Harman Kardon AVR 235 Owner's Manual

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TUNER OPERATION 35Tuner Operationthe ⁄/¤ Buttons D as needed. Next, press the‹ /› buttons E& until the desired time isdisplayed in seconds. Note that unlike most ofthe other options in this menu, this is a perma-nent setting change, and the time-out entry willremain in effect until it is changed, even whenthe unit is turned off.If you wish to make other adjustments in themenu, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons D until theon-screen cursor is next to the desired settingor the BACK T O MASTER MENU line andpress the Set button F. If you have no otheradjustments to make, press the OSD Button Lto exit the menu system.Default Surround ModeIn normal operation, when the AVR senses aDolby Digital or DTS digital audio data stream, itwill automatically switch the appropriate defaultsurround mode, with the AVR responding to thedata flags that are encoded on the DVD disc orin the digital video broadcast. In most cases, thisis the correct mode, but you may have a particu-lar preference for the mode you wish to hearwhen Dolby Digital or DTS is present. The AVRallows you to set the unit so that it will eitherrespond to the default or switch to your desiredmode.If you wish to leave the default so that the modechoice encoded in the disc is always used, nofurther action is needed. Simply leave the settingat the factory default of ON.To set the unit so that it responds to the last sur-round mode used when a Dolby Digital or DTSsource is playing, press the ⁄/¤ Buttons Dso that the cursor is pointing to theDEFAULT SURR MODE line. Press the‹/› Buttons E& so that OFF appears,and the setting will change. The unit will nowuse the last mode, not the disc’s default for thetwo digitally encoded data streams.This setting does not apply to standard PCM dig-ital inputs or to analog sources. In those cases,the unit will always apply the surround or pro-cessing mode that was last used for that input.If you wish to make other adjustments, press the⁄/¤ Buttons D until the on-screen cursoris next to the desired setting or the RETURNT O MASTER MENU line and press the SetButton F. If you have no other adjustments tomake, press the OSD Button L to exit themenu system.Basic Tuner OperationThe AVR 235’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.The tuner may be selected from the front panelby either pressing the Input Source Selector% until the tuner is active or by pressing theTuner Band Selector ! at any time.2. Press the AM/FM Tuner Select button 6or Tuner 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 accept-able signal strength. An AUTO S T TUNEDindication will momentarily appear when the sta-tion stops 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 press-ing the Direct button J, and then pressingthe Numeric Keys H that correspond to thestation’s frequency. Note that for entering num-bers higher than 100 you need to enter only the"1" rather than "10", the first "0" will beadded automatically. The desired station willautomatically be tuned after the latest number isentered. If you press an incorrect button whileentering a direct frequency, press the Clearbutton # to start over.NOTE: When the FM reception of a stereostation is weak, audio quality will be increasedby switching to Mono mode by pressing theTuner Mode button I on the remote or hold-ing the Band Selector ! on the front panel sothat MANUAL appears momentarily in theMain Information Display ˜ and then goesout.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 theremote. Note that two underscore lines willappear in the Main 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 storedpreset stations one by one, press the PresetStations Selector buttons # " on thefront panel or remote.