Harman Kardon DC5500 Owners Manual - Page 13

LII • • • IN III If the leader of the blank tape is detected first, the Primary Transport goes into Record Pause, while the Secondary Transport continues to play. At the point the recorded tape reaches its leader, the direction of both Transports is reversed and recording continues. Copy mode is automatically stopped when the second side of either tape reaches its end. Edit Edit mode allows you to make a recording of selections from more than one recorded tape. 1. Place the recorded tape in the Secondary Transport and the blank tape in the Primary Transport. 2. Press Edit. The Secondary Transport becomes current and dubbing begins immediately. 3. To record 4 seconds of silence on the blank tape in Edit mode, press Rec Mute. After the silence is recorded, the unit goes into Edit Ready mode. 4. To begin copying again in Edit mode, press Edit. 5. To turn off Edit mode, press M. NOTE: In Edit mode, each tape is automatically reversed separately when the leader is detected if the direction mode indicator displays ( ). If the direction mode indicator displays , Edit mode is automatically turned off when either tape reaches its end. Auto Pause in Edit Mode (DC5500 and DC5700 only.) When only one track from a Source tape is to be recorded, use the Auto Pause feature. Simply press Auto Pause while in the Edit mode and both transports will automatically be paused at the end of every track recorded. Blank Skip Edit (DC5500 and DC5700 only.) This function is active when Search is active in the Edit mode. If there is no sound on the Source tape for approximately 10 seconds, the Secondary Transport goes into Search mode for the next track, and the Primary. Transport rewinds the blank tape to shrink the blank spot down to approximately four seconds. When the next track is found in the Secondary Transport, both transports return to the Edit mode to continue dubbing. Music Search in Edit Mode (DC5500 and DC5700 only.) Music Search in Edit mode is accomplished in the same manner as in Single Cassette Deck operation. However, when the desired track has been detected, the Secondary Transport goes into Play Pause. To resume Edit mode at that point, press Edit. Dual Record (DC5700 only.) Dual Record allows you to make two simultaneous copies of the same program present at the unit's inputs. 1. Place blank tapes in both the Primary and the Secondary Transports. 2. Press Dual Rec to being Dual Recording. 3. To create a 4-second silence in both tapes, press Rec Mute. 4. To stop recording in the Secondary Transport only, press • in Secondary Transport mode. Use the Pri/Sec Transport Selector to enter the secondary mode, if necessary. 5. To turn off Dual Record mode, press • in Primary Transport mode. Setting Bias Fine Trim The Bias Fine Trim control manipulates the amount of high frequencies recorded and has no effect in the Play mode. When in doubt, position the control to its center detent position. Turning it clockwise increases the amount of high frequencies recorded. Turning it counter-clockwise reduces the amount. The user should record a short section of tape. rewind it, and play it back as a comparision to the original sound quality. Continue to increase or decrease the bias setting until the resulting sound is optimum. Memory Rewind The Linear Time Counter allows you to rewind rapidly to any desired point in a tape and either play the tape or stop the transport. The Counter indicates approximate tape position in minutes and seconds. (Elapsed time is maintained in Fast Forward and Rewind.) 12