Mark Levinson CD Player N390S User Manual

Ow ners Manual  
Nº390S  
CD  
Processor  
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Important Safety Instructions  
Please read all in struction s an d precaution s carefully an d com pletely before operatin g your Mark  
Levin son pream plifier.  
1. ALWAYS discon n ect your en tire system from th e AC m ain s before con n ectin g  
or discon n ectin g an y cables, or wh en clean in g an y com pon en t.  
2. Th is product m ust be term in ated with a th ree-con ductor AC m ain s power cord  
th at in cludes an earth groun d con n ection . To preven t sh ock h azard, all th ree  
con n ection s m ust ALWAYS be used.  
3. AC exten sion cords are n ot recom m en ded for use with th is product.  
4. NEVER use flam m able or com bustible chem icals for cleaning audio com ponents.  
5. NEVER operate th is product with an y covers rem oved.  
6. NEVER wet th e in side of th is product with an y liquid.  
7. NEVER pour or spill liquids directly on to th is un it.  
8. NEVER block airflow th rough ven tilation slots or h eat sin ks.  
9. NEVER bypass an y fuse.  
10. NEVER replace an y fuse with a value or type oth er th an th ose specified.  
11. NEVER attem pt to repair th is product. If a problem occurs, con tact your Mark  
Levin son retailer.  
12. NEVER expose th is product to extrem ely h igh or low tem peratures.  
13. NEVER operate th is product in an explosive atm osph ere.  
14. ALWAYS keep electrical equipm en t out of th e reach of ch ildren .  
15. ALWAYS un plug sen sitive electron ic equipm en t durin g ligh tn in g storm s.  
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From all of us at Mark Levinson, thank you for choosing the Mark  
Levinson Nº390S CD Processor.  
A great deal of effort went into the design and construction of this  
precision device. Used properly, it will give you many years of enjoyment.  
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Part No. 070-630457 | Rev 1 | 04/04  
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Table of Contents  
Unpacking and Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8  
Unpacking the Nº390S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8  
Remove the Transport Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8  
Placement of the Nº390S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8  
Operating Voltage & Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9  
A Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10  
Break-in Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11  
Special Design Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12  
A New Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12  
Digital Servo Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13  
Digital Input/Output Versatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13  
Industrial Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13  
Convenience Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14  
Communications Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14  
Fully Balanced Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14  
Advanced Digital Filter Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15  
Digital to Analog Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15  
Balanced Analog Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16  
State-of-the-Art Output Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16  
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Front Panel, Nº390S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16  
The Extended Pause Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22  
Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23  
Rear Panel, Nº390S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24  
AC Power Cord Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24  
IR Input Tip Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27  
Linking Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28  
Standard Link Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29  
Amplifier Link Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29  
Remote Control, Nº390S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30  
Random Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32  
Analog Input Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34  
Conditions that Affect IR Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35  
Optimum IR Reception Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35  
Setup and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36  
Connecting AC Mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36  
Connecting Digital Audio Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36  
Connecting the Digital Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37  
Making Link Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37  
Connecting Analog Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37  
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Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38  
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38  
Playing a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38  
Random Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38  
Navigating the Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39  
Direct Time Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39  
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40  
Repeat Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
Repeat Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  
A-B Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41  
Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41  
Programming the Nº390S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41  
Introduction to Play Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41  
Assembling a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42  
Programming by Omission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
Saving a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
Reviewing a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43  
Deleting a Track from a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44  
Adding a Track to a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44  
Overriding a Play List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
Erasing Play Lists from Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
Why Polarity Programming? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  
Whole-Disc Polarity Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46  
Track-by-Track Polarity Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46  
Overriding a Polarity Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
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Special Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  
SOUND Menu Items: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Fixed/Variable Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Silent/Audible Cueing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Balance Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Mute Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  
Locked Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49  
LINK Menu Items: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
Standby Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
Name Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49  
Play Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  
Display Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50  
AUX INs Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50  
Changing Link Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51  
Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51  
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Using Learning Remote Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52  
Teaching Nº390S Front Panel Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52  
Teaching Other Nº390S Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53  
Special Commands Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56  
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59  
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61  
Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62  
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Unpacking and Placement  
Unpacking the Nº390S  
Un pack your Nº390S CD Processor an d rem ove all accessories  
from th e carton .  
Important!  
Keep all packing materials for future transport of your Nº390S.  
Shipping your new component in anything other than its  
purpose-designed packing material may result in damage that is  
not covered by the w arranty.  
In cluded with your n ew Mark Levin son CD processor is a pair of  
kn it, wh ite gloves design ed to assist you in th e in itial un packin g  
an d placem en t of your n ew purch ase. Please accept th em as a  
token of our appreciation for h avin g purch ased on e of our  
products.  
Remove the Transport  
Screw  
Place th e Nº390S CD Processor upside-down on a soft, clean  
surface. Rem ove th e tran sport screw from th e bottom of th e un it  
an d save it with th e packin g m aterials for future use.  
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Warning!  
The transport screw must be removed before operating the  
Nº390S, since it immobilizes the transport mechanism during  
shipping to prevent damage. This screw must also be replaced  
before shipping the unit.  
Placement of the  
Nº390S  
Th e Nº390S sh ould be placed close to your digital audio processor,  
th us keepin g in tercon n ect cablin g reason ably sh ort. It m ay be  
placed on a sh elf or in a cabin et wh ere it is con ven ien t to operate,  
but sh ould n ot be rack m oun ted, so as to leave access to th e rear  
pan el power switch .  
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Th e Nº390S is design ed for con tin uous operation —h en ce th e  
stan dby button on th e fron t pan el rath er th an a power button .  
However, a rear panel power switch is provided for your convenience  
sh ould you wan t to discon n ect th e un it from th e AC m ain s (as  
wh en takin g a vacation , for exam ple).  
Drawin gs are in cluded in th is m an ual to facilitate special  
in stallation s an d custom cabin etry (see Dimensions on page 61).  
Operating Voltage &  
Frequency  
Th e Nº390S CD Processor is set at th e factory (in tern ally) for 100V,  
120V, 200V, 220V, or 240V AC m ain s operation as appropriate for  
th e coun try in wh ich it is to be sold. Make sure th at th e label on  
th e rear of th e Nº390S (adjacen t to th e power cord) in dicates th e  
correct AC operatin g voltage for your location , as attem ptin g to  
operate th e Nº390S at an in correct voltage can dam age th e un it.  
Th e Nº390S CD Processor is also set at th e factory for operation  
on eith er 50 or 60 Hz AC lin e frequen cies, as appropriate for th e  
coun try in wh ich it is to be sold. It will n ot operate if it sen ses an  
in correct lin e frequen cy.  
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Warning!  
Neither the voltage nor the line frequency setting may be  
changed by the user. There are no user serviceable parts inside  
the Nº390S. Only qualified, authorized service personnel may  
open the Nº390S CD Processor, as hazardous voltages exist  
w ithin the unit.  
If th e AC m ain s voltage or frequen cy in dicated on your Nº390S is  
in correct, please con tact your local, auth orized Mark Levin son  
dealer or distributor.  
Th e Nº390S can easily be powered by a n orm al 15-am pere AC  
m ain s lin e. If oth er devices are also powered from th e sam e AC  
lin e, th eir addition al power con sum ption sh ould be taken in to  
accoun t.  
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A Quick Start . . .  
We recogn ize th at m an y people are un derstan dably eager to begin  
listen in g to th eir n ew com pon en ts, an d th at readin g th e m an ual  
is often don e (if at all) at a later tim e—perh aps wh ile listen in g to  
m usic with th e n ew product itself. We stron gly recom m en d th at  
you read th is m an ual th orough ly, as th e Nº390S CD Processor  
in corporates m an y un usual features th at en h an ce its operation .  
Fortun ately, we can h elp you get som e m usic up an d run n in g on  
your system quickly, so th at you m ay begin en joyin g your n ew  
CD player wh ile readin g m ore about it. Th e goal h ere is sim ply to  
m ake som e m usic as quickly as possible. Th e followin g procedure  
assum es th at you h ave a relatively con ven tion al system an d it is  
already con n ected with th e exception of th e Nº390S (e.g.,  
pream plifier to power am plifier, to speakers, etc.).  
1. Turn off your associated components.  
Th is m in im izes th e opportun ity for a m om en tary electrical  
surge disturbin g your system wh ile m akin g con n ection s. If  
you h ave a large power am plifier, allow its power supply to  
fully disch arge before proceedin g (wh ich m ay take as lon g as  
several m in utes, depen din g on its design ).  
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2. Remove the transport screw from the bottom of the Nº390S.  
If you h ave n ot don e so already, rem ove th e kn urled tran sport  
screw from th e bottom of th e Nº390S n ow. Be sure to save it  
an d all packin g m aterial for possible future use. (Shipping the  
Nº390S without proper packing material and without the transport  
screw in its proper position may cause damage to the unit that  
would not be covered by the warranty.)  
3. Connect the Nº390S to AC pow er.  
Con n ect th e AC cord to th e Nº390S at th e receptacle on th e  
rear pan el, an d th en to your AC outlet. Th en turn on th e  
power switch just above th e AC power receptacle. (Th e  
in tern ation al sym bol for “on ” is a sin gle vertical lin e: |. “Off”  
is sym bolized by a circle: O.) Th e Nº390S will take a few  
m om en ts to in itialize an d will th en be ready to use.  
4. Connect either the XLR or the RCA analog outputs on the  
Nº390S to an appropriate input of your preamplifier.  
Wh en properly im plem en ted, balan ced in tercon n ection via  
XLR connectors and high quality balanced cables offers superior  
perform an ce, an d is preferred to sin gle-en ded RCA  
in tercon n ection . Both sets of outputs on your Nº390S h ave  
been optim ized to en sure m axim um com patibility in a wide  
ran ge of system s. (Note that you should never connect a line-level  
component such as a CD player to a phono input on a preamplifier.  
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Although no damage is likely to result to either CD player or  
preamplifier, the sound will be badly distorted and the volume may  
be much louder than you expect.)  
4a. If going direct from the Nº390S to an amplifier!  
See Special Functions setup on page 47 to set th e Nº390S to  
variable output m ode.  
5. Power up the rest of the system, leaving the power amplifiers  
for last.  
Always turn th e power am plifier(s) off first, an d on last. Th is  
good h abit m in im izes th e opportun ity for un expected tran -  
sien ts to be passed to your loudspeakers. An oth er good h abit  
is to reduce th e volum e on your pream plifier to m in im um  
value before you restore power to th e system . Wh en th e  
Nº390S is in its variable pream p m ode, it powers up at a low  
volum e to m in im ize sudden ch an ges in volum e.  
6. Load a disc in the draw er and press Play; slow ly raise the  
volume on your preamplifier.  
Con gratulation s! You sh ould n ow be able to en joy your  
favorite m usic wh ile readin g th e rest of th is m an ual. (Please,  
do read the rest of this manual.)  
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Break-in Period  
Alth ough your Mark Levin son Nº390S CD Processor delivers  
outstan din g perform an ce straigh t out of th e box, you sh ould  
expect to h ear it con tin ue to im prove as it reach es its n orm al  
operatin g tem peratures an d its various com pon en ts “break-in .” It  
h as been our experien ce th at th e greatest ch an ges occur with in  
th e first 300 h ours, as th e Nº390S reach es th erm al equilibrium  
an d capacitors becom e fully form ed. After th is in itial break-in , its  
perform an ce will rem ain quite con stan t.  
Th e on ly exception to th is rule is if power is rem oved from th e  
un it for m ore th an a few m in utes, allowin g it to cool down .  
Depen din g on th e degree of coolin g in volved, you sh ould expect  
a brief warm -up period before th e Nº390S’s soun d quality is at its  
best. Un less your Nº390S was allowed to becom e quite ch illed,  
subsequen t th erm al re-stabilization sh ould n ot take lon g.  
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Special Design Features  
Con gratulation s on your purch ase of th e Nº390S CD Processor.  
Th e design team is con fiden t you will en joy th e outstan din g  
perform an ce of th e Nº390S for m an y years. In case you are  
in terested in tech n ical details, wh at follows is a brief outlin e of  
som e of th e key tech n ologies in your n ew CD player.  
A New Generation  
Th e task of a CD player is easy to defin e: it m ust recover th e  
correct data from th e disc an d con vert th at data to a series of  
an alog voltages with n eith er am plitude n or tim in g errors  
(som etim es called “jitter”). As sim ple as th is soun ds, ach ievin g it  
in reality h as been extrem ely difficult—as eviden ced by th e  
sign ifican t son ic differen ces between various CD players.  
Con ven tion al CD player design depen ds h eavily on th e quality of  
th e oscillator used to con trol th e rate at wh ich th e disc spin s. Th is  
oscillator exists in an extrem ely “n oisy” electrical en viron m en t  
close to th e m otor th at spin s th e disc. Th e electrical n oise  
in troduces tim in g errors in th e delivery of th e digital sign al th at  
h ave com e to be kn own as “jitter.” Subsequen t h an dlin g of th e  
digital audio sign al in tradition al CD player design s can n ot  
im prove upon th is “jittery” sign al, lackin g a better referen ce. To  
th e con trary, th e various stages of sign al processin g between th e  
laser pickup an d th e actual con version to an alog can on ly  
con tribute addition al jitter of th eir own .  
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Th e Mark Levin son Nº390S leaps beyon d con ven tion al digital  
audio tech n ology by em ployin g a proprietary, closed-loop jitter-  
reduction system in con jun ction with a double speed CD-ROM  
drive. Usin g a custom -m ade crystal oscillator with better th an five  
part-per-m illion accuracy, the digital signal is re-clocked im m ediately  
before its con version to an alog, elim in atin g tran sport-related jitter  
from th e digital audio sign al. Th is sam e crystal oscillator con trols  
th e all-digital servo used to con trol th e rate at wh ich th e disc  
spin s, an d th e digital to an alog con version process.  
In effect, th e design of th e Nº390S turn s th e accepted status quo on  
its h ead. By placin g th e all-im portan t referen ce clock im m ediately  
prior to digital to analog conversion, and slaving all the m echanical  
sub-assem blies to it rath er th an th e oth er way aroun d, th e sign al  
presen ted to th e outputs of th e Nº390S is un con tam in ated by  
electrically- or m ech an ically-in duced jitter. Th e son ic advan tages  
of th is design are im m ediately apparen t in th e clarity, warm th an d  
stun n in g dyn am ic con trasts exh ibited by th e Nº390S.  
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Digital Servo Control  
Th e laser m ech an ism used in th e Nº390S uses all digital servo  
con trols of its operation s. Critical fun ction s such as focus an d  
trackin g are h an dled com pletely in th e digital dom ain with  
m ath em atical precision . A digital servo rem ain s stable over tim e,  
n ever n eedin g readjustm en t un der n orm al con dition s.  
