Mark Levinson N390S - Manual (Page 33)

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6. Other Operational Buttons
• time
Pressing this button (followed by appropriate numbers
from the numeric keypad) allows direct access to any
particular time on a disc. Note that this is a context-sensi-
tive control—the time accessed will be according to the
currently selected time display mode, e.g., 30:00 with the
time remaining
and time on disc LEDs lit will take you to
that point where thirty minutes remains to the end of the
disc.
• polarity
Pressing this button on the Nº390S remote control will
transparently and automatically invert the polarity of both
channels. Some recordings sound better with one polarity
than the other; on many, the difference is subtle. In any
case, the best place to judge the better polarity for any
given recording is from the listening position (hence the
placement of this feature on the remote control).
• rpt disc/trk
Press once to enter disc repeat mode (repeating the entire
disc, or an entire play list if one is entered). This action
will illuminate the disc repeat LED. Press a second time to
enter the track repeat mode (repeating a single track ad
nauseam). A third press will cycle you back to normal
operation, as will pressing stop.
• mute
Pressing this button will engage the mute function of a
compatible Mark Levinson preamplifier without stopping
the transport. Pressing it a second time will restore the
volume to its previous setting. Since this function depends
on the ability of the Nº390S to pass the instruction to the
Nº380 (for example), the two components must be
connected by a Link cable, and operate within a system
which has a “master” digital processor. (See Special
Functions for more information.) If you are using the
Nº390S’s preamp (variable output) feature, the Nº390S will
engage its own mute circuitry instead.
• intensity/ standby
Pressing this button momentarily cycles the Nº390S (and
any Linked Mark Levinson components) through their
four levels of display intensity (bright, medium, dim, off).
When pressed and held (denoted by the bold dot •), this
button will place the Nº390S into standby. When pressed
and released, this button will take the Nº390S out of
standby.