D01240720A CD/NETWORK PLAYER OWNER'S MANUAL ENGLISH CD-240
Trademarks and other legal statement TASCAM is a trademark of TEAC Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries. MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson. “DSD” is a registered trademark. This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Model for USA CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. M V The lightning flash with arrowhead in an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that could be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. 8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
This product contains a semiconductor laser system inside the cabinet and is classified as a “CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT”. To prevent being exposed to the laser beam, do not try to open the enclosure. Laser: Type: EP-C101 Manufacturer: GUANGDONG EVER BRIGHT GROUP CO.,LTD. Laser output: Less than 0.
Contents Thank you for choosing TASCAM. Read this manual carefully to get the best performance from this unit. After reading this manual, keep it in a safe place for future reference. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Before use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using an iPod or iPhone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Downloading the remote app. . . . . . . . . . .
Before use What’s in the box Check to be sure the box includes all the supplied accessories shown below. Please contact the store where you purchased this unit if any of these accessories are missing or have been damaged during transportation. Main unit × 1 A rack-mounting screw kit × 1 Remote control (RC-1310) × 1 Batteries for remote control (AAA) × 2 Owner’s manual (this document) × 1 oo Do not install this unit in a location that could become hot.
Using an iPod or iPhone Downloading the remote app This unit can be connected to and used with the following iPod/iPhone models. iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5 iPhone 4s, iPhone 4 iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G iPhone iPod touch (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation) iPod classic iPod nano (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th generation) If you install the app on an iPod touch/iPhone or Android device, you can use it over a wireless network for basic control of the unit.
Notes about discs Types of discs that can be played by this unit CDs with the “COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO” logo CD-R and CD-RW discs that have been properly recorded and finalized using the audio CD format. CD-R and CD-RW discs that have been recorded with MP3/WAV files and properly finalized. VV CAUTION If you try to play any other type of disc with this unit, loud noises that damage speakers or harm hearing could occur. Never try to play any type of disc other than those shown above.
Notes about discs (continued) Handling discs Maintenance oo Always load discs with their labeled sides up. oo Be careful when handling discs. If the side that contains the data (unlabeled side) is scratched, smudged with fingerprints or otherwise dirty or marred, errors could occur during playback. oo To remove a disc from its case, while pressing down on the center of the case, hold the disc by its edges.
MP3/WAV formats WAV (extension: “.wav”, “.WAV”) Sampling Frequency 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 12 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Quantization bit rate 8-bit, 16-bit oo This unit cannot play back discs that were not written in conformity to the ISO 9660 standard. oo The unit recognizes MP3 and WAV files by their file extensions, which are “.mp3” and “.wav”, respectively. Always include the extension in the file name. oo The unit cannot recognize files without these file extensions.
USB and Networks Audio files playable by this unit This unit can play the following types of audio files over a USB or network connection. MP3 File extension .mp3, .MP3 Standard MPEG-1/MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3 Sampling frequency 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 12kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Bit rate 8 kbps–320 kbps or VBR WMA File extension .wma, .WMA Sampling frequency 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.
Notes about USB flash drives Note about DLNA This unit can use USB flash drives.* * The USB ports on this unit only support USB flash drives (also known as “thumb drives” and “jump drives”). They do not support standard USB hard drives. oo FAT16 and FAT32 formats are supported for USB flash drives. oo If a USB flash drive is divided into multiple partitions, this unit will recognize them as separate volumes. oo This unit supports up to 20,000 files and 16 folder levels within a single folder.
Connections A A C D Amplifier, etc. L Amplifier or digital recording device (CD recorder, MD deck, etc.) jacks Use these to output two channels of analog audio. Connect the XLR jacks or RCA jacks to a stereo amplifier or powered speakers. Use commercially-available cables. XLR: Balanced XLR cables RCA: RCA audio cables Connect the R jack of this unit to the right (R) jack of the amplifier and the L jack of this unit to the left (L) jack of the amplifier. White (L) Red (R) You can use the A.