Digital Input/Output  
Versatility  
Th e Nº390S CD player in corporates two digital in puts, allowin g  
two extern al digital sources such as a laser disc player an d digital  
cable radio to ben efit from th e excellen t digital processor  
in corporated with in . Th e two m ost com m on digital in terfaces are  
supported for th e widest com patibility: EIAJ (som etim es called  
TosLin k™”) an d S/PDIF coaxial, via an RCA con n ector.  
Two h igh quality digital output con figuration s are also supported  
in th e Nº390S. A n ew com plem en tary driver for th e balan ced  
AES/EBU electrical output delivers outstan din g perform an ce to th e  
h igh quality XLR con n ector. A sin gle-en ded S/PDIF electrical  
output is also provided via an RCA con n ector. Th ese digital  
outputs m ay be used to feed th e in put of digital recorders or an  
outboard digital processor, an d th ey both ben efit from th e closed-  
loop jitter reduction circuitry described above. (In effect, th ey  
duplicate th e fun ction ality an d perform an ce of th e correspon din g  
outputs on a Mark Levin son Nº37 CD tran sport.)  
All digital in terfaces h ave been carefully optim ized to deliver th e  
fin est perform an ce each in terface stan dard allows. As a direct  
result, th e Nº390S perform s optim ally with an y digital processor,  
with out h avin g to resort to tech n iques wh ich would lim it its  
com patibility with oth er products.  
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Industrial Design  
Th e Nº390S sh ares th e h an dsom e in dustrial design of oth er Mark  
Levin son com pon en ts such as th e Nº380 pream plifier. Th e  
com bin ation of th e h an d-brush ed, black-an odized alum in um  
faceplate an d bead-blasted custom -m ach in ed button s m ake  
operatin g th e Nº390S a tactile as well as a son ic pleasure.  
A large, easily read display provides in form ation as to th e  
operation al status of th e Nº390S from across th e room , m akin g  
th e supplied rem ote con trol m ore gen uin ely useful th an on  
products lackin g such a display.  
In keepin g with its soph isticated design , th e Nº390S also  
in corporates a Mark Levin son -design ed loadin g m ech an ism .  
Con trastin g stron gly with th e bulky, plastic drawers com m on ly  
used, th e slim 18 in ch drawer is m ach in ed from a solid piece of  
alum in um an d rides on h igh ly polish ed bearin gs. Its variable-  
speed design open s an d closes quickly, but with out jarrin g th e  
disc con tain ed with in , n or riskin g a jam from dislodgin g it.  
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Convenience Features  
Too often, high performance CD players have eschewed convenience  
in th e h opes of seem in g m ore “perform an ce-orien ted.” Wh ile th ere  
were good argum en ts for such a “m in im alist” design in th e days  
of an alog turn tables, th e tim e is lon g gon e wh en th e audioph ile  
needed to give up operational convenience for m usical perform ance.  
After all, con ven ien ce features in a digital product are largely a  
m atter of writin g appropriate software, an d h ave n o affect on th e  
quality of th e digital data itself.  
Th e Nº390S supports a variety of custom program m in g option s,  
in cludin g “delete program m in g” wh erein selected tracks are  
om itted from th e play list. Th is allows th e user to skip th e on e or  
two son gs on an oth erwise good disc th at h ave been overplayed  
ad nauseam. Th e Nº390S will rem em ber such program s for  
th ousan ds of discs, sh ould you wan t to save th at m an y program s.  
Communications Links  
As with all Mark Levin son 30-series com pon en ts, th e Nº390S  
in corporates a soph isticated in ter-com pon en t com m un ication s  
bus. Un ique am on g h igh perform an ce audio system s, Mark  
Levin son 30-series com pon en ts offer a degree of system in tegration  
th at m akes even com plex system s a pleasure to use.  
For exam ple, brin gin g th e Nº390S CD Processor out of stan dby  
will also brin g th e Lin ked pream plifier an d power am plifier(s) out  
of stan dby, an d select th e appropriate in puts on th e pream plifier  
so th at a CD can be en joyed. Even a soph isticated system with  
m an y com pon en ts can th us offer on e-button sim plicity of  
operation .  
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In sh ort, th e Mark Levin son Nº390S establish es a n ew stan dard for  
perform an ce an d practicality am on g h igh en d CD players an d  
sh ould be audition ed by an yon e wh o desires th e fin est in digital  
audio.  
Fully Balanced Design  
Th e Nº390S is fully balan ced in both th e an alog an d digital  
dom ain s. In form ation from th e disc an d sin gle-en ded digital  
in puts are im m ediately con verted to balan ced sign als an d routed  
to balan ced DACs by way of an LVDS (Low Voltage Differen tial  
Sign al) tran sm ission lin e. Th is design tech n ique, borrowed from  
separate Mark Levin son digital processors, preserves th e faultless  
tim in g of th e digital audio sign al m ade possible by our Closed  
Loop Jitter Reduction (CLJR) system m en tion ed earlier in th is  
m an ual.  
An Arlon 25N® prin ted circuit board provides th e foun dation for  
th e critical an alog audio circuit. First used in th e Nº32 Referen ce  
Pream plifier, this superior m aterial offers superb dielectric properties  
an d h elps th e Nº390S ach ieve rem arkable perform an ce with  
com plex audio sign als.  
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Design of th e fully balan ced DAC/an alog output m odule follows  
th e Mark Levin son tradition of rigorous com pon en t selection . An  
un usual h ybrid design approach in corporatin g both advan ced  
Surface-Moun t an d “th rough -h ole” tech n ologies, allows us to  
utilize th e optimum part at each location in th e circuit, with out  
th e con strain ts on parts selection n orm ally associated with  
tradition al PCB assem bly practices. Every active device h as been  
pain stakin gly selected for top tech n ical perform an ce, with fin al  
selection s of top perform in g devices determ in ed by n um erous,  
con trolled son ic evaluation s.  
Advanced Digital Filter  
Techniques  
Just as with Mark Levin son separate Digital Audio Processors, such  
as our Nº30.6 Referen ce, th e Nº390S in corporates advan ced digital  
filter techniques carefully chosen to optim ize the sonic perform ance  
of its on-board digital processor. Whether playing a CD, or decoding  
a digital sign al received th rough an auxiliary in put, sam ple depth  
is in creased to 24 bits an d sam ple rate in creased to 352.8kHZ or  
384kHz (in put rate depen den t) prior to con version to an an alog  
sign al. Th is soph isticated “processin g” of th e digital sign al before  
con version (referred to variously as “un con version ”, “upsam plin g”,  
or “oversam plin g”) is a fun dam en tal con tributor to th e excellen t  
soun d ach ieved by all Mark Levin son digital processors. Th e  
Nº390S con firm s its in tern al con version rate on its fron t pan el  
display each tim e a disc is loaded, or an auxiliary in put is ch osen  
an d locked.  
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Th e Nº390S also in corporates High Defin ition Com patible  
Digital® decodin g to take full advan tage of th e resolution avail-  
able from HDCD en coded 16-bit CDs. Th e HDCD form at retain s  
m ore of th e resolution in h eren t in m odern h igh resolution record-  
in gs th an can be accom m odated by th e n orm al CD stan dard by  
en codin g in form ation m ore efficien tly with in th e 16-bit space  
available on th e disc.  
Digital to Analog  
Conversion  
Digital to an alog con version with in th e Nº390S is perform ed at an  
extraordin arily h igh level an d features a Mark Levin son -developed,  
balan ced im plem en tation of th e An alog Devices AD1853—a n ew  
class of m ulti-bit Sigm a/Delta DAC devices deliverin g superb  
tech n ical perform an ce. In addition to its un usual m ulti-bit  
arch itecture an d un like typical Sigm a/Delta devices, th e AD-1853  
h as a differen tial curren t output stage, wh ich allows us to optim ize  
th e critical curren t-to-voltage(I/V) con version stage with dedicated  
operational amplifiers possessing superlative rise time and bandwidth  
ch aracteristics. Followin g th is, a n ew active an alog filter circuit,  
im plem en ted in a differen tial am plifier, sum s both h alves of th e  
balanced signal and provides superb com m on m ode noise rejection  
in addition to its outstan din g filter ch aracteristics.  
This approach to the Digital-to-Analog circuit block yields distortion  
and noise levels that are extraordinarily low and contributes greatly  
to th e n atural soun d of th e Nº390S.  
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Balanced Analog  
Volume Control  
Rath er th an use th e digital atten uator on -board th e DAC, th e  
Nº390S incorporates a fully balanced analog volum e control sim ilar  
to th at foun d in Mark Levin son separate pream plifiers. Wh en  
activated (by turn in g on th e variable output fun ction un der  
setup: sound), th e output of th e Nº390S m ay be atten uated in  
precise 0.1dB steps th rough m ost of th e ran ge. Sign ifican tly, th e  
Nº390S m ain tain s th e full perform an ce of its rem arkable DACs at  
all volum e levels—som eth in g im possible with digital volum e  
con trols, regardless of wh at tech n iques m ay be em ployed to m ask  
th e son ic con sequen ces of th is design approach .  
State-of-the-Art  
Output Buffer  
Th e balan ced discrete output buffer circuitry used in th e Nº390S  
em ploys th e sam e topology used in th e rem arkable Mark Levin son  
Nº32 Referen ce Pream plifier. A h allm ark of Mark Levin son  
pream plifier an d digital processor design , th is circuit h as proven  
itself tim e an d tim e again to be both son ically tran sparen t an d  
exception ally im m un e to adverse in teraction s with in tercon n ectin g  
cables an d un usual in put im pedan ce ch aracteristics of power  
am plifiers or pream plifiers. Th e Nº390S features a n ew, ultra  
com pact, im plem en tation of th e Mark Levin son output buffer  
circuit push in g n oise couplin g an d parasitic effects to van ish in gly  
sm all levels. Th is exception ally robust output stage allows th e  
Nº390S to m ake th e m ost of wh at wh atever com bin ation of  
pream plifier, power am plifier, or cables you ch oose to use.  
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Front Panel, Nº390S  
1. display intensity  
Pressin g th is button varies th e brigh tn ess of th e display. Four  
brigh tn ess levels are available, in cludin g “display off.” All  
oth er fron t pan el LEDs ch an ge th eir brigh tn ess levels  
appropriately, except th at th ey rem ain at th e dim m est level  
wh en th e display itself is off.  
Wh en power is first applied to th e Nº390S (or wh en power is  
restored after an in terruption ), th e display is autom atically set  
to its h igh est level.  
Pressin g th e display intensity button on ce dim s th e display  
on e level; pressin g it again turn s th e display off; pressin g  
display intensity on ce m ore return s th e display to its brigh test  
level; pressin g it a fourth tim e will return it to m edium . (If  
oth er Mark Levin son com pon en ts in th e system are “Lin ked”  
to th e Nº390S, all display in ten sities can ch an ge in un ison .  
See Special Functions for m ore in form ation .)  
If th e display is set to “off,” pressin g an y key will cause it to  
ligh t at m edium in ten sity for approxim ately four secon ds in  
order to display th e action of th e key press.  
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2. Infrared Transceiver (w ithin display)  
In frared com m an ds tran sm itted from th e rem ote con trol are  
received by a receiver beh in d th is section of th e display.  
Rem ote con trol of th e Nº390S m ay be un reliable if th ere is n ot  
a clear lin e of sigh t between th e rem ote con trol an d th e  
receiver (if th e rem ote is far off-axis, or if th e Nº390S is with in  
a cabin et, for exam ple). In such a case con sider usin g a th ird-  
party IR repeater to route th e sign al to th e IR in put jack on  
th e rear pan el (see Rear Panel, Nº390S).  
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In addition to receivin g IR com m an ds, th e Nº390S h as th e  
ability to teach a learn in g rem ote con trol its own com m an ds  
from an IR tran sm itter located in th is sam e area. (See Using  
Learning Remote Controls for m ore in form ation .)  
3. Special Mode Indicator  
Th e first ch aracter in th e display is reserved for in dication of  
special m odes of operation . For exam ple, a P is displayed in  
th is space to in dicate a Program (a special sequen ce of tracks)  
is bein g played: A an d B altern ate wh ile an A-B loop is bein g  
repeated. Sim ilarly, an R is displayed to den ote random play,  
an d is displayed to den ote pause.  
4. Track Indicator  
Th e n ext two ch aracters are used to in dicate th e n um ber of  
th e track bein g played. Wh en a com pact disc is loaded but th e  
tran sport is in th e stop m ode, th is sam e space in dicates th e  
total n um ber of tracks on th e disc (or in th e program for th e  
curren t disc, if program m ed).  
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5. Time Indicator  
Th e tim e section of th e display can be set to display an y of  
th e followin g four in dication s of tim e in m in utes an d secon ds:  
time elapsed in track (n eith er LED lit)  
time elapsed on disc (time on disc LED lit)  
time remaining on track (time remaining LED lit)  
time remaining on disc (time on disc an d time remaining  
LEDs lit)  
In effect, th e Nº390S assum es you will be m ost in terested  
seein g elapsed tim e on th e curren t track; on ly departures from  
th at assum ption are den oted by LEDs. Th e Nº390S will  
rem em ber th e last display m ode selected an d con tin ue to  
display th at in form ation un til you ch an ge it, except in stop  
(wh en it always defaults to sh owin g th e tim e rem ain in g on  
disc, or in th e discs play list if it h as been program m ed). On ce  
in stop, th e tim e in dication m ay be ch an ged to sh ow an y of  
th e oth er display m odes (if desired).  
Th ese four option s are accessed by pressin g th e mode button  
to th e righ t of th e display un til TIMES is sh own in th e display  
(see 6, below). Th en , use th e mode + or mode – keys to cycle  
th rough th e four m odes of tim e display, usin g th e time on  
disc an d time remaining LEDs to in dicate wh ich m ode is  
ch osen at an y m om en t.  
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6. mode button  
Th e mode button beside th e display cycles th rough th e four  
fun ction s th at can be con trolled by th e mode + an d mode –  
button s (eith er on th e fron t pan el or th e rem ote con trol).  
Th ese four m odes are:  
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PROGRAM (for creatin g custom play lists)  
INPUTS (for selectin g a digital source)  
TIMES (for selectin g a tim e in dication )  
VOLUME* (for con trollin g th e volum e of th e Nº390S*)  
(Note th at th e volume con trol is on ly m ade available if  
th e Nº390S’s variable output m ode is en gaged; see Special  
Functions for m ore in form ation .)  
Any of these four m odes (three m odes if using the fixed output)  
m ay be accessed by repeatedly pressin g th e mode button ,  
th ereby cyclin g th rough th e option s.  
