User manual HARMAN KARDON CH140

[. . . ] HDCD system manufactured under license from Pacific Microsonics, Inc. 2 TABLE OF CONTENS Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon. The CH140 CD Player/Recorder is a unique product, designed not only to playback your existing library of compact discs, but also to record compact discs from either analog or digital programs. You may feed signals (for recording) to the CH140 from external sources such as an A/V receiver, a tuner, tape deck or a CD player, or you may simply place a CD in one deck, and make a copy using a recordable CD in the other deck. Designed and engineered by Harman Kardon, the CH140 is among the first audio CD recorders with x4 speed capability. [. . . ] The number and total running time of any tracks that have already been recorded will appear in the Time/Message Display F, and the appropriate indicator Q will light to tell you if a CD-R or CD-RW disc is in use. If a computer data disc is placed in the CH140, a DATA DISC or DISC ERROR message will appear, depending on if the data disc is finalized or not. Data discs will not play, and may not be recorded or dubbed on the CH140. PLAYBACK BASICS 15 Playback Basics Normal Play To play a disc, first make certain that the unit is properly installed and that the Main Power Switch 1 is turned on, this will also turn the unit on completely. When the CDR30 is in Standby mode (Status Mode Indicator 2 glows orange), turn the CH140 on by pressing the Power-On button 0 on the remote and note that the front-panel display will illuminate. Insert a disc following the instructions shown on the previous page. To start the play, press the Play button on the front panel for the appropriate deck ( a or press the Select button on the remote for the desired deck 3P and then press the Play button on the remote 9. The Play/Pause Indicator L will show a triangle pointing right > and the Time/Message Display F will show the track number being played under the Track Time Indicator W and the running time of the track under the Time Indicator S. As each new track begins to play, the track time will reset to 00:00 and begin to count up for the new track. When a disc is stopped after it has been loaded and the Table Of Contents (TOC) data read, the following information will be shown in the Time/Message Display F: For CD Audio Discs, or mixed/multisession discs when the MP3 Indicator P is NOT lit: The number of tracks on the disc and the total time of the disc. For MP3-only discs, or mixed/multisession discs when the MP3 Indicator P is lit: The total number of tracks. NOTE: Remember that unfinalized CD-R or CD-RW discs will only play in the Record Deck %. When discs are recorded on a computer, it is possible to place both standard CD Audio and MP3 tracks on the same disc. These are known as "Mixed Session" or "Multisession" discs. When they are used in the CH140, the default mode is to play ONLY the standard CD audio tracks. In Stop mode, the Time/Message Display F will show the number of all tracks on the disc (including MP3) and their total running time (including the time of the MP3 tracks compressed). To play the MP3 data tracks only, wait until the disc's Table of Contents is read and the Time/Message Display F shows the data for all audio tracks. Then, press the MP3 Button HÒ and note that an MP3ON message will flash three times in the Time/ Message Display F and the MP3 Indicator P lights above the appropriate deck. Then the Display will shown the number of MP3 tracks on the disc. · If the MP3 Button HÒ is pressed while the CD Audio tracks of a Multisession disc is playing, an MP3ON message will flash three times in the Time/Message Display F and then playback will stop. Press the Play Button 9(a to playback the MP3 tracks. · If the MP3 Button HÒ is pressed while the MP3 tracks of a Multisession disc is playing, an MP3OFF message will flash three times in the Time/Message Display F and then playback will stop. Press the Play Button 9(a to playback the standard CD Audio tracks. [. . . ] If the disc is finalized, follow the instructions above for unfinalizing before proceeding with these steps. To erase only the last track, press the Erase Button @. Note that the Time/Message Display F will display 01 TRK and ERASE alternatingly. Press the Play/Select Button (9 within three seconds, now the last track will be erased. [. . . ]