Tape Recording; Video Dubbing - Harman Kardon AVR41 Owner's Manual

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4. The current time as transmitted by the
station. It may take up to two minutes for
the time to appear.
5. After cycling through the RDS data
information the next press of the
button is . If the button is not pressed
OFF
again in 3 seconds, the display will turn
off. Press one more time or any
Display
other button to return to the main RDS
information display or to turn the display
back on.
• Some RDS stations may not choose to
include some of these additional features.
If the data required for the selected mode
is not being transmitted, the display will
show a (no PTY),
NONE
message each time the
NO TIME
¸ k
Display button
• In any FM mode the RDS function
requires a strong enough signal for proper
operation. If you see wrong characters in
the station name, changing from time to
time, or the messages
NO TEXT
switching on and off, try slowly
TIME
adjusting the antenna to improve the
signal strength or tune to another,
stronger, RDS station.
• If a station is not transmitting RDS, or
if the signal is weak, the display will show
right befor the other "NO"
NO RDS
messages mentioned above, if
¸ k is pressed.
Operation

Tape Recording

In normal operation, the audio or video
source selected for listening through the
AVR41 is sent to the record outputs. This
means that any program you are
Display
watching or listening to may be recorded
simply by placing machines connected to
the outputs for
or ª
Video 1
When a tape recorder with separate
record and playback heads (3 head deck)
is connected to the
∞§
outputs
output of the recording by selecting the
Tape 1/Monitor
that the word
or
NO TEXT
appear in the front panel display to
remind you that you are listening to the
is pressed.
record playback instead of the actual
input source being recorded. After three
seconds the display will once again
display the selected input source, but the
red
TAPE M
illuminated to remind you that you are
or
NO
listening to the record playback rather
than the direct input source.
When a video recording is made and
audio source is selected, the last video
source used remains routed to the
and
Monitor
This permits simultanous viewing,
listening and recording of different A/V
Display
sources
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Video Dubbing

Special circuits in the AVR41 make it
possible to copy the programme from
one video source to another while you
are viewing/listening to a separate and
different input. When making a video
dub note that the VCR connected to
§ ¢
,
Tape 1 Tape 2 Video 1
in the record mode. machine, and the playback source will be
either the equipment connected to the
Video 2
Video 3 %
in/
Tape 1 Mon
, you may monitor the To make a video copy, simply press the
front panel
input 8d . Note 3 53 6
will briefly being played back. It is not necessary to
MONITOR
press the
making a direct video dub. The
information display will briefly show
VID2 > 1
the dubbing operation. After the display
returns to show the current input source
indicator will remain for the main system, a red indicator will
illuminate inside the
button to remind you that a Video Dub is
in process. To turn the video dubbing off,
simply press the same
button again.
ª‚
outputs .
Video 1
ª
will always be the record
input ¶ or the front panel
.
button
Video Dubbing
corresponding to the video source
buttons when
Input Selection
or to confirm
VID3 > 1
Video Dubbing
Video Dubbing