Once a particular m ode is chosen, pressing the mode + and  
mode – button s “in creases” or “decreases” th at particular  
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fun ction . For exam ple, mode + would eith er: add a track to a  
play list; select th e n ext digital in put; advan ce to th e n ext  
tim e in dication ; or raise th e volum e.  
Alon g with mode + an d mode , th e mode button is also used  
to ch an ge th e option settin gs. (See Special Functions.)  
7. Repeat button  
You m ay ch oose to eith er repeat th e en tire disc (in cludin g an y  
program s you m igh t h ave en tered for th at particular disc) or  
an in dividual track by pressin g th e repeat button . From  
n orm al operation , th e first press of th e repeat button will  
ligh t th e disc repeat LED below th e display (n um ber 11 in th e  
fron t pan el illustration ). Pressin g th e repeat button again will  
ligh t th e track repeat LED (n um ber 13 in th e fron t pan el  
illustration ). Pressin g it a th ird tim e will cycle out of an y  
repeatin g m ode, as will pressin g stop/draw er at an y tim e. In  
eith er case, both repeat LEDs will be extin guish ed to in dicate  
th e absen ce of an y repeat m ode.  
8. Draw er  
Th e Nº390S em ploys an elegan t, slim drawer th at is m ach in ed  
from a solid piece of alum in um . It is n orm ally open ed an d  
closed by pressin g th e stop/draw er button (n um ber 15 in th e  
fron t pan el illustration ). If open ed, it m ay also be closed  
sim ply by gen tly push in g th e fron t edge in ward (as th ough  
you were goin g to close it m an ually). Th e Nº390S will in terpret  
th is as a request to close th e drawer an d take over for you,  
sm ooth ly closin g th e drawer.  
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If th e Nº390S sen ses an obstruction durin g open in g of th e  
drawer m ech an ism , it will attem pt to re-close. If successful, it  
will read th e discs table of con ten ts an d display th e discs  
n um ber of tracks an d total tim e (followed by th e play lists  
track an d tim e in form ation , if on e exists). If for an y reason  
th e drawer does n ot close fully, th e display will sh ow DRAWER  
to in dicate th e problem . After rem ovin g th e obstruction , press  
th e stop/draw er button again to close th e drawer n orm ally.  
Sim ilarly, if th e Nº390S sen ses an obstruction durin g th e  
closin g of its drawer, it is design ed to stop im m ediately an d  
will attem pt to reopen . If th e n ature of th e obstruction  
preven ts th is also, it will stop wh ere it is an d wait for your  
in terven tion , displayin g STOPPED! to in dicate th e problem .  
After rem ovin g th e obstruction , press th e stop/drawer button  
again to close th e drawer.  
9. HDCD® indicator  
Th is LED will illum in ate wh en th e Nº390S is playin g HDCD-  
en coded m aterial, wh eth er from th e CD tran sport or from an  
extern al digital source.  
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10. mode – and mode + buttons  
Using these two buttons in conjunction with the mode button,  
an y of four differen t Nº390S fun ction s can be con trolled from  
th e fron t pan el:  
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PROGRAM (for creatin g custom play lists)  
INPUTS (for selectin g a digital source)  
TIMES (for selectin g a tim e in dication )  
VOLUME* (for con trollin g th e volum e of th e Nº390S*)  
(Note th at th e volume con trol is on ly m ade available if  
th e Nº390S’s variable output m ode is en gaged; see Special  
Functions for m ore in form ation .)  
Any of these four m odes (three m odes if using the fixed output)  
m ay be accessed by repeatedly pressin g th e mode button ,  
th ereby cyclin g th rough th e option s.  
On ce a particular m ode is ch osen , pressin g th e mode + an d  
mode – button s “in creases” or “decreases” th at particular  
fun ction . For exam ple, mode + would eith er: add a track to a  
play list; select th e n ext digital in put; advan ce to th e n ext  
tim e in dication ; or raise th e volum e.  
Alon g with mode + an d mode , th e mode button is also used  
to ch an ge th e option settin gs. (See Special Functions.)  
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For detailed in form ation on program m in g th e Nº390S, see  
Programming the Nº390S later in th is m an ual.  
11. disc repeat LED  
Th is LED is lit wh en th e Nº390S is set to repeat a disc (or a  
discs program , if it h as on e) en dlessly. Th is feature is accessed  
usin g th e repeat button (see n um ber 7, page 19).  
12. prev/rew button  
Pressin g th is button momentarily will return you to th e begin -  
n in g of th e previous track. Pressing and holding th is button will  
in stead perform a reverse scan of th e m usic, rem in iscen t of  
th e rew ind fun ction foun d on m an y tape decks. Th is scan n in g  
m ode m ay be eith er audible or silen t (accordin g to your  
ch oice in th e setup: sound m en u; see Special Functions), an d it  
allows you to quickly fin d a particular poin t with in a track.  
(In ciden tally, if you wish to listen to th e current track over  
again from th e begin n in g, sim ply press play wh ile th e track is  
playin g.)  
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13. track repeat LED  
Th is LED is lit wh en th e Nº390S is set to repeat a sin gle track  
en dlessly. Th is feature is accessed usin g th e repeat button (see  
n um ber 7, page 19).  
14. next/f.fw d button  
Pressin g th is button momentarily will advan ce th e Nº390S to  
th e begin n in g of th e next track. Pressing and holding th is  
button will in stead perform a fast forward scan of th e m usic,  
rem in iscen t of th e fast forw ard fun ction foun d on m an y tape  
decks. Th is scan n in g m ode m ay be eith er audible or silen t  
(accordin g to your ch oice in th e setup: sound m en u; see  
Special Functions), an d it allows you to quickly fin d a particular  
poin t with in a track.  
15. stop/draw er  
Pressin g th is button on ce wh ile a disc is playin g will stop th e  
disc, resultin g in th e total n um ber of tracks an d th e total tim e  
on th e disc bein g displayed. (Both th e time on disc an d th e  
time remaining LEDs are lit to clarify th e m ean in g of th e  
in form ation bein g displayed at th is poin t.) Pressin g th is button  
once the disc has stopped, or if there is no disc in the transport,  
will cause th e draw er to open .  
Pressin g th e stop/draw er button will cause an open drawer to  
close. If it sen ses a disc in th e drawer, th e Nº390S will con firm  
its in tern al con version rate on th e display (24-bit, 352kHz)  
an d th en read th e discs table of con ten ts so th at it m ay  
display th e total n um ber of tracks an d th e total tim e on th e  
disc for your in form ation . If a custom play list exists for th e  
disc, th e total n um ber of tracks an d th e total tim e of th e play  
list is displayed in stead.  
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16. time on disc and time remaining LED indicators  
Th ese LEDs are used to in dicate wh ich of th e four available  
display m odes th e Nº390S is in . Th e four in dication s of tim e  
th at can be displayed are:  
time elapsed in track (n eith er LED lit)  
time elapsed on disc (time on disc LED lit)  
time remaining on track (time remaining LED lit)  
time remaining on disc (time on disc and time remaining  
LEDs lit)  
Th ese four option s are accessed by selectin g th e TIMES m ode  
(usin g th e mode button ) an d repeatedly pressin g th e mode +  
or mode – button s, wh ich cycle forward or backward th rough  
th e four m odes, respectively.  
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17. play button  
As you m igh t guess, press th is button in order to play a disc. If  
a program m ed sequen ce of tracks exists for th at particular  
disc, th e program will be played from its begin n in g. Also, as  
you m igh t expect, you m ay press th e play button im m ediately  
after placin g a disc in th e Nº390S’s drawer; th e drawer will  
close an d th e Nº390S will en ter th e play m ode as soon as it  
h as con firm ed its in tern al con version rate (24-bit, 352kHz),  
h as read th e discs table of con ten ts an d ch ecked to see if a  
program exists th at ough t to be played.  
Th e play button h as an oth er im portan t fun ction : if you wish  
to return to th e begin n in g of th e track curren tly playin g,  
sim ply press play to restart at th e begin n in g of th at sam e  
track. If th e Nº390S is in pause, pressin g play will re-cue th e  
disc at th e begin n in g of th e curren t track.  
18. pause button  
Pressin g th is button on ce durin g play will pause th e Nº390S  
at th at poin t with in th e track; th e display will sh ow double  
bars () as a rem in der th at you are in th e pause m ode.  
Pressin g th e pause button a secon d tim e will resum e play.  
The Extended Pause Mode  
After two m in utes in pause, th e Nº390S will go in to an  
“exten ded pause” m ode. Extended pause stops th e disc an d  
turn s off th e laser again st th e possibility th at you h ave been  
called away an d m ay n ot return for som e tim e. Th e Nº390S  
will slowly flash th e double bars () to in dicate th at you are  
in th e extended pause m ode rath er th an n orm al pause.  
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You m ay force th e Nº390S in to extended pause m ode by  
pressing and holding th e pause button (on eith er th e fron t  
pan el or th e rem ote con trol) un til th e double bars begin to  
blin k.  
In effect, extended pause is m uch like stop, with th e  
exception th at pressin g pause will return you to th e poin t on  
th e disc wh ere you h ad left off listen in g after on ly a  
m om en tary h esitation to spin th e disc back up to speed an d  
scan to th e appropriate poin t.  
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19. Standby & Standby LED  
Assum in g th at th e Nº390S is con n ected to AC power an d th e  
main pow er switch on th e rear pan el is in th e “|” position (see  
Rear Panel, Nº390S), pressin g th is button takes th e Nº390S out  
of standby m ode an d en ables th e fron t-pan el con trols.  
Wh en th e Nº390S’s main pow er switch is first turn ed on (or  
wh en power is restored after an in terruption ), th e Nº390S will  
go th rough a brief in itialization an d th en be ready to operate  
(th at is, it won t be in stan dby m ode).  
Pressin g stan dby again places th e Nº390S in to standby m ode,  
wh ich turn s th e display off, turn s off all digital outputs, an d  
disables th e fron t-pan el con trols. Th e in tern al circuitry  
rem ain s powered up in order to m ain tain its th erm al stability  
an d optim um perform an ce at all tim es.  
Pressin g standby, draw er, or play will brin g th e Nº390S out of  
stan dby, en ablin g th e fron t pan el con trols, an d activatin g th e  
display an d outputs.  
Wh ile th e Nº390S is in standby, th e LED above th e stan dby  
button flash es approxim ately every five secon ds. (Wh en th e  
Nº390S is Lin ked to oth er Mark Levin son com pon en ts, all  
th eir stan dby ligh ts will blin k in un ison .) Wh en th e Nº390S is  
ready to operate (th at is, wh en it is n ot in stan dby m ode), th is  
LED rem ain s lit con tin uously.  
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Sleep Timer  
As sh ipped from th e factory, th e Nº390S will rem ain on un til  
you deliberately place it in stan dby. If you prefer for it to  
autom atically en ter stan dby after a particular period of tim e,  
press an d h old th e standby button un til th e display reads  
MANUAL. Pressin g th e next/f.fw d button will advan ce it in  
on e m in ute in crem en ts to a m axim um of 120 minutes.  
Pressin g th e prev/rew button will decrease th e sleep tim er by  
on e m in ute in crem en ts. Reducin g th e tim er settin g below 1  
minute will return it to n orm al, MANUAL operation .  
Th ese option s represen t th e len gth of tim e th e Nº390S before  
it will autom atically go in to stan dby. Havin g m ade your  
selection , sim ply allow th e Nº390S to tim e out (wh en th e  
display reverts to its n orm al operation , in dicatin g disc  
in form ation ). You m ay ch an ge your Nº390S back to m an ual  
stan dby m ode before it en ters stan dby by reversin g th is  
process.  
Th e sleep tim er will autom atically reset itself to MANUAL after  
h avin g been activated. In th is fash ion , you can set it an d forget  
it with out h avin g a subsequen t listen in g session in terrupted  
un expectedly.  
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Rear Panel, Nº390S  
1. AC pow er input and sw itch  
Th is in put accepts AC power from th e AC m ain s (via th e sup-  
plied AC cable).  
Warning!  
The Nº390S is set internally for 100, 120, 200, 220, or 240VAC  
mains operation at either 50 or 60Hz. Make sure that the label  
on the bottom of the unit indicates the correct AC operating  
voltage and frequency for your location before connecting it to  
AC mains.  
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Con n ect th e fem ale en d of th is cable to th e Nº390S. Con n ect th e  
m ale en d of th is cable to wall outlet or to an “un switch ed”  
con ven ien ce outlet like th ose foun d on som e audio com pon en ts.  
AC Power Cord Polarity  
Turn on th e power by pressin g th e top of th e power switch above  
th e power cord receptacle (it h as a solid vertical lin e to in dicate  
“on ”: |).  
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Caution:  
Do not sw itch pow er off and on rapidly, as this interrupts the  
normal pow er-up sequence. We advise w aiting at least five  
seconds betw een pow er cycles.  
2. Digital Outputs  
Th ese outputs provide digital audio signal (DAS) via cables  
equipped with eith er XLR-type or RCA-type con n ectors to a  
digital audio processor.  
Th e XLR output con form s to th e Audio En gin eerin g Society/  
European Broadcast Un ion (AES/EBU) profession al digital  
audio stan dard, wh ich calls for a 110tran sm ission of th e  
DAS. Use a digital in tercon n ectin g cable specifically design ed  
for th e 110AES/EBU stan dard when using this input, with  
pin assignm ents as indicated below:  
Pin 1: Sign al groun d  
Pin 2: Sign al + (n on -in vertin g)  
Pin 3: Sign al – (in vertin g)  
Con n ector groun d lug: ch assis groun d  
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It h as been Mark Levin son s experien ce th at th e AES/EBU  
in tercon n ection stan dard offers th e best quality of all digital  
tran sm ission in terfaces wh en fully optim ized, an d we  
recom m en d its use wh erever possible between Mark Levin son  
com pon en ts.  
However, optim izin g an y electrical digital in terface com pletely  
represen ts a sign ifican t en gin eerin g ch allen ge. It is en tirely  
possible th at a differen t type of in put m ay actually outperform  
a less-th an optim ized AES/EBU im plem en tation on som e  
bran ds of digital com pon en ts. For th is reason , we h ave gon e  
to great len gth s to fully optim ize both of th e digital outputs  
on th e Nº390S. If you are usin g your Nº390S with a differen t  
brand of processor, we recom m end experim enting to determ ine  
wh ich type of in put on th at com pon en t results in th e best  
audible perform an ce.  
