Harman Kardon HD7500 Owners Manual - Page 4

HD7500/HD7600

Front

Panel

Controls

POWER

switch

The

POWER

switch

turns

the

unit

on

and

off

®

Compact

disc

drawer

Load

a

disc

(hill

-size

or

8

cm/3-inch)

into

your

compact

disc

player

by

placing

it

in

this

drawer

with

the

label

side

up.

Open

and

close

the

drawer

using

the

OPEN/CLOSE

button

(3).

0

OPEN/CLOSE

button

Press

this

button

to

open

or

close

the

compact

disc

drawer.

The

drawer

will

also

close

if

you

press

the

play

button

or.

push

the

drawer

gently

toward

the

chassis

of

the

player;

however,

we

recommend

that

you

do

not

push

the

drawer.

REMOTE

SENSOR

This

area

receives

the

signal

from

the

remote

control

unit.

Make

sure

this

area

of

the

front

panel

is

kept

free

from

dirt

or

other

obstructions

that

might

prevent

proper

reception

of

the

infrared

signal

from

the

remote

control.

0

FUNCTION

indicator

DISC

-

This

indicator

lights

when

the

disc

drawer

is

open,

and

when

a

disc

is

loaded.

It

does

not

light

when

there

is

no

dice.

REPEAT

-

When

this

indicator

is

lit,

the

unit

is

in

REPEAT

mode

and

will

continuously

repeat

either

the

entire

disc

or

the

programmed

sequence.

A

—B

-

When

this

indicator

is

lit

steadily,

the

unit

is

set

to

repeat

a

specified

section

of

the

disc

(from

A

to

B).

When

REPEAT

indicator

is

lit,

you

have

already

programmed

the

starting

point

(point

A)

of

a

section,

and

the

unit

is

waiting

for

you

to

program

the

ending

point

of

the

section

(point

B).

INTRO

-

When

this

indicator

is

lit,

the

unit

is

in

INTRO

SCAN

mode

and

will

play

only

the

fi

rst

15

seconds

of

each

selection

on

the

disc

or

in

the

selected

program.

PROG

-

When

this

indicator

is

lit,

the

unit

is

in

PROGRAM

mode,

in

which

you

can

program

a

sequence

of

tracks

in

the

order

you'd

like

to

hear

them,

then

play

back

your

pro-

grammed

sequence.

SPACE

-

When

this

indicator

is

lit,

the

unit

is

in

SPACE

mode

and

will

insert

4

seconds

of

space

between

tracks.

el

PLAYBACK

mode

PLAY

-

This

indicator

is

lit

when

the

unit

is

playing

a

track.

PAUSE

-

This

indicator

is

lit

when

the

unit

is

PAUSE

mode

(i.e.,

you

have

pressed

PAUSE

to

temporarily

stop

playback).

0

TRACK

indicator

When

a

disc

is

loaded

but

not

playing,

the

TRACK

indicator

displays

the

total

number

of

tracks

on

that

disc.

During

playback,

the

indicator

displays

the

number

of

the

track

currently

being

played.

During

programming,

it

displays

the

number

of

the

track

most

recently

selected.

INDEX

indicator

Some

discs

that

contain

very

long

track

may

have

those

tracks

subdivided

into

shorter

sections.

For

example,

a

long

classical

piece

may

be

divided

into

movements,

each

of

which

may

have

an

index

number.

The

INDEX

indicator

displays

the

number

of

the

subdivision

of

a

track

currently

being

played.

If

the

track

has

no

subdivisions,

the

INDEX

indicator

will

display

a-1

during

playback.

During

program-

ming,

the

INDEX

light

goes

out

and

the

indicator

displays

the

total

number

of

tracks

selected

in

the

programmed

sequence.

0

TIME

indicator

When

a

disc

is

loaded

but

not

playing,

the

TIME

indicator

displays

the

total

amount

of

playback

time

on

that

disc.

During

playback,

depending

on

the

state

of

the

TIME

button

(11),

the

indicator

displays

one

of

the

following

•

The

time

that

has

elapsed

since

the

beginning

of

the

current

track.

•

The

time

that

remains

on

the

currently

selected

track.

The

words

REMAIN

SINGLE

will

be

displayed

if

the

indicator

is

in

this

mode.

