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Tascam CD-302 User Manual

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2 • Front and rear panels—Remote control unit (front panel)

TASCAM CD-302

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D

CUE key

If a cue point has been stored, the unit will play when
the

CUE

key is pressed, and enter pause mode when

this key is released.

E

PLAY/PAUSE key

Changes between playback and pause mode.

The key lights steadily in playback mode, and flashes
in pause mode.

If the

ENTER

key

L

is pressed and held down, and

the

PLAY

key is pressed at the same time, a “cross

play” function is enabled where the deck whose

PLAY

key is not pressed will stop playback, and the

deck whose

PLAY

key has been pressed will start

playback.

F

JOG dial

Use this to advance or retard the playback position at
a maximum resolution of 1 frame. The resolution can
be set using the procedure described in 3.3.3, “Cue-
ing using the JOG dial”.

This dial is also used for setting parameter values,
etc. as explained elsewhere in this manual (3, “Basic
operations” and 4, “Advanced Operations”).

G

Number keys and CLEAR key

Use these number keys for direct entry of numerical
values such as direct track search, time search, preset
function recall, memory storage, etc.

Use the

CLEAR

key to reset numeric values.

When the

CLEAR

key is pressed and held down and

the

0

key is pressed, the number keys take on special

functions, as explained in 4.6, “Number key modes”.

H

BANK key

Use to select between the five memory banks.

I

PRESET key

Allows the recall of preset functions (see 4,
“Advanced Operations”).

J

MEMORY key

Memorizes the current settings.

K

RECALL key

Recalls the memories.

L

ENTER key

Confirms memory numbers, recall of memories and
preset function settings.

M

BPM counter

Shows the tempo (in bpm—beats per minute—from
81 to 161) of the current track, or of the tapped
tempo input with the

TAP

key

N

(see 4.5, “BPM”).

N

TAP key

Set the tempo in bpm manually by tapping the

TAP

key.

When you press this

TAP

key, the

BPM

counter

M

mode changes to the TAP mode and the

TAP

LED (to

the left of the BPM counter) lights.

You can then adjust the tempo later using the dial

F

.

Pressing and holding this key for more than 2 sec-
onds resets the value.

Pressing and holding this key and the

BPM

key

together allows the value to be adjusted using the
dial.

O

BPM key

Selects either the automatic or tap BPM counter
mode.

Clear the tempo by pressing and holding down this
key for more than 2 seconds.

P

TEMPO SYNC key

Turns the tempo sync function on and off. When this
function is on, the key lights up. The tempo sync
function allows the playback tempo of the two decks
to be synchronized (see 4.7, “Tempo Sync”).

Pressing this key will adjust the tempo of the deck to
the tempo of the material being played on the other
deck.

While the deck is “locking up”, the

TEMPO SYNC

key flashes, and when the sync is locked, the light
lights steadily.

Q

BEAT SYNC key

Turns the beat sync function on and off. The beat
sync function synchronizes the playback of the
decks, so that the beats in the material are synchro-
nized with the beats in the material played back by
the other deck (see 4.8, “Beat Sync”).

While the deck is “locking up”, the

BEAT SYNC

key

flashes, and when the sync is locked, the light lights
steadily.

R

LOOP key

Switches looping on and off. When looping is
enabled, the key lights and the display indicator also
lights.