Tascam CD-A580 - Page 2

CD TO MP3
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The Tascam CD-A580
The Tascam CD-A580 is a device that will convert cassee tapes
to MP3 formats stored onto a ash drive. It will also digize CD’s
to MP3, and will allow users to create cassee tapes. The Tascam
does not “burn” CD’s.
Getting Started
 Bring a ash drive large enough to store music from your CD
 Music les are roughly 10MB per minute, so a one hour cassee tape will require about 600MB of
free space
 Call Elmhurst Public Library to reserve Creave Studio B for an adequate amount of me
 The machine converts in real-me, so 1 hour of music will take 1 hour to convert
How to Transfer Songs from a Cassette to a USB Drive
 Load the CD into the Tascam and place the USB drive into the port on the machine
 Press the Source buon repeatedly to select CD
 It will scroll between CD, TAPE, or LINE
3. Press the RECORD USB buon to prepare the USB for recording
 The red indicator above the RECORD USB buon and the REC icon on the display will blink
 Preparaon for USB recording takes a few seconds. USB ash drives with especially large capacies
might take more me. When “Record Prepare” is shown during preparaon, pressing buons will
have no eect
5. To record all the tracks/les on a CD, stop the disc rst
 To record only some of the tracks, pause at the beginning of the part that you want to record
6. Press the RECORD USB buon again. CD will begin playing and recording will begin.
7. The red indicator above the RECORD USB buon and the REC icon on the display will remain solid
8. Press the USB Stop or CD Stop buon to nalize and end the recording. Display will say RECORD ENDING.
For addional informaon, see page 28 of the user manual: tascam.com/content/downloads/products/922/
cd-a580_om_e_vb.pdf