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Alias link
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Alias link:
The Nº31.5’s alias link automatically overrides
the name setting for its input. When you select the
Nº31.5’s input, the Nº30.6 will show
No31
on its display.
Play link
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Play link:
When you press the Nº31.5’s
Play
button, this
link automatically selects the Nº31.5’s input on the Nº30.6
and on the Nº380 or Nº380S.
Note: If you’ve connected the Nº31.5 to two or more of
your Nº30.6’s inputs, the play link will look first for AES/
EBU interconnection, then S/PDIF, then ST, and finally
EIAJ.
Display Link
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Display link:
This links the
display intensity
functions of
the Nº30.6 and the other Linked components.
When the components are linked, all displays will be set to
the same brightness. Pressing
display intensity
on either
component will affect both displays.
Polarity link
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Polarity link:
This links the
d/a polarity
button on the
Nº31.5’s Remote Control to the
polarity invert
function
of the Nº30.6.
The polarity link also allows inverted polarity to be saved
with a program, via the Nº31.5.
The following Link is not a selectable option. Instead, it operates auto-
matically and transparently between your processor and preamplifier.
HDCD Link
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HDCD link:
When HDCD recordings are made, one of
the encoding options chosen by the recording engineer re-
sults in a playback level that is six decibels lower than nor-
mal. This change in volume from one CD to the next is au-
tomatically compensated for when the Nº30.6 is connected
to a Mark Levinson preamplifier such as the Nº380 or
Nº380S. When such a HDCD is played, the Linked pream-
plifier (acting on instructions from the digital processor)
will automatically raise its volume setting by exactly six
decibels. It will also reduce its volume setting by 6 dB
when the low-output HDCD recording is no longer being
processed. In this fashion, the perceived volume in the
room is maintained at a constant level despite a funda-
mental change in the recording being played.