Th e RCA output provides digital audio signal (DAS) via cables  
equipped with RCA-type con n ectors to th e digital processor. It  
con form s to th e Son y/Ph illips Digital In terface Stan dard  
(S/PDIF), wh ich calls for a 75tran sm ission of th e DAS. Use a  
digital in tercon n ectin g cable specifically design ed for th e 75Ω  
S/PDIF stan dard wh en usin g th is output.  
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3. digital inputs  
Th ese in puts accept digital audio signal (DAS) via cables  
equipped with eith er EIAJ optical or RCA (S/PDIF) coaxial  
con n ectors from digital sources such as a com pact disc  
tran sport, laser disc tran sport, digital audio tape tran sport, or  
digital broadcast receiver.  
Th e EIAJ in put accepts digital audio signal (DAS) via optical  
cable equipped with th e EIAJ optical con n ector (som etim es  
called “Toslin k™”) from digital sources such as a com pact disc  
tran sport, laser disc tran sport, digital audio tape tran sport, or  
digital broadcast receiver.  
Th e RCA in put accepts digital audio signal (DAS) via cables  
equipped with RCA-type con n ectors from digital sources such  
as a com pact disc tran sport, laser disc tran sport, digital audio  
tape tran sport, or digital broadcast receiver.  
Th e RCA in put con form s to th e Son y/Ph illips Digital In terface  
Stan dard (S/PDIF), wh ich calls for a 75tran sm ission of th e  
DAS. Use a digital in tercon n ectin g cable specifically design ed  
for th e 75S/PDIF stan dard wh en usin g th is in put.  
4. balanced analog outputs  
These outputs norm ally provide balanced line-level analog audio  
(via cables equipped with XLR-type connectors) to a preamplifier,  
in tegrated am plifier, or receiver equipped with balan ced in puts  
(see “Setup and Installation”). Th e pin assign m en ts used are  
AES-stan dard, as sh own below:  
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Pin 1: Sign al groun d  
Pin 2: Sign al + (n on -in vertin g)  
Pin 3: Sign al – (in vertin g)  
Con n ector groun d lug: ch assis groun d  
Alternatively, you m ay elect to use the variable output capability  
of th e Nº390S as a volum e con trol, drivin g th e power am plifier  
in your system directly. For a digital-on ly system , th e Nº390S  
is an excellen t pream plifier.  
Sin ce m an y people h ave at least on e an alog source, th ey will  
be better off h avin g a full pream plifier to coordin ate th e  
operation of th e en tire system —digital an d an alog. In th is  
case, you would leave th e Nº390S in its factory-default settin g  
of h avin g a fixed (lin e level) output.  
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5. single-ended analog outputs  
Th ese outputs provide sin gle-en ded lin e-level an alog audio  
(via cables equipped with RCA-type connectors) to a preamplifier,  
in tegrated am plifier, or receiver.  
Alternatively, you m ay elect to use the variable output capability  
of th e Nº390S as a volum e con trol, drivin g th e power am plifier  
in your system directly. Of course, th is approach is on ly  
appropriate in relatively sim ple system s lackin g an y an alog  
sources.  
Sin ce m an y people h ave at least on e an alog source, th ey will  
be better off h avin g a full pream plifier to coordin ate th e  
operation of th e en tire system —digital an d an alog. In th is  
case, you would leave th e Nº390S in its factory-default settin g  
of h avin g a fixed (lin e level) output.  
6. external IR input  
Th e Nº390S in corporates an in frared repeater in put to facilitate  
a wide ran ge of in stallation option s. If desired, th e Nº390S  
m ay be placed in side a cabin et or outside th e n orm al lin e-of-  
sigh t in th e listen in g area, with th e con trollin g IR sign al bein g  
relayed to th e Nº390S by an y of a n um ber of com m ercially-  
available IR repeaters.  
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Th e specification s for th is IR in put call for a triggerin g voltage  
of 5-12 volts at n o m ore th an 100 m illiam peres of curren t,  
with th e tip of th e 18" m in i-plug h avin g positive polarity, as  
below:  
IR Input Tip Polarity  
If you would like m ore in form ation on th e possibility of usin g an  
in frared repeater with your Nº390S, please con tact your Mark  
Levin son dealer.  
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7. communication ports  
Th ese com m un ication s ports allow th e Nº390S to “lin k” to  
certain com patible Mark Levin son com pon en ts. (See “Special  
Functions.”)  
Linking Connections  
The Mark Levinson Linking system provides for inter-component  
com m un ication s. Norm ally, th e digital processor in th e system  
would serve as th e “m aster” of th is com m un ication s system ,  
wh ile oth er com pon en ts in cludin g th e tran sport would be  
“slaves” to th at m aster. (Th e m aster acts as a cen tral clearin g-  
h ouse for th at in form ation —sort of like th e Post Office, but  
quite a bit faster.) Sin ce th e Nº390S is both a digital tran sport  
an d a digital processor in on e com pon en t, it autom atically  
configures itself as either a m aster or a slave, based on the needs  
of th e rest of th e system . (Tech n ically, if th e Nº390S sen ses  
an oth er m aster on th e com m un ication s bus, it autom atically  
con figures itself as a slave.)  
Th e m ost com m on con figuration for system s in corporatin g  
th e Nº390S is illustrated at left. Th e Nº390S’s master out port  
n orm ally sits at th e begin n in g of th e ch ain , an d is con n ected  
to th e slave port of a Mark Levin son pream plifier usin g a  
“straigh t-th rough ” eigh t con ductor m odular cable. Th e  
pream plifier, in turn , serves as th e “m aster” for th e power  
am plifier(s) with wh ich it is used. (See diagram at left for  
clarification.)  
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Altern atively, if you elect to use th e variable output feature of  
th e Nº390S to drive a power am plifier directly, it m ay serve as  
th e power am plifiers m aster” usin g a special eigh t-to-six  
con ductor Lin k cable described below. Usin g th is cable  
autom atically con figures th e Nº390S as th ough it were a Mark  
Levin son pream plifier in order to con trol th e Mark Levin son  
power am plifier. (See diagram at left for clarification.)  
Fin ally, if at som e poin t you en d up usin g your Nº390S as a  
tran sport in con jun ction with a separate Mark Levin son digital  
processor, sim ply in sert it between th e processor an d th e  
pream plifier (connecting the processors master port to the  
Nº390S’s slave in port, and the Nº390S’s slave out port to the  
preamplifiers slave port) to keep th e daisy ch ain goin g. Sen sin g  
an oth er “m aster” on th e com m un ication s bus, th e Nº390S will  
autom atically con figure itself as a slave to th at m aster (h en ce  
th e master/slave out n om en clature on th e rear pan el jack).  
(See illustration on page 24 for clarification.)  
Important:  
If a compatible Mark Levinson preamplifier (i.e., the Nº380 or  
Nº380S) is Linked, it must be the last of the line-level components  
in the daisy chain. (Technically, it serves to terminate the  
communications bus used by the source components.)  
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Electrically, th e Lin k con n ection between th e pream plifier an d  
th e power am plifier(s) in th e system is in depen den t of an d  
distin ct from th e com m un ication s Lin ks between various  
source com pon en ts an d th e pream plifier. Th e reason for th is is  
sim ple: th e power am plifiers, lackin g an y m icroprocessor of  
their own, are dependent on the intelligence of the pream plifier  
for th eir Lin ked fun ction ality. Th is rem ain s true even wh en  
you em ploy th e Nº390S as your “pream plifier.”  
Th e m odular cable n eeded for th e Lin k con n ection between  
th e Nº390S an d oth er Lin k com pon en ts m ay be purch ased  
from your Mark Levin son dealer. It m ay also be easily m ade to  
len gth usin g two m odular con n ectors an d th e appropriate  
len gth (up to 100 feet/30 m eters) of flat, eigh t con ductor  
cable.  
Modular cables an d con n ectors are used th rough out th e world  
for both telecom m un ication s an d com puters, an d are widely  
available. Th e con n ectors are crim ped on to th e en ds of th e  
cable such th at pin 1 at on e en d is con n ected to pin 1 at th e  
oth er en d. Such a “straigh t-th rough ” con n ection is m ade  
(coun ter-in tuitively) by in troducin g a 180° twist in th e cable  
between th e two en ds, as sh own below.  
Standard Link Cables  
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A differen t Lin k cable con figuration is used wh en con n ectin g  
the Nº390S to a power am plifier as though it were a pream plifier.  
It uses six-con ductor cable (rath er th an eigh t), with a six-  
con ductor m odular plug at on e en d an d an eigh t-con ductor  
m odular con n ector at th e oth er en d (usin g pin s 1 th rough 6  
of th e latter), as sh own below:  
Amplifier Link Cables  
(Note th at th e pin s are n um bered 1 th rough 8 from left to righ t  
wh en th e lockin g tab is down an d th e m etal con tacts are poin tin g  
away from you.)  
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Remote Control, Nº390S  
1. IR Transmitter w indow  
Th e Nº390S’s Rem ote Con trol sen ds in frared (IR) com m an ds  
th rough its projection len s, an d th e Nº390S receives IR  
com m an ds th rough its Rem ote sen sor win dow. (See “Front  
Panel, Nº390S”). If eith er of th ese len ses is obstructed, n o IR  
com m an ds can be received by th e Nº390S. If you n otice IR  
perform an ce deterioratin g, you m ay wan t to clean th ese len ses  
with a soft cloth an d som e glass clean er. (Spray th e clean er on  
th e cloth first, an d th en wipe th e len s with th e m oisten ed  
cloth . Do n ot spray th e clean er directly on eith er len s, as th is  
m ay allow m oisture to m igrate in to th e electron ics beh in d th e  
len s assem blies.)  
2. Transport Buttons  
Th e button s used for routin e operation of tran sport fun ction s  
on th e Nº390S are grouped at th e top of th e rem ote con trol.  
Th ey in clude:  
rew ( )  
Wh en clicked, th is will take you to th e begin n in g of th e  
previous track. ( is th e in tern ation al sym bol for previous).  
Wh en pressed and held (den oted by th e bold dot •), th e  
Nº390S will en ter a reverse scan n in g m ode sim ilar to th e  
fam iliar rewind fun ction of m an y tape decks, allowin g a  
precise location with in a track to be foun d. Th is scan m ay  
be silen t or audible, depen din g on your setup: sound  
preferen ces. (See Special Functions.)  
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f.fw d ( )  
Wh en clicked, th is will take you to th e begin n in g of th e  
next track. ( is th e in tern ation al sym bol for next). Wh en  
pressed and held (den oted by th e bold dot •), th e Nº390S  
will en ter a fast forward scan n in g m ode sim ilar to th e  
fam iliar fast forward fun ction of m an y tape decks, allowin g  
a precise location with in a track to be foun d. Th is scan  
m ay be silen t or audible, depen din g on your setup: sound  
preferen ces. (See Special Functions.)  
play ( )  
Press to en ter th e play m ode from eith er stop or standby,  
or to restart play at th e begin n in g of th e track curren tly  
playin g. If th ere is n o disc in side th e Nº390S, pressin g play  
will open th e drawer so you m ay add a disc.  
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stop/dw r ()  
Press to stop play. The sam e button will operate the drawer  
if stoppin g th e disc h as n o relevan ce (e.g., if it is already  
stopped, or if th ere is n o disc in side th e Nº390S).  
pause ()  
Press to pause play in th e curren t location . If left in pause  
m ode for m ore th an two m in utes, th e Nº390S will en ter  
extended pause m ode, sh uttin g down both th e laser an d  
th e drive m otors to en h an ce lon gevity an d reliability.  
Upon pressin g pause a secon d tim e, th e disc will spin up  
an d begin playin g from th e location wh ere it h ad been  
paused.  
3. A/B repeat button  
Th e Nº390S m ay be set to repeat an y con tiguous segm en t of a  
disc. Press on ce to establish a begin n in g poin t (poin t A) for an  
en dless playback loop. Th e display will flash th e letter B to  
in dicate th at it is ready to accept your design ated en din g  
poin t (poin t B). (Note th at A m ust precede B on th e disc.)  
On ce th is h as been don e, th e Nº390S will repeat th e segm en t  
of th e disc between poin ts A an d B un til you press stop or A-B  
again .  
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4. mode buttons  
Usin g th ese th ree button s, eith er of two Nº390S fun ction s can  
be con trolled from th e rem ote con trol:  
PROGRAM (for creatin g custom play lists)  
TIMES (for selectin g a tim e in dication )  
Eith er of th ese m odes m ay be accessed by repeatedly pressin g  
th e mode button , th ereby togglin g back an d forth between  
th e option s.  
On ce a particular m ode is ch osen , pressin g th e mode + an d  
mode – button s “in creases” or “decreases” th at particular  
fun ction . For exam ple, mode + would eith er: add a track to a  
play list; or advan ce to th e n ext tim e in dication .  
Alon g with mode + an d mode , th e mode button is also used  
to ch an ge th e option settin gs. (See Special Functions.)  
For detailed in form ation on program m in g th e Nº390S, see  
Programming the Nº390S later in th is m an ual.  
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5. Numeric Keypad  
Th e n um bers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, an d 9 m ay be used to  
directly access in dividual track n um bers of discs played by th e  
Nº390S. For exam ple, to go directly to track 13, press 1  
followed by 3, an d th en press play. You do n ot h ave to add a  
0 before a sin gle-digit track n um ber: 7, followed by play, will  
take you directly to track n um ber 7. (In fact, if th e Nº390S is  
already in play, sim ply pressin g th e n um ber button will be  
sufficien t.)  
Th e Nº390S displays a certain am oun t of in telligen ce with  
respect to direct track access. If th e first n um ber en tered  
iden tifies a particular track un am biguously (such as 2 on a  
12-track disc), th e Nº390S is “sm art” en ough to im m ediately  
m ove to th at track. If th e first n um ber en tered could be th e  
first of two digits (such as 1 on a 12-track disc), th e Nº390S  
will wait for a m om en t to determ in e wh eth er you wish to  
en ter a secon d n um ber. If n ot, it will th en go to th e sin gle-  
digit track you selected.  
Random Play  
In ciden tally, if you press 0 followed by play, th e Nº390S will  
en ter a random play m ode in wh ich th e order of th e curren t  
discs play list is scram bled, and then played. The first character  
of th e display (th at sh ows a P wh en playin g a custom program )  
will sh ow R to in dicate random play. Moreover, placin g th e  
Nº390S in to random play m ode wh ile th e disc repeat fun ction  
is en gaged will cause it to play th e various tracks on th e disc  
ran dom ly in defin itely (un til you stop it). Th is can be a great  
way to provide backgroun d m usic durin g a din n er party, for  
exam ple.  
