Harman Kardon TD392 Owners Manual - Page 7

CONTROLS

AND

FUNCTIONS

®

RECORD

INDICATOR

For

indication

that

the

tape

is

being

recorded.

PLAY

BUTTON

(PLAY)

Press

this

button

to

start

playback.

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.

0

PAUSE

INDICATOR

For

indication

that

the

pause

mode

has

been

activated.

0

FAST

FORWARD

BUTTON

(F.FWD)

Press

this

button

to

quickly

advance

the

tape

in

the

same

direction

as

it

is

played.

C)

RECORD

MUTE

BUTTON

(REC

MUTE)

This

button

allows

you

to

create

a

si

lent

segment

of

tape

at

any

time

whi

le

recording.

The

button

is

a

momentary

contact

type

and

wi

ll

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.

0

TAPE

MONITOR

INDICATOR

This

indicates

the

position

of

the

TAPE

MONITOR

switch.

0

TAPE

MONITOR

SWITCH

(tape

monitor)

This

switch

determines

whether

the

output

of

the

cassette

deck

is

the

tape

playback

signal

or

the

input

(source)

signal

.

0

METER

WEIGHTING

SWITCH

(meter

weighting)

Press

this

switch

to

the

"on"

position,

and

high

frequencies

are

emphasized

and

displayed

on

the

PEAK

LEVEL

METER

corresponding

to

the

saturation

response

of

the

tape.

This

al

lows

you

to

set

the

optimum

recording

level

independent

of

the

frequency

content

of

the

music

signal

.

PEAK

LEVEL

METER

The

level

of

the

signal

being

recorded

or

played

is

displayed

clearly

on

this

meter.

®

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.

0

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.

®

DOLBY

NR

TYPE

SELECTOR

(type)

For

selection

of

the

Dolby

B-

or

C

-type

NR

system.

Depress

this

switch

to

select

the

Dolby

C

-type

NR

system.

Press

it

again

to

select

the

Dolby

B

-type

system.

0

DOLBY

NR

INDICATOR

For

indication

that

Dolby

B

or

C

noise

reduction

circuitry

is

activated.

MPX

FILTER

SWITCH

(mpx

filter)

The

MPX

fi

lter

is

a

high

frequency

fi

lter

that

has

very

little

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

TD392,

depress

this

switch

(to

the

"off"

position)

when

recording

al

l

other

sources,

such

as

a

turntable,

tape

deck,

etc.

BIAS

TONE

BUTTON

(bias

tone)

When

this

button

is

held

in

the

depressed

position,

high

and

low

frequency

test

tones

are

fed

to

the

right

and

left

channels,

respectively.

The

BIAS

FINE

TRIM

knob

can

be

precisely

adjusted

by

observing

its

effect

on

the

level

of

these

test

tones.

See

the

"Bias

Fine

Trim

Feature

-

section

on

page

8.

e)

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.

0

INPUT

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

like.

Usual

ly,

it is

set

at

the

center.

Turn

it

clockwise,

the

recording

level

of

left

channel

is

decreased.

Turn

it

counterclockwise,

the

recording

level

of

right

channel

is

decreased.

®

OUTPUT

LEVEL

CONTROL

KNOB

(OUTPUT

LEVEL)

This

control

knob

adjusts

the

output

level

of

the

line

OUTPUT

jacks

and

the

HEADPHONES

jack.

®

SUB

-PANEL

DOOR

Press

the

upper

right

part

of

the

SUB

-PANEL

DOOR

and

it

wil

l

release.

Then

open

the

door

to

access

the

sub

-panel

switches

and

controls.

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