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TASCAM CD-A550MKII
5 – Playing Back CDs
The total remaining time is shown.
NOTE
• When stopped, the total time is always shown
regardless of whether the “TOTAL” or “REMAIN”
indicators are shown.
• When a data CD is loaded, the remaining time and
total remaining time during playback and the total
time when playback is stopped are not shown. (Only
the number of tracks or the track number is shown;
“––” appears in place of the time display.)
• In programmed playback mode, the program total
elapsed time and remaining time are shown.
• The time display mode setting is retained even if the
power is turned OFF.
Text information display mode
Text information can be shown on the display. ID3
tag information can be shown for data CDs and CD
text information can be shown for audio CDs. This
information cannot be shown if it is not recorded in the
disc or file.
1 To show text information, press the
TIME/DISPLAY
key while holding the
SHIFT
key on the main unit (or
press the
DISPLAY
key on the remote control). Press
again to cycle through the available text information
(see below).
An indicator for the currently selected display
mode is shown above the main display. The contents
shown differ during playback and when paused and
between data CDs and audio CDs.
[Audio CD/Data CD title]
[Data CD file name]
During playback
•
TITLE
indicator
The track title is shown.
•
ARTIST
indicator
The track artist name is shown.
•
FILE
indicator (data CDs only)
The file name is shown.
When paused
•
ALBUM TITLE
indicator
The album title is shown (when using an audio CD).
The folder name or volume label is shown (when
using a data CD).
•
ALBUM ARTIST
indicator (audio CDs only)
The album artist name is shown.
2 To return to time display, press the
TIME
key on the
main unit or the remote control.
Repeat playback
This unit can play all tracks repeatedly or repeat a
selected section of one track (A–B repeat playback).
Ordinary repeat playback
Press the
REPEAT
key on the main unit or the
remote control to turn repeat playback ON (
REPEAT
appears on the display) and play all tracks repeat-
edly.
NOTE
• If the folder playback function is ON when using a
data CD, only the tracks in the current folder are
played.
• If repeat playback is turned ON when programmed
playback mode is active, the tracks in the program
are played back repeatedly. If repeat playback is
turned ON when single playback mode is active, the
currently selected track is played back repeatedly.
• When the auto ready function is ON, playback pauses
at the start of each track regardless of whether the
repeat function is ON or OFF. Turn the auto ready
function OFF to conduct continuous repeat playback.
If repeat playback is turned ON during playback,
playback continues without interruption and repeats
from the beginning of the first track after the end of the
