Linn KAIRN Owner's Manual page 13

Shift the soundstage to the right or left by pressing the + or - buttons respectively. A single
push on the buttons alters the balance by one step. Holding the button pressed causes the
soundstage to shift to the right or left at a constant rate.
To centre the balance, press the button again.
BALANCE
NOTE A balance setting is provided for each input. When a new source is selected, the bal-
ance setting will be the last set for that source.
LISTEN
To show the source playing press the button. The display shows the legend LISTEN
LISTEN
and the name of the source selected.
+ -
To select a source step through the inputs using the or buttons. The sources are Ph1*,
Ph2*, tun, CD, Au, tp1, tp2 (*see User function 6).
The listen sources can be selected using the INPUT and buttons on the remote control hand-
set for the Linn Mimik CD player.
If either of the Kairn phono inputs has been disabled by the user function 6 (U6 - 1 or 2), the
other phono input can be selected by pressing either of PH1 or PH2 on the Kairn remote con-
trol handset.
RECORD
To show the source currently being recorded, press the button. The display shows
RECORD
the legend RECORD and the name of the source (if any) selected and fed to both tape outputs.
+ -
To select a source step through the inputs using the or buttons. (In addition to the
seven possible inputs, there is an eighth state in which no record source is selected.)
In the record mode the Ph1 and Ph2 inputs cannot be used at the same time. It is not possi-
ble to listen to Ph2 and record from Ph1. If Ph1 is selected as the record source when Ph2 is
the listen source, the listen input will change to Ph1, and vice versa.
NOTE Ten seconds after the last button has been pressed the "record" mode is exited and the
pre-amplifier reverts to "listen" mode.
RECORD LOCK Record lock prevents accidentally changing the recording source whilst mak-
ing a recording.
Press RECORD then select the desired record source using the + or - buttons on the front
panel or the appropriate button on the remove control handset.
Press and hold RECORD until the display shows LOC. The record source is now locked and
cannot be changed.
To unlock the record source, press RECORD to enter the record mode. Press and hold the
RECORD until the display shows UNLOC. The records source can now be selected as
required.
MUTE
To mute or unmute the audio output press the button. When the pre-amplifier is muted,
MUTE
the display is dimmed and the volume display, if selected, displays 0.
If the volume, balance or listen source is changed, the pre-amplifier is unmuted.
During the unmute operation, the increase in volume level can be stopped at any point by
+ -
pressing the or button, providing the display is in the "volume" mode.
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