Harman Kardon CDR 2 Owner'S Manual Download

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PLAYBACK BASICS

Playback Basics

Normal Play

To play a disc, first make certain that the unit is
properly installed and that the

Main Power

Switch

is turned on. Turn the CDR 2 on by

pressing the

Power-On

button

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 playback,
press the Play button on the front panel for the
appropriate deck

*˘

or press the Select but-

ton on the remote for the desired deck

and then press the Play button on the

remote

. The

Play/Pause Indicator

will show a right pointing triangle

›

and the

Information Display

will show the track

number being played and the running time of
the track. As each new track begins to play, the
track time will reset to

and begin to

count up for the new track.

NOTE:

Remember that Unfinalized CD-R or

CD-RW discs will only play in the

Record

Deck

. If you attempt to play an Unfinalized

disc in the

Play Deck

, a

DISC

ERROR

message will appear to remind you

to play the disc in the other deck.

To go directly to a specific track on a disk, enter
the track number using the

Numeric Keys

. Note that when selecting a two digit track

number, the second digit must be entered with-
in two seconds after the first Numeric Key is
pressed.

To play all of the tracks on a disc in random
order, press the

Select Button

for

the desired deck, and then press the

Random

button

. The unit will briefly examine all

of the tracks on the disc and the

Random

Indicator

will illuminate. Each track will be

played in a random order until all tracks on the
disc have been played. Note that there will be a
brief pause in between each track as the unit
searches for the next track to play. During
the search, the left two positions in the

Information Display

will show a clock-

wise circle to confirm the search.

To momentarily stop the disc at any time, press
the

Pause

button

y(¯

. When a disc is

paused, the

Play/Pause Indicator

will add

two vertical lines to indicate a paused disc.
Press either the

Play

button

j*˘

or the

Pause

button

to resume playback at the

point where the disc was paused.

When there is only one disc in the unit, it will
automatically stop when all tracks on a disc
have played through. To stop playback at any
time, press the

Stop

button

x&¸

for the

deck in use.

When there is a disc in each deck, the player
will respond in one of two ways, depending on
which way the dual-play setting is activated. In
normal operation, when the disc in one drawer
finishes, the disc in the other drawer will begin
to play. When the

Dual

button

`ı

pressed so that the

Dual-Play Indicator

lit, each deck will operate as a separate, single-
play CD unit without regard to the status of the
other deck. For complete information on Dual-
Deck and Dual-Play operation, see page 17.

At the end of a listening session, remove the
discs from the decks by following the instruc-
tions shown on the previous page. Do not leave
the disc drawers open when the unit is not
in use to prevent dust and dirt from entering
the unit and to prevent damage to the disk
drawer tray.

To place the unit in a

Standby

mode at

the end of a listening session, press the

Power-

Off

button . The

word

OFF

will appear

briefly in the

Information Display

, any

open disc trays will automatically close, and the

Status-Mode Indicator

will turn amber.

Search

You may quickly scan through the contents of a
disc while listening to the playback at high
speed in forward or reverse. To move forward
through a disc, press the

Forward Search

but-

ton

on the remote or press and hold the

Next

button

Óˆ

on the front panel that is

appropriate for the deck in use. To move back-
wards through a disc, press the

Reverse

Search

button

on the remote, or press

and hold the

Previous

button

Ô˜

on the

front panel that is appropriate for the deck in
use. When using the remote, always remember
to make certain that you have selected the deck
you wish to control by pressing the appropriate
selector button

before entering the

desired remote command.

Track Skip

To move from one track on a disc directly to
another, enter the number for the desired track
with the

Numeric Keys

. The disc will

pause briefly to locate the track, and then
immediately play it. When entering a two digit
track number, the second digit must be entered
within two seconds of the first digit.

To move to the next track on a disc by cycling
through the individual tracks, press the

Next

button

on the remote, or the appropriate

front-panel

Next

button

Óˆ

for the deck in

use. Additional presses of the button will move
forward through the tracks on the disc.

When a disc is playing, press the

Previous

button

iÔ˜

to return to the beginning of

the track being played. Additional presses of
the Previous button will move backwards
through the tracks on the disc.

When a disc is stopped, you may press the Next
or Previous buttons to locate a specific track
that you wish to play. When the desired track
number appears at the left side of the appropri-
ate

Information Display

, press the

Play

button

j*˘

to hear that track.