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TASCAM CD-A550MKII
4 – Preparations
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
(
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.
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
Making connections
ANALOG
IN
(UNBALANCED)
L
R
ANALOG
OUT
(UNBALANCED)
L
R
ANALOG
IN
(UNBALANCED)
L
R
DIGITAL
IN
(S/PDIF)
