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These numbers may also be used in conjunction with other features, such
as programming and direct access by time. For example, when in the
stop
mode, you may press
5
and press the
prog –
button to delete track 5 from
your playlist. In this case, the Nº39 would play that particular disc normally,
except that it would automatically skip from track 4 to track 6.
Selecting a particular track does not affect the operating mode. That is to
say, pressing
7
while in
play
begins playing track 7; pressing
4
while in
pause
leaves you paused at the beginning of track 4.
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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-sensitive 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 re-
mains to the end of the disc.
polarity
: Pressing this button on the Nº39 remote control will trans-
parently 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 lis-
tening position (hence the placement of this feature on the re-
mote control).
rpt disc/trk
: Press once to enter
disc repeat
mode (repeating the
entire disc, or an entire playlist 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 nauseum
). A
third press will cycle you back to normal operation, as will press-
ing
stop
.
mute
: Pressing this button will engage the
mute
function of a com-
patible Mark Levinson preamplifier without stopping the trans-
port. Pressing it a second time will restore the volume to its pre-
vious setting. Since this function depends on the ability of the
Nº39 to pass the instruction to the Nº38 (for example), the two
components must be connected by a Link cable, and operate
within a system which has a “master” digital processor. (See
Spe-
cial Functions
for more information.) If you are using the Nº39’s
preamp (variable output) feature, the Nº39 will engage its own
mute circuitry instead.
intensity/•standby
: Pressing this button momentarily cycles the
Nº39 (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 Nº39 into or out of
standby
.
(
+
)
volume
: Pressing this button on the Nº39 remote control will
transparently and automatically raise the volume of a Linked Mark
Levinson preamplifier, minimizing the need to juggle multiple re-
motes. Since this function depends on the ability of the Nº39 to
pass the instruction to the Nº38 (for example), the two compo-
nents must be connected by a Link cable. (See
Special Functions
for more information.) Alternatively, the Nº39 may be configured
to use its own, internal volume control in all-digital systems lack-
ing a preamplifier. (See
Setup Options
.)