Dual-Play Mode; Dual-Deck Operation; Time Display; Headphone Listening - Harman Kardon CDR 20 Owner's Manual

Playback Basics

Dual-Play Mode

Since the CDR 20 has more than one CD deck,
you may play a disc in either drawer. When only
one deck is playing, the unit is in the Single
mode. In the Single mode, the audio output will
be fed to all digital and analog jacks for both
decks. This means you may select the input on
your receiver, preamp or processor for either
deck. For example, if you have the Play Deck
connected to "CD" and the Record Deck con-
nected to "Tape, " when only one deck is playing,
either input may be selected.
It is also possible to play two discs at once,
using the Dual mode. To initiate dual-mode play-
back, press the Dual button on the front panel
or remote . When the Dual-Play
Indicator is lit, you may play a different disc
in both decks at the same time. The output of
each deck will be sent to the its appropriate out-
put jacks, and you will need to select the deck
you wish to listen to using the input selectors on
your receiver, preamp or processor. You may also
use the output of one deck to feed your main-
room system, while the second deck is used to
feed a remote room.
As long as the Dual-Play Indicator
each deck functions as a separate CD player, and
will respond to its own set of controls on the
front panel for either the Play Deck
or Record Deck
To control the transports using the remote,
remember to first press the Selector button for
either the Play/CDP Deck or the Record/
CDR Deck , and then press the desired
command function.
NOTE: When in the Dual mode, you may return
to Single play mode by pressing the Single but-
ton on the remote or the Dual button
on the front panel. However, pressing the
Single button while both decks are playing, will
automatically stop playback of the disc in the
Record Deck while the disc in the Play
Deck continues to play. The output of the
play deck will be sent to both sets of output
jacks.

Dual-Deck Operation

Since the CDR 20 has two separate CD decks, it
may be used to function as two-disc changer, so
that you can continually play two discs.
When the CDR 20 is in the Single-Play mode, as
shown by the Dual-Play Indicator
being lit, when the disc in one deck has played
through to the end, the disc in the other deck
will automatically begin to play. Each disc will
play through, and when one deck is finished the
other will start. To stop playback, press the Stop
button for the deck that is currently
playing.
To have the CDR 20 function as a standard CD
player, where the deck in use stops at the end of
a disc, press the Dual button
Dual-Play Indicator
mode, each deck acts independently of the other
and when the disc in one deck finishes, it stops
unless one of the Repeat functions has been
activated.

Time Display

The CDR 20's time display is capable of showing
a wide range of information about the contents
of a CD.
is lit,
Once the disc's Table of Contents or TOC data
has been read, the Information Display
for any deck that has a CD inside will show the
number of tracks on the disc in the two left dig-
.
its of the display, and the total running time of
the disc. When the disc is playing, the tracks will
count up as each new track is reached, and time
display will show the elapsed time for the track
being played.
To view the time remaining in the track being
played, press the Display button
REMAINING TIME Indicators
illuminate. The Information Display
count down the time remaining in the track, and
NOT
at the start of the next track the counter will
start to count down the running time of that
track.
To view the total time remaining on the disc,
press the Display Button
the deck in use so that the Total Time
Indicators
Display
for all tracks on the disc and count down until
the disc has finished playing. When the disc has
until the
played all the way through, the total number of
lights. In the Dual
tracks and the total running time of the disc will
be displayed.

Headphone Listening

You may listen to the output of the CDR 20
through headphones at any time by simply plug-
ging the headphones into the Front-Panel Jack
. The volume of the headphone output may
be adjusted with the Headphones Level
Control
phone level will not alter the output settings to
the analog outputs. Those levels are fixed, and
the volume should be adjusted using your
receiver, preamp or processor.
Note that when only one deck is playing back a
disc in the single play mode, the output of that
deck will be fed to the headphone jack. When
the unit is in the Dual-Playback mode, only the
output of the Play Deck
headphone jack.
for the deck in use so that the
illuminate. The Information
will show the total time remaining
. Note that changes to the head-
will be fed to the
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