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Th ese n um bers m ay also be used in con jun ction with oth er  
features, such as program m in g an d direct access by tim e. For  
exam ple, wh en in th e stop m ode, you m ay press 5 an d press  
th e positive com m an d for program – (see Special Commands  
table, page 55) to delete track 5 from your play list. In th is case,  
th e Nº390S would play th at particular disc n orm ally, except  
th at it would autom atically skip from track 4 to track 6.  
Selectin g a particular track does n ot affect th e operatin g m ode.  
Th at is to say, pressin g 7 wh ile in play begin s playin g track 7;  
pressin g 4 wh ile in pause leaves you paused at th e begin n in g  
of track 4.  
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6. Other Operational Buttons  
time  
Pressin g th is button (followed by appropriate n um bers  
from th e n um eric keypad) allows direct access to an y  
particular tim e on a disc. Note th at th is is a con text-sen si-  
tive con trol—th e tim e accessed will be accordin g to th e  
curren tly selected tim e display m ode, e.g., 30:00 with th e  
time remaining an d time on disc LEDs lit will take you to  
th at poin t wh ere th irty m in utes rem ain s to th e en d of th e  
disc.  
polarity  
Pressin g th is button on th e Nº390S rem ote con trol will  
tran sparen tly an d autom atically in vert th e polarity of both  
ch an n els. Som e recordin gs soun d better with on e polarity  
th an th e oth er; on m an y, th e differen ce is subtle. In an y  
case, th e best place to judge th e better polarity for an y  
given recordin g is from th e listen in g position (h en ce th e  
placem en t of th is feature on th e rem ote con trol).  
rpt disc/trk  
Press on ce to en ter disc repeat m ode (repeatin g th e en tire  
disc, or an en tire play list if on e is en tered). Th is action  
will illum in ate th e disc repeat LED. Press a secon d tim e to  
en ter th e track repeat m ode (repeatin g a sin gle track ad  
n auseam ). A th ird press will cycle you back to n orm al  
operation , as will pressin g stop.  
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mute  
Pressin g th is button will en gage th e mute fun ction of a  
com patible Mark Levin son pream plifier with out stoppin g  
th e tran sport. Pressin g it a secon d tim e will restore th e  
volum e to its previous settin g. Sin ce th is fun ction depen ds  
on th e ability of th e Nº390S to pass th e in struction to th e  
Nº380 (for exam ple), th e two com pon en ts m ust be  
con n ected by a Lin k cable, an d operate with in a system  
wh ich h as a “m aster” digital processor. (See Special  
Functions for m ore in form ation .) If you are usin g th e  
Nº390S’s pream p (variable output) feature, th e Nº390S will  
en gage its own m ute circuitry in stead.  
intensity/standby  
Pressin g th is button m om en tarily cycles th e Nº390S (an d  
an y Lin ked Mark Levin son com pon en ts) th rough th eir  
four levels of display intensity (brigh t, m edium , dim , off).  
Wh en pressed an d h eld (den oted by th e bold dot •), th is  
button will place th e Nº390S in to standby. Wh en pressed  
an d released, th is button will take th e Nº390S out of  
stan dby.  
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(+) volume  
Pressin g th is button on th e Nº390S rem ote con trol will  
tran sparen tly an d autom atically raise th e volum e of a  
Lin ked Mark Levin son pream plifier, m in im izin g th e n eed  
to juggle m ultiple rem otes. Sin ce th is fun ction depen ds on  
th e ability of th e Nº390S to pass th e in struction to th e  
Nº380 (for exam ple), th e two com pon en ts m ust be  
con n ected by a Lin k cable. (See Special Functions for m ore  
in form ation .) Altern atively, th e Nº390S m ay be con figured  
to use its own, internal volum e control in all-digital system s  
lackin g a pream plifier. (See Setup Options.)  
(–) volume  
Pressin g th is button on th e Nº390S rem ote con trol will  
tran sparen tly an d autom atically lower th e volum e of a  
Lin ked Mark Levin son pream plifier, m in im izin g th e n eed  
to juggle m ultiple rem otes. Sin ce th is fun ction depen ds on  
th e ability of th e Nº390S to pass th e in struction to th e  
Nº380 (for exam ple), th e two com pon en ts m ust be  
con n ected by a Lin k cable. (See Special Functions for m ore  
in form ation .) Altern atively, th e Nº390S m ay be con figured  
to use its own, internal volum e control in all-digital system s  
lackin g a pream plifier. (See Setup Options.)  
input select  
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Pressin g th is button on th e Nº390S rem ote con trol will  
tran sparen tly an d autom atically cycle th rough its various  
active digital in puts, allowin g you to select oth er digital  
sources con n ected to th e Nº390S.  
Analog Input Switching  
Altern atively, you m ay force th e input select button to  
select from am on g your an alog in puts on a Lin ked Mark  
Levin son pream plifier by pressin g an d h oldin g th e button  
un til it sh ows DIGITAL, th en clickin g th e button to ch an ge  
it to ANALOG, an d th en pressin g an d h oldin g th e input  
select button a secon d tim e to con firm your ch an ge. (You  
m ay change it back at any tim e by reversing this procedure.)  
7. Battery Compartment  
Th e two AA batteries used by th e Rem ote Con trol m ust be  
placed in side th e com partm en t at th e bottom of th e rem otes  
h ousin g. Usin g th e h ex wren ch provided in your accessory kit  
(look in side th e slot with in th e foam rubber), carefully rem ove  
th e two screws on th e bottom of th e h ousin g an d in sert th e  
batteries, bein g careful to orien t th em as in dicated in side th e  
battery com partm en t. Th en replace th e screws usin g th e h ex  
wren ch .  
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Conditions that Affect  
IR Performance  
IR com m un ication between th e Rem ote Con trol an d th e Nº390S  
can be affected by:  
direct sun ligh t  
in terior ligh tin g  
wall, win dow, ceilin g, an d floor treatm en ts  
th e an gle of th e Rem ote Con trol relative to th e Nº390S  
If th e Nº390S will be subject to direct sun ligh t, place it n o m ore  
th an 10 feet from wh ere youll n orm ally operate th e Rem ote  
Con trol. Wh ere brigh t sun ligh t virtually floods th e room , IR  
com m un ication m ay be in con sisten t.  
In a room ligh ted prim arily with in can descen t fixtures, place th e  
Nº390S no m ore than 25-30 feet from where youll norm ally operate  
th e Rem ote Con trol. In a room with fluorescen t fixtures, th is  
ran ge will be reduced. Wh ere brigh t fluorescen t ligh tin g virtually  
floods th e room , IR com m un ication m ay be in con sisten t.  
IR, like visible ligh t, reacts differen tly wh en it m eets differen t  
surfaces. Carpetin g an d draperies, for exam ple, ten d to diffuse  
(scatter) IR an d in terfere with its tran sm ission . Glossy or reflective  
surfaces, such as m irrors an d sm ooth walls, “boun ce” (reflect) IR  
an d won t in terfere with its tran sm ission . Wh en placin g th e  
Nº390S, its im portan t to accoun t for poten tial IR boun ce an d dif-  
fusion . For exam ple, in a room with th ick carpetin g, h eavy  
draperies, an d m an y pieces of furn iture, you m ay n eed to place  
th e Nº390S closer to wh ere youll n orm ally operate th e Rem ote  
Con trol th an you would in a sparsely furn ish ed room with bare  
walls an d h ardwood floorin g.  
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Optimum IR Reception  
Window  
If possible, in stall th e Nº390S directly opposite from wh ere youll  
n orm ally operate th e Rem ote Con trol. In practice, th e Rem ote  
Con trol will operate th e Nº390S at up to 30 degrees to eith er side  
of th is direct lin e. To eith er side of th is lin e, successful IR  
com m un ication will depen d on boun ce an d am bien t ligh tin g.  
(Please refer to the diagram at the left).  
If th e requirem en ts of your in stallation preclude a clean lin e of  
sigh t between th e Nº390S an d your listen in g position , you m ay  
wan t to con sider usin g an in frared repeater to route th e rem ote  
con trols com m an ds directly to th e Nº390S, usin g th e extern al ir  
in put on th e rear pan el. (See item #6 in Rear Panel, Nº390S.) Please  
ask your dealer for m ore in form ation on th ird-party IR repeaters.  
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Setup and Installation  
Caution!  
For your protection, review Important Safety Instructions”  
before you install your Nº390S.  
Connecting AC Mains  
Plug th e fem ale en d of th e AC power cord in to th e appropriate  
socket on th e rear pan el of th e Nº390S, bein g certain to seat it  
firm ly, all th e way in to th e receptacle.  
Double-ch eck to m ake sure th at th e AC power switch is in th e off  
position (th e side of th e switch with an “O” sh ould be depressed),  
an d also th at th e voltage in dicated on your Nº390S correspon ds to  
th e n orm al voltage for your coun try. (Con n ectin g a 120-volt  
Nº390S to a 220-volt AC outlet is not a good idea.)  
Plug th e m ale en d of th e power cord in to th e wall outlet, an d  
th en turn on th e power switch located on th e rear pan el of th e  
Nº390S (by depressin g th e side of th e switch th at h as a sin gle  
vertical lin e like th is: “|”).  
Connecting Digital  
Audio Sources  
Th e Nº390S in corporates EIAJ optical an d RCA digital in put  
con n ectors for up to two addition al digital sources. (See Rear  
panel, Nº390S.)  
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For optical digital in tercon n ection , we recom m en d th e use of  
better quality optical EIAJ cable. Your dealer can h elp you select  
an appropriate cable for your system .  
Usin g appropriate cables, con n ect an output of each addition al  
source (laser disc, digital tape, etc.) to th e appropriate in put on  
your Nº390S.  
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Connecting the Digital  
Audio Outputs  
Th e Nº390S in corporates AES/EBU an d S/PDIF electrical output  
con n ectors for use with eith er digital recorders or with outboard  
digital processors. (See Rear panel, Nº390S.)  
Usin g appropriate cables, con n ect th e appropriate outputs on your  
Nº390S to your extern al digital com pon en ts.  
Making Link  
Connections  
Th e Nº390S in corporates soph isticated in ter-com pon en t  
com m un ication s capabilities wh en Lin ked to com patible Mark  
Levin son com pon en ts. (See “Com m un ication Ports” in Rear panel,  
Nº390S.) If you own com patible Mark Levin son com pon en ts,  
con n ect th em to th e Nº390S with an eigh t-con ductor m odular  
cable as described on p. 25. You m ay fin d th at you n eed to cycle  
power off an d on on ce after m akin g th is con n ection for th e first  
tim e (if m akin g th e con n ection to a previously operatin g  
com pon en t), in order to en sure th at all com pon en ts in th e ch ain  
are aware of each oth ers presen ce. En gagin g PLAY on th e tran sport  
on ce from STOP will com plete th e Lin k con n ection by activatin g  
th e com m un ication s bus between th e com pon en ts. (When using a  
preamplifier, you must also name the appropriate input “No390Sas  
described in the preamps manual in order to complete the Link.)  
To h elp with special in stallation s an d custom cabin etry, drawin gs  
are in cluded in th is m an ual. (See Dimensions).  
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Connecting Analog  
Outputs  
Th e Nº390S provides both balan ced (via XLRs) an d sin gle-en ded  
an alog outputs. Eith er set of outputs m ay be con n ected eith er to a  
pream plifier or (with th e variable output feature en gaged) directly  
to a power am plifier. It h as been our experien ce th at balan ced  
in tercon n ection provides superior perform an ce, particularly if  
lon g run s of cable are required.  
Usin g appropriate cables, con n ect th e appropriate outputs on your  
Nº390S to your pream plifier or power am plifier.  
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Basic Operation  
Before operatin g your Nº390S, take a m in ute to becom e fam iliar  
with its con trols an d th eir location s. (See “Front Panel, Nº390S”  
an d Remote Control, Nº390S.”)  
Loading a CD  
To load a CD:  
1. Make sure that the main power switch is set to the |” position.  
2. Press stop/draw er to open th e drawer.  
3. Place a CD in to th e recess of th e drawer, label side up. Han dle  
th e CD by th e outer edges an d cen ter h ole on ly.  
4. Press stop/draw er.  
Note: If you h ave previously saved a program for th e CD, th e letter  
P will appear precedin g th e track n um ber on th e display. (See  
Programming the Nº390S.”)  
To override a previously saved program, briefly press mode – once while  
in program mode. All of the CDs tracks will be accessible for basic  
operation, but the program will still be retained in the Nº390S’s memory.  
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Playing a CD  
To play all tracks on th e CD, press th e play button . All tracks will  
play in order. Play will stop autom atically at th e en d of th e CD.  
To begin play with a track oth er th an th e first track:  
1. Before pressin g play, press next un til th e n um ber of th e  
desired track sh ows on th e Display. If you pass th e track you  
wan t to play, you can “back up” by pressin g previous. (You  
m ay also select th e track usin g th e n um bered button s on th e  
Rem ote Con trol.)  
2. Press play to begin playing that track. The rem aining tracks will  
play in order. Play will stop autom atically at the end of the CD.  
To return to th e begin n in g of a track wh ile it is playin g, press  
play. Play will be suspen ded briefly, th en th at track will replay  
followed by th e rem ain in g tracks on th e CD.  
Random Play  
Usin g th e Rem ote Con trol, you m ay h ave th e Nº390S play tracks  
at ran dom . To do th is, press th e 0 (zero) n um bered key, th en press  
play. Th e display will sh ow RANDOM briefly to in dicate th at you  
h ave en tered th e ran dom -play m ode. Subsequen tly, th e letter R  
will appear precedin g th e track n um ber in th e display as a  
rem in der. To can cel ran dom play, press stop.  
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Navigating the Disc  
You m ay skip to an oth er track an y tim e wh ile a CD is playin g. To  
m ove to an oth er track, press next (to go forward) or previous (to  
go backward) un til th e n um ber of th e track you wan t to play  
sh ows on th e Display. (You m ay also select th e track usin g th e  
n um bered button s on th e Rem ote Con trol.) Play will resum e as  
soon as th e pickup reach es th at track.  
You m ay search for a particular passage on th e CD usin g fast  
forward an d rewind, by pressing and holding th e next an d previous  
button s (respectively).  
Use th e reduced-volum e audible scan available durin g th ese  
m odes to search th e CD un til th e laser pickup reach es th e passage  
you wan t to h ear. (Assuming your CD player is set for audible rather  
than silent scanning. If not, see Special Fun ction s.)  
As soon as you release th e button , play resum es.  
