CD-500/500B Release Notes
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Press the PITCH [MENU] knob on the main unit or
the ENTER button on the remote control to show
the system firmware version on the display.
Updates
Always use the most recent firmware for this device.
check for the latest firmware.
Version
Build number
Maintenance items
If the firmware version shown here is the same or
newer than the firmware version that you planned to
update to, then there is no need to update it.
V1.11 fixes
When the fade out time was set, it did not function
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properly when the π (pause) [JOG] button on the
unit or the π PAUSE button on the remote control was
pushed. This has been fixed.
Firmware update procedures
Prepare a completely blank CD-R or CD-RW and a
computer that can create a data CD.
If the resume and power on play functions were ON,
the resume function did not work when the power was
turned ON. This has been fixed.
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CAUTION
When playing back tracks with the flash start function,
playback could become unstable depending on the
condition of the audio CD. This has been fixed.
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Be very careful not to cut the power to the unit during
firmware updating. If the power should be interrupted
during firmware updating, the unit could become
unstartable or otherwise damaged.
V1.10 fixes
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Download the file
The precision of playback time display has been
improved for MP3/WAV files (32/48 kHz).
Download the latest firmware from the TASCAM
downloaded file if it is in a ZIP format or otherwise
compressed.
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If you pressed the CALL button in program mode to
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start playback from a paused state, playback started
from the first track in the saved program. This has been
changed so that now playback starts from the pause
point.
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Create a data CD for updating the unit
Write the downloaded firmware files to the disc.
(V1.11, for example, uses 8 firmware files: C5B00111.
upd, C5C00111.upd, C5D00111.upd, C5M00111.
upd, C5R00111.upd, C5R10111.upd, C5S00111.upd
and C5S10111.upd.) Use ISO 9660 Level 1 (MS-DOS-
compatible) Disc At Once format to write the CD-R or
CD-RW.
Pressing the SKIP Â button when stopped in
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program mode started playback from the first track
in the saved program. This has been changed so that
now playback starts from the final track in the saved
program.
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Update the firmware
1) Turn the unit’s power on.
Confirmation of firmware version
Confirm the firmware version of your CD-500/500B before
conducting a firmware update.
2) Confirm that no discappears on the display.
While pressing and holding both the SEARCH Ô
[A.CUE] and SEARCH [A.READY] buttons on
the unit, press the EJECT button.
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Turn the unit’s power ON.
3) Confirm that UPDATE INappears on the
Enter menu mode, and select the 21 INFO
menu item. For details, see the “Menu operation
basics” section of the “4 – Menu” chapter in the CD-
500/500B Owner’s Manual.
display, and insert the update data CD.
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