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TASCAM CD-A550MKII
Continuous playback of both the CD
and the tape
This unit can alternately play the loaded CD and the
cassette tape. In other words, tape playback starts when
CD playback ends and CD playback starts when tape
playback ends.
Before using the following procedures, load a recorded
cassette tape and a CD.
1 Press the
CD-TAPE CONT PLAY
key on the main unit
or the
CONT PLAY
key on the remote control.
2 Press the
CD
or
TAPE PLAY
key.
Depending on the key pressed, the CD or tape begins
to play. When playback of the selected media ends,
playback of the other media automatically starts.
During continuous playback mode, the
CONT PLAY
indicator
appears on the display, and the indicator for the media
currently being played (
TAPE
or
CD
) blinks.
CONT PLAY display
NOTE
• If you press the TAPE STOP key to manually stop play-
back, the other media automatically starts playing.
• When playing a CD in REPEAT mode, tape playback
does not start until you manually stop the CD
playback. Likewise, when the tape is in auto reverse
mode (
ä
), CD playback does not start until both
sides of the tape have played five times or playback is
stopped manually.
3 To stop using continuous playback mode, press the
CD-TAPE CONT PLAY
key on the main unit or the
CONT PLAY
key on the remote control again.
NOTE
If the factory default settings have not been changed,
the CD playback signal is output from the CD OUTPUT
jacks and the tape playback signal is output from the
COMMON OUTPUT jacks independently. Set the menu
COMMON OUT item to “MIX” or “AUTO” to output
both the tape and CD signals from the COMMON OUT-
PUT jacks. (See “Setting the common output signal” on
page 19.)
8 – Other Functions
