NAD L40 Owner's Manual page 10

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14. DISPLAY
IN CD MODE:
The DISPLAY button has three modes, as follows:
TIME: The elapsed time in minutes and seconds
since the beginning of the current track. (This is the
'default' setting, selected automatically when the play-
er is turned on.)
REMAIN: The total playing time that remains until
the end of the disc and the total number of remaining
tracks (including the current track), or the remaining
number of tracks and time during program Play.
TOTAL: the total number of tracks and playing time
of the disc.
IN TUNER MODE:
When receiving an RDS radio station, the DISPLAY
button scrolls through three modes:
As the default, when tuned to an RDS radio station,
the station name will be displayed (RDS PS).
Press the DISPLAY button once to show any Radio
Text (RDS RT). Radio text information can consists of
the program or presenter's name, what song is play-
ing, etc. The text scrolls continuously over the dis-
play. If the station doesn't transmit any RadioText the
display will show this by indicating "NO TEXT".
Press the button again to show the station frequen-
cy and signal strength.
Press the button once more to revert back to the
default display with the radio station name (RDS PS).
Pressing the DISPLAY button when tuned to a
radio station without RDS the display will give the
message "NO RDS" for 5 seconds before reverting
back to the normal display again.
NOTE:
The RDS feature is totally dependent on the capa-
bility of the radio broadcast. Many stations do not yet
broadcast in RDS. NAD can make no guarantee
about local RDS availability. Please check with your
local broadcasters.
15. BASS EQ
Small speakers typically are less capable of pro-
ducing deep bass because of their physical limita-
tions. The BASS EQ feature compensates for this
roll-off, extending the useful response of the speakers
significantly. Of course very low frequencies are not
found in all music or recordings so the effect of BASS
EQ won't always be obvious. With music that con-
tains a lot of deep bass information the effect will
prove to be an obvious and dramatic improvement.
Press the BASS EQ button to engage; "BASS EQ"
lights up in the display.
Press the BASS EQ button again to disengage.
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NOTE:
The BASS EQ circuit also incorporates an infrason-
ic filter that rolls off the response below 25Hz to pre-
vent inappropriate amplification of non-musical sig-
nals below the audio range. With music with extreme
deep bass it is possible to overdrive either the L 40's
amplifier or speakers. This is noticeable as distortion;
in such a case disengage BASS EQ and/or lower the
volume level until the sound is undistorted again.
16. MONO
If a strong stereo FM signal is being received, your
NAD L 40 will automatically switch to Stereo FM
operation, which is shown by the STEREO indicator
in the display, and the tuner will mute when searching
between stations.
Weak stereo signals however, may have a high
level of background hiss. Switching to Mono mode by
depressing the MONO button will cancel most or all
of this background noise. Press the MONO button
again to return to Auto Stereo FM operation.
It is possible to add the MONO status to a preset.
This way, if you listen frequently to a weak station
you don't need to set MONO manually everytime.
Refer to section STORE (No. 10) for more informa-
tion.
NOTE:
MONO works only on the tuner section of the L 40.
With CD, Tape or Aux selected, the MONO button is
inoperative.
17. SEARCH/TUNE
IN CD MODE:
SEARCH BACK
The SEARCH button causes the optical pick-
up of the CD player to scan backwards through the
recording at high speed. This button works only while
the player is in PLAY or PAUSE. After a STOP com-
mand, or after loading a new disc, you must press
PLAY before the scan circuit will work.
If the scan is initiated while the player is in PAUSE
the scan is silent and is approximately 15-20 times
faster than normal playing speed. If Scan is initiated
during PLAY the music will be heard in fragmentary
form as the player scans through it. Use this 'audible
scan' to cue the player precisely to the spot where
you want to resume play.
If you scan back to the beginning of the disc while
playing Track 1, the player automatically reverts to
normal playback.
SEARCH FORWARD
The SEARCH button causes the optical pick-
up to scan rapidly forwards through the music. The
behaviour of this function is similar to SEARCH .