Tascam 500b User Manual

You can set whether or not a USER DATA BIT is output 

with the digital output from the DIGITAL OUT (AES/EBU) 

connector. To set output of the USER DATA BIT, use the 

22 

U-DATA

 menu item (default value: 

ON

).

If the signal output from this connector does not play 

• 

back correctly, set this item to 

OFF

.

The user data setting is retained even when the power 

• 

is turned off. 

Using the CONTROL I/O PARALLEL connector, you can 

use external parallel control to operate this unit. Two 

types of parallel control (normal mode and direct play 

mode) can be used with this unit. To set parallel control, 

use the 

23 PARALL

 menu item. 

Options: 

1

 

Normal mode (default)

In addition to starting, stopping and skipping, fader 

start/stop are controlled. 

2

 

Direct play mode

Tracks 1–20 can be played directly. 

The pin assignments are as follows 

1

8

9

15

1 STOP Tally

←

OUT

2 SKIP（Back）

Select: 1

IN

3 SKIP（Forward）

Select: 2

IN

4 NO DISC Tally

←

OUT

5 EOM

←

OUT

6 SEARCH（Back）

Track Play: 1*

IN

7 SEARCH（Forward）

Track Play: 2*

IN

8 GND

←

9 PLAY Tally

←

OUT

10 PAUSE Tally

FLASH LOAD Tally***

OUT

11 FADER START／STOP Track Play: 3*

IN

12 STOP

STOP／FLASH LOAD**

IN

13 PLAY

Track Play: 4*

IN

14 PAUSE

Track Play: 5*

IN

15 +5V

←

IN: active low external command reception (operates 

when ground 30 ms or longer)
OUT: signal for the display of transport status by open 

collector (maximum voltage 15 V, maximum current 50 

mA)
+5V: maximum supplied current 50 mA
* Track Play 1–5: plays the designated track. The track 

played depends on the combination of Select: 1 (Pin 

2) and Select: 2 (Pin 3) High (1) and Low (0) settings as 

shown below. 

** When stopped and the flash start function is on, if the 

track beginnings have not yet been loaded, loading 

starts. When playing back, playback stops. 

*** When the flash start function is on, if the track 

beginnings have been loaded completely, High (1) 

results. If the track beginnings have not yet been loaded, 

or are in the process of loading, Low (0) results. 

2 Select: 1

0

0

1

1

3 Select: 2

0

1

0

1

6 Track Play: 1 Track 1

Track 6

Track 11

Track 16

7 Track Play: 2 Track 2

Track 7

Track 12

Track 17

11 Track Play: 3  Track 3

Track 8

Track 13

Track 18

13 Track Play: 4 Track 4

Track 9

Track 14

Track 19

14 Track Play: 5 Track 5

Track 10

Track 15

Track 20

The parallel mode setting is retained even when the 

power is turned off.