Harman Kardon hk990Vxi - Page 6

SWITCH FUNCTIONS hk880Vxi ONLY —
The SOURCE position on this selector may be thought of as
a “VCR/Tape On/Off” button. It shuts off output from tape
and/or VCR and returns you to the input choices on the
FUNCTION (8) switch. Recordings can be made in the
SOURCE position, however, since this function is handled
with a separate RECORD OUT switch (7).
The center REMOTE position renders the VCR/TAPE
MONITOR switch inoperative and transfers control to your
hk880Vxi/hk990Vxi hand-held remote.
The two switch positions to the right of center can be used to
select input from either tape decks or videocassette recorders.
You could have:
2 audio tape decks
OR
1 tape deck and 1 VCR (or other video source)
OR
2 VCR’s
An important use for the VCR/TAPE MONITOR selector is
monitoring during recording. When recording from another
source (or making a copy from one VCR or tape deck to
another), set the VCR/TAPE MONITOR switch so that you
are listening to the deck which is recording.
SWITCH FUNCTIONS hk990Vxi ONLY —
The two switch positions to the extreme left allow you to select
both video and audio input from VCR 1 and VCR 2. Either of
these input selections can also be used for a Laser Disc or CDV
player, or for additional audio-only tape decks. ,
The SOURCE position may be thought of as a “VCR/Tape On/
Off” button. It shuts off output from tape and/or VCR’s and
returns you to the input choices on the FUNCTION (8) switch.
Recordings can be made in the SOURCE position, however,
since this function is handled with a separate RECORD OUT
switch (7).
The center REMOTE position renders the VCR/TAPE
MONITOR switch inoperative and transfers control to your
hk880Vxi/hk990Vxi hand-held remote.
The switch positions on the right of center, (TAPE 1) and
(TAPE 2), let you hear the output of cassette decks which are
plugged into these tape monitor loops. If you only have one
tape deck, we suggest you use TAPE 1 only.
An important use for the VCR/TAPE MONITOR selector is
monitoring during recording. When recording from another
source (or making a copy from one VCR or tape deck to
another), set the VCR/TAPE MONITOR switch so that you
are listening to the deck which is recording.
This important selector switch gives you remarkable flexibility
in choosing the source for video or audio recordings. It may
be thought of as a “recording source assignment” selector.
When set in the SOURCE position, the signal for your
recording will originate from one of the FUNCTION inputs.
These include TUNER, CD, PHONO and A/V. Thus, if you
wished to make a tape recording of a CD, you would set the
RECORD OUT (7) selector to SOURCE, and the FUNCTION (8)
selector to CD. You could even transcribe an album onto
a VHS Hi-Fi VCR tape by leaving the RECORD OUT selector
on source and setting the FUNCTION selector to PHONO.
Also note that because the input SOURCE selected on the
FUNCTION switch is sent to ALL recording devices con-
nected to the hk880Vxi/hk990Vxi, you can make TWO
recordings at the same time.
RECORD OUT hk880Vxi ONLY —
The left and right RECORD OUT positions allow copying
between sources connected to the VCR/TAPE inputs. This
may be two audio cassette decks, two VCR’s or one of each
as described above.