Harman Kardon CIT25 Owners Manual - Page 15

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25

Preamplifier

Operation

After

checking

your

connections

one

final

time,

it's

now

time

to

turn

on

your

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25

Remote

Control

Preamplifier

and

begin

enjoying

its

convenient

features

and

great

sonic

performance.

A

good

habit

to

get

into

is

to

power

up

your

signal

sources

(CD

player,

turntable,

tape

deck

etc.)

first,

Then

the

Citation

25.

And

finally,

your

power

amplifier.

This

will

protect

your

speakers

and

ears

from

turn

-on

transients.

If

you

have

also

added

a

new

power

amplifier

such

as

the

Citation

22

or

24

at

the

same

time

you've

installed

the

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25

Preamplifier,

we

suggest

you

use

your

first

listening

experience

to

double-check

your

amplifier

-to

-speaker

connec-

tions

for

proper

phasing.

Instructions

for

this

test

were

covered

previously

in

this

manual

under

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Front

Panel

Controls

-

24.

Mono.

-

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a

f

tion

,

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If

you

intend

to

power

up

the

preamplifier

by

remote

control,

you

must

first

press

in

the

POWER

button

on

the

front

panel.

When

the

unit

is

then

turned

OFF

via

remote

control,

the

STANDBY

light

will

light,

although

all

other

indicator

lights

will

go

off.

The

Citation

25

draws

minimal

current

in

this

standby

mode.

However,

you

should

turn

off the

main

POWER

button

if

you

arc

going

on

vacation

or

otherwise

not

using

your

stereo

system

for

long

periods

of

time.

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and

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a

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1.

With

the

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25

volume

control

set

to

a

low

level,

turn

on

the

preamplifier,

the

source

component

and

finally,

your

power

amplifier.

2.

Press

SOURCE

(7)

on

the

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25.

3.

Select

the

appropriate

input

(A/V

1,

A/V

2,

CD,

TUNER

or

PI

IONO).

4.

Activate

the

source

component.

5.

Adjust

the

master

VOLUME

control.

•

While

changing

records,

CD's,

or

answering

the

door

or

phone,

simply

press

MUTE

to

lower the

volume

without

losing

your

master

VOLUME

setting.

•

To

switch

sources,

press

the

appropriate

input

selector.

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With

the

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25

volume

control

set

to

a

low

level,

turn

on

the

preamplifier,

the

tape

deck/VCR,

and

finally,

your

power

amplifier.

2.

Select

the

appropriate

input

(VCR

1,

VCR

2,

TAPE

or

TAPE

2).

3.

Activate

the

source

component.

4.

Adjust

the

master

VOLUME

control.

•

Make

sure

to

press

SOURCE

(7)

before

again

listening

to

AN

1,

A/V

2,

CD,

TUNER

or

PlIONO.

•

If

your

VCR

has

a

mono

output,

press

the

MONO

hutton

on

the

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25's

concealed

panel.

Remember

to

turn

off the

MONO

circuit

when

again

listening

to

stereo

sources.

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Or

1.

First

select

the

recording

source

by

pressing

the

appropriate

RECORD

OUTPUT

button

(25-34)

on

the

tlip-down

panel.

This

output

is

now

available

at

the

record

outputs

of

VCR

1,

VCR

2,

TAPE

1

and

TAPE

2.

2.

Press

RECORD

on

the

cassette

deck

or

VCR.

3.

To

monitor

the

recording,

press

the

appropriate

VCR/Tape

monitor

button

(3-6).

3A.To

listen

to

another

source

(such

as

FM

while

you're

making

a

CD

to

tape

copy),

press

SOURCE

(7)

and

one

of

the

input

selectors

(8-12).

•

You

can

also

use

one

VCR/Tape

monitor

as

your

recording

source,

and

listen

to

another

one

independently.

•

To

compare

source

to

recording,

simply

alternate

between

the

source

input

and

the

appropriate

VCR/Tape

monitor

button.

•

If

you

wish

to

make

more

than

one

copy,

simply

engage

record

on

both

audio

tape

decks

or

VCR's.

The

same

signal

will

he

routed

to

each.

•

The

effects

of

the

HI

CUT,

MONO

and

SUBSONIC

filter

circuits

are

not

transferred

to

the

recording

outputs,

even

if

they

arc

audible

while

monitoring

the

source.

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Or,

1.

First

select

the

recording

source

by

pressing

the

appropriate

RECORD

OUTPUT

VCR

or

TAPE

hutton

(25-28)

behind

the

Clip

-down

panel.

For

example,

if

you

have

two

VCR's,

load

the

tape

to

be

copied

into

VCR

1

and

select

RECORD

OUTPUT

VCR

1

(25).

2.

Press

RECORD

on

the

cassette

deck

or

VCR

connected

to

the

other

Citation

25

tape

or

video

loop.

In

our

example

above

that

would

be

VCR

2.

3.

To

monitor

the

recording,

press

the

appropriate

VCR/Tape

monitor

button.

In

our

example

this

would

be

VCR

2

(4).

3A.To

listen

to

another

source

(such

as

FM

while

you're

copying

videotapes),

press

SOURCE

(7)

and

one

of

the

input

selectors

(8-12),

or

another

VCR/Tape

Monitor

button.

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