Harman Kardon TD262 - Page 4

TD262/ TD212 Controls
Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon.
You now own a superb piece of high fidelity equipment. Used
properly, you are about to begin thousands of hours of cassette
recording and playback enjoyment.
While you are probably no beginner when it comes to high
fidelity components, we nevertheless ask you to read and
carefully follow the instructions in this manual to insure a
successful partnership between you and your new Hannan
Kardon Ultrawideband Cassette Deck.
Actual hook-up instructions begin on page 7.
NOTE: The TD262 includes several additional features not
found on the TD212. These features are noted in the panel
description and operating instructions. For example:
13. Rec Mute (TD262 only)
The following is a short explanation of the operating controls
and features on the front panel of your Harman Kardon
cassette deck.
To load a cassette tape, press the EJECT (1) button and the tape
compartment door will open. Press inward on the cassette
tape compartment door to close it.
The tape counter (2) allows you to locate a particular place
on a cassette. Press the RESET (3) button to set the counter
to 000.
Next to the red POWER (4) indicator are green and amber LED’s
to show whether DOLBY B (5) or DOLBY C (6) noise reduction
circuits are on. Other red and green LED’s are used to display
RECORD (7) and PLAY (8) modes.
A series of green and red LED’s (9) are used to register right
and left recording input levels as well as playback levels. This
display reacts almost instantly to musical peaks and provides
more useful information than mechanical meters.
This large rotary knob (10) is used to control input levels to the
TD262 / TD212 during recording.
Some recording sources, particularly phonograph records and
FM stations, often provide slightly more input to one channel
than the other. When the Peak Level Display indicates a
constant imbalance between left and right channels, the
BALANCE CONTROL (11) may be used to correct the problem.
This is an especially useful feature of your new Harman
Kardon cassette deck. Although the BIAS/EQUALIZATION
switches (19-21) provide the proper bias setting for three main
types of cassette tapes, brand and formulation of cassette tape
still requires a slightly different bias adjustment for maximum
wide band performance. Using the BIAS FINE TRIM (12) and
step-by-step instructions farther on in this manual, you can fine
tune the TD262/TD212 exactly to the tape you are using.
The BIAS FINE TRIM control has no effect during playback.
This button allows you to automatically insert a blank space
while recording a tape. Simply press REC MUTE (13) for as long
as you wish the blank space to last. When you release it,
recording will continue.
Press ■ (14) to stop the cassette deck’s tape transport while in
any mode.