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- Page 1 LINN KARIK NUMERIK C O M P A C T D I S C P L A Y B A C K S Y S T E M O W N E R S M A N U A L...
- Page 2 Year 2000 Compliant in such circumstances. Except to the extent implied by law and which by law cannot be excluded, Linn shall not be liable to any party for any costs, claims, losses (including indirect and consequential losses) or liabilities arising from the failure of Linn’s software to be Year 2000 Compliant if used in...
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Page 3: Important Safety Information
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Explanation of symbols used in this manual and on the product: This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltages within the enclosure of sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of importance maintenance and servicing information in the instruction and service manuals. -
Page 4: Mains Plugs
This appliance is supplied with a non-rewireable mains plug for the intended country. Replacement mains leads can be obtained from your Linn retailer. Should you need to change the plug please dispose of it carefully. A plug with bared conductors is dangerous if engaged in a live socket. - Page 5 11. Grounding or Polarization. Do not defeat the precautions taken to ground or polarize the supply to the appliance. 12. Power Cord Protection. Route power cords so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords at plugs, power sockets and at the point where they exit from the appliance.
- Page 6 MAINS PLUG REPLACEMENT Should your mains plug need replacing and you are competent to do this proceed as follows. If you are in doubt contact your Linn retailer or a competent electrician. a) Disconnect the plug from the mains supply.
- Page 7 The addition of any Linn component will improve the sound quality of your system. Linn has a policy of continuously improving its equipment allowing customers to retro-fit most product upgrades.
- Page 9 The Linn KARIK CD Transport incorporates an internal digital-to-analogue convertor (DAC), enabling the KARIK to be used in its own right as a single-box CD player of the highest possible quality. Consistent with Linn’s philosophy of ensuring long-term upgrade capability for all our products, the KARIK has the...
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Page 10: Installation
Unpack the KARIK and NUMERIK and retain the packing for future transportation. Your Linn Dealer is responsible for ensuring correct installation of the KARIK and NUMERIK. He will be pleased to provide information, address your queries and resolve any problems. If this is not possible, please contact the Linn Products factory in Scotland, or your national distributor. -
Page 11: Sleep Mode
(show two dashes). Actuation of the door, front panel controls or remote control will waken the display. This feature, shared by the Linn Kairn pre-amplifier and Kremlin tuner, saves power and draws less attention to the products, if required. -
Page 12: Audio Outputs
If LOCK is still not achieved, there is a more fundamental problem, therefore please contact your Linn dealer. When the sample rate is , the light labelled 44.1 kHz is lit. When the 44.1 kHz... -
Page 13: Additional Connections
The remote in and out facility on the KARIK is intended for use in a distributed system. This facility enables quick and efficient access by remote control, to various Linn products throughout your home. DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL LINK UP... -
Page 14: Operation
CD HANDLING Forgetting all the hype that surrounded the launch of compact disc - 1. Never handle the playing surface of the disc. 2. Scratches on either side of the disc activate correction circuits on a transport. This process complicates the retrieval of information and may result in degradation of sound quality. -
Page 15: Display Modes
KARIK OPERATION Operating the KARIK with the remote control provides the most efficient method of accessing the functions, and you will probably use this method on a day-to-day basis. Manual operation of the KARIK, using the buttons on the control area, is described below. DISPLAY MODES TRACK shows TRACK and INDEX information. - Page 16 and TOTAL REMAIN TIME which shows the remaining time on the disc. Repeated pressing of the TIME button selects the four time modes. NOTE TRACK and TIME modes are accessed on the remote control handset via the button. DISPLAY POWER ON To switch the KARIK on, press the POWER the drawer, TRACK, INDEX, DIGITAL and PLAY legends will light and TRACK...
- Page 17 PLAY To close the drawer and start play, press PLAY and DIGITAL legends will light and the display will show TRACK 1, INDEX 1, if left to continue, all tracks on the disc will be played, the display incrementing at the start of each new track and index point. If you wish to hear the current track from its start point, press second time and the KARIK will return to the beginning of the track and play will resume.
- Page 18 SKIP FORWARD/SKIP BACKWARD To select a different track press SKIP SKIP and the pick-up will advance to the start of the next track, or go back to the start of the current track. Pressing and holding will go forwards or backwards through all the tracks in turn until the button is released.
- Page 19 When searching backwards and the start of the first track is reached, the disc will start to play automatically. If in TRACK display mode, the display will increment when the button is held past a track boundary. If in TIME display mode, the display will increment or decrement depending on the time mode selection.
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Page 20: Remote Control
REMOTE CONTROL One feature of the remote control is that you can enter a track number directly. Since the numeric section of the remote handset can be used for the Compact Disc, Preamp and Tuner functions, to link the numbers to the KARIK player the previous button pressed has to be one from the Compact Disc section of the handset. - Page 21 Correct cables should be used. We recommend good quality copper cable for interconnect leads and advise 4mm multicore copper cable, such as Linn K20, for speaker leads. Your Linn dealer can supply high quality interconnects for linking all your hi-fi components.
- Page 22 PROGRAMMING THE KARIK The KARIK can be programmed from the remote control to play a selection of tracks. TO PLAY A SELECTION OF TRACKS playing. You can tell that this is the case if the the display is showing the number of tracks on the disc. (If you have just put the disc in, allow the KARIK the few seconds necessary to read and display the number of tracks).
- Page 23 DISPLAY until “P--A” appears. Then release DISPLAY and the display will show “P” followed by the number of program slots used. Enter the additional tracks using SKIP and DISPLAY as described previously. Press STOP you have finished adding tracks. TO PLAY THE SELECTION YOU HAVE MADE TO PREPARE TO PLAY THE SELECTION YOU HAVE MADE PAUSE .
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Page 24: Maintenance
Insert the spare fuse into the inner compartment and close the drawer. If the new fuse blows then there may be a fault and the complete unit should be returned to your Linn dealer. -
Page 25: Guarantee And Service
To help us, please ask your Linn retailer about the Linn warranty scheme in operation in your country. In many countries registration of your purchase with Linn or its distributor will enable you to receive copies of the Linn Record Newsletter to keep you up to date with developments and products from Linn. - Page 26 S/P DIF DIGITAL AUDIO ELECTRICAL OUTPUT Connector - 75 ohm BNC Level - 0.5 V pp (75 ohms) DIAGNOSTIC OUTPUT Interface to Linn KARIK test equipment Connector - 9-way D-type Level - TTL REMOTE OUTPUT Current loop remote control output...
- Page 27 NUMERIK SPECIFICATIONS DIMENSIONS Width - 320mm Depth - 325mm Height - 80mm Weight - 4.1kg CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY 20 BIT 8x oversampling, dual convertor INPUTS 2 DIGITAL AUDIO S/P-DIF INPUTS Connector - 75 ohms BNC Level - 0.2 V to 1 V pp (75 ohms) Frequency - 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sample rate ±...
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