Harman Kardon CD 401 - Operation Procedures; Tape Playback; Automatic Repeat System; Electronic Auto Search System (EASS)

Tape Playback
1. Turn on your amplifier, turn the volume control to the
minimum level and select the tape monitor function on
the amplifier according to its owner's manual.
2. Press the POWER switch, and the POWER INDICA¬
TOR illuminates.
3. Press the EJECT button to open the CASSETTE COM¬
PARTMENT door, and insert the recorded cassette
tape correctly in the compartment. Incorrect insertion
may cause failure in door closing or playback.
4. Press the EQUALIZATION selector according to the
type of the using tape.
5. Press the DOLBY NR ON/OFF selector for a tape re¬
corded by using the Dolby NR system. Select the B or
CNR type by the NR TYPE selector.
6. Press the TAPE MONITOR switch in the MONITOR
position.
7. Press the PLAY button. The PLAY INDICATOR
illuminates and the tape starts to be played back.
8. Gradually turn the OUTPUT LEVEL control and the
volume control of your amplifier until the playback
sound is heard.
9. Press the PAUSE button for temporary stopping of the
tape. Press It again to restart tape playback.
10. Press the STOP button to stop tape playback halfway.
11. Tape running automatically stops when the tape end is
reached.
Automatic Repeat System
CD401 is equipped with convenient AUTOMATIC RE¬
PEAT function which automatically rewinds the tape
after recording or playback to a desired
point, AUTOMATIC REWIND function, and
automatically starts tape playback from the
rewound point, AUTOMATIC REPLAY
function.
Automatic rewind
1 After inserting a cassette tape in the CASSETTE COM¬
PARTMENT, press the AUTO REWIND button in the
ON position.
2. Start tape playback or recording.
3. To rewind the tape to a desired point, press the RESET
button at such point to reset the TAPE COUNTER in¬
dication to “GOO'' and then press the MEMORY button.
When rewinding the tape to the beginning of the tape,
press the MEMORY button again to release it.
4. At the tape end, the tape is rewound to "000" position
or to the beginning of the tape according to the MEM¬
ORY button setting and then stops.
Automatic replay
1. After inserting a cassette tape in the CASSETTE COM¬
PARTMENT. press the AUTO REPLAY button in the
ON position.
2. Start tape playback or recording.
3. To start tape playback from a desired point, press the
RESET button at such point to reset the TAPE
COUNTER indication to "000" and then press the
MEMORY button. When replaying the tape from the
beginning, press the MEMORY button again to release
it.
4. When the REWIND button is pressed while tape play¬
back or recording or at the end of the tape, tape re¬
winding starts.
5. At the TAPE COUNTER indication "000" or at the
beginning of the tape, tape rewinding stops and tape
playback automatically starts again.
Automatic repeat
1. After inserting a cassette tape in the CASSETTE COM¬
PARTMENT, press both the AUTO REWIND and the
AUTO REPLAY buttons in the ON position.
2. Start tape playback or recording.
3. To repeat tape playback from a desired point, press
the RESET button at such point to reset the TAPE
COUNTER indication to "000" and then press the
MEMORY button. When repeating from the beginning
of the tape, release the MEMORY button by pressing
it again.
4. At the end of the tape while tape playback or record¬
ing, the tape is automatically rewound the beginning
of the tape or to "000" position of the TAPE COUNT¬
ER indication according to the MEMORY button
setting and then tape playback starts automatically.
This cycle is repeated until such setting is released.
Electronic Auto Search System (EASS)
The EASS detects the non-recorded portion between
musics and automatically repeats cueing.
Operate as follows:
1 Press the ELECTRONIC AUTO SEARCH switch. The
mode is automatically switched to fast forwarding.
When the start of the next music is
sensed, the mode is automatically
switched to playback and the music is
played for about 10 seconds.
2. If the music is the desired one, press the PLAY button,
and the EASS is cancelled and tape playback starts. If
the PLAY button is not pressed, the mode again re¬
turns to fast forwarding and cueing is repeated.
3. The EASS is automatically cancelled when the tape
end is reached.
Notes:
• The EASS is set by pressing the ELECTRONIC AUTO
SEARCH switch when the tape is played back or stop¬
ped.
® The EASS mode is cancelled when any button (RE¬
CORD, REWIND, PLAY, FAST FORWARD, STOP, or
PAUSE) is pressed.
® If the non-recorded Interval between musics is less than
about 3 seconds, cueing may be failed. When very low
level signal such as pianissimo continues, stopping at the
start of the succeeding high level signal may occur.
Non-recorded intervals
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Press the PLAY button
within this period to cause
continuous playback.
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