Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
YourAVR125 receiverhasbeendesignedtoprovidemanyyearsof trouble-freeservice.Intheevent_hatyouareexperiencingdifficulties,pleasecheck_hesuggestions
belowfor a possiblesolutionto yourproblem.Additionalinformationonhe AVR125, includingupdatedinformationanduserhints,isavailablefromourWebsiteat
www.harmankardon.com.
SYMPTOM CAUSE SOLUTION
UnitdoesnotfunctionwhenMain
PowerSwitchis pushed
• NoACPower
• MakecertainACpowercordispluggedinto
a liveoutlet
• Checkto seewhetheroutletis switch-controlled
Displaylights,butnosound
or picture
Unitturnson,butfront-panel
displaydoesnotlightup
Nosoundfromanyspeaker;
lightaroundpowerswitchis red
Nosoundfromsurroundor
centerspeakers
Unitdoesnotrespondto
remotecommands
• Intermittentinputconnections
• Muteis on
• Volumecontrolisdown
• Displaybrightnessis turnedoff
• Amplifierisinprotectionmode
dueto possibleshort
• Amplifierisinprotectionmode
dueto internalproblems
• Incorrectsurroundmode
• Inputismonaural
• Incorrectconfiguration
• StereoorMonoprogrammaterial
• Weakbatteriesinremote
• Wrongdeviceselected
• Remotesensoris obscured
• Makecertainhat allinputandspeakerconnections
aresecure
• PressMutebutton
• Turnupvolumecontrol
• Followtheinstructionsinhe DisplayBrightnesssection
onpage26sothatthedisplayissetto VI= ]) I=UL L
• Checkspeakerwireconnectionsforshortsatreceiverand
speakerends
• ContactyourlocalHarmanKardonservicecenter,whichyou can
locatebyvisitingourWebsiteat www.harmankardon.com
• Selecta modeotherthanStereoor Dolby3 Stereo
• Thereis nosurroundinformationfrommonosources
• Checkspeakermodeconfiguratioin
• Thesurrounddecodermaynotcreatecenter-or rear-channel
informationfromnonencodedprograms
• Changeremotebatteries
• PresstheAVRselector
• Makecertainfront-panelsensoris visibleto remote
orconnectremotesensor
Intermittentbuzzingintuner • Localinterference • Moveunitor antennaawayfromcomputers,fluorescent
lights,motorsor oherelecNcalappliances
Lettersflashinthechannelindicator • Digitalaudiofeedpaused • Resumeplayfor DVD
displayanddigitalaudiostops • Checkhat DigitalInputis selected
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