Pitch Control - Tascam CD-A500 Owner's Manual

RTZ (Return To Zero) Function
By pressing the RTZ (Return To Zero) but-
ton, the tape will locate the "0000" point and
stop.
O The RTZ function does not work when
the tape counter indicates a number
between "9996" and "0004".

Pitch Control

You can change the tape speed during
playback, allowing to change the pitch of
the reproduced sound.
By turning the PITCH CONTROL to the right,
the tape speed becomes faster, resulting in
higher pitch. By turning it to the left, the
tape speed becomes slower, resulting in
lower pitch.
O At the fully clockwise position, the tape
speed is approx. 12% faster .
O At the fully counterclockwise position,
the tape speed is approx. 12% slower.
Fast Wind
In the Stop mode, the  Ò buttons act
as fast forward and rewind buttons.
O In the Playback mode, these buttons act
as CPS buttons.
or
CPS (Computomatic Program Search)
CPS allows the selection and playback of
any tune up to 15 tunes ahead or before the
one being played. This function operates
by detecting blank spaces of at least 4 sec-
onds between tunes. These blanks can be
created using the REC MUTE function.
Notes:
O In the following steps 1 and 2, to simpli-
fy the description, the explanation is
given for "forward playback" (∏ direc-
tion). A similar procedure should be
used for "reverse playback".
O The Ò (Fast Forward) and 
(Rewind) buttons act as CPS buttons
during playback. This is why the main
unit indicates "/Ú Æ/Ò" for
these buttons, while the remote control
unit shows just "Ò". In the fol-
lowing explanation, these buttons are
described as just "" and "Ò".
1. During forward playback, press the 
or Ò button repeatedly until the num-
ber of tunes to be skipped appears in the
counter display. Use the Ò button for
searching a tune following the current
tune and  button for a tune before
the current tune. Refer to the chart
"How to Select Any Required Tune Using
CPS".
How to Select Any Required Tune Using CPS
Ex: See (1). To select the 3rd tune past the current tape position, select "CP03".
(1)
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In example (1), if "t" is less than
4 seconds, it will not be counted
as a blank. Designate "CP-02"
instead of "CP-03" to select the
3rd tune in this case.
(3)
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O If, by using the Ò , the required CPS
number setting is exceeded, use the
 button to count down the CPS num-
ber until the required CPS number is dis-
played.
O When the Ò button is pressed, the
next tune is counted as "1" and when the
 button is pressed, the current tune
is counted as "1".
2. The tape is fast-wound to detect blanks
between tunes until the required tune is
reached. Then playback starts from the
beginning of the designated tune.
Notes on CPS
CPS operates by detecting and counting
blanks of about 4 seconds, the standard
interval between tunes. Therefore, with the
following types of tapes, search functions
may not work correctly.
O When the intervals between tunes can-
not be detected.
– Intervals of less than 4 seconds.
– High levels of noise in intervals.
– Long low level sections (in classical
music, etc.)
Current tape position
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Following Before
(4)
Current tape position
Following Before
(2)
Direction of
tape travel
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Direction
of tape
travel
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