The Balance Mode - Mark Levinson 380 Owner's Manual

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the balance mode

To select a different input for recording, simply press the appropriate
Input Selection button while in this mode. Note that the Nº380 will not
allow a recording device to serve as its own source while monitoring
itself, as this would allow potentially dangerous feedback to be repro-
duced by the loudspeakers. (See "programming input names" for more
details.)
The
may be disconnected (or "defeated") by pressing
record outputs
the
button of the currently selected (to-be-recorded)
input selector
input a second time. Doing so will toggle the
off. The display will alternatively read the name of the chosen input
and
as shown below.
RECD OFF
Defeating the
record outputs
input impedance of a recording device could have an effect on the
sound quality of the preamplifier. We recommend that
be turned
when not in use.
OFF
The
mode gives you extremely fine control over the relative
balance
volumes of the Left and Right channels, by changing the volume of one
relative to the other in increments of 0.1 dB, up to 20.0 dB. (Beyond
this point, the
balance
channel entirely.) Once set, this inter-channel difference in volume re-
mains the same regardless of output level and selected input, until it is
changed again in the
balance
(in which case the balance is reset to 0.0).
To enter the
mode from the
balance
button twice (once from the
set to a neutral position, favoring neither channel over the other, the
display will show a double-headed arrow and "0.0" decibels—that is,
that the channels are balanced with respect to one another.
record outputs
eliminates even the possibility that the
control will mute the output of the reduced
mode, or when AC power is interrupted
monitor
mode). When the balance is
record select
on and
record outputs
mode, press the
mode
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