Harman Kardon TD302 Owners Manual - Page 7

CONTROLS

AND

FUNCTIONS

®

RECORD

BUTTON

(REC)

Press

this

button

and

the

PAUSE

button

simultaneously

to

provide

the

record

standby

mode.

The

RECORD

and

PAUSE

indicators

wi

l l

il

luminate.

Recording

starts

when

the

PLAY

button

is

pressed.

®

RECORD

INDICATOR

For

indication

that

the

tape

is

being

recorded.

PLAY

BUTTON

(PLAY)

Press

this

button

to

start

playback.

e

PAUSE

BUTTON

(PAUSE)

Press

this

button

to

temporari

ly

stop

playback

or

recording.

This

button

also

activates

the

record

standby

mode

when

pressed

simultaneously

with

the

RECORD

button.

PAUSE

INDICATOR

For

indication

that

the

pause

mode

has

been

activated.

e

FAST

FORWARD

BUTTON

(F.FWD)

Press

this

button

to

quickly

advance

the

tape

in

the

same

direction

as

it

is

played.

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RECORD

MUTE

BUTTON

(REC

MUTE)

This

button

al

lows

you

to

create

a

si

lent

segment

of

tape

at

any

time

whi

le

recording.

The

button

is

a

momentary

contact

type

and

wi

l l

not

lock

in

the

depressed

position.

The

record

mute

feature

wi

l l

only

operate

whi

le

the

button

is

held

in

the

depressed

position.

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PEAK

LEVEL

METER

The

level

of

the

signal

being

recorded

or

played

is

displayed

clearly

on

this

meter.

DOLBY

NR

SWITCH

(NR)

Depress

this

switch

for

recording

or

playback

using

the

Dolby

NR

system.

The

green

DOLBY

NR

indicator

(for

B

-

type)

or

the

amber

one

(for

C

-type)

il

luminates

according

to

the

DOLBY

NR

TYPE

selector

position.

Press

the

switch

again

to

turn

off

the

Dolby

NR

system.

GO

DOLBY

NR

TYPE

SELECTOR

(type)

For

selection

of

the

Dolby

B-

or

C

-type

NA

system.

Depress

this

switch

to

select

the

Dolby

C

-type

NR

system.

Press

it

again

to

select

the

Dolby

B

-type

system.

e

DOLBY

NR

INDICATOR

For

indication

that

Dolby

B

or

C

noise

reduction

circuitry

is

activated.

®

SUB

-PANEL

DOOR

Press

the

upper

right

part

of

the

SUB

-PANEL

DOOR

and

it

wi

l l

release.

Then

open

the

door

with

your

hand

to

access

the

sub

-panel.

e)

MPX

FILTER

SWITCH

(mpx

filter)

The

MPX

fi

lter

is

a

high

frequency

fi

lter

that

has

very

l

ittle

effect

below

1

6kHz,

but

has

30dB

attenuation

at

1

9kHz,

the

frequency

of

the

FM

stereo

pi

lot

signal

.

Depress

and

release

this

switch

(to

the

"on"

position)

when

recording

from

an

FM

stereo

tuner

or

receiver.

However,

to

appreciate

the

ultrawideband

frequency

response

of

the

TD302,

depress

this

switch

(to

the

"off"

position)

when

recording

al

l

other

sources,

such

as

a

turntable,

tape

deck,

etc.

®

INPUT

LEVEL

CONTROL

KNOB

(INPUT

LEVEL)

This

knob

adjusts

the

record

level

of

the

input

signal.

See

the

"Recording

Level

Adjustment"

section

on

page

7.

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BIAS

FINE

TRIM

KNOB

(BIAS

FINE

TRIM)

For

precise

adjustment

of

the

bias

used

during

recording.

See

the

"Bias

Fine

Trim

Feature"

section

on

page

8.

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BALANCE

CONTROL

KNOB

(INPUT

BALANCE)

This

knob

is

used

to

restore

the

input

level

balance

when

the

levels

of

the

right

and

left

channels

are

extremely

different

or

to

del

iberately

upset

the

input

level

balance

as

you

l

ike.

Usual

ly,

it

is

set

at

the

center.

Turn

it

to

the

clockwise,

the

recording

level

of

left

channel

is

decreased.

Turn

it

to

the

counterclockwise,

the

recording

level

of

right

channel

is

decreased.

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