Programmed Play Operation; Programmed Play; Editing A Program; Checking Program Contents - Harman Kardon HD 990 Owner's Manual

HD 990

Programmed Play

The HD 990's advanced programming capability enables you to select certain tracks, to
preset the order in which these tracks play, and to clear specific programmed tracks after
the program was made.
Programmed play allows you to program up to 32 tracks into the HD 990's memory. To
begin programming the CD player, make sure that the unit is in Stop mode, then press
the Program button . The Program indicator will light in the Information Display
, the number 001 will blink below the Program indicator, showing the track number
selected, and PROG-01: 001 will appear in the Information Display, replacing the
track time. This indicates that you are about to program the first track.
You may now begin to enter the tracks in the order in which you wish to have them
play. To select a track on the disc, press the Numeric buttons
desired track. Be certain to enter the second and/or third number of two- or three-digit
numbers within two seconds after the first number was entered. You may also use the
Skip buttons to select a track. When the track is selected, press the Program
button . Note that the program-step indication on the right side of the Information
Display will change to PROG-02: 001.
You may now select another track for the next program step, following the instructions
shown above. When the track is selected, press the Program button
this procedure for each program step until you have completed the desired programming.
Press the Stop button once to complete a program sequence, or press Play
to begin immediate play of a program sequence. If the maximum of 99 program
steps is reached, the program-step indication at the right side of the Information Display
will go out, and the disc and track that have been programmed as the first program step
will be shown.
Once a program list has been entered, press the Play button
to the sequence. After the entire program has been played, the CD player will stop. As
long as the Stop button has not been pressed twice and the Program indicator
remains lit, you may repeat the programmed-play sequence again by pressing the Play
button .

Editing a Program

A program can be edited even after it was completed by pressing the Stop button
once: Each time you press the Program button
number will be displayed in the programmed order, but with steady track numbers (not
blinking) in contrast to the programming mode. As soon as the track number starts
blinking (this will take 1 second), the appropriate program step number shown at the left
side is not programmed yet; now you can change the track number with the Skip buttons
or the Numeric buttons
list by pressing the Program button
Pressing the Stop button twice will return to normal mode and the Program
indicator will go out, but the program will stay in memory and can be recalled easily by
pressing the Program button. But pressing the Clear button
the disc drawer by pressing Open/Close
from the unit's memory.

Checking Program Contents

To check the contents of a program while the unit is stopped at first note that the Program
indicator is lit (otherwise press Program) and the program step indication PROG-01:
is not lit (otherwise press Stop once). Each time the Check button
the Information Display will step through each of the programmed tracks. To cancel the
check mode press the Stop button twice.

Clearing Programs

To clear a single track from the program list, press the Program button
track to be deleted from the program sequence appears in the Information Display
When the track number appears, press the Clear button
will be deleted and the track number will be replaced by the next programmed one. Now
you can delete that track too with the Clear button or press the Stop button
again the Program button to select lower track numbers to be deleted.
corresponding to the
again. Repeat
to begin listening
the track number and program step
as described above and add it to the program
.
(see below) or opening
, will erase the program information
is pressed now,
once, the track selected
When the unit is stopped and the program step indication PROG-01: 001 is not
lit (otherwise press Stop once), but the Program indicator is still lit (otherwise press
Program ) you may clear the entire contents of a program by pressing the Clear
button .
Important Note: When you've pressed the Program button
and the track number on the right starts blinking, the appropriate program step number
(e.g. PROG-02:008) shown at the left display side is not programmed yet. Do
not continue to press the Program button now, otherwise the track selected will be
memorized too. If you´re in doubt, press Stop button
again with Program .
Important Note: Tracks programmed as described above can be played repeatedly too.
When you press Repeat
be lit, otherwise press Program) and the program is played, the Repeat 1 indicator will
light and the track currently playing will be repeated continuously. If Repeat is pressed
twice, "Repeat All" will be displayed, all programmed tracks will be played subsequently
and the sequence will be repeated continuously until the Stop button is pressed.
until the
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Programmed Play Operation

(once or several times)
and start the procedure
once after a program is created (the Program indicator must
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