Harman Kardon AVR 135 Owner's Manual

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TUNER OPERATION 33Tuner OperationBasic Tuner OperationThe AVR 135’s tuner is capable of tuning AM, FMand FM Stereo broadcast stations and receivingRDS data. Stations may be tuned manually, orthey may be stored as favorite station presets andrecalled from a 30 position memory.Station Selection1. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 6on the remote to select the tuner as an input. Thetuner may be selected from the front panel byeither pressing the Input Source Selector %until the tuner is active or by pressing the TunerBand Selector ! at any time.2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 6 orTuner Band Selector ! again to switchbetween AM and FM so that the desiredfrequency band is selected.3. Press the Tuner Mode button I on theremote or hold the Band Selector ! on thefront panel pressed for 3 seconds to selectmanual or automatic tuning.When the button is pressed so that AUTOappears in the Main Information Display ˜each press of the Tuning Selectors 8J willput the tuner in a scan mode that seeks the nexthigher or lower frequency station with acceptablesignal strength. An AUTO S T TUNED indica-tion will momentarily appear when the stationstops at a stereo FM station, and an AUTOTUNED indication will momentarily appearwhen an AM or monaural FM station is tuned.Press the Tuning buttons again to scan to thenext receivable station.When the button is pressed so that MANUALappears in the Main Information Display ˜each tap of the Selector will increased ordecrease the frequency by one increment. Whenthe tuner receives a strong enough signal foradequate reception, MANAUL TUNED willappear in the Main Information Display ˜.4. Stations may also be tuned directly by pressingthe Direct button J, and then pressing theNumeric Keys H that correspond to the sta-tion’s frequency. Note that for entering numbershigher than 100 you need to enter only the "1"rather than "10", the first "0" will be addedautomatically. The desired station will automati-cally be tuned after the latest number is entered.If you press an incorrect button while entering adirect frequency, press the Clear button # tostart over.NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereo stationis weak, audio quality will be increased byswitching to Mono mode by pressing the TunerMode button I on the remote or holding theBand Selector ! on the front panel so thatMANUAL appears momentarily in the MainInformation Display ˜ and then goes out.Preset TuningUsing the remote, up to 30 stations may bestored in the AVR’s memory for easy recall usingthe front panel controls or the remote.To enter a station into the memory, first tune thestation using the steps outlined above. Then:1. Press the Memory button $ on the remote.Note that two underscore lines will appear in theMain Information Display ˜.2. Within five seconds, press the NumericKeys H corresponding to the location whereyou wish to store this station’s frequency. Onceentered, the preset number will appear in theMain Information Display ˜.3. Repeat the process after tuning any additionalstations to be preset.Recalling Preset Stations• To manually select a station previously enteredin the preset memory, press the Numeric KeysH that correspond to the desired station’smemory location.• To manually tune through the list of stored pre-set stations one by one, press the PresetStations Selector buttons # " on the frontpanel or remote.RDS OperationThe AVR 135 is equipped with RDS (Radio DataSystem), which brings a wide range of informa-tion to FM radio. Now in use in many countries,RDS is a system for transmitting station call signsor network information, a description of stationprogram type, text messages about the station orspecifics of a musical selection, and the correcttime.As more FM stations become equipped with RDScapabilities, the AVR will serve as an easy-to-usecenter for both information and entertainment.This section will help you take maximum advan-tage of the RDS system.RDS TuningWhen an FM station is tuned in and it containsRDS data, the AVR will automatically display thestation’s call sign or other program service in theMain Information Display ˜.RDS Display OptionsThe RDS system is capable of transmitting a widevariety of information in addition to the initialstation call sign that appears when a station isfirst tuned. In normal RDS operation the displaywill indicate the station name, broadcast net-work or call letters. Pressing the RDS button^! enables you to cycle through the variousdata types in the following sequence:• The station’s call letters (with some privatestations other information too).• The station’s frequency (FREQ).• The Program Type (PTY) as shown in the listbelow.NOTE: Many stations do not transmit a specificPTY. The display will show NONE, when such astation is selected and PTY is active.• A “text” message (Radiotext, R T) containingspecial information from the broadcast station.Note that this message may scroll across thedisplay to permit messages longer than the eightpositions in the display. Depending on signal qual-ity, it may take up to 30 seconds for the text mes-sage to appear; in that time, the word TEXT willflash in the Information Display when RT is select-ed.• The current time of day (C T). Note that it maytake up to two minutes for the time to appear, inthat time the word TIME will flash in the infor-mation display when CT is selected. Please notethat the accuracy of the time data is dependenton the radio station, not the AVR.