Harman Kardon HS 300, Service Manual

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OPERATION
• Load CDs or DVD-Audio discs, with the label side up.
• When loading DVD-Video discs with printed labels, load them label
side up. If the disc contains both standard and high-definition (not
HD-DVD or Blu-ray Disc) versions of the program, make sure the
desired label faces up.
• Some DVD-Video discs are double-sided. The title information for
these will be printed on the inner ring of the disc, very close to the
center hole. The title for the side you wish to play should be facing up.
After a disc is properly loaded, press the Open/Close Button to close
the disc drawer. After the drawer closes, you will see the READING mes-
sage in the Main Information Display to alert you to the fact that the unit
is determining the type of disc (DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, CD, VCD, JPEG,
WMA or MP3) and is reading the data for track, chapter, title and other
information about the disc.
Once the disc’s data has been read, the type of disc will be displayed
by the Disc-Type Indicator in the front-panel display. If the disc is a DVD,
CD or VCD2.0 disc, it will automatically begin playing. The disc’s track
and timing information and other relevant data will appear in the Main
Information Display.
Any time a control button is pressed, an icon will appear in the upper
right corner of the screen to indicate the player’s action. These icons
include the standard transport modes (play, stop, pause, forward and
reverse fast and slow search, track skip), the opening or closing of the
disc drawer, or the prohibit icon (Ø) if the command action is not avail-
able at that time or for that disc. As explained in more detail below,
pressing the Status Button displays the Status Banner for DVDs, and
pressing the Info Button displays the Player submenu.
• When a DVD is detected, playback will automatically begin and the
screen will show the program or the disc’s menu, depending on how
the disc was created.
• If a CD is detected, playback will begin automatically.
• If the disc contains MP3, WMA or JPEG files, or if it is a VCD without
playback control, the Player Information display will appear. See Figure
57. To play one of these files, use the Navigation Buttons to select a
folder and press the Enter Button to open it. Use the Navigation
Buttons to select a file for playback, and press the Enter Button to
begin play.
Figure 57 – Player Information Screen (JPEG/WMA Disc)
• VCD2.0 discs will begin play automatically, similar to a conventional
audio CD. Not all VCDs will play on the HS 300. VCDs containing raw
MPEG files will not play.
If a disc is already in the drawer when the unit is turned on, it will begin
playing. If the disc was stopped using the Resume function, playback
will begin from the point where it was stopped. If the disc was stopped
by pressing the Stop Button twice, the disc will begin playing from its
beginning. If the Disc Recognition feature was turned on in the System
Setup menu (see Figure 33), a screen will appear asking you whether to
begin playback from the beginning of the disc, or from the point where
playback was stopped during the last viewing session. See Figure 58.
Figure 58 – Disc-Recognition Resume Screen
Playback Features for DVD and CD Discs
See Figure 59 for reference to the transport controls described below.
Figure 59 – Transport Controls
• To momentarily pause playback and freeze the current picture frame
on a DVD, press the Pause Button. To resume playback after pressing
the Pause button, press the Play Button.
• To move forward or backward through the tracks on a DVD-Audio
disc or CD, or the chapters on a DVD, press the Previous/Next
Buttons on the remote.
• To move forward or backward through the DVD or CD disc being
played at fast speed, press the Search Forward/Reverse Buttons.
Once one of these buttons is pressed, the fast search will continue
until the Play Button is pressed. Each additional press of the Search
Forward/Reverse Buttons will cycle through the five available fast-
search speeds. The speed will be indicated by the number of filled-in
triangles that appear in the upper right corner of the screen.
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