Harman-Kardon HD 970 manual

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    HD 970 CD Player OWNER’S MANU AL HD 970 Play Display SKip/Search Stop Pause Power for the Digital Revolution ®[...]

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    2 T ABLE OF CONTENS T able of Contents 2 T ypographic Conventions 3 Introduction 4 Information 4 Unpacking 5 F ront P anel Controls 6 Rear P anel Connections 7 Remote Control Functions 9 Installation 10 Operation 10 Loading and Unloading Discs 10 Normal Play 11 Display Dim 11 T ime Display 11 Disc Info 12 Search 12 Skip 12 F older 12 +10/-10 12 Inp[...]

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    INTRODUCTION 3 Introduction Thank you for choosing Harman Kardon HD 970 CD player . T he HD 970 is an exceptionally well-engineered product that offers high performance and ease of use . Along with conventional CD audio discs , the HD 970 is also compatible with MP3 data from CDs and most recordable CD formats . We ask that you tak e a few minutes [...]

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    4 INFORMA TION Information Important Safety Information V erify Line V oltage Before Use Y our HD 97 0 has been designed for use with 230-volt AC current. Connection to a line voltage other than that for which it is intended can create a safety and fire hazard, and may damage the unit. If you have any questions about the voltage requirements for yo[...]

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    FRONT -P ANEL CONTROLS 5 Front-P anel Controls 1 Main Information Display: T his display delivers messages and status indications to help you operate the CD player . 2 P ower On/Off (Standby): Press the button once to turn the CD player on, press it again to put the unit in the Standby mode . 3 Open/Close: Press this button to open or close the Dis[...]

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    6 REAR-P ANEL CONNECTIONS Rear -P anel Connections ¡ ™ £ ¢ ∞ § Digital Output Audio Outputs Remote Control Input Remote Control Output AC P ower Cord Coaxial and Optical Digital Inputs ¡ Digital Output: Connect this jack to the coaxial digital input of an external digital-to-ana- log converter for direct access to the digital signals of th[...]

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    REMO TE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J P ower Off P ower On Numeric Controls Program Button Clear Button Repeat Button Repeat A › B Button Skip Buttons Search Buttons Play/P ause Button Stop Button +10/-10 Buttons Random Button T ime Button Check Button Open/Close Button Display Button F older Buttons Source Button In[...]

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    8 REMO TE CONTROL FUNCTIONS Remote Control Functions 0 P ower Off: Press this button to put the unit in the Standby mode . 1 P ower On: Press this button to turn on the CD player . Note that in order for the P ower On button to operate , AC power must be applied to the unit, and the Status Mode Indicator 2 should glow orange (See page 11 for more i[...]

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    INST ALLA TION 9 Installation T o prevent possible damage to your speak ers and other components in your audio system, it is important that ALL components, including the HD 970 and your receiver or preamp and ampli- fiers , are turned off and unplugged from their AC power source when installing any new compo- nent. Connecting the HD 970 to your aud[...]

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    10 OPERA TION Operation Loading and Unloading Discs T o load a disc, first turn the unit on (if not so already) by pressing the P ower Switch 2 on the front panel or the P ower On button 1 on the remote , then press the Open/Close button 3 F taking care to mak e certain that the space in front of the drawer is not obstructed. When the unit is turne[...]

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    OPERA TION 11 Operation While the disc is playing, the track being played will show as a number in the middle of the dis- play just below the word TRACK . T he elapsed time of the track being played will also appear in the display (see figure page 10). As a disc plays , the track numbers will change , and the time will reset to at the start of each[...]

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    12 OPERA TION Operation Search If you wish to quickly scan through a disc to locate a particular passage or track, press and hold the Search buttons . The F orward Search button — 8 8 plays the disc forward in high speed, while the Reverse Search button ‚ 7 8 plays the disc backwards in high speed. Holding the buttons pressed will tripple the s[...]

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    PROGRAMMED PLA Y OPERA TION 13 Progr ammed Play Operation T he HD 970’ s advanced programming capability enables you to select certain tracks , to preset the order in which these tracks play , and to clear specific programmed tr acks after the program was made . Programmed Play Programmed play allows you to progr am up to 32 tracks into the HD 97[...]

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    14 REPEA T PLA Y OPERA TION Repeat Play Operation Repeat Play T he HD 970’ s programming system enables you to repeat either a single track, the entire disc (respectively all programmed tr acks) or a special- ly programmed passage that you select. Repeat One T rack T o repeat the track in play , press the Repeat button 5 once .T he REPEA T and 1 [...]

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    TROUBLESHOO TING GUIDE 15 T r oubleshooting Guide TROUBLE SHOO TING GUIDE SYMPT OM No lights on F ront P anel Remote does not appear to operate F ront panel lights , but CD does not play Play indicator lights , but no sound is heard Sound skips or stutters during play Sound is continually distorted ERROR lights up continuously in the display CAUSE [...]

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    Signal Format Sampling F requency 32 kHz to 96 kHz D/A Conversion Multi-Level Delta-Sigma Oversampling 24 Bits/384 kHz Asynchronous Sample Rate Convertor Discrete Analog Output Section Error Correction CIRC System F requency Response 20 Hz – 20 kHz +0/-0.5dB T otal Harmonic Distortion (THD) <0.0009% @1kHz Dynamic Range > 116 dB Signal-to-No[...]