If you search past th e begin n in g or en d of a track, th e laser pickup  
will m ove on to th e previous (or n ext) track. If you try to search  
forward past th e en d of a CD or program , th e laser pickup will  
stop at th e en d of th e last track. If you try to search backward past  
th e begin n in g of a CD or program , th e laser pickup will stop at  
th e begin n in g of th e first track of th e disc (or play list).  
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Direct Time Access  
You m ay use time on th e Rem ote Con trol to begin play at a  
specific time on th e disc.  
To do th is:  
1. Select th e desired track usin g eith er next an d previous or th e  
numeric keypad on th e Rem ote Con trol.  
2. Press time, th en press th e n um bered button s correspon din g to  
wh en you would like play to begin . (Th e n um bers you select  
will appear in th e time portion of th e display.)  
3. To begin play at th at poin t, press play.  
Note: The time you select depends on the selection you’ve made with  
the display mode button: elapsed or remaining, CD or track.  
For exam ple, if you wan t to begin play on e m in ute an d th irty  
secon ds in to track 2, select track 2 by pressin g 2 on th e rem ote  
con trol. Press time, en ter 1 3 0, th en press play. (Th is exam ple  
assum es th at th e m ost recen tly used display m ode was elapsed  
tim e on track.) If you do n ot press play, th e Nº390S will tim e out  
after ten secon ds (th at is, it will “forget” th at you h ad begun to do  
som eth in g, an d revert to n orm al operation ).  
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Altern atively, you m igh t wan t to set th e Nº390S to play m usic for  
a specific period of tim e. Say youd like to listen to m usic un til th e  
even in g n ews begin s in 30 m in utes. Make sure both th e time on  
disc an d time remaining LEDs are on (in dicatin g tim e rem ain in g  
on disc, th e default display m ode wh en in stop); press time; en ter  
3 0 0 0; an d press play. Th is sequen ce will direct th e Nº390S to a  
poin t 30 m in utes from th e en d of th e disc, an d en gage play at  
th at poin t. Wh en th e m usic en ds, you will kn ow it is tim e to turn  
on th e n ews.  
Pause  
To suspen d play wh ile a CD is playin g, press pause. To resum e  
play at th e sam e poin t, press pause again .  
If left in pause for about two m in utes, th e tran sport will stop  
spin n in g an d th e laser will turn off (th ereby en h an cin g th e  
lon gevity of both ). Th is extended pause m ode will be in dicated  
by th e display sh owin g a slowly flash in g quotation m ark () as a  
rem in der th at you are in th e extended pause m ode (sin ce th is  
m ark m im ics th e double bars used to in dicate pause).  
Altern atively, extended pause m ay be en gaged by pressin g and  
holding th e pause button un til th e double bars begin to blin k.  
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Repeat Disc  
To repeat (con tin uously) all tracks on a CD, press repeat un til th e  
disc repeat LED is lit. To return to n orm al play, press repeat (or  
rpt disc/trk on th e rem ote) again two m ore tim es (to cycle  
th rough track repeat to n orm al play). Pressin g stop will also  
restore th e Nº390S to n orm al (n on -repeatin g) operation .  
Repeat Track  
To repeat (con tin uously) th e track in (n orm al) play, press repeat  
(or rpt disc/trk on th e rem ote) twice to cycle th rough disc repeat  
to track repeat. Wh ile th e track repeat fun ction is active, th e LED  
above th e button is lit.  
Th is feature is h elpful (for exam ple) wh en tryin g to learn h ow to  
play a particular son g by playin g alon g with th e disc. To learn  
section s of th e son g, you m ay wan t to use th e A-B repeat fun ction  
described on th e n ext page. On ce you h ave m ost of th e section s  
learn ed, you can put th em togeth er with a track repeat.  
Track repeat takes priority over oth er fun ction s such as next an d  
previous. To return to n orm al operation , press repeat again .  
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A-B Repeat  
To repeat (con tin uously) a specific ph rase or passage on a CD  
(wh en learn in g h ow to play a favorite solo, for exam ple), press  
A–B on th e rem ote at th e begin n in g of th e passage you would like  
to repeat. At th e en d of th e passage, press A–B on th e rem ote  
again . Th e passage you selected will repeat con tin uously.  
Wh ile th e repeat A–B fun ction is active, th e letters A an d B will  
altern ate, precedin g th e track n um ber on th e display. To return to  
n orm al play, press th e A–B button again .  
Polarity  
Th e Nº390S can ch an ge its playback polarity to com pen sate for  
th e in verted polarity of som e recordin gs. Wh en you first press  
polarity on th e rem ote con trol, th e Nº390S will display its curren t  
polarity, eith er NORMAL or INVERTED. Subsequen t clicks on th e  
polarity button wh ile th e display is in dicatin g th e curren t polarity  
will toggle between th e two possibilities.  
Programming the Nº390S  
Introduction to Play  
Lists  
Rath er th an playin g an en tire CD, you m ay ch oose to play on ly  
certain selection s. To do th is, you create a “play list.” If th is is a  
on e-tim e play list, it m ay be used im m ediately upon bein g created  
(an d will van ish wh en a n ew play list is created). Altern atively,  
th ousan ds of play lists m ay be stored in th e Nº390S’s perm an en t  
m em ory, at wh ich poin t each becom es th e default play list for th e  
particular disc with wh ich it is associated (un til you explicitly  
ch an ge it).  
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Before usin g your Nº390S’s program m in g features, becom e fam iliar  
with its controls and their locations, as well as their basic functions.  
Note: During the playing of a play list, the Nº390S’s basic functions  
operate as described in “Basic Operation,” except that they affect the  
playback of the program, not the entire CD. For instance, pressing next  
during play skips to the next track in the play list, whether or not it is  
the next track on the CD. In the same way, engaging disc repeat will  
repeat the entire play list, not the entire disc.  
Th e Nº390S allows up to 99 selection s per play list, with an y given  
track appearin g on ce on ly. In practical term s, th e on ly lim itation  
on th e len gth of your play list is th e n um ber of tracks on your  
disc.  
Important Note:  
Assembling a play list is possible only w hen the disc is stopped.  
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Th e Nº390S’s m em ory can store play lists for th ousan ds of differen t  
CDs. Saved play lists rem ain in m em ory wh en you place th e  
Nº390S in to standby, wh en you turn off th e main pow er switch  
— even if AC power is in terrupted.  
Wh en you load a CD, th e Nº390S reads th at CDs un ique  
iden tification code. If you assem ble a play list for a particular CD  
an d save it in to th e Nº390S’s m em ory, th e Nº390S “rem em bers”  
th at CDs play list.  
Th e n ext tim e you load th at CD, th e Nº390S will recogn ize th e  
CDs iden tification code an d autom atically load th e previously  
saved play list. (Th e display in itially sh ows th e n um ber of tracks  
an d total tim e on th e disc, preceded by th e letter P in th e display.)  
Even if you h ave previously saved a play list for a CD, th e Nº390S  
allows you to tem porarily override it (an d h ave access to all tracks  
on th e CD), with out erasin g it from m em ory. Th is tem porary  
override applies to polarity program m in g as well.  
To tem porarily override a previously saved play list, click th e  
mode button un til PROGRAM is displayed on th e fron t pan el, an d  
press mode – wh ile th e CD is loaded but before play h as started.  
All of th e CDs tracks will subsequen tly be accessible for n orm al  
operation s, but th e origin al play list will still be retain ed in th e  
Nº390S’s m em ory. You can even create a tem porary play list as an  
altern ative to your n orm al, perm an en t play list.  
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Assembling a Play List  
To assem ble a n ew play list:  
1. Load a CD, an d wait for th e display to sh ow th e n um ber of  
tracks an d th eir total playin g tim e.  
2. Make sure th at th e Nº390S is in th e program m in g m ode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display.  
3. Usin g th e next an d previous button s (or th e n um bered button s  
on th e Rem ote Con trol), select th e first track in your play list.  
4. Add th e first selection to your play list by pressin g mode +.  
Th e display will ackn owledge your com m an d by sh owin g a P  
precedin g th e track n um ber on th e display to in dicate th at it  
h as been added to th e play list.  
5. Assem ble th e rest of your play list by repeatin g steps 2 an d 3.  
Make sure to press mode + after each selection .  
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Programming by  
Omission  
If you wan t to play most of a CD, an d just “om it” a few tracks,  
you m ay wan t to use th is sh ortcut:  
1. Load a CD, an d wait for th e display to sh ow th e n um ber of  
tracks an d th eir total playin g tim e.  
2. Make sure th at th e Nº390S is in th e program m in g m ode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display.  
3. Usin g th e next an d previous button s (or th e n um bered button s  
on th e Rem ote Con trol), select th e first track you wan t to  
elim in ate from your program .  
4. “Om it” th e track by pressin g mode . Th is action deletes th e  
track from th e curren t play list, in dicated by th e PRG– in th e  
display n ext to th e track n um ber.  
5. Usin g next an d previous, m ove to an y oth er tracks you would  
prefer to skip, pressin g mode – to elim in ate each track from  
th e play list. On ce you are in th e program m ode, a P will  
illum in ate to in dicate a track is in th e play list, an d extin guish  
for an y track om itted from th e play list.  
Saving a Play List  
On ce you h ave created th e play list you wan t for a particular disc,  
you m ay eith er use it as a tem porary play list (usin g it on ly for  
th at on e occasion ), or save it as th e default play list for th at disc.  
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To save a play list:  
1. Wh en youve fin ish ed addin g selection s, you can save th e n ew  
play list by pressin g an d h oldin g th e mode + button .  
2. Th e Nº390S will con firm th at your play list is saved by  
displayin g SAVED briefly (or REVISED if you ch an ged an  
existin g play list).  
Review ing a Play List  
To review your play list before playin g it:  
1. Load a CD for wh ich youve already saved a play list (th e  
letter P will appear precedin g th e track n um ber on th e display);  
or load an un program m ed CD, th en assem ble an d save a play  
list.  
2. Make sure th at th e Nº390S is in th e program m in g m ode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display.  
3. With out selectin g an y particular track, press mode +. Th e  
display will sh ow th e first selection in your play list. For  
exam ple, if track 3 is th e first selection in your program , th e  
display would sh ow P03 > 1st.  
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Note: If you try to review a nonexistent play list, the display will  
show NO PGM.  
4. To view th e n ext selection , press mode + again , an d so on .  
5. After you view th e last selection , on e m ore press of mode +  
will cause th e display to sh ow END PGM m om en tarily, an d  
th en m ove on to sh ow th e first track in th e play list.  
Deleting a Track from a  
Play List  
You m ay delete an y selection from a play list.  
To delete a selection :  
1. Load a CD for wh ich youve already saved a program (th e letter  
P will appear precedin g th e track n um ber on th e display).  
2. Make sure th at th e Nº390S is in th e program m in g m ode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display.  
3. Press next/f.fw d. Th e display will sh ow th e first selection in  
your program .  
4. Press next/f.fw d un til th e selection you wan t to delete appears  
on th e display.  
5. Press mode – ; the display will rem ove the P from the displayed  
track to in dicate th at it h as been rem oved from th e play list.  
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6. Repeat steps 4 an d 5 for each selection you wan t to erase from  
your program .  
7. If you would like to m ake th is ch an ge perm an en t, press an d  
h old mode + wh en you fin ish erasin g selection s from your  
program ; th e display will sh ow REVISED.  
Adding a Track to a  
Play List  
You also m ay add a selection to a previously saved play list.  
To do so:  
1. Load a CD for wh ich youve already saved a play list (th e letter  
P will appear precedin g th e track n um ber on th e display); or  
load an un program m ed CD, th en assem ble an d save a play  
list.  
2. Make sure th at th e Nº390S is in th e program m in g m ode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display.  
3. Usin g th e next an d previous (or th e n um bered button s on th e  
Rem ote Con trol), select th e track you wan t to add to your  
play list.  
4. Add th e selection to your play list by pressin g mode +. Your  
n ew selection will be added to th e en d of your existin g play  
list.  
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5. Repeat steps 2 an d 3 for each selection you wan t to add to  
your program . Make sure to press mode + after each selection .  
6. If you would like to m ake th is ch an ge perm an en t, press an d  
h old mode + wh en you fin ish erasin g selection s from your  
program ; th e display will sh ow REVISED.  
Overriding a Play List  
Wh en you load a CD, th e Nº390S reads its un ique iden tification  
code. If you assem ble a play list for a particular CD an d save it  
in to th e Nº390S’s m em ory, th e Nº390S “rem em bers” th at CDs  
play list.  
Even if you h ave previously saved a play list for a CD, th e Nº390S  
allows you to tem porarily override it (an d h ave access to all tracks  
on th e CD), with out erasin g it from m em ory. You can even create  
a tem porary play list as an altern ative to your n orm al, perm an en t  
play list.  
To tem pora rily override a previously saved play list:  
1. Make sure th at th e Nº390S is in th e program m in g m ode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display  
2. Press mode – while the CD is loaded, but before play has started.  
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Th e display will sh ow CLEARED to in dicate th at th e program h as  
been tem porarily overridden .  
Th e display will sh ow th e total n um ber of tracks an d th e total  
tim e on th e disc (as it would if th ere were n o play list associated  
with th e disc). Th e P th at den otes play list will be turn ed off. (If  
you ch an ge your m in d, sim ply press stop to restore th e previously  
created play list.) All of th e CDs tracks will subsequen tly be  
accessible for n orm al operation s, but th e origin al play list will still  
be retain ed in th e Nº390S’s m em ory.  
Erasing Play Lists from  
Memory  
To perm an en tly erase a previously saved play list from th e  
Nº390S’s m em ory, press an d h old th e mode – button wh ile  
stopped in th e PROGRAM m ode; th e display will sh ow DELETED.  
Why Polarity  
Programming?  
Durin g th e recordin g process, th e polarity of th e recorded sign al is  
typically inverted m any tim es. If the total num ber of 180° inversions  
is even , th e “n et” polarity rem ain s un ch an ged; if odd, a 180°  
polarity in version is in troduced. Som e people seem quite sen sitive  
to th is distin ction . (Th e differen ce can be en vision ed by im agin in g  
a kick drum bein g struck: th e in itial m otion of th e drum h ead is  
forward, form in g a com pression wave; if in verted, it would be  
reproduced as though the drum head had initially m oved backward,  
creatin g a rarefaction .)  
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To com plicate m atters furth er, differen t portion s of (or in strum en ts  
on) the recording may experience even or odd numbers of inversions,  
resultin g in n o sin gle “correct” playback settin g. Th is problem is  
particularly com m on am on g m ultiple-m icroph on e recordin gs.  
Ultim ately, on ly you can decide wh eth er on e polarity settin g  
soun ds better th an th e oth er, an d if so, wh ich you prefer.  
