HD 740 (serv.man4) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 7

Front Panel Controls

5

1

Press this switch

to apply power to the HD740. When
the switch is first turned on, the

light 

2

surrounding the switch will turn
green. Once the unit has been
turned on with this switch it may be
operated from either the front panel
or remote control. Press the switch
again to turn the unit completely off.

2

When

the HD740 is in the ON mode, this
indicator will glow green. When the
unit has been placed in the Standby
mode by pressing the 

button 

a

on the remote, the indicator will glow
amber, indicating that the unit is still
connected to the AC main supply
and is ready to be turned on from
the remote control.

3

The

sensor behind this window receives
commands from the remote control.
Keep this area clear if you wish to
use the HD740 with a remote control.

4

Press this button to

start the playback of a CD. If the CD
drawer is open, pressing this button
will automatically close the drawer.

5

Press this button to

stop the disc currently being played.
During programming functions, this
button is also used to clear the
system memory (see page 13).

6

Press this button

once to momentarily stop a disc.
When the button is pressed again,
the disc will resume play at the point
it was stopped.

7

Press one of

these buttons to search forward
— or backwards ‚ through a
disc to locate a particular portion of
the selection.

8

Press one of 

these buttons to move to the next
track 

fl·, or to move back to the

previous track 

‡fi.

9

Press this button

once to dim the brightness of the
display. Press it again to turn the
display off completely. An additional
press of the button will return the
display to normal brightness.

)

Press this button to

select the time display. In normal
operation, the display will show the
running time of a track being played.
Press the button once to check the
time remaining for the track in play.
Press the button again to view the
total time remaining for the disc in
play.

!

This button 

is used to program the playback 
of a disc in a particular order. (See
page 13 for complete instructions 
on programming the HD740.)

@

Press

this button to check the order of
tracks programmed into the HD740’s
memory. (See page 13 for complete
information on programming the
HD740.)

#

Press this

button to put a disc into play, and 
to have all of the tracks played in 
a random order. (See page 10 for
more information.)

$

Press this button

once to continually repeat all tracks
on a disc. Press it again to repeat
only the track currently being played.
(See page 14 for more information.)

%

Use this

button to select the cassette size
when programming the HD740 for
use with a cassette recorder. (See
page 15 for more information.)

^

Press this button to

begin the programming sequence
that matches the length of a CD’s
tracks to the size of an audio-
cassette when recording a CD to
tape. See page 15 for complete
information on this process.

&

Turn this

knob to increase or decrease the
volume level for headphones
connected to the HD740’s

*. Note that

changing this level will not change
the sound level for the unit’s main
output, as that remains constant.

*

Connect a

set of standard headphones to this
jack for private listening.

(

Press this button 

to open or close the disc drawer.
The drawer may also be closed 
by pressing the 

button 

4 j,

or by gently pressing the edge of 
the drawer. However, we do not
recommend pushing the drawer, as
damage to the transport mechanism
may result.

Ó

This

display provides details about the
operation of the HD740.

Ô

To play a disc,

open the drawer by pressing the

button 

( and place 

a full-size (12cm) or CD single (8cm)
disc in the drawer with the printed
side facing upwards. Press the 

button 

4 j to close the drawer

and begin playback.