•

The

time

that

remains

on

either

the

entire

disc

or

on

the

programmed

selections.

The

words

REMAIN

TOTAL

will

be

displayed

if

the

indicator

is

in

this

mode.

Note

that

if

you

have

programmed

more

than

99

minutes

in

your

selection,

only

dashes

will

appear

in

this

mode.

DISPLAY

button

This

button

turns

the

display

on

and

off.

When

you

turn

the

display

off

in

PLAY

mode,

the

entire

display

goes

off.

In

PAUSE

mode,

most

of

the

display

goes

off,

but

the

track

number

is

still

displayed.

In

STOP

mode,

most

of

the

display

goes

off,

but

the

total

number

of

tracks

on

the

disc

is

still

displayed.

In

some

systems,

turning

the

fluorescent

display

off

may

provide

the

purest

possible

sound

quality

during

playback.

(8

TIME

button

During

playback

or

programming,

the

button

cycles

through

the

three

TIME

display

modes

•

The

time

that

has

elapsed

since

the

beginning

of

the

current

track.

o

The

time

that

remains

on

the

currently

selected

track.

•

The

time

that

remains

on

either

the

entire

disc

or

the

programmed

sequence.

®

REPEAT

button

This

button

puts

your

compact

disc

player

in

and

out

of

REPEAT

mode.

In

REPEAT

mode,

the

unit

will

continually

play

back

either

the

entire

disc

or

the

programmed

sequence

of

tracks.

Press

the

button

once

to

turn

on

REPEAT

mode;

press

again

to

turn

off

REPEAT

mode.

When

the

unit

is

in

REPEAT

mode,

the

FUNCTION

indicator

(5)

will

display

the

word

REPEAT.

®

CLEAR

button

The

CLEAR

button

removes

tracks

from

your

programmed

sequence

one

by

one

starting

with

the

last

track

entered.

Each

time

you

clear

a

track

from

the

programmed

sequence,

that

track's

time

is

deleted

from

the

total

time

displayed.

This

button

is

used

only

in

PROGRAM

mode.

69

CHECK

button

When

a

disc

is

loaded

but

not

playing

(STOP

mode),

you

can

press

the

CHECK

button

to

see

the

playback

time

of

each

track

on

the

disc.

Each

time

you

press

the

CHECK

button,

the

next

track

is

displayed

along

with

its

playback

time.

When

you.have

stepped

sequentially

through

all

the

tracks

on

the

disc,

another

press

of

the

CHECK

button

displays

the

total

playback

time

of

the

entire

disc.

In

PROGRAM

mode,

the

CHECK

button

displays

the

cumulative

time

of

the

tracks

in

the

programmed

sequence.

That

is,

the

first

press

displays

the

time

of

the

first

programmed

track,

the

second

press

displays

the

cumulative

playback

time

of

the

fi

rst

and

second

tracks,

and

so

on.

®

PROGRAM

button

This

button

puts

your

compact

disc

player

in

and

out

of

PROGRAM

mode.

Press

the

button

once

to

turn

on

PRO-

GRAM

mode;

press

again

to

turn

it

off

In

PROGRAM

mode,

you

can

program

a

set

of

tracks

to

play

in

any

sequence.

(For

instructions

on

programming

a

sequence

of

tracks,

see

the

Operations

section

of

this

manual.)

When

the

unit

is

in

PROGRAM

mode,

the

FUNCTION

indicator

(5)

will

display

the

word

PROG

in

red.

HEADPHONES

jack

Stereo

headphones

with

a

standard

6.5

mm

(1/4")

plug

can

be

connected

to

this

jack.

DIGITAL

OUT

button

This

button

switches

the

digital

output

jacks

on

and

off.

Press

the

button

to

turn

these

outputs

on

only

when

using

the

optina]

digital

output

connections.

0

OUTPUT

LEVEL

control

This

knob

controls

the

volume

of

the

variable

output

jacks

on

the

rear

panel

as

well

as

the

headphone

volume.

You

can

use

this

output

volume

control

to

match

the

volume

of

your

compact

disc

player

with

the

volume

of

your

turntable

or

tuner.

In

systeMs

where

the

compact

disc

player

is

connected

directly

to

the

power

amplifier,

the

OUTPUT

LEVEL

control

provides

the

voluthe

control

for

the

system.

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