Fortun ately, if th e Nº390S can con trol th e playback polarity of its  
processor from th e rem ote con trol. Moreover, th e Nº390S can be  
asked to “rem em ber” your preferen ce (sh ould you h ave on e) for  
each recordin g.  
Important Note:  
Programmed play lists include polarity information. The Nº390S  
w ill ensure the correct” polarity (that is, the polarity you chose  
w hen creating the program) upon playback of that play list.  
This polarity may only be overridden by either temporarily  
overriding the play list or by re-programming the play list (see  
below ). If you are sensitive to polarity (many people are not),  
you w ill w ant to determine the correct polarity before creating  
your play lists.  
Whole-Disc Polarity  
Programming  
If you wan t to rem em ber on ly th e preferred polarity for an en tire  
disc, an d do n ot wish to store a custom play list:  
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1. Press stop. Wh en in stop, th e Nº390S displays th e total  
n um ber of tracks an d tim e on th e disc. (You m ust n ot h ave a  
preexistin g program if you wish to save a sin gle polarity for  
th e en tire disc in on e step. To erase a preexisting program ,  
press and hold the mode – button.)  
2. Make sure that the Nº390S is in the programming mode by  
clickin g th e mode button un til you see PROGRAM in th e  
display.  
3. Choose your preferred polarity. You m ay use eith er th e  
polarity button on th e processor or th e polarity button on th e  
Nº390S rem ote con trol. Select your preferred settin g.  
4. Press and hold the mode + button. Th e display will sh ow  
POLARITY to in dicate th at it h as saved your polarity program  
for th e en tire disc. Th e display will sh ow a sm all p precedin g  
th e total n um ber of tracks an d tim e on th e disc.  
Track-by-Track Polarity  
Programming  
Som e discs seem to flip back an d forth in polarity between on e  
track an d th e n ext. If you wish to store polarity on a track-by-  
track basis, follow th e direction s for assem blin g a play list (above),  
m akin g certain th at th e polarity in dicated for each track is correct  
before you press th e positive com m an d for program + (see Special  
Commands table, page 55) to add it to th e play list. Sim ilarly, you  
m ay “edit” th e polarity of an existin g program by pressin g stop  
an d th en reviewin g th e play list on e track at a tim e. Ch an ge th e  
polarity of an y track you like wh ile its in form ation is bein g  
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displayed, an d th en press th e positive com m an d for program +  
(see Special Commands table, page 55) to revise th e program .  
Overriding a Polarity  
Program  
If you want to double-check you previously-saved polarity program ,  
sim ply press th e polarity button at an y tim e. Doin g so will ch an ge  
th e polarity of th e Nº390S, but will n ot m odify th e polarity  
program (e.g., th e n ext tim e you play th e disc, th e polarity you  
saved in th e program will be used).  
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Special Functions  
Th e Nº390S offers m an y special custom ization features, allowin g it  
to serve a wide range of needs sim ply and com pletely. These options  
are grouped in th ree SETUP m en us: SOUND, LINKS, an d AUX INs.  
Th ese th ree m en us are accessed by pressing and holding (“cam pin g  
on ”) th e mode button un til th e display ch an ges to sh ow SETUP,  
followed by SOUND. Subsequen t clicks of th e mode button will  
cycle th rough th e various m ajor m en us (LINKS, AUX INs, an d  
back to SOUND); an y of th ese m en us m ay be selected by pressing  
and holding th e mode button a secon d tim e. Subsequen t clicks of  
th e mode button will cycle th rough th e various item s with in each  
m ajor m en u; pressin g an d h oldin g th e mode button will take you  
back to th e th ree m ain m en us (sh ould you wan t to go from a  
SOUND item to a LINK item , for exam ple).  
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At an y poin t, h avin g selected th e m en u item you would like to  
ch an ge, use th e mode + an d mode – button s to turn various  
option s on or off, respectively.  
SOUND Menu Items:  
Fixed/Variable Volume  
Th e Nº390S gives you th e option of en gagin g a h igh quality  
an alog volum e con trol, allowin g you to use th e Nº390S as a  
digital-sources- on ly “pream p,” drivin g a power am plifier  
directly. Th is capability is particularly useful in sim ple system s  
involving only two or three digital sources. When first engaged,  
th e volum e con trol circuitry will be set to a low volum e to  
avoid an y ch an ce of overdrivin g your loudspeakers.  
Th e Nº390S h as th e ability to “lin k” several of its fun ction s to  
com patible Mark Levin son com pon en ts (like th e Nº360/S  
Digital Audio Processor an d th e Nº380/S Pream plifier, an d th e  
Nº33 an d 300-series power am plifiers).  
Note:  
To take advantage of linked functions, you must connect the  
Nº390 to the other components via their communication ports.  
(See Rear Panel, Nº390S and Setup and Installation.)  
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Silent/Audible Cueing  
Th e Nº390S also gives you th e option of h earin g a reduced-  
volum e scan of th e program m aterial durin g fast forward or  
rewin d, or of h avin g th e scan be silen t. For som e, th e audible  
cuein g h elps iden tify th e portion of th e track th ey seek; oth ers  
fin d th e broken -up bits of m usic discon certin g an d prefer  
silen ce.  
Balance Control  
If you h ave en gaged th e volum e con trol circuitry by settin g  
th e + VARIABLE m en u item , th en you will also see a balan ce  
con trol with in th e setup m en u, in dicated by arrows poin tin g  
in both direction s (wh en at th e n eutral position ). Pressin g th e  
mode + key will m ove th e balan ce an d th e im age to th e righ t,  
in dicated by a n um ber of decibels an d th e arrow poin tin g to  
th e righ t; pressin g th e mode – key will reverse th is process.  
(Th is m en u does n ot appear in th e – FIXED volum e m ode,  
sin ce it would n ot apply.)  
Mute Control  
Sim ilarly, a user-adjustable m ute con trol is available wh en th e  
volum e con trol circuitry h as been en gaged. It offers a ran ge of  
–3 to 41 decibels of m uting in response to the rem ote controls  
m ute button bein g push ed. Th e factory default is -20 dB.  
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Locked Volume  
Lastly, if (an d on ly if) th e volum e con trol circuitry is en gaged,  
you h ave th e option of settin g a m axim um volum e beyon d  
wh ich th e Nº390S will n ot go. Th is is particularly h elpful if  
you h ave a com bin ation of h igh sen sitivity speakers an d h igh  
sen sitivity power am plifiers, wh ich m igh t m ake th e n orm al  
m axim um volum e settin g on th e Nº390S dan gerously loud for  
your particular system . (It was designed to be able to drive even  
relatively in sen sitive system s.) Altern atively, it can serve as a  
h elpful “party con trol” to guard again st in discrete guests  
becom in g som ewh at overzealous in th e h eat of th e m om en t.  
If you wan t to set a m axim um allowable volum e, select your  
ch osen volum e settin g an d th en toggle from UNLOCKED to  
LOCKED.  
LINK Menu Items:  
Standby Link  
Th is feature lin ks th e stan dby m odes of th e various Mark  
Levin son Lin ked com pon en ts. For exam ple:  
If CD processor, pream plifier an d power am plifier(s) are in  
stan dby m ode, pressin g th e CD processors standby button  
will take all th ree com pon en ts out of stan dby m ode  
(m akin g th em ready to use).  
If CD processor, pream plifier an d power am plifier(s) are  
“on ” (n ot in stan dby m ode), pressin g th e Nº390S’s standby  
button will place on ly th e CD processor in stan dby m ode  
(presum in g th at you m ay wish to use your digital processor  
with som e digital source oth er th an th e Nº390S).  
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If CD processor, pream plifier an d power am plifier are “on ”  
(n ot in stan dby m ode), pressin g th e pream ps standby  
button will place all th ree com pon en ts in to stan dby  
m ode.  
Name Link  
If you use th e Nº390S as a tran sport with a Lin ked processor  
with your Nº390S (via on e of th e digital outputs), h avin g th e  
NAME lin k on will allow th e Nº390S to sh ow up in th e display  
of th e processor by n am e, e.g., No39 rath er th an a gen eric CD.  
Play Link  
When you press the Nº390S’s play button, this link automatically  
selects th e appropriate in puts on th e pream plifier so you can  
listen to th e CD (if you h ave n am ed th at in put “No39” as  
described in th e pream ps own ers m an ual). Th is fun ction also  
works on th e Lin ked processor if th e Nº390S is used as a  
tran sport (fun ction in g as a “slave” on th e com m un ication  
system rath er th an as th e “m aster.”)  
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Display Link  
Th is lin ks th e display in ten sity fun ction s of th e Nº390S an d  
th e oth er Lin ked com pon en ts. Wh en th e com pon en ts are  
lin ked, all displays will be set to th e sam e brigh tn ess. Pressin g  
display in ten sity on an y of th e Lin ked com pon en ts will affect  
all th e displays.  
AUX INs Menu Items:  
The Nº390S also allows you to rename the two auxiliary digital inputs,  
in order to give th em a n am e th at m igh t be m ore m ean in gful in  
th e con text of your system th an th eir factory-default, gen eric RCA  
an d OPT in put n am es. You m ay select from th e followin g list of  
n am es (th e sam e list is available for both in puts).  
In put Nam es  
DMX  
DSS  
DAT  
DCC  
MD  
Digital Music Express  
Digital Satellite System  
Digital Audio Tape  
Digital Com pact Cassette  
Min i-Disc  
CDR  
CDI  
DBS  
LD  
Com pact Disc-Recordable  
Com pact Disc-In teractive  
Direct Broadcast Satellite  
Laser Disc  
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CD  
Com pact Disc  
ADC  
AUX  
DCA  
PCD  
PDT  
CDD  
N.U.  
An alog to Digital Con verter  
Auxiliary  
Digital Cable Audio  
Proceed CD  
Proceed Digital Tran sport  
Com pact Disc Drive  
Not Used*  
If, wh ile playin g th e Nº390S you decide to ch an ge in puts (usin g  
eith er of its digital in puts), th e Nº390S will place itself in pause. If  
you h aven t switch ed back to listen to th e Nº390S again with in 30  
secon ds, it will assum e you are fin ish ed listen in g to it an d place  
itself in th e stop m ode.  
Note th at if you elect “N.U.” (Not Used) as th e n am e of an in put,  
th at in put will be bypassed wh ile cyclin g th rough th e available  
in puts. Th us if you are usin g on e of th e two auxiliary in puts an d  
n ot th e oth er, settin g th e un used in put to “N.U.” will ch an ge th e  
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in put selection process to a sim ple toggle between th e two used  
inputs. Labeling both auxiliary inputs “N.U.” will effectively disable  
th e in put selection process on th e Nº390S, alth ough it will still  
con trol th e an alog in puts of a Lin ked pream plifier.  
Changing Link Options  
Th e followin g procedure will guide you th rough ch an gin g your  
Lin k option s, sh ould you decide you would like som eth in g oth er  
th an th e factory default settin gs. (Note th at m ost people are  
perfectly satisfied with th e default settin gs, an d n ever n eed to  
con cern th em selves with th is section .)  
1. Make sure th at th e main pow er switch is set to th e “on ” (“|”)  
position an d th e un it is n ot in “stan dby.”  
2. Press an d h old th e fron t-pan el mode button un til SETUP  
followed by SOUND appears on th e display. Release th e mode  
button ; subsequen t “clicks” of th e mode button will cycle  
th rough each of your Nº390S’s m ain m en us, in th is order:  
SOUND, LINKS, AUX INs. Con tin ued clicks on th e mode  
button will return you to th e begin n in g of th e list, in case you  
acciden tally pass th e option you wan t to ch an ge.  
3. Wh en th e display sh ows th e m en u you wan t to access, press  
and hold th e mode button again . Subsequen t clicks of th e  
mode button will cycle th rough th e various item s with in th at  
m en u.  
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4. Wh en an item you wish to ch an ge is in th e display, use th e  
mode + an d mode – keys (eith er on th e fron t pan el or on th e  
rem ote con trol) to ch an ge th e settin g.  
5. Repeat step 4 for each settin g you wan t to ch an ge.  
6. Wh en you h ave fin ish ed, press and hold th e mode button  
again to con firm your ch an ge(s). Th e display will return to th e  
origin al th ree m ain m en us.  
On ce saved, your lin k settin gs rem ain in m em ory wh en you place  
th e Nº390S in to standby, wh en you turn off th e main pow er  
switch — even if AC power is in terrupted.  
Sleep Timer  
Th e Nº390S also m ay be set to autom atically en ter stan dby after a  
predefined period. As shipped from the factory, its standby function  
is m an ual (th at is, it on ly en ters or leaves stan dby wh en told to  
do so by th e user).  
Th is feature is sim ilar to a “sleep tim er” on a clock radio. If playin g  
a CD, for exam ple, th e Nº390S will en ter stan dby autom atically  
after th e user-selected period of tim e.  
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To ch an ge between m an ual an d tim ed/ autom atic stan dby:  
1. Press an d h old th e standby button un til th e display reads  
MANUAL.  
2. Release th e standby button an d th en use th e previous an d  
n ext button s to eith er advan ce or reduce th e am oun t of tim e  
you wan t to tran spire between th e last activity of th e Nº390S  
an d its goin g in to stan dby. You m ay select an y n um ber of  
m in utes between 1-120. You m ay restore n orm al, m an ual  
operation by pressin g previous to go “below” 1 m in ute, in to  
MANUAL stan dby operation .  
3. Allow th e Nº390S to tim e out (return in g th e display to its n or-  
m al operation ).  
Using Learning Remote  
Controls  
Th e Nº390S in cludes both an in frared receiver an d an in frared  
tran sm itter. With th is capability, it can “teach ” a learn in g rem ote  
control any com m ands that m ight be needed for rem ote operation.  
Specifically, th e Nº390S can sen d all of th e n ecessary IR com m an ds  
from its display win dow, en ablin g you to teach a learn in g rem ote  
an y or all of its pre-program m ed com m an ds, as well as som e  
option al special com m an ds th at are available to solve specific  
in stallation -related problem s.  
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Th e Nº390S h as two special m odes of operation in to wh ich it m ay  
be placed in order to facilitate th e “teach in g” of rem ote con trol  
com m an ds to a learn in g rem ote con trol. Th e first allows you to  
easily teach th e com m an ds for wh ich th ere are correspon din g  
fron t pan el button s. Th e secon d allows you to teach “special”  
com m an ds to th e rem ote con trol for wh ich th ere are n o  
correspon din g fron t pan el button s.  
Teaching Nº390S Front  
Panel Commands  
1. Press and hold the repeat button to enter the front panel  
teaching mode.  
