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OPERATION 21

Operation

Basic Operation

Once you have completed the setup and configu-

ration of the AVR, it is simple to operate and

enjoy. The following instructions should be fol-

lowed for you to maximize your enjoyment of

your new receiver:

Turning the AVR On or Off

• When using the AVR for the first time, you must

press the Main Power Switch



on the front

panel to turn the unit on. This places the unit in a

Standby mode, as indicated by the orange color of

the Power Indicator

. Once the unit is in

Standby, you may begin a listening session by

pressing the System Power Control

or the

Source button

on the front panel or the AVR

Selector

. Note that the Power Indicator

will turn blue. This will turn the unit on and

return it to the input source that was last used.

The unit may also be turned on from Standby by

pressing any of the Source Selector buttons on

the remote

456

NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector

buttons

to turn the unit on, press the AVR

Selector

to have the remote control the AVR

functions.

To turn the unit off at the end of a listening ses-

sion, simply press the System Power Control

on the front panel or the Power Off

Button

on the remote.

When the remote is used to turn the unit “off” it

is actually placing the system in a Standby mode,

as indicated by the orange color of the Power

Indicator

When you will be away from home for an

extended period of time it is always a good idea

to completely turn the unit off with the front

panel Main Power Switch



NOTE: All preset memories may be lost if the

unit is left turned off with the Main Power

Switch



for more than two weeks.

Using the Sleep Timer

• To program the AVR for automatic turn-off,

press the Sleep Button

on the remote. Each

press of the button will increase the time before

shut down in the following sequence:

When the programmed sleep time has elapsed,

the unit will automatically turn off (to Standby

mode). Note that the front panel display will dim

to one half brightness when the Sleep function

is programmed. To cancel the Sleep function,

press and hold the Sleep Button

until the

information display returns to normal brightness

and the

SLEEP OFF message appears in the

Main Information Display

Source Selection

• To select a source, press any of the

Source Selector buttons on the remote

456

NOTE: After pressing one of the Input Selector

buttons

you must press the AVR Selector

to have the remote control the AVR functions.

• The input source may also be changed by

pressing the front-panel Input Source

Selector button

. Each press of the button

will move the input selection through the list of

available inputs.

• As the input is changed, the AVR will automat-

ically switch to the digital input (if selected), sur-

round mode and speaker configuration that

were entered during the configuration process

for that source.

• The front-panel Video 3 Inputs

, Optical

Digital 3 Input

or the Coaxial Digital 3

Input

may be used to connect a device such

as a video game or camcorder to your home

entertainment system on a temporary basis.

• As the input source is changed, the new input

name will appear in the Main Information

Display

and a green LED will light next to

the selected input’s name in the front-panel

Input Indicators

• When a pure audio input (CD, Tuner, Tape,

6/8 Channel Input) is selected, the last video

input used remains routed to the Video Out-

puts

and Video Monitor Output

This permits simultaneous viewing and listening

to different sources.

• When a Video source is selected, its audio

signal will be fed to the speakers and the video

signal for that input will be routed to the appro-

priate Monitor Output Jack

and will be

viewable on a TV monitor connected to the AVR. If

a component video source is connected to the

Video 1

or Video 2

Component

Inputs, it will be routed to the Component

Video Outputs

. Make certain that your TV is

set to the proper input to view the appropriate

video signal (composite, S-Video or component

video, see Notes for S-Video on page 13).

Controls and Use of Headphones

• Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using

the front panel Volume Control

or remote

Volume Up/Down



buttons.

• To temporarily silence all speaker outputs

press the Mute button



. This will interrupt

the output to all speakers and the headphone

jack, but it will not affect any recording or

dubbing that may be in progress. Press the

Mute button



again to return to normal

operation.

• During a listening session you may wish to

adjust the Bass Control and Treble Control

to suit your listening tastes or room acoustics.

• To set the output of the AVR so that the out-

put is “flat,” with the Tone controls and the

Balance control de-activated, press the Tone

Mode button



button once or twice so that

the words

Tone Out appear momentarily in

the Main Information Display

. To return

the tone controls to an active condition, press

the Tone Mode



button once or twice so

that the words

Tone In momentarily appear

in the Main Information Display

• To change the Bass or Treble Control settings

press the Tone Mode Button



until the

words Bass or Treble appear momentarily in the

Main Information Display

. Press the Set

Button

followed by the

Buttons

D

to adjust the setting. When done, press

the Tone Mode Button



again to exit the

Tone Mode Menu.

• For private listening, plug the 6.3 mm stereo

phone plug from a pair of stereo headphones

into the front panel Headphone Jack

. Note

that when the headphone’s plug is connected,

the word

HEADPHONE will scroll once

across the Main Information Display

and

all speakers will be silenced. When the

headphone plug is removed, the audio feed to

the speakers will be restored.

• When the headphones are in use, you may

take advantage of the Dolby Headphone modes

to bring added spaciousness to headphone

listening. Press the Dolby Mode Select

Button



or the Surround Mode Group

Selector

to cycle through the three Dolby

Headphone modes to select the one that you

prefer.

Surround Mode Selection

One of the most important features of the

AVR is its ability to reproduce a full multichannel

surround sound field from digital sources, analog

matrix surround encoded programs and standard

stereo or even mono programs. In all, a total of

fifteen listening modes are available on the AVR.

Selection of a surround mode is based on person-

al taste, as well as the type of program source

material being used. For example, motion pic-

tures, CD’s or TV programs bearing the logo of

one of the major surround encoding processes,

such as Dolby Surround should be played in either

the Dolby Pro Logic II Movie (with movies) or

Music (with music) surround mode or with the

Harman Kardon´s exclusive Logic 7 Movie Mode,

to create a full range discrete 5.1 channel sur-

round signal from surround encoded programs

with a stereophonic left and right rear signal,

just as it was recorded in real life (e.g. sound

being recorded from left rear side will be heard

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