Names and functions of parts (main unit) A B C D E F Press this button to turn the unit on or put it in standby mode. oo When this unit is in standby mode, it consumes standby power. For this reason, we use the term “standby” rather than “off”. B PHONES jack To listen with headphones, minimize the volume before connecting them to the PHONES jack, and then gradually raise the volume. VV Do not connect or disconnect headphones or turn the unit on or put it in standby while wearing them.
Names and functions of parts (remote control) a k b a STANDBY/ON (¤) button Press this button to turn the unit on or put it in standby mode. b SOURCE buttons Use these buttons to select the source. c d e f g oo After selecting USB, press the USB button to switch between USB (F) and USB (R). l m c Number buttons n o p d PROGRAM button h Use these to input track, file and folder numbers. Use to set program playback. e Stop (8) button Press to stop playback.
Using the remote control m Skip (.//)/ Search (m/,) buttons Use to skip to the previous or next track. Use also when selecting folders and files. Press and hold to search backward/forward. n Pause (9) button During playback, press to pause. When paused, press to resume playback. o REPEAT button Use to change the repeat playback setting. Use to confirm menu selections and setting values. q RETURN button When a menu is open, press to return to the previous menu.
Information shown on the display A B C G A Auto Standby (ASb) indicator This indicator appears when the Auto Standby function is on. D E F H number is shown beneath the indicator. H Message display area Track information and menus appear here. B Format indicators When the source is set to USB or NET, the DSD or AAC indicator appears according to the format of the audio file currently playing back.
Basic operation In this section, we explain operations that are the same in every mode. 1 Press the STANDBY/ON button to turn the unit on. Auto Standby function When the Auto Standby function is On, the unit will automatically enter standby mode if there is no audio input and this unit is not operated for 20 minutes. When the Auto Standby function is enabled, the ASb indicator appears on the display (page 44). Press the STANDBY/ON button to exit standby mode.
Basic operation (continued) Starting playback Press the play/pause (y/9) button. Skipping to search for a track Turn the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial to skip to tracks before or after the current track. Keep turning until the desired track is selected. During playback, the y icon appears at the top of the display. Pausing playback When using the remote control, use the skip (.//) buttons. Use to skip to the previous or next track. Keep pressing until the desired track is selected.
Searching for part of a track During playback, press a remote control search (m/,) button to search backward/forward. Release the button when you find the desired part. Playback resumes from that point. Playback order of audio files Discs with audio files store them in folders in the same way that files are ordinarily managed on a computer. Moreover, some store multiple folders in one folder.
Information shown on the display (CD/USB/NET) Press the DISPLAY button during audio file playback to change the information shown on the display. During MP3/WAV disc playback Various file information, including the title, artist and album ID3 tag information for the MP3/WAV file playing back is shown. Elapsed time of current track File name Folder name During audio CD playback Information about the disc playing back is shown.
During USB/NET playback Various file information, including the title, artist and album ID3 tag information for the audio file playing back is shown.
Listening to CDs This unit can play the following types of discs and files. Discs: CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW Files: MP3, WAV 1 4 Press the tray open/close (-) button to close it. Press the SOURCE button to change the source to CD. VV CAUTION When using the remote control, press the CD button. 2 Press the tray open/close (-) button. Be careful not to let your fingers be pinched when the tray closes. “Reading” will appear on the display and the unit will start to read the disc.
5 Press the play/pause (7/9) button. Playback starts from the first track. Direct playback using track numbers In addition to using the skip buttons to select tracks, you can input a track by number and start playback. During playback or when stopped, you can use the remote control number buttons to select a track by number. For a single-digit number, press the corresponding number button. For a double-digit number, press the +10 button followed by the number button for the tens digit.
Listening to CDs (continued) Selecting tracks on MP3/WAV discs 3 Use the skip (.//) buttons to select folders and files on the same level. Navigation mode You can select files and folders using the folder hierarchy. 1 When stopped, press the stop (8) button. To select files and subfolders inside another folder, after selecting that folder, press the play (7) button. “Root” appears on the display and navigation mode is activated.
All folder mode You can also select folders and files in this mode, but all folders are treated equally regardless of position in the folder structure. 1 3 Use the skip (.//) buttons to select a file. 4 After selecting the desired file, press the ENTER button or play (7) button. When stopped, press the pause (9) button. NOTE When the setting “STOP KEY” on page 44 is set to “All Folder”, pressing the main unit stop (8) button activates all folder mode. 2 Use the skip (.
