DRIVE AND PLAY (serv.man16) - Harman Kardon Car Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 11

Setting the Sleep Timer

Drive + Play is equipped with a sleep timer that delays its
power off by a default of 2 seconds after the ignition is turned
off. You can set a different delay time as follows:

NOTE: Sleep Timer only works when the Drive + Play’s ACC
wire is connected to the ignition switch’s accessory terminal
(see Wiring Diagram on page 5). 

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Drive + Play Menu > Settings > Sleep Timer > select 2 sec
(default), 4 sec, or 8 sec. 

Setting the Jump Size 

When browsing a database (songs, albums, artists, etc.), you can
scroll and hold to jump to a different position in the list, skip-
ping over undesired titles. The default jump size is 10 percent of
your database. You can set a different jump size as follows:

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Drive + Play Menu > Settings > Jump Size > select 5%, 10%
(default), 15%, 20%, or 25%.

About Drive + Play

You can view information about Drive + Play as follows:

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Drive + Play Menu > Settings > About.

Resetting All Settings

NOTE: Resetting all settings will erase all your custom
settings and replace them with default values.

To reset all Drive + Play settings to their default values:

1. Drive + Play Menu > Settings > Reset All.

2. After a few seconds, you will see the Harman Kardon

splash screen, followed by the Now Playing screen. At this
point, all Drive + Play settings have been reset.

Browsing and Playing Songs

Browsing and playing songs using Drive + Play works much like
an iPod. Using the Control Knob (see Overview on page 8), you
can play songs in any playlist, or play songs in categories such
as Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres or Composers.

NOTE: Drive + Play does not support chapter search when
playing an Audiobook. You may use the scroll wheel to move
forward or backward manually.

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Press the (center) Select Button to advance through menu
items to locate and play songs.

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Press the (top) Menu Button to go back to a previous
menu.

When a song starts to play, the Text Display will show the 
Now Playing screen (see above right) with Song Name, Artist,
track number and the elapsed play time. You can also set
Drive + Play to shuffle-play or repeat-play a song or album. 

NOTE: Now Playing, Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres
or Composers will only appear in the Main Menu after they
have been checked for display (see the previous page).

Browsing Playlists

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Drive + Play Menu > Playlists > select a playlist (e.g.,
Favorites) > select a song.

NOTE: The On-The-Go playlist will not be updated while
using Drive + Play. 

Browsing Artists

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Drive + Play Menu > Artists  > select an artist > select an
album > select a song.

Browsing Albums

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Drive + Play Menu > Albums  > select an album > select a
song.

Browsing Songs

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Drive + Play Menu > Songs  > select a song .

Browsing Genres

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Drive + Play Menu > Genres > select a genre > select an
artist  > select an album > select a song.

Browsing Composers   

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Drive + Play Menu > Composer > select a composer > select
an album > select a song.

Shuffle Play

You can set Drive + Play to shuffle (randomly play) iPod songs
or albums as follows:

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Drive + Play Menu > Settings > Shuffle > select Off (default),
Songs, or Albums.

Repeat Play

You can set Drive + Play to repeat the current iPod song or all
songs in a playlist or album as follows:

NOTE: When browsing by Artists, Genres or Composers,
selecting Repeat All will repeat the album containing the
desired song. 

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Drive + Play Menu > Settings > Shuffle > select Off (default),
One, or All.

OPERATION

Song Title

Artist

0:00

TO1

Now Playing