Th e display will sh ow TEACH IR to in dicate th at th e Nº390S is  
ready to teach a learn in g rem ote con trol th e in frared  
com m an ds th at correspon d to its fron t pan el button s. Th e  
Nº390S sen ds in frared sign als from th e left side of th e fron t  
pan el display. If th e learn in g rem ote con trol seem s un able to  
learn IR com m an ds, try adjustin g th e distan ce between th e  
left side of th e fron t pan el display an d th e learn in g rem ote  
con trol.  
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If you ch an ge your m in d, sim ply don t touch an y button for  
ten secon ds an d th e Nº390S will return to n orm al operation .  
(Hin t: you m ay rem em ber th at th is special “h idden ” feature of  
the Nº390S is accessed via a press-and-hold of the repeat button  
by associatin g its use with th e extern al IR “repeaters” so often  
used in custom in stallation s; th e fun ction ality foun d h ere is of  
m ost value in such in stallation s.)  
2. Press any front panel button to cause the Nº390S to send  
the corresponding IR command.  
Lin e up th e IR win dow of your rem ote con trol with th e left  
side of th e Nº390S display, at a distan ce of approxim ately 2"-  
6". Select th e to-be-learn ed button on th e rem ote, th en press  
th e correspon din g button on th e Nº390S to fire th e appropri-  
ate IR code.  
Most learn in g rem otes n eed to be h eld fairly still wh ile th ey  
learn n ew IR com m an ds; m ovem en t can garble th e received  
IR. If you are un certain as to h ow to prepare your rem ote  
con trol for learn in g n ew com m an ds, refer to th e in struction s  
provided with th e rem ote con trol.  
3. Repeat the process of teaching” new commands to the  
various buttons on your remote control until all appropriate  
or desired front panel commands have been learned by your  
remote.  
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4. When finished, exit the Teach IR mode by allow ing the  
Nº390S to time out.”  
You may wish to teach your remote control some of the Nº390S’s  
special com m an ds (th ose for wh ich th ere is n o correspon din g  
fron t pan el button ); in th is case, you sh ould go directly to th e  
n ext section . Oth erwise, sim ply avoid pressin g an y button s for  
about ten secon ds, an d th e Nº390S will autom atically return  
to n orm al operation .  
At som e poin t, h owever, you sh ould test all your n ewly “learn ed”  
com m an ds to en sure th at th ey were “learn ed” correctly.  
Teaching Other  
Nº390S Commands  
As m en tion ed above, th e Nº390S h as th e capability to teach  
learn in g rem ote con trols special com m an ds for wh ich th ere are  
n o fron t pan el coun terparts. Th ese com m an ds can be especially  
helpful in solving problem s in certain kinds of custom installations.  
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Th ese “positive con trol” com m an ds in th e Nº390S will place it  
in to a certain m ode of operation regardless of its curren t state. For  
exam ple, a positive con trol com m an d to en ter standby will leave  
th e Nº390S in standby if already th ere, or sw itch it to standby if  
it is curren tly operatin g. Th is type of positive con trol is especially  
h elpful wh en you do n ot n ecessarily kn ow th e curren t status of  
th e Nº390S, as m igh t be th e case in a m ulti-room h om e  
en tertain m en t system (for exam ple).  
1. Place the Nº390S in its front panel teaching mode.  
As explain ed on th e previous page, you do th is by pressin g  
an d h oldin g th e repeat button un til th e display reads TEACH  
IR. If n o furth er button s are pressed with in approxim ately ten  
secon ds, th e Nº390S will “tim e out” an d return to n orm al  
operation .  
2. Release, then press and hold the repeat button a second  
time to place the Nº390S in its Custom IR mode.  
After about five secon ds, th e display will ch an ge from TEACH  
IR to OPERATE (th e first special IR code available for teach in g).  
Th is in dicates th at th e special IR codes th at do n ot correspon d  
to fron t pan el button s are n ow available for teach in g to a  
learn in g rem ote con trol—in cludin g som e th at are design ed to  
solve problem s un ique to custom in stallation s.  
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3. Press the repeat” button repeatedly to advance to the  
desired function.  
Th e table on th e n ext page lists th e various com m an ds th at  
are available for th e Nº390S for wh ich th ere is n ot fron t-pan el  
equivalen t. In som e cases, th ey represen t “positive con trol”  
altern atives to com m an ds th at n orm ally toggle between two  
settin gs (such as stan dby an d operate). In oth er cases, th ey  
represen t fun ction s th at exist on ly on th e rem ote con trol. In  
th e secon d colum n are th e design ation s th at will be displayed  
to in dicate th at th e Nº390S is ready to fire th e correspon din g  
IR code.  
Pressin g repeat will advan ce you to th e n ext com m an d in th e  
table. If n o button is push ed for m ore th an ten secon ds, th e  
Nº390S will “tim e out” an d return to n orm al operation .  
4. Momentarily press the repeat button to transmit the selected  
code.  
Lin e up th e IR win dow of your rem ote con trol with th e left  
side of the display of the Nº390S, at a distance of approxim ately  
2"-6". Select th e to-be-learn ed button on th e rem ote, th en fire  
th e selected code from th e Nº390S by pressin g mode.  
(If you are uncertain as to how to prepare your remote control for  
learning new commands, refer to the instructions provided with the  
remote control.)  
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5. Repeat the process of teaching” new special commands  
until all desired commands have been learned by your  
remote control.  
If you take lon ger th an approxim ately ten secon ds between  
button push es, th e Nº390S will tim e out an d return to n orm al  
operation . If th is occurs, return to step #1 in th is section . You  
m ay m ove th rough th e en tire list by pressin g repeat.  
6. When finished, return to normal operation by allow ing the  
Nº390S to time out.”  
Th e Nº390S will “tim e out” an d return to n orm al operation  
after approxim ately ten secon ds.  
Special Commands Table  
Com m an d  
Display  
positive con trol for operate  
OPERATE  
positive con trol for stan dby  
positive con trol for stop  
STANDBY  
JUST STOP  
DISPLAY 0  
DISPLAY 2  
UNPAUSE  
PAUSE  
set display in ten sity to off  
set display in ten sity to m edium  
positive con trol for un pause  
positive con trol for pause  
positive con trol for leavin g th e repeat m ode  
positive con trol for open drawer  
positive con trol for close drawer  
positive con trol for ran dom play  
positive con trol for selectin g an alog in puts  
positive con trol for selectin g digital in puts  
positive con trol for program –  
positive con trol for program +  
Select CD in put  
NO REPEAT  
OPEN  
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CLOSE  
RANDOM  
ANALOG  
DIGITAL  
PROG –  
PROG +  
SET CD  
Select RCA in put  
SET RCA  
SET OPT  
Select optical (EIAJ) in put  
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Troubleshooting  
In general, refer any service problem s to your Mark Levinson dealer.  
Before con tactin g your dealer, h owever, ch eck to see if th e problem  
is listed h ere. If it is, try th e suggested solution s. If n on e of th ese  
solves th e problem , con tact your Mark Levin son dealer.  
1. The Nº390S w ont function, and the display is  
dark.  
Th e un it is in stan dby. Press th e standby button .  
Th e Nº390S isn t plugged in to th e AC m ain s or th e m ain  
power switch isn t turn ed on .  
Th e wall socket, adapter, or exten sion cord is faulty.  
Th eres a tripped circuit breaker or blown fuse in th e wall  
outlets circuit.  
A fuse is blown in your Nº390S (con tact your Mark  
Levin son dealer).  
2. The display is lit, but there is no output.  
Th e proper digital in put isn t selected on th e Nº390S.  
Th e proper an alog in put isn t selected on your pream plifier.  
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Th e in tercon n ectin g cables are con n ected in correctly or  
are faulty.  
Th e variable output volum e adjustm en t is set to 0.0 (off).  
3. The Nº390S display reads NO DISC.”  
Th ere is n o disc in th e drawer for th e tran sport to read.  
Th e disc is upside down an d th erefore can n ot be read.  
Th e disc h as loaded im properly an d can n ot be read – open  
th e drawer, en sure th at th e disc is placed properly in th e  
drawer, an d try again .  
4. The Nº390S wont play a CD inserted in the player.  
Th e CD is in serted upside down .  
Th ere m ay be con den sation (m oisture) on th e laser pickup.  
Th is can h appen if th e Nº390S is m oved from a cold  
en viron m en t (such as a wareh ouse or a sh ippers truck) to  
a warm on e. Set th e main pow er switch to its "|" position ,  
an d leave it on for on e h our to warm up, th en try playin g  
a CD again .  
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5. When a CD is playing, the sound "skips."  
Th e CD is severely scratch ed or dirty.  
Th e Nº390S is on an un stable surface or is too close to  
your speakers.  
6. The linked functions dont w ork.  
Th e Lin k cable is discon n ected, or is con n ected in correctly.  
Ch eck your Lin k con n ection s.  
Th e Lin k option s are turn ed off.  
Th e pream plifier is n ot aliased (ren am ed) for th e Nº39.  
Th e processor (if on e is bein g used) does n ot h ave on e of  
its in puts tied to th e Nº390S.  
Try turn in g off/discon n ectin g AC power from both th e  
pream plifier an d th e Nº390S. After several secon ds, restore  
AC power to th e pream plifier, th en turn on th e Nº390S’s  
main pow er switch . Never operate the main pow er switch  
without first making sure that power is turned off to your  
receiver, integrated amplifier, or preamplifier/power amplifier.  
Som e associated Mark Levin son com pon en ts m ay h ave  
older version s of th e system software th at do n ot fully  
support all Lin ked fun ction s. Con tact your Mark Levin son  
dealer with th e m odel an d serial n um bers of your Mark  
Levin son com pon en ts. If n eeded, n ew EPROMs will be  
provided at n o ch arge.  
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7. The Remote Control doesnt operate the Nº390S.  
Th e Rem ote Con trol is at th e wron g an gle relative to th e  
Nº390S, an d th e Nº390S can t receive th e sign al.  
Th e sen sor win dow on th e fron t pan el of th e Nº390S is  
dirty or blocked.  
Th e Rem ote Con trols projection len s is dirty.  
Fluorescen t ligh tin g or sun ligh t is in terferin g with th e  
operation of th e Rem ote Con trol.  
Th e Rem ote Con trols batteries are weak an d n eed to be  
replaced.  
Th e Rem ote Con trols batteries are in stalled in correctly.  
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Care and Maintenance  
To rem ove dust from th e cabin et of th e Nº390S, use a feath er  
duster. To rem ove dirt an d fin gerprin ts, we recom m en d isopropyl  
alcoh ol an d a soft cloth .  
Caution!  
Alw ays apply the isopropyl alcohol to the soft cloth and then  
w ipe the Nº390S w ith the dampened cloth. Never pour or spray  
even small amounts of any liquid directly on the Nº390S, as  
doing so may allow the liquid to reach the circuitry inside the  
unit. Any liquid inside the unit poses a hazard to both the user  
and to the unit, and must be avoided.  
Make sure th at th e Rem ote sen sor win dow on th e fron t pan el an d  
th e Rem ote Con trols projection len s are kept clean an d dust-free.  
Fluorescen t ligh tin g an d sun ligh t m ay in terfere with th e operation  
of th e Rem ote Con trol. Avoid placin g th e Nº390S n ear fluorescen t  
lam ps or in direct sun ligh t.  
Wh en th e Rem ote Con trols batteries n eed to be replaced, use  
on ly AA batteries; always replace both batteries at th e sam e tim e.  
If you don t plan to use th e Rem ote Con trol often , rem ove th e  
batteries. Wh en n ot used for an exten ded period, even  
“leakproof” batteries can leak corrosive acids th at will dam age th e  
Rem ote Con trol (an d will void th e warran ty).  
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A CD, h an dled carefully, will last in defin itely. A warped, dusty, or  
scratch ed CD can cause playback problem s, in cludin g audible  
skippin g or oth er n oises. Han dle a CD by th e outer edges on ly; if  
n ecessary, support it with your in dex fin ger at th e cen ter h ole.  
Wh en youre fin ish ed playin g a CD, always return it to its plastic  
case. Store your CDs wh ere th ey won t be exposed to direct  
sun ligh t, h igh h um idity, or extrem ely h igh or low tem peratures.  
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Specifications  
The correlation between published specifications and sonic quality is  
unreliable. A list of numbers reveals virtually nothing. All technical  
measurements must be subject to qualitative as well as quantitative  
interpretation.  
Measurements of the Nº390S yield excellent results by any standards.  
However, only those specifications that apply to its actual operation are  
included here.  
Frequency Response  
10Hz - 20kHz, +0dB, –0.3dB  
Total Harmonic Distortion  
(THD)  
0.002% @ 1 kHz, 0dBFS (10Hz-30kHz)  
Dynamic Range  
Signal-to-Noise Ratio  
Channel Separation  
96dB (10Hz-30kHz)  
105dB (10Hz-30kHz)  
Better th an 110 Db  
Less th an 0.005%  
Intermodulation Distortion  
(SMPTE IMD)  
Maximum Output  
(0 dBFS signal)  
4.45V balan ced  
2.225V sin gle-en ded  
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Volume Control  
–61.2 to +12 dB  
(attenuation) Range  
Digital-to-Analog  
Conversion  
Dual differen tial 24-bit DACs  
Conversion Rate  
Analog Filter  
352.8kHz or 384kHz(in put sign al depen den t), 24-bit  
Bessel-tun ed, lin ear ph ase to 40kHz  
Low -level Linearity  
deviation less th an 2 dB to below –90Dbfs less th an 2 dB to  
below –102dBFS w/20-bit in put  
Output Impedance (analog)  
Direct Digital Output, XLR  
Direct Digital Output, RCA  
Mains Voltage  
10 Ω  
AES/EBU 110, 3.5V  
S/PDIF 75, 0.5V  
100V, 120V, 200V, 220V, 240V, factory set for destination country  
50 or 60 Hz, factory set for destin ation coun try  
36 watts m axim um  
Mains Frequency  
Pow er Consumption  
Overall Dimensions  
Shipping Weight  
See “Dimensions”  
50 lbs. (23 kg)  
Input Complement  
1 EIAJ digital in put  
1 S/PDIF (RCA) digital in put  
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Output Complement:  
2 m ale XLR balan ced audio outputs  
2 RCA sin gle-en ded audio outputs  
1 AES/EBU (XLR) digital output  
1 S/PDIF (RCA) digital output  
Other I/O  
2 RJ-45 m odular Com m un ication Lin ks  
1 3.5m m extern al IR in put jack  
1 IEC AC m ain s con n ector  
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Dimensions  
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Installation Notes  
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