Listening to CDs (continued) Example Program playback Program playback can be used with audio CDs and MP3/ WAV discs. This unit can have up to 25 tracks in the program. oo Add tracks to the program when the unit is stopped. 1 Track number Playback time When using an audio CD, you can also select tracks using the number buttons (“Direct playback using track numbers” on page 25). Press the PROGRAM button. Press the play (7) button to add the track to the program.
Skipping to search for a track Adding tracks to the end of the program Press the skip (.//) buttons to play tracks from earlier or later in the program. Keep pressing until the desired track is selected. When stopped, use the skip (.//) buttons to show the track that you want to add and press the play (7) button to add it to the end of the program. Ending program playback Press the stop (8) button to stop playback, and then press the PROGRAM button. ENGLISH oo During playback, press the .
Listening to files on a USB flash drive When playing audio files from a USB flash drive, unless using repeat playback set to Repeat All, only the audio files in the same level of a single folder will be played back (page 32). 3 Press the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial. For details about audio files that can be played back, see “Audio files playable by this unit” on page 12. 1 Press the SOURCE button to change the source to USB(F) or USB(R). The name of the track or folder appears.
Shuffle playback (CD/USB) oo Using the remote control, you can select tracks with the direction (k/j) buttons and then press the play (7) button. Use this function to play back tracks in random order. Press the SHUFFLE button to turn shuffle playback on/off. oo When a folder is selected, the first track in that folder will start playing back. oo You can also select a folder and then press the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial to select tracks inside that folder.
Repeat playback (CD/USB) Listening to an iPod/iPhone Press the REPEAT button to cycle through repeat modes as follows. The Apple products that can be connected to and used with this unit are listed in “Using an iPod or iPhone” on page 8. The following explanations refer to an iPod, but they also apply to use with an iPhone. When using an audio CD or MP3/WAV disc Each time you press the REPEAT button, the icon shown on the left side of the display will change as follows.
Using network services To use a network service, follow the procedure below to select it. 1 Press the NET button to open the network service menu. My Favorites To listen to Internet radio programs, you can add them to the “My Favorites” item in the network service menu. DLNA (media sharing) This allows you to play audio files in a shared library.
My Favorites This unit supports Internet radio stations that use the PLS, M3U and podcast (RSS) formats. Even if an Internet radio station uses one of these formats, playback might not always be possible depending on the type of data and playback format. To listen to Internet radio programs, follow these procedures to add them to the “My Favorites” item in the network service menu. oo An Internet connection is necessary to listen to Internet radio programs (page 44).
Starting playback 1 Press the NET button. 2 Select “My Favorites” from the network service menu and press the ENTER button to show the Internet radio stations. 3 Select the one that you added and press the ENTER button. 35 ENGLISH NOTE oo To see similar stations, press and hold the remote control MENU button, use the direction (k/j) buttons to select “Stations like this” and press the ENTER button.
DLNA When using DLNA, the unit can play audio files in shared libraries and show their tag information, including artist names, genres and album names. oo A computer must be connected to the same network as this unit in order to use DLNA. oo See “Note about servers” on page 13 for information about supported network servers. oo Set the network server so that this unit can access it in advance. For information about these settings, see the operation manual of the network server.
5 Use the direction (k/j) buttons to select the audio file that you want to play, and press the ENTER button or play (7) button. oo Searching forward/backward and pausing functions might not work with some media servers. oo If information cannot be retrieved from a server, “No Item” will appear on the display. If this occurs, check the server and network connections. Click the “Play To” button and select this unit from the Play To list.
Home Media This unit can play audio files that are in a shared folder on a computer or network attached storage (NAS) device on the same network. 3 Referring to “Making shared folder settings” on page 40, create a shared folder that this unit can access. CAUTION When using network attached storage (NAS), check its operation manual. 1 Press the NET button to open the network service menu. Use the direction (k/j) buttons to select the server that you want to use and press the ENTER button.
