Harman Kardon FESTIVAL 3 Owners Manual - Page 10

Loudness/contour, Switch, Monitor, Speaker, System, Switches, Power, On/auto, Stereo, Headphone,

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TAPE MONITOR SWITCH As explained previously the TAPE IN Receptacles may he used to monitor. tapes from an external tape recorder. If your tape recorder is of the professional type and has a third head for "monitoring", it is possible to compare the recording with the original while it is being made. Simply push the TAPE MONITOR switch in the IN position to listen to the recording after it has been made and back to the OUT position to listen to the program material you are recording. LOUDNESS/CONTOUR SWITCH One of the limitations of human hearing is its tendency to lose sensitivity to the very low pitched sounds as the program sound level is reduced. It is this characteristic (known as the Fletcher-Munson effect) which causes one to play music programs at high listening levels in order to experience the full rich tone available from fine modern recordings. The CONTOUR switch compensates for this effect; thereby eliminating high listening levels as a requisite for full enjoyment of reproduced music. For warm, fullbodied reproduction at low listening levels, push the CONTOUR switch IN. At high listening levels, the contour switch has no effect. SPEAKER SYSTEM 1/ SYSTEM 2 SWITCHES Two independent speaker selector switches have been provided with your FESTIVAL 3 Music System to permit the selection of stereo speakers in one or two rooms independently or simultaneously. When connecting 2 speakers to the System 1 speaker terminals, the speaker system 1 selector switch must be in the "ON" position. When connecting 4 speakers to the System 1 & 2 speaker terminals, both speaker system 1 & 2 selector switches must be in the "ON" position for all 4 speakers to operate. Should you desire to listen to stereo-headphones alone, either or both speaker systems, may be turned off at your discretion. POWER ON/AUTO OFF SWITCH Your FESTIVAL 3 is equipped with a unique feature which shuts off the system after the last record has played. To accomplish this, place the power switch, located on the front panel of your music system, to the "AUTO-OFF" position. The Automatic shutoff feature is operative in the Phono position and in either the Manual or Automatic Mode. To defeat this feature or to operate your music system using any other function, push the power switch in the Power "ON" position. TAPE MONITOR 0 LOUDNESS CONTOUR 0 SPEAKER SYSTEM I 0 SPEAKER SYSTEM 2 0 POWER ON AUTO OFF o HEAD PHONES 0 STEREO HEADPHONE RECEPTACLE The stereo headphone receptacle located on the front panel will accept any headphone with any impedance rating. The headphone receptacle is "ON" at all times. If you wish to listen to the headphones alone, simply place both speaker selector switches to the "OFF" position. 9

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As
explained
previously
the
TAPE
IN
Receptacles
may
he
used
to
monitor.
tapes
from
an
external
tape
recorder.
If
your
tape
recorder
is
of
the
professional
type
and
has
a
third
head
for
"monitoring",
it
is
pos-
sible
to
compare the
recording
with
the
original
while
it
is
being
made.
Simply
push
the
TAPE
MONITOR
switch
in
the
IN
posi-
tion
to
listen
to
the
recording
after
it
has
been
made
and
back
to
the
OUT
position
to
listen
to
the
program
material
you
are
re-
cording.
LOUDNESS/CONTOUR
SWITCH
One
of
the
limitations
of
human
hearing
is
its
tendency
to
lose
sensitivity
to
the
very
low
pitched
sounds
as
the
program
sound
level
is
reduced.
It
is
this
characteristic
(known
as
the
Fletcher
-Munson
effect)
which
causes
one
to
play
music
programs
at
high
listening
levels
in
order
to
experience
the
full
rich
tone
available
from
fine
modern
recordings.
The
CONTOUR
switch
compen-
sates
for
this
effect;
thereby
elim-
inating
high
listening
levels
as
a
requisite
for
full
enjoyment
of
reproduced
music.
For
warm,
full-
bodied
reproduction
at
low
listen-
ing
levels,
push
the
CONTOUR
switch
IN.
At
high
listening
levels,
the
contour
switch
has
no
effect.
TAPE
MONITOR
SWITCH
SPEAKER
SYSTEM
1/
SYSTEM
2
SWITCHES
Two
independent
speaker
selector
switches
have
been
provided
with
your
FESTIVAL
3
Music
System
to
permit
the
selection
of
stereo
speakers
in
one
or
two
rooms
independently
or
simultaneously.
When
connecting
2
speakers
to
the
System
1
speaker
terminals,
the
speaker
system
1
selector
switch
must
be
in
the
"ON"
position.
When
connecting
4
speakers
to
the
System
1
&
2
speaker
termi-
nals,
both
speaker
system
1
&
2
selector
switches
must
be
in
the
"ON"
position
for
all
4
speakers
to
operate.
Should
you
desire
to
listen
to
stereo
-headphones
alone,
either
or
both
speaker
systems,
may
be
turned
off
at
your
discretion.
POWER
ON/AUTO
OFF
SWITCH
Your
FESTIVAL
3
is
equipped
with
a
unique
feature
which
shuts
off
the
system
after
the
last
record
has
played.
To
accomplish
this,
place
the
power
switch,
located
on
the
front
panel
of
your
music
system,
to
the
"AUTO
-OFF"
position.
The
Automatic
shutoff
feature
is
oper-
ative
in
the
Phono
position
and
in
either
the
Manual
or
Automatic
Mode.
To
defeat
this
feature
or
to
operate
your
music
system
using
any
other
function,
push
the
power
switch
in
the
Power
"ON"
position.
TAPE
LOUDNESS
MONITOR
CONTOUR
0
0
SPEAKER
SPEAKER
SYSTEM
I
SYSTEM
2
0
0
POWER
ON
AUTO
OFF
o
HEAD
PHONES
0
STEREO
HEADPHONE
RECEPTACLE
The
stereo
headphone
receptacle
located
on
the
front
panel
will
accept
any
headphone
with
any
impedance
rating.
The
headphone
receptacle
is
"ON"
at
all
times.
If
you
wish
to
listen
to
the
head-
phones
alone,
simply
place
both
speaker
selector
switches
to
the
"OFF"
position.
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