Harman Kardon HK6850G Owners Manual - Page 5
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HK6850 and HK6950R Front Panel Controls reduces these inaudible frequencies at 6dB per octave below 15Hz. The audible portion of the frequency range will not be affected, so it is useful to leave the subsonic filter on at all times when listening to the turntable. The indicator light will be lit when the SUBSONIC filter is on. TONE DEFEAT switch When TONE DEFEAT is turned on, the bass and treble controls have no effect. The TONE DEFEAT switch internally bypasses the tone control circuitry, resulting in completely unaltered frequency response. If you want to use the bass and treble controls, turn TONE DEFEAT off. The indicator light will be lit when the TONE DEFEAT switch is on. BASS control The BASS control boosts or reduces the low frequency sound level. The BASS control affects only frequencies below 300Hz, and allows changes of up to ±10dB. The BASS tone control, in some circumstances, can help you adjust the overall sound of your system. For example, "boomy" room acoustics may be improved with a slight decrease in the bass, or the sound of smaller loudspeakers lacking in bass may be improved with a bass boost. CI TREBLE control The TREBLE control boosts or reduces the high frequency sound level. The TREBLE control affects only frequencies above 3000Hz, and allows changes of up to ±10dB. The TREBLE tone control, in some circumstances, can help you adjust the overall sound of your system. For example, an overly shrill recording or "bright" room acoustics may be improved by a reduction in the amount of treble. ® BALANCE CONTROL The BALANCE control distributes the sound between the right and left speakers. For equal balance in each channel, set the control in the center. lib PREAMPLIFIER BYPASS When the PREAMPLIFIER BYPASS switch is on, the source signal goes directly to the input of the amplifier, bypassing all tone controls and other preamplifier circuitry and j,s attenuated only by the volume control. ® CARTRIDGE selector This switch sets up the gain and input impedance of your amplifier's internal circuitry to match the type of cartridge being used on your turntable. Be sure you connect your turntable to the appropriate PHONO input jacks on the back of the HK6850/HK6950R (MM for moving magnet cartridges, or MC for moving coil cartridges). Then use this switch to select the type of cartridge mounted on your turntable. Note that you can connect both moving coil and moving magnet cartridge inputs and use this switch to select between them. The MC setting engages a special MC step-up amplifier stage. ® VOLUME control This knob controls the sound level. Turn the VOLUME control all the way down before you turn on your amplifier or change sound source. This will protect your speakers from being damaged by sudden highvolume sound. SOURCE selector The SOURCE selector controls which program source you are listening to. • PHONO - Selects a turntable connected to either the MM or MC phono jacks. • TUNER - Selects an AM or FM broadcast from a tuner connected to the tuner jacks. • CD - Selects a compact disc player connected to the CD jacks. • VIDEO - Selects sound from an audio/video component such as a camcorder, TV tuner connected to the VIDEO jacks. • AUX - Selects sound from any component connected to the AUX jacks. ® RECORD OUT selector This selector controls which program source you can record on the tape deck(s) connected to your unit. Whatever source you select is sent to all tape decks connected to your HK6850 or HK6950R, so you can record on both decks simultaneously. • TUNER - In this position, the tuner signal is the source you are recording regardless of the position of the SOURCE selector. This permits you to record the tuner signal while listening to a completely different source (selected on the SOURCE selector, described above). • SOURCE - In this setting, whatever source you have selected on the SOURCE selector will be the source you are recording. • OFF - Leave the selector in this position when you are not recording. This will ensure the purest sound quality when you listen directly to a source selected with the SOURCE selector. • COPY 1 -> 2 - In this position, you are recording from the deck connected to the TAPE 1 jacks to the deck connected to the TAPE 2 jacks. • COPY 2 -> 1 - In this position, you are recording to the deck connected to the TAPE 1 jacks from the deck connected to the TAPE 2 jacks. For example, if you want to make a tape recording of a CD, set the RECORD OUT selector to SOURCE, and set the SOURCE selector to CD. 45 TAPE MONITOR selector The TAPE MONITOR selector enables you to listen to your tape deck. Note that this selector does not select the source for recording. It selects only the deck you are listening to. An important use for this selector is for monitoring during recording. To monitor during recording, select the deck that is recording. For listening to one tape deck while the other deck is recording a different source, select the deck that is not recording. • TAPE1 - In this position, you are listening to the deck connected to the TAPE 1 jacks. • SOURCE - The SOURCE position turns off the output from your deck and returns you to the source you have selected on the SOURCE selector. • TAPE2 - In this position, you are listening to the deck connected to the TAPE 2 jacks. lib SPEAKER selector You can connect either one or two sets of speakers to your HK6850 or HK6950R. This selector enables you to play a single set of speakers by themselves, both sets of speakers at the same time, or to turn both sets of speakers off for headphone-only listening. • OFF - Select this position to turn off both sets of speakers. • 1 - Select this position to play the speakers connected to the SPEAKER SYSTEM 1 terminals. • 2 - Select this position to play the speakers connected to the SPEAKER SYSTEM 2 terminals. • 1+2 - Select this position to play both sets of speakers at the same time. 4