Mark Levinson N 51 User Manual

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Basic Operation
Mark Levinson
Below is a description of each item listed above. Unless otherwise 
specified, the following descriptions are of commands accessed from the 
front panel during normal operation. 
1. 
power button
Powers the media player on and off when the supplied power cord is 
connected to the ~ac mains connector and an electrical outlet. 
When the media player is powered off, pressing the power button 
powers the media player on and connects power to the component. 
The media player automatically enters standby after completing its 
initialization sequence.
When the media player is powered on or in standby mode, pressing 
the power button powers the media player off and disconnects power 
from the component.
Note
Before operating the 
media player, make sure the voltage label near the ~ac 
mains connector (page 2-7) indicates an operating voltage that is compatible 
with the voltage at the electrical outlet.
2. 
standby button
& LED
When the media player is powered on, press the standby button to place 
the media player into or out of standby mode. When powered off, 
pressing the standby button has no effect. The standby red LED remains 
lit when the media player is receiving power while in standby mode.
3. 
display
intensity button
Controls the illumination level of front-panel display characters. Pressing 
the display intensity button cycles the display intensity through the 
following settings: 100%, 75%, 50%, 25% and Off. When “Off”, the 
display lights for a few seconds whenever a setting is changed.
4. 
pause button
Pauses and resumes playback. Pausing playback at the current position 
allows viewing of a single frame. Pressing pause when playback is in 
pause mode, resumes playback. 
5.
 play button
Starts playback:
From beginning of a disc if just loaded, or from where stop was 
pressed.
At current position if pause was pressed.
From standby mode.
6.
 next button
Press the next button to skip to the next chapter or track. If the player is 
in pause mode, the player skips to the next chapter or track, but remains 
in pause mode until the play button is pressed. Press-and-hold the next 
button to skip forward at 4x speed; release the button to resume playback 
at normal speed.