the 
Á

 PLAY button on the remote during playback will 

start playback from the beginning of the next track, and 

pressing the ª (stop) [INTRO CHECK] button on the 

player or the ª STOP button on the remote will pause 

playback at the beginning of the next track. 

When the incremental play function is on and playback 

• 

is paused, pressing the Á PLAY button on the remote 

will start playback from that point, and pressing the 
ª

 (stop) [INTRO CHECK] button on the player or the 

 STOP button on the remote stops playback. 

During playback of the last track, if you press the 

• 

 

PLAY button on the remote, playback of the first track 

will start. If you press the ª (stop) [INTRO CHECK] 

button on the player or the ª STOP button on the 

remote, playback will pause at the beginning of the 

first track. 
Setting the CD-500B control I/O parallel connector pin 

• 

13 (PLAY) to ON has the same effect. 
Receiving a stop command from the CD-500B control 

• 

I/O parallel connector pin 11 (FADER START/STOP) has 

the same effect. 

To turn the incremental play function on/off, use the 

11 

Inc-P

 menu item (default value: 

OFF

). 

When the incremental play function is on, 

INCR

 appears 

in the lower part of the display. 

The incremental play function on/off setting is retained 

even when the power is turned off. 

You can repeatedly play back all tracks or repeatedly 

play back a specified region within a track (A-B repeat 

playback). 

When the repeat playback function is on, behavior 

depends on the playback mode. 

All track playback (ordinary playback) mode: the entire 

• 

disc is played back repeatedly 
Single track playback mode: the current track is played 

• 

back repeatedly 
Program playback mode: all the tracks in the program 

• 

are played back repeatedly 
Random playback mode: all the tracks on the disc are 

• 

played back at random repeatedly

Use one of the following procedures to turn the repeat 

playback function on. 
Using the front panel buttons: 
When in shift mode (SHIFT indicator lit), press the Á 

[REPEAT] button. 

REPEAT

 appears of the top of the 

display when repeat mode is activated.
Using the remote control: 
Press the remote REPEAT button. 

REPEAT

 appears of 

the top of the display when repeat mode is activated. 

Use one of the following procedures to turn the repeat 

playback function off.

When the player is in shift mode (

• 

SHIFT indicator lit), 

press the Á [REPEAT] button again until 

REPEAT

 

disappears from the top of the screen. 
Press the 

• 

REPEAT button on the remote until 

REPEAT

 

disappears from the top of the screen. 

The repeat playback setting is retained even when the 

power is turned off. 

You can specify a desired interval (A-B) within a track to be 

played back repeatedly. Use the following procedures to 

enable A-B repeat playback.
1  During playback or when paused, when the player 

REPEAT