Setting up Windows Media Player As an example, we explain how to set Windows Media Player 12 in this section. 1 Connect your computer to a network. 2 Connect this unit to the network. 5 Select this unit from the device list, then click “Customize...” 6 Make sharing settings, and click “OK”. If you have a problem connecting to the network, see the “DLNA” section of “Troubleshooting”. oo If the files you want to share are not yet in the library of Windows Media Player, add them to the library.
Making shared folder settings Windows 8 1 5 For “Public folder sharing”, select “Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders”. 6 Copy the music files you want to play back with this unit into the “Public Music” subfolder of the “Public” folder. Check the name of the domain or workgroup to which your computer is assigned. Before setting folder sharing, confirm that the computer is assigned to the same domain or workgroup as this unit.
3 Open “Control Panel”, and then “Network and Sharing Center”. oo If “View by” is set to “Category” in the Control Panel, open “Network and Internet”, and then “Network and Sharing Center”. Click “Change advanced sharing settings”. 5 For “Public folder sharing”, select “Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders”. Click “Save changes”. 7 Copy the music files you want to play back with this unit into the “Public Music” subfolder of the “Public” folder.
Settings source. You can also turn the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial on the main unit to do this. Follow the procedures below to open the menu and change settings. 1 Press the MENU button. oo You can also press and hold the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial on the main unit to do this. 2 3 You can also press the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial on the main unit to do this. Use the direction (k/j) buttons to select the setting you want to change.
5 Press the ENTER button to confirm the change. MP3 Setting You can set how MP3/WAV file information is shown and how MP3/WAV discs are played back, for example. These settings can only be changed when the disc is stopped. BAD NAME oo You can also press the MENU/ENTER (.//) dial on the main unit to do this. After you complete making settings, press the RETURN button to close the menu screen.
Settings (continued) HIDE NUMBER The unit can hide numbers that are attached to the beginnings of track and folder names. Disable (default setting) Such numbers will be shown. Enable Such numbers will not be shown. NOTE When an MP3/WAV CD is made on a computer, the ordinary file playback order is not determined. By adding numbers like 01, 02 and 03 to the beginnings of MP3/WAV file names, however, they can be played back in numerical order.
Inputting characters The submenus appear in the following order. IP Address View/set the IP address. MAC Address View this unit's MAC address. Follow these procedures to input characters when using the NET Setting and My Favorites menus, for example. 1 DHCP Repeat this procedure to input more characters. Enable (default setting) DHCP is enabled. Disable DHCP is disabled. Use the remote control direction (k/j/l/;) buttons to select a character or symbol and press the ENTER button.
Troubleshooting If you experience a problem with this unit, please check the following items before requesting service. If it still does not operate correctly, contact the retailer where you purchased the unit. General The unit does not turn on. eeConfirm that the power plug is securely plugged in to an outlet. eeUnplug the power cord once, wait five seconds and then plug it in again. The unit turns off.
eeYou cannot adjust the unit volume using an iPod/ iPhone. Internet radio Cannot listen to an Internet radio station or podcast. eeThe broadcaster might have a temporary problem with their Internet connection. eeConfirm that your system is properly connected to the Internet. DLNA Cannot connect to the network. eeCheck the settings of the network’s firewall. eeConfirm that a DLNA server on the same network can connect to the network. eeConfirm that the password to connect to the DLNA server is correct.
Specifications Audio formats CD CD-DA Sampling frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 kHz Quantization bit rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-bit CD-DATA MP3 Sampling frequency. . . 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Bit rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 kbps–320 kbps or VBR WAV Sampling frequency. . . 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 12 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz, 44.
Audio performance General Frequency response . . . . . . . 10 Hz–70 kHz (+0.5 dB, −3 dB) Signal-to-noise ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 dB (1 kHz, 0dB fs, 192kHz fs, A-Weight) Dynamic range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 dB (1 kHz, −60dB fs, 192kHz fs, A-Weight) THD+N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.002% or less (1 kHz, 0dB fs) Channel separation (line). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
✂ WARRANTY < In the United States > WHAT WE WILL PAY FOR < Europe > This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. This warranty is only valid within the country the unit was originally purchased. We will pay all labor and material expenses for items covered by the warranty. Payment of shipping charges is discussed in the next section of this warranty. This product is subject to the legal warranty regulations of the country of purchase.
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