Mark Levinson N390S - Manual (Page 49)

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• Locked Volume
Lastly, if (and only if) the volume control circuitry is engaged,
you have the option of setting a maximum volume beyond
which the Nº390S will not go. This is particularly helpful if
you have a combination of high sensitivity speakers and high
sensitivity power amplifiers, which might make the normal
maximum volume setting on the Nº390S dangerously loud for
your particular system. (It was designed to be able to drive even
relatively insensitive systems.) Alternatively, it can serve as a
helpful “party control” to guard against indiscrete guests
becoming somewhat overzealous in the heat of the moment.
If you want to set a maximum allowable volume, select your
chosen volume setting and then toggle from UNLOCKED to
LOCKED.
LINK Menu Items: • Standby Link
This feature links the standby modes of the various Mark
Levinson Linked components. For example:
– If CD processor, preamplifier and power amplifier(s) are in
standby mode, pressing the CD processor’s standby button
will take all three components out of standby mode
(making them ready to use).
– If CD processor, preamplifier and power amplifier(s) are
“on” (not in standby mode), pressing the Nº390S’s standby
button will place only the CD processor in standby mode
(presuming that you may wish to use your digital processor
with some digital source other than the Nº390S).
– If CD processor, preamplifier and power amplifier are “on”
(not in standby mode), pressing the preamp’s standby
button will place all three components into standby
mode.
• Name Link
If you use the Nº390S as a transport with a Linked processor
with your Nº390S (via one of the digital outputs), having the
NAME link on will allow the Nº390S to show up in the display
of the processor by name, e.g., No39 rather than a generic CD.
• Play Link
When you press the Nº390S’s play button, this link automatically
selects the appropriate inputs on the preamplifier so you can
listen to the CD (if you have named that input “No39” as
described in the preamp’s owner’s manual). This function also
works on the Linked processor if the Nº390S is used as a
transport (functioning as a “slave” on the communication
system rather than as the “master.”)