DOWNLOAD Harman Kardon HD 740 (serv.man4) Service Manual ↓ Size: 206.71 KB | Pages: 20 in PDF or view online for FREE

Operation

While the disc is playing, the track being
played will show both as a large number
in the middle of the display and as a
smaller, flashing number at the bottom
of the display. The elapsed time of the
track being played will also appear in the
display. As a disc plays, the track
numbers will change, and the time will
reset to

at the start of each new

track.

To momentarily pause the play of a disc,
press the 

button 

6 l

. Note

that a Pause indication 

±

will appear in

the display to remind you that the disc is
paused. Press either the 

button 

4

j

or the 

button 

6 l

to

resume normal play.

To stop the disc, press the 

button 

5 k

. When the Stop button is

pressed the display again will show the
total number of tracks and total running
time of the disc.

To remove a disc from the player, press
the 

button 

(

. To prevent

dirt and dust from entering the unit, do
not leave the disc tray open.

To place the unit in a Standby mode,
press the 

button 

a

on 

the remote. The 

2

will glow amber,

indicating that the unit is off, but ready
to accept a Power On command from the
remote. If the disc drawer is open, it will
automatically close when the unit is
placed in the Standby mode. This ensures
that the unit will not be harmed from
dust, dirt or inadvertent damage to the
drawer mechanism.

Note that the unit is not removed from
AC main power when it is in the Standby
mode. During long periods of inactivity,
it is recommended that the 

1

be used to turn the unit off.

The Status Mode indicator will not be lit
when the unit is totally turned off.
Remember to turn the unit back on with
the 

1

in order to

use the remote control.

You may listen to the output of the
HD740 through headphones by plugging
a set of standard headphones with a 

1

⁄

4

"

headphone plug into the front panel

*

. The volume of

the headphone output may be adjusted
with the 

knob 

&

. Note that changing the headphone

level will not change the volume for the
main audio output. This is a fixed
output, and it is changed using the
volume control on your receiver,
preamplifier or surround processor.

In some instances, it may be desirable to
reduce the brightness of the display or to
turn it off completely. To do this, press
the 

button 

9 s

once to dim

the display to half brightness. Press it
again to turn the display off. A third press
will return the display to normal level.

The HD740’s time display is capable of
showing a wide range of information
about a CD.

In normal operation the display will
show the total running time of a CD after
the disc is first put in the unit. When the
disc is played, the display will show the
running time of a track in play and the

ELAPSED

indicator will light to remind

you of the display function in use. Each
time the track changes, the time display
will reset to

and begin to

increase again as the disc plays.

To view the time remaining on an
individual track, press the 

button

) n

once. The display will now show

the time left in the track in play, and the

REMAIN

and 

EACH 

indicators will light

next to the time display as a reminder of
the display’s status.

To view the total time remaining to play
on the disc, press the time button twice.
The 

REMAIN

and 

TOTAL

indicators will

light to remind you of the function in
use.

NOTE: When a disc contains more than
thirty (30) tracks, the time display may
read “–  –  :  –  –”. This is normal and
it does not indicate any problem with the
disc or the HD740.

11

Program Search

The HD740 is equipped with a variety of
functions that make it easy to search for
specific parts of any CD.

If you wish to quickly scan through a
disc to locate a particular passage or
program, press the 

buttons 

7 i

. The 

button

—

plays the disc forward in high

speed, while the 

button 

‚

plays the disc backwards in

high speed. When the desired part of the
disc is heard, release the 

button

to resume normal play speed.

To move from one track on the disc to
another, press one of the 

buttons

8 h

. Pressing the 

button 

fl·

will move you forwards

through the disc, one track at a time,
while pressing the 

button 

‡fi

will move you back one

track at a time.

The Skip buttons may be used when 
the HD740 is either playing or stopped. 
If the unit is stopped, the Skip buttons
may be used to locate the first track to 
be played. The 

button 

4 j

must

be pressed to begin play. If the Skip
buttons are used while the unit is already
playing, the audio output will stop while
the new track is located, and play will
automatically resume after the Skip
button is released.

This feature lets you locate a track by
playing the first 15 seconds of each track.
When the 

button 

p

is pressed,

the unit will play only 15 seconds of each
track, and then automatically move to
the next track. When you have reached a
track that you wish to listen to in its
entirety, press the Intro button again to
resume normal operation. When the
Intro feature is activated, the

INTRO

indicator will illuminate in the

Ó

to remind

you that Intro Search is in use.

12

Programmed Play Operation

13

The HD740’s advanced programming
capability enables you to preset the order
in which tracks play, to repeat one track
or all tracks, and to repeat any portion of
a disc without regard to track numbers.

To program the order in which the 
tracks on a disc play, begin by pressing
the 

button 

! d

. Note that

the 

PROGRAM

indicator will light in 

the 

Ó

. The total

number of tracks and total disc playing
time is also displayed.

