CDR 2 (serv.man21) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 17

PLAYBACK BASICS  17

Dual-Play Mode
Since the CDR 2 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 ı

Q. When the Dual-Play

Indicator J 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 J is lit,
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 Ùˆ˜
¯˘ or Record Deck &*(ÓÔ.
To control the transports using the remote,
remember to first press the Selector button for
either the Play/CDP Deck

3 or the

, 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 

6 or the Dual button ı

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 3 continues to play. The output of the
play deck will be sent to both sets of output
jacks.

Dual-Deck Operation
Since the CDR 2 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 2 is in the Single-Play mode, as
shown by the Dual-Play Indicator J NOT
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 

N&¸ for the deck that is currently

playing.

To have the CDR 2 function as a standard CD
player, where the deck in use stops at the end of
a disc, press the Dual button

Qı until the

Dual-Play Indicator J lights. In the Dual
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 2’s time display is capable of showing a
wide range of information about the contents of
a CD.

Once the disc’s Table of Contents or TOC data
has been read, the Information Display K
for any deck that has a CD inside will show the
number of tracks on the disc in the two left
digits 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
1!ÒÙ for the deck in use so that the
Remaining Time Indicators ML illuminate.
The Information Display K will count down
the time remaining in the track, and 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

1!ÒÙ for

the deck in use so that the Total Time
Indicators NL illuminate. The Information
Display K will show the total time remaining
for all tracks on the disc and count down until
the disc has finished playing. When the disc has
played all the way through, the total number of
tracks and the total running time of the disc will
be displayed.

Headphone Listening
You may listen to the output of the CDR 2
through headphones at any time by simply plug-
ging the headphones into the Front-Panel Jack
4. The volume of the headphone output may
be adjusted with the Headphones Level
Control 5. Note that changes to the headpho-
ne 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, 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 3 will be fed to the headphone jack.