Playback basics – Harman-Kardon CDR 26 User Manual

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PLAYBACK BASICS

Normal Play

To play a disc, first make certain that the unit is prop-
erly installed. Turn the CDR 26 on by pressing the
Power Switch

1 on the front panel or the Power

On Button

a on the remote and note that the

front-panel display will light.

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
Ó

or press the Select button on the remote for

the desired deck

d` and then press the Play

Button

j on the remote. The Play/Pause

Indicator

O will show a right-pointing triangle ›

and the Information Display

Y 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 00:00 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
3, 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 disc, enter the
track number using the Numeric Keys

p. When

selecting a two-digit track number, the second digit
must be entered within three seconds after the first
Numeric Key is pressed.

To momentarily stop the disc at any time, press the
Pause Button

w. When a disc is paused,

the Play/Pause Indicator

O will add two vertical

lines to indicate a paused disc. Press either the Play
Button

j or the Pause Button Ô

w to resume playback at the point where the disc
was paused.

In normal operation, the CDR 26 will automatically
stop when all tracks on the selected disc have played
through. To stop playback at any time, press the Stop
Button

(

v for the deck in use.

At the end of a listening session, remove the discs
from the decks by following the instructions 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
disc-drawer tray.

To place the unit in the Standby mode at the end of a
listening session, press the Power Off Button

The word OFF will appear briefly in the Information
Display

Y, any open disc trays will automatically

close, and the Status Mode Indicator

2 will turn

amber.

Random Play

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

d` for the desired

deck, and then press the Random Play Button

The Random Indicator

G will light and each track

will be played in random order until all tracks on the
disc have been played.

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 Button

x on the remote or press

and hold the Next Button

Ò˘ on the front panel

that is appropriate for the deck in use. To move back-
ward through a disc, press the Reverse Search
Button

i on the remote, or press and hold the

Previous Button

Ú¸ 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 press-
ing the appropriate selector button

d` 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

p. 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 three seconds of the first digit.

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

z on

the remote, or the appropriate front-panel Next Button
Ò˘ 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
Ú¸f 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 button to locate a specific track that you wish
to play. When the desired track number appears at the
left side of the appropriate Information Display

press the Play Button

j to hear that track.