Harman Kardon CODA Owners Manual - Page 2

Gently

place

records

on

Record

Spindle

and

move

Overarm

inward.

Move

right

hand

control

knob

to

START.

At

the

conclusion

of

the

last

record

the

Record

Changer

will

shut

off

automatically.

TO

OPERATE

MANUALLY

Move

MANUAL/AUTO

switch

to

MANUAL.

Move

right

hand

control

knob

to

START.

Turntable

will

revolve

and

Tone

Arm

will

raise

and

return

to

rest.

The

arm

may

then

be

placed

on

any

portion

of

the

record.

At

the

completion

of

the

record,

the

arm

will

return

to

its

rest

position.

Move

right

hand

control

knob

to

OFF

position.

Detailed

instructions

may

be

found

in

your

Garrard

Instruction

Manual,

Pages

1

through

4.

FUNCTIONS

OF

THE

VARIOUS

CONTROLS

RECORD

EQUALIZATION

On

the

front

panel

of

the

Coda

will

be

found

a

switch

marked:

LP,

RIAA

and

EUR.

These

are

ex-

tremely

important

for

High

Fidelity

record

repro-

duction

and

are

commonly

known

as

Equalization

Curves.

Contrary

to

general

belief,

records

are

not

re-

corded

"flat";

that

is

to

say

all

recordings

must

be

"modified"

by

the

engineers.

The

lower

frequencies

must

be

reduced

in

amplitude;

the

higher

frequencies

must

be

increased

in

amplitude.

If

this

were

not

done

it

would

be

impossible

to

obtain

an

entire

symphony

on

one

12"

disc

and

the

"cutting

noise"

would

be

exces-

sive.

By

correctly

setting

the

equalization

controls

you

recreate

the

music

as

it

was

originally

played

in

the

studio.

A

table

for

these

settings

will

be

found

below.

LP:

Most

American

long

playing

records

made

before

1954

and

some

European

LP's.

Labels

include:

Columbia,

London,

Mercury,

Oceanic,

Remington,

Tempo,

Urania,

Vanguard,

Bach

Guild,

Vox,

West-

minster,

RCA

Victor

(older),

Atlantic,

Decca,

Poly-

phonic,

Cetra-Soria,

Esoteric,

Haydn

Society,

MGM,

Angel.

RIAA:

Most

American

records

made

after

1954,

all

records

cut

to

standards

of

Audio

Engineering

Society,

NAB,

new

RCA

Victor

Ortho,

and

newly

standardized

RIAA.

Labels

include

RCA

Victor

(newer),

Extended

Play

45,

Blue

Note

Jazz,

Canyon,

Capitol,

Good

Time

Jazz,

Mercury,

some

London,

Bartok,

Caedman,

Capitol-Cetra,

Philharmonic,

EMS.

EUR:

Most

European

long

playing,

some

American

LP's

and

most

78

RPM

discs.

AUXILIARY

INPUT

This

input

is

located

on

the

rear

of

the

tuner

-amplifier

chassis

at

the

rear

of

the

Coda

cabinet.

Connections

to

this

input

should

be

made

by

means

of

a

shielded,

coaxial

cable.

To

operate,

set

the

"FUNCTION

SELECTOR"

to

AUX.

TAPE

OUTPUT

A

receptacle

marked

"TAPE

OUT"

is

located

on

the

tuner

-amplifier

chassis

at

the

rear

of

the

cabinet.

This

is

used

to

provide

output

to

a

tape

recorder

or

other

auxiliary

equipment.

Any

program

material

appearing

at

the

speaker

also

appears

at

the

"TAPE

OUT"

receptacle,

but

unmodified

by

the

volume

or

tone

controls.

This

makes

it

possible

to

record

pro-

grams

with

the

proper

recording

equalization

(as

determined

by

your

tape

recorder)

while

simultane-

ously

listening

to

the

program

with

the

proper

tone

control,

contour

and

loudness

settings.

TAPE

INPUT

Program

material

from

a

tape

recorder

or

player

may

be

connected

into

the

Coda

in

two

different

ways.

If

the

tape

player

has

a

built-in

amplifier

or

pre-

amplifier,

it

should

be

connected

to

the

AUXILIARY

INPUT

receptacle

on

the

tuner

-amplifier

chassis

at

the

rear

of

the

cabinet.

If

the

tape

player

has

no

pre-

amplifier,

or

if

its

amplifier

is

not

of

top

quality,

the

tape

head

should

be

connected

to

the

receptacle

marked

"TAPE

INPUT".

Setting

the

"FUNCTION"

selector

at

the

position

marked

with

the

appropriate

speed

will

then

provide

the

equalization

recommended

by

the

manufacturers

of

prerecorded

tape.

LOUDNESS

CONTROL

The

"LOUDNESS

CONTROL"

is

used

to

adjust

the

volume

of

any

program.

Its

effect

is

selectively

varied

by

the

CONTOUR

CONTROL

One

of

the

limitations

of

human

hearing

is

its

tend-

ency

to

lose

sensitivity

to

the

very

low

and

very

high

pitched

sounds,

as

the

sound

level

is

reduced.

Thus

in

order

to

obtain

faithful

sound

reproduction

at

low

levels

it

is

obvious

that

both

the

low

and

high

frequencies

must

be

increased,

in

varying

degrees

depending

upon

the

volume

desired.

Your

"CONTOUR

CONTROL"

pro-

duces

this

desired

effect.

Each

position

(0-5)

causes

the

LOUDNESS

(Volume

Control)

to

a

different

degree

of

compensation,

the

amount

increasing

with

each

clockwise

setting.

Position

0

is

uncompensated.

Since

hearing

characteristics

vary

from

person

to

person,

the

great

flexibility

provided

in

these

controls

can

be

appreciated.

Therefore,

select

the

position

which

sounds

best

to

you

at

any

desired

volume.

This

is

an

exclusive

feature

of

HARMON-

KARDON

console

high

fidelity.

An

input

is

provided

for

auxiliary

high

level

equipment

such

as

a

tape

recorder

or

television

tuner.

Separate

"BASS

AND

TREBLE"

controls

are

in-

corporated

in

the

CODA

to

provide

further

adjustments

(continued

on

page

6)

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