You may now begin to enter the tracks in
the order in which you wish to have
them play. When entering track numbers
from the remote control, simply enter the
numbers using the 

c

. Be certain to enter the second digit

of track numbers 10 and above within
two seconds of the first number. Tracks
may also be entered from the front panel
or remote by pressing the 

buttons

8 h

until the desired track number

appears. Press the 

button 

!

d

to enter the track to memory, and

then proceed to select the next track you
wish to program.

As tracks are entered, two displays will
appear in the display. The first will
indicate the total number of tracks that
have been programmed along with the
last track number entered.

The second display will show the total
cumulative running time of all tracks
entered along with the last track number
programmed. After 6 seconds, only this
display will appear if no other track
number is entered.

As each track is added to the program
list, its number will illuminate at the
bottom of the display.

When you have entered all the tracks 
that you wish to program, press the 

button 

4 j

to begin playback of the

programmed sequence. The tracks will
now play back in the order in which they
were programmed.

When the complete set of programmed
tracks has played, the unit will stop. 
The program will remain and may be
started again by pressing the 

button

4 j

. The program will remain in the

player’s memory as long as the disc is 
not removed.

NOTE: Once the disc drawer is opened,
the program information is lost, and
must be reentered even if the same disc
is placed back in the machine.

To check the contents of a program, press
the 

button 

@ o

. Each press of

the button will show the actual track
number, the position the track occupies
in memory (e.g., second track to play)
and the cumulative time for all tracks
that have been programmed up to the
one that is indicated.

To clear one or all tracks from a program,
first press the 

button 

5 k

.

Pressing the 

button 

e

on the

remote, or the 

button 

5

on

the front panel will remove tracks from
the program sequence one at a time,
starting with the last track programmed.
For example, if track #6 was the last
selection in the program order, it will be
the first to be deleted from the program,
regardless of how many tracks are on the
disc, and how many individual tracks
have been programmed.

To clear all tracks at once, press and 
hold either the 

button 

5

on the front panel, or the 

button

e

on the remote until the 

PROGRAM

indicator goes out and the display of the
disc’s total running time and number of
tracks appear. You may also clear the
total contents of a track programming
sequence by pressing the 

button 

(

, or by turning the unit off.

Programmed Play Operation

14

To remove tracks from the middle of a
previously programmed sequence, press
the 

@ o

button, and then

press the 

buttons 

8 h

until the

desired track number appears in the
display. Press the 

e

or

5 

button to remove the

track from the sequence.

The HD740’s programming system
enables you to repeat either a single
track, the entire disc (respectively all
programmed tracks) or a specially
programmed passage that you select.

Repeat All
To repeat all of the tracks on a disc, press
the 

button 

f

or the

button 

$

once until the

REPEAT

and 

ALL

indicators light up.

When you see these indicators, the entire
disc or all programmed tracks will play
through to the end, and then start again
from the beginning. The disc will play
continually until the 

button 

5

k

is pressed.

Repeat One
To repeat the track in play, press the

button 

f

or the 

button 

$

twice. The 

REPEAT 

and

ONE

indicators will light and the track will
continue to play over and over again
continuously. If the track is changed by
pressing the 

buttons 

8 h

while

the Repeat function is in use, the newly
selected track will be repeated. To stop
the repeat play, press the 

button 

5

k

or press the 

button 

$ f

until the 

REPEAT

indicator goes out.

Repeat A–B
The HD740 may be programmed to
repeat any section within a track, or a
complete passage or program that
includes material in a series of tracks.

To program the unit for A–B play, first
locate the point on the disc where you
wish to begin the repeated section. At that
point, press the 

button 

g

.

The 

REPEAT

indicator will light in the

and the 

A–

indicator will blink to show that the
program process has started. Let the disc
continue to play or press the 

—

button 

7 i

or 

fl·

button 

8 h

on the front or remote

until you have reached the end of the
section to be repeated. When the end
point is reached, press the 

button 

g

again. Note that the 

REPEAT

and 

A–B

indicators will now be

illuminated.

Once the 

button 

g

is

pressed for the second time to complete
the programming, the HD740 will
automatically go to the start of the
selected passage and continue to play the
section over and over.

To resume normal play press the 

button 

g

again. The 

REPEAT

and

A–B

indicators will go out, and the rest of

the disc will play normally.

The HD740 may be programmed to
automatically go into the play mode
when the unit is turned on.

To use this feature, insert a disc in the
drawer and close the drawer as explained
on page 10. Next, locate the 

switch 

¢

on the rear panel. Place the

switch in the ON position and then either
turn the unit off by pressing the front
panel 

1

until the

2

goes dark,

or place the unit in the Standby mode by
pressing the 

button 

a

on

the remote.

When the HD740 is turned on using
either the 

1

or the

button 

b

the unit will

automatically go into the Play mode and
the disc will play through from the first
track to the last.

To return the unit to normal operation,
put the 

switch 

¢

in the OFF

position.