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
• 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 33 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.