TASCAM CD-RW402 Owner’s Manual 21
4 – Playback operations
The following operations explain how to play back
discs. If an operation can be performed on only one
of the drives, this will be shown in the heading for
this operation, for example “(drive 1 only)”.
The CD-RW402 can be used to play back CDs
(including CD-R and CD-RW discs that have been
recorded and finalized on other types of recorder), as
well as CD-R discs and CD-RW discs that have been
recorded on the unit.
However, drive 1 cannot play back recordable discs
(unfinalized discs).
NOTE
In some rare circumstances, a disc may not be replay-
able by drive 1. In such a case, use drive 2 for playback
of the disc.

Simple playback operations

1Press the appropriate OPEN/CLOSE key to
open the disc tray.
2Discs should be inserted in the tray with the
label uppermost.
3Press the OPEN/CLOSE key to close the tray
again.
When a disc is loaded into the unit, the display
briefly shows TOC Reading., with a flashing period fol-
lowing the word “Reading” as the unit determines the
contents of the disc. When the TOC has been read,
the display shows (at the left of the display) one of
the following:
1Press the PLAY key to start playback
2Press the STOP key to stop playback
3Press the READY key to pause playback
temporarily.
The track number indicators at the bottom of the dis-
play light, to show the available unplayed tracks. If
there are thirteen tracks on the disc, for example,
indicators
1
through
13
will light. If there are more
than 20 tracks on a disc, the track number
OVER
indi-
cator (at the bottom of the display) will light.
If the disc contains CD TEXT information, this will
also be shown on the display. The volume label of the
disc is shown on the display if the disc is a computer
CD-ROM disc.

Time display modes

When playing back a CD (or when in pause mode),
there are four different time display modes.
In each mode, the current track number is given, fol-
lowed by the time, as given below, e.g.
10Tr 0:48
Press the appropriate DISPLAY key to cycle through
these time display modes, as described here:
NOTE
If programmed playback has been selected (“Pro-
grammed order playback” on page 24), the elapsed
time and total remaining time refer to the programmed
material, not the whole disc.
If the disc contains CD TEXT (see “CD TEXT” on
page 42), there is another mode, which shows the
track and track artist information on the display
(while playing) or the disc and disc artist information
(if playback is stopped).
If the disc or track does not contain such information,
this mode is not available.
CD A commercial pre-reco rded CD or a
finalized CD-R
CD-R, NO TOC
a
A CD-R which has yet to be finalized
CD-RW, NO TOC
a.
A CD-RW which has yet to be finalized
CD-RW
a.
A finalized CD-RW (this differs from a CD,
as it may be unfinalized and erased)
[blank]
Unusable or unreadable disc or no disc
a. Drive 2 only
Display shows Meaning
TOTAL
Total elapsed time of the disc
[blank]
Elapsed time of the current track
TOTAL REMAIN
Time remaining of the current disc
REMAIN
Time remaining of the current track