Harman Kardon CITATION RECEIVER Owners Manual - Page 14

To

Play

Records

Select

speakers

and

touch

the

Sensor

for

PHONO

I

or

PHONO

2.

Activate

your

turntable

and

advance

the

Receiver's

VOLUME

control

clockwise

to

a

comfortable

level.

If

at

average

listening

levels

you

hear

objectionable

(that

is,

easily

audible)

hum.

turn

the

POWER

switch

off

and

check

the

rear

panel

PHONO

connections.

Make

sure

that

the

turntable's

signal

plugs

are

firmly

seated

in

their

receptacles.

Some-

times

unplugging

the

power

line

cord

of

either

the

turntable,

the

Receiver

or

both.

and

reversing

the

orientation

of

the

plug

(s)

will

reduce

hum.

If

hum

is

still

present

disconnect

the

ground

wire

that

goes

from

the

turntable

to

the

Receiver.

Some

turntable

-cartridge

combinations

will

produce

less

hum

this

way.

Subsonic

Filter

You

may

prefer

the

margin

of

safety

provided

by

having

the

SUBSONIC

FILTER

switch

set

to

the

IN

position.

Some

critical

listeners

may

prefer

to

have

the

switch

in

the

OUT

position,

after

making

the

following

test.

The

SUBSONIC

FILTER

protects

your

speakers

from

inaudible

low

frequency

ele-

ments

caused

by

severe

record

warp.

acoustic

feedback,

or

tonearm

resonance

effects:

It

also

prevents

these

elements

from

saturating

tapes

as

they

are

recorded

through

the

Receiver.

The

filter

affects

only

the

PHONO

1

and

2

inputs.

You

can

determine

the

proper

position

for

the

SUBSONIC

FILTER

switch

if

you

have

dynamic

speakers

with

removable

gri

lles.

Remove

the

grille

of

one

speaker

system

and

locate

the

woofer

(the

largest

driver).

Play

a

warped

record

and

slowly

advance

the

VOLUME

control

of

the

Receiver.

Watch

the

woofer

for

large,

irregular

front

-

to

-rear

excursions.

If

you

see

such

excursions,

set

the

SUBSONIC

FILTER

to

IN.

If

you

see

no

such

excursions,

even

at

loud

listening

levels,

you

can

leave

the

SUB-

SONIC

FILTER

in

the

OUT

position.

If

you

leave

the

switch

in

the

OUT

position,

you

may

use

the

LOW

CUT

filter

on

the

Receiver's

front

panel

if

you

encounter

low

frequency

problems

in

the

program

material.

(The

LOW

CUT

filter

will

cancel

more

of

the

program

material

than

will

the

SUBSONIC

FILTER.

Use

of

the

LOW CUT

fi

lter

is

discussed

in

the

section

of

this

manual

on

Using

the

Tone

Controls.)

Once

the

SUBSONIC

FILTER

switch

is

set,

rear

panel

adjustments

are

complete.

You

can

now

place

your

Citation

Receiver

in

its

final

location.

To

Record

and

Play

Back

Tapes

The

TAPE

1

and

TAPE

2

switches

admit

programs

from

any

high

level

source

(usually

a

tape

deck)

connected

to

the

corresponding

TAPE

1

MON

and

TAPE

2

MON

receptacles.

These

switches

are

on

in

the

depressed

position.

When

both

switches

are

depressed,

TAPE

2

takes

precedence.

•

•

....

.....

...

.....

- -

-.-.-.-

LEFT

CHANNEL

RIGHT

CHANNEL

COMMON

Note:

If

either

TAPE

switch

is

depressed,

no

sound

will

be

heard

from

any

other

component

connected

to

the

Citation

Receiver

regardless

of

the

function

selected.

If

your

tape

deck

has

a

separate

monitor

head,

you

can

compare

the

original

source

with

the

recording

as

it

is

being

made.

Depress

the

appropriate

TAPE

switch

and

you

will

hear

the

recording

a

fraction

of

a

second

after

it

has

been

made.

Return

the

TAPE

switch

to

the

extended

position,

and

you

wil

l

hear

the

original

source.

Use

of

the

TAPE

switches

does

not

affect

the

signal

being

recorded

from

the

TAPE

OUT

receptacles.

2

OUT

SUBSONIC

FILTER

OUT

IN

AUX

94*

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