Tascam CD-A550 Manuel D’Utilisation

Connecting headphones 
Connect stereo headphones to the 

PHONES

 jack on the 

front panel. Use the 

PHONES

 knob to the right of the 

PHONES

 jack to adjust the volume. 

Use the 

MONITOR

 switch to the left of the 

PHONES

 jack 

to select the sound that is output through the 

PHONES

 jack. 

Choose either CD sound only (

CD

 position), tape sound 

only (

TAPE

 position) or a mix of the CD and tape sounds 

(

MIX

 position). 

Connecting external audio devices (input) 
Connect external audio sources, including CD players 
and mixers, to this unit’s 

TAPE INPUT

 (

BALANCED

 or 

UNBALANCED

) jacks. Use the TAPE INPUT SOURCE 

menu item to select the input. Use the

 INPUT 

knob on the 

front panel to adjust the input volume. 

Connecting external audio devices (output) 
For analog output, this unit has 

TAPE COMMON OUTPUT

 

and 

CD ANALOG OUTPUT

 jacks. The CD-A750 model has 

both 

BALANCED

 (XLR) and 

UNBALANCED

 (RCA pin) 

jacks, while the CD-A550 model has only 

UNBALANCED

 

jacks. 

In addition, the CD playback signal can be output digitally 
from the 

CD DIGITAL OUTPUT

 jack in S/PDIF format. 

The 

CD OUTPUT

 jacks (

ANALOG

 and 

DIGITAL

) always 

output the CD playback signal. The 

TAPE COMMON 

OUTPUT

 jacks output the signal selected using the 

COMMON OUT menu item. (See “Setting the common 
output signal” on page 20.) 

Parallel controller (CD-A750 only) 
To control a CD-A750 with parallel control from an 
external controller, use the 

PARALLEL

 (25-pin D-Sub) 

connector. See “Using the parallel connector” (page 45) 
for information about the pin allocation of the 

PARALLEL

 

connector. In addition to receiving external control signals, 
the 

PARALLEL

 connector can output various types of status 

information. You can use this to show the status of this 
unit with an external display or lamp, as well as trigger the 
operation of other devices according to the activity